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letting go of my beautiful 500 SE grey market for a new benz

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Old Dec 6, 2004 | 10:18 PM
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letting go of my beautiful 500 SE grey market for a new benz

Sigh....lets put it this way- theirs like 10 things still wrong with my car and i guess pressure from my parents and what not...they want me to get rid of the car sooo im thinking of giving in for a new s class 500..to be honest i like the design but it just dosent look like a real benz * the new ones* and of course the new S class will be a used one since my parents arent rich.....but i love my car i mean ...its nice fast smooth slick nice cooler and the worst thing is my dad dosetn want to sell it to a benz lover like me he w ants to donate the thing as a tax write off....i cant imagen what my poor car is going to go through with someone that dosent know how to take care of it ! ahhhhhhh what to do what to do what are guys suggestions ?!!?
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 12:53 AM
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May I ask how old you are that you still have to listen to your parents and not your heart?
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 04:10 AM
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He's 19. He's got an S class already.
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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keep it, its not like u are gonna sell if for lots, thats why we have ours, cuz KBB is 500 bucks, but its what it means to you is what counts, we have had the car since i was 7 , 19 yrs later, i take care it,

did u see my thread abt grey markt, do we still have the euro 240 hp or the crappy american detuned cars, even when we had it brought over, how much did we lose
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Old Dec 8, 2004 | 12:47 AM
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naw i still have the 240 hp cmon i cant kill 350z's with 180 hp lol! or my brothers truck with 280...and your right the value is what it means to us....maybe we should have a gathering of all grey market cars lol aiyeeeee i love m y car lol my gf thinks i should get a more modern car that is not so high maint. dad and mom blah i hate them lol i really wanna keep it
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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dont let ur parent sell the car u really love..threaten them for some counter strike and i bet they will be quietly driving ur car to mechanic for fixing rather than sale
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