W220 Design and build issues from 2001 - 2005
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Owning 17 of them(my uncle has had 17 aswell) you should be able to tell the difference..oh thats right you gotta take a pill for that old age problem..mah bad Grandpa! 
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Originally Posted by LetsJet
We have all heard a great deal about design and build issues on the W220 platform. I'd like to read about some real world experiences as I hope the issue have been settled by the 2003 build year.
For example, I understand dash lighting and air shocks have had problems. Have the newer year models resolved these and other issues?
For example, I understand dash lighting and air shocks have had problems. Have the newer year models resolved these and other issues?
"Oh and benzkid Get your ghetto ***
back to the gutter mang 
and post a clear pic instead of that bling-a$$-**** sig. 
you call your ride, and then you can talk bout style!
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My sig is MINE..i like it i like the "bling" effect i did with photochop..i did post a normal pic but i changed it..and look who talking ghetto with 20's???? look in the mirror pal your more ghetto then i am.
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
My sig is MINE..i like it i like the "bling" effect i did with photochop..i did post a normal pic but i changed it..and look who talking ghetto with 20's???? look in the mirror pal your more ghetto then i am.
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
I used the back round and the stars for the sig..car is not altered..and no im far from ghetto..20'' isnt ghetto???
"nice 2k S......that w140 v12 next to you looks tight too!" But then again thanks for the comments.
Check urself before you wreck urself:https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...light=don+king
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
My sig is MINE..i like it i like the "bling" effect i did with photochop..i did post a normal pic but i changed it..and look who talking ghetto with 20's???? look in the mirror pal your more ghetto then i am.
Bendkid24
You are without a doubt a little whiney roach who had pissed off your own 140 boys and had to post your little girl apology ? lol Here is benzkidd24's pathetic thread
https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w140/125710-poly-g.html
ps.Now go make me a sandwich bitcch.
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yeah really sorry wasnt i.....not.
Its not even like that.....it goes back to a guy whos workin on his car...and for you to tell me to go make a sandwich $%^&*? i dont think so ghettofab..you "dirty person"?? i bet you are a "dirty person".
Its not even like that.....it goes back to a guy whos workin on his car...and for you to tell me to go make a sandwich $%^&*? i dont think so ghettofab..you "dirty person"?? i bet you are a "dirty person".
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
yeah really sorry wasnt i.....not.
Its not even like that.....it goes back to a guy whos workin on his car...and for you to tell me to go make a sandwich $%^&*? i dont think so ghettofab..you "dirty person"?? i bet you are a "dirty person".
Its not even like that.....it goes back to a guy whos workin on his car...and for you to tell me to go make a sandwich $%^&*? i dont think so ghettofab..you "dirty person"?? i bet you are a "dirty person".
Remember you started all this crap buy insulting the W220 owners. I like the 140 and all of the benz's but I prefer the W220. The difference is that I do not insult others unless provoked. If you walk in with your guns blazing prepare to get shot. Have more respect for other members cars and you will make friends not enemys. Simple enough.
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Holy Crap!!!! That's what you call German Hand Made? If it's so German hand made, why mess it up with AMERICAN MADE 20" WHEELS that were made in bulk? Why not get real german hand made 20 inch wheels??? OH I forgot, your name is BENZKID and thats what you are. Loose the benz and you are left with???? Exactly what you are. Grow up.
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
classy benz!!!
W/those cheap chrome plastic looking, wheels from ??Kragen auto parts??Pep boys???They look like some of the worst GHETO WHEELS I've ever elaid eyes on
Right....A 2-tone green w140 w/absolutly hideous wheels on it, yeah your reaaaallllyy classssyyy
Time for a reality check guy! pull your head outta your ***....
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
classy benz!!!
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Originally Posted by benzondubz
Now why would your mama tell you that?
Remember you started all this crap buy insulting the W220 owners. I like the 140 and all of the benz's but I prefer the W220. The difference is that I do not insult others unless provoked. If you walk in with your guns blazing prepare to get shot. Have more respect for other members cars and you will make friends not enemys. Simple enough.
Remember you started all this crap buy insulting the W220 owners. I like the 140 and all of the benz's but I prefer the W220. The difference is that I do not insult others unless provoked. If you walk in with your guns blazing prepare to get shot. Have more respect for other members cars and you will make friends not enemys. Simple enough.
I NEVER Insulted w220 its still a benz..i just got back from the Dentist(wife had a back tooth removed)and i was reading TIME Magazine and what was in it??? "Can Mercedes be a Star again" talking about the same thing i have been saying Mercedes's quality is poor..its a fact however they have a NEW CEO and they hope to bring MB back from the dead..im as big of a MB FAN AS YOU WILL EVER KNOW..I PROMISE...My office is covered in MB Items,even my Business Card holder is a Mercedes 300sl(55).all i said was the w220 was the weakest of all S..thats a fact.
