Angry guy smashes his W222 S63 with a golf club
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Angry guy smashes his W222 S63 with a golf club
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Hey guys! I just wanted to share this funny story about an S63 in South Korea.
This man bought a brand new S63 AMG, but it turned off a couple times while he would drive it. He took it to the Mercedes dealership to get it checked out but it passed with flying colors. The only issue Mercedes found was a possibly modified exhaust system.
Later, this man was driving with his five year old son and his pregnant wife. His car was going 40 km/h when it shut off and he barely managed to stop it. This was the final straw for this man.
He was promised a replacement if it broke down again, but the manager wasn't present, so he couldn't get a new car.
Because Mercedes didn't fix his issue, he wanted it to become public, so he destroyed his car right in front of the Gwangju Mercedes dealership.
A video by a bystander caught a lot of attention in Korea, and as shown in the second video, one of the top news stations in Korea, MBC, asked the man to smash his car again so they could present it on their news.
This man bought a brand new S63 AMG, but it turned off a couple times while he would drive it. He took it to the Mercedes dealership to get it checked out but it passed with flying colors. The only issue Mercedes found was a possibly modified exhaust system.
Later, this man was driving with his five year old son and his pregnant wife. His car was going 40 km/h when it shut off and he barely managed to stop it. This was the final straw for this man.
He was promised a replacement if it broke down again, but the manager wasn't present, so he couldn't get a new car.
Because Mercedes didn't fix his issue, he wanted it to become public, so he destroyed his car right in front of the Gwangju Mercedes dealership.
A video by a bystander caught a lot of attention in Korea, and as shown in the second video, one of the top news stations in Korea, MBC, asked the man to smash his car again so they could present it on their news.
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I was watching this with a co-worker today. Crazy! I wonder what the damage total on that would be. Would it be totaled you think? Probably not, but I wonder how much the repair bill on that would be. I'm guessing all those body panels cost $$$.
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I hate to think what he will do to his wife and kids if they don't live up to expectations...
Also, not a very smart move as the cost of the damage will on him.
Also, not a very smart move as the cost of the damage will on him.
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When I go on auto trader I have seen a lot of the current S classes with lemon titles claiming stalling issues. There really might be a issue...
MB has seemed to purchase quite a few of them back.
Example Carfax: http://tinyurl.com/oqlhum5
Example Car: http://tinyurl.com/nnt528n
MB has seemed to purchase quite a few of them back.
Example Carfax: http://tinyurl.com/oqlhum5
Example Car: http://tinyurl.com/nnt528n
Last edited by icebeam; Sep 14, 2015 at 10:12 PM.
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That's insane! Here's my front page take on it...
https://mbworld.org/articles/s63-amg...ealership-row/
https://mbworld.org/articles/s63-amg...ealership-row/
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Honestly, it's his money so he can do whatever the heck he wants. I'm pretty sure I've dug my fingernails into the leather on my steering wheel when facing incompetent drivers, but if he wants to ruin his car, so be it hahha
If I had his kind of money though (to buy an S class in the very expensive Asian markets), I would probably just buy another one though?
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did he get the headlamps too? they never got a good frontal shot.......this sort of demonstration makes no sense to me, it also seems one could find something a little more dramatic than a golf club haha
