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Merging W166 and V167 AMG not good idea!

Old Mar 3, 2021 | 08:49 AM
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Merging W166 and V167 AMG not good idea!

Personally I don't like the new format of W166 and W167 AMG chassis being merged into one. As example - the W212 and W213 AMG forums or the W210 and W211 AMG forums and others are not merged.

There is little I can learn from a W167 AMG owner and vice-versa. These chassis don't even share the same engine. This causes more reading to determine which car is actually being discussed.

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Old Mar 4, 2021 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by E55 KEV
Personally I don't like the new format of W166 and W167 AMG chassis being merged into one. As example - the W212 and W213 AMG forums or the W210 and W211 AMG forums and others are not merged.

There is little I can learn from a W167 AMG owner and vice-versa. These chassis don't even share the same engine. This causes more reading to determine which car is actually being discussed.
true. True.
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 09:27 AM
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I agree. This is confusing.
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Old Mar 12, 2021 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by E55 KEV
Personally I don't like the new format of W166 and W167 AMG chassis being merged into one. As example - the W212 and W213 AMG forums or the W210 and W211 AMG forums and others are not merged.

There is little I can learn from a W167 AMG owner and vice-versa. These chassis don't even share the same engine. This causes more reading to determine which car is actually being discussed.
I agree. Especially with that fact the admins did not agree to merging the W166 ML/GLE/GL but merge two different chassis codes.

Voice your concern in the site and forum support section under suggestions. The admins usually will see those posts faster than other sub group posts.
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Old Sep 2, 2021 | 07:20 PM
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Agree 100%
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Old Sep 2, 2021 | 10:16 PM
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Agree. Pretty boneheaded move.
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Old Sep 2, 2021 | 11:23 PM
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166 ML63 and 166 GLE 63 should have been merged and not 167 & 166 GLE63. Just doesn't make sense. Completely different chassis.
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