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Originally Posted by kenstudios
Holy Crap!!!! That's what you call German Hand Made? If it's so German hand made, why mess it up with AMERICAN MADE 20" WHEELS that were made in bulk? Why not get real german hand made 20 inch wheels??? OH I forgot, your name is BENZKID and thats what you are. Loose the benz and you are left with???? Exactly what you are. Grow up.
LOL...you must not know your wheels..
1st there NOT 20's there 18's
2nd not made in US ,made in Germany
3rd i have been benzkid since i was 18 it was my SN on AOL: Benzkid18..i was 24 when i got this name its been 2 years,do the math..but 1st learn sizes in wheels before you try and talk on my level. Pot-na!
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Originally Posted by thericker55
You should drive your w140 ghetto POS up that Dukes of Hazards ramp in the background of your pic's and wreck that abomination to put it out of it's misery!!
ps i bet you if our cars were lined up side by side everyone would say "look at that w140 it scream class next to that Taurus....oh wait thats a Benz too..damn someone really messed up on that silver diaster" Bhahahahaha
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
Sales
2004 - 221,610 1998 - 170,245
2003 - 218,717 1997 - 122,265
2002 - 213,225 1996 - 90,844 (Merged Year)
2001 - 206,638 1995 - 76,752
2000 - 205,614 1994 - 73,002
1999 - 189,437 1993 - 61,899
As you can see Mercedes did improve there sales,matter of fact 04 was there best year in sales racking up 221,610...but the sad thing is Mercedes name is ruined from this,there product has gone down in quality and the use of cheaper materials.Mercedes doesnt care about what they were anymore..RR and Bentley might not sell as many anymore but thats what makes them still special..Mercedes NOW just another assemly line built car...very verry sad.
2004 - 221,610 1998 - 170,245
2003 - 218,717 1997 - 122,265
2002 - 213,225 1996 - 90,844 (Merged Year)
2001 - 206,638 1995 - 76,752
2000 - 205,614 1994 - 73,002
1999 - 189,437 1993 - 61,899
As you can see Mercedes did improve there sales,matter of fact 04 was there best year in sales racking up 221,610...but the sad thing is Mercedes name is ruined from this,there product has gone down in quality and the use of cheaper materials.Mercedes doesnt care about what they were anymore..RR and Bentley might not sell as many anymore but thats what makes them still special..Mercedes NOW just another assemly line built car...very verry sad.
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Originally Posted by Nevada Jack
I really hate to deal with trolls, but in this case I think your ignorance does that.
The only MB's built in the US are in their plant in Vance, AL. They build the ML, the R and soon the GL. That is the extent of ANY MB production facilities in the USA.
Here is the sticker from my new S430...note the Assembly location. That's not in the USA (but with your brain, it may be.)
BTW...I checked your profiles and I have been driving a MB before you were born if that date is accurate. However, since you indicate you are the GM of a used car dealership, that birthday maybe should be 15 years later to match the content of your posts.
No more responses Troll...go back to the board you came from.
The only MB's built in the US are in their plant in Vance, AL. They build the ML, the R and soon the GL. That is the extent of ANY MB production facilities in the USA.
Here is the sticker from my new S430...note the Assembly location. That's not in the USA (but with your brain, it may be.)
BTW...I checked your profiles and I have been driving a MB before you were born if that date is accurate. However, since you indicate you are the GM of a used car dealership, that birthday maybe should be 15 years later to match the content of your posts.
No more responses Troll...go back to the board you came from.
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Originally Posted by NY C32
Benzkid you just got owned! You, being the self-proclaimed MB know-it-all, should've known which MB's are made in the US. They're certainly not going to make their flagship S-class (which you and all the other w140 owners thrive on mentioning "S-Class is better than your E & C-class") anywhere outside of Germany.
Ok..so i was WRONG on that..only human NY..fact is MB is falling apart..i just read about it while my wife was getting a tooth pulled less in a hour and a half ago..in a Oct issue of this year titled "Can Mercedes be a Star again"...and @ 26 i know alot about the older mercedes but i have to admit the newer ones im not really hip on..i learn more and more each year baout these awesome cars..i bleed MB blood and love all kinds..if i didnt love MB then i wouldnt care what happend to the company.Fact is MB is losing to a Jap Car named Lexus and that rips @ me every tiem i see one,cuz they continue to copy us..even the 06 LS looks like a W140..and thats MACI about that better then E class.a Flagship is a flagship..the S is ours no the E,matter of fact in that artical it talks about the E class being the one that gave MB the bad rep(im not lying).check it out for yourself...but im man enough to say i was wrong about the S..and for that im truely sorry-bk24
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Originally Posted by LetsJet
Thanks for fing up this thread...........
I wish I was a mod here! I'd clean up all this that has nothing to do with 2001-2005.
Congrats.
I wish I was a mod here! I'd clean up all this that has nothing to do with 2001-2005.
Congrats.
you want info on the 01-05??? there really nice cars but not a w140!!
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Originally Posted by BenzKid24
..i just got back from the Dentist(wife had teeth removed)
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