S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600

I wonder if this is why I get such poor gas mileage?

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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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I wonder if this is why I get such poor gas mileage?

It also probably explains the poor tire life on the rear tires

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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 09:57 PM
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You and Pocholin been hanging out together lately?

Very nice pic. Smoke, great car, nice scenery.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 11:05 PM
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niiiice smoke- feel sorry for the rear tires
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 01:13 AM
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Those RENNtech rims look amazing with the nice lip!

Also I see you love your wife

If I may ask, where was the picture taken?
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 01:14 AM
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Sweet!!! This pic is my background now
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 01:14 AM
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Argh ! The drilled your front bumper !
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 06:25 PM
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Originally posted by awiner
Argh ! The drilled your front bumper !
LOL!!!

Sweet burnout pic ...got anymore cool pictures of your car?
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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Oh my yes. We were doing the Car & Driver photography yesterday -- look for the pix in the September issue.
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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treynor, pic is my background now, its replacing the s55 ///amg picture from mbusa.com.

if you want, you can try to take off the front license plate and have it filled and smoothed out, it wont cost a lot of money and it will make your car look even sicker at front, cuz your amg front grill doesnt show as much w/ the license plate imo
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 10:01 PM
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Neat!

September issue??? I'm getting it!

How does that work, does car and driver contact you, you contact them, do you get paid, do you pay them? I'm curious to learn on car mags.
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 10:06 PM
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i would hope you don't have to pay them lol

would be neat if they pay you or at least throw in something for free

oh ya nice smoke
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 01:32 AM
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> How does that work, does car and driver contact you,

In my case -- I contact RENNtech and tell them I've run an 11-second 1/4 mile in a 4600 lb S-class. They tell me they want me in Car & Driver. Hartmut calls C&D, who says "sounds good, but we need something with a few more mods on it". I say "make me an offer I can't refuse on wheels & brakes". They do. I do. Car & Driver does.

It'll probably just be a short writeup, but still...
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 01:36 AM
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c'mon, treynor they should have AT LEAST given you a free 1-year subscription.. jeez
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 10:20 AM
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Originally posted by treynor
> How does that work, does car and driver contact you,

In my case -- I contact RENNtech and tell them I've run an 11-second 1/4 mile in a 4600 lb S-class. They tell me they want me in Car & Driver. Hartmut calls C&D, who says "sounds good, but we need something with a few more mods on it". I say "make me an offer I can't refuse on wheels & brakes". They do. I do. Car & Driver does.

It'll probably just be a short writeup, but still...
Cool, plus 1 year free subscription, right?
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I noticed that RennTech posted your latest time slip on their website. They must be very impressed!!!
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