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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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Just like I expected, our friend WSH's tantalizing "tongue" has apparently fallen prey of some Darwinian adjustment--just not strong enough to survive when confronted to produce facts to back up the BS.

Then again, he may have gotten busy all of a sudden dvvg n chlgn his precision drvg w/S/CL/SL65 and survvg Podung's POS subpar <150K BMW/Audi/nonS/CL MB, and instead risk adjusting his time to incl. some truth quotient. Or, maybe in bus/trp in SF/BH/other affuent region attracting semi/jaded/disllznd bi-plr finncl types. Perhaps spending tm w/several colleagues in NY/CHI/BH/SF, bashing new F/P, or chgng these every 6 mo. or so. Six mo prd must be up, etc.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferri
Just like I expected, our friend WSH's tantalizing "tongue" has apparently fallen prey of some Darwinian adjustment--just not strong enough to survive when confronted to produce facts to back up the BS.

Then again, he may have gotten busy all of a sudden dvvg n chlgn his precision drvg w/S/CL/SL65 and survvg Podung's POS subpar <150K BMW/Audi/nonS/CL MB, and instead risk adjusting his time to incl. some truth quotient. Or, maybe in bus/trp in SF/BH/other affuent region attracting semi/jaded/disllznd bi-plr finncl types. Perhaps spending tm w/several colleagues in NY/CHI/BH/SF, bashing new F/P, or chgng these every 6 mo. or so. Six mo prd must be up, etc.
Ahahahah!!!
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferri
Just like I expected, our friend WSH's tantalizing "tongue" has apparently fallen prey of some Darwinian adjustment--just not strong enough to survive when confronted to produce facts to back up the BS.

Then again, he may have gotten busy all of a sudden dvvg n chlgn his precision drvg w/S/CL/SL65 and survvg Podung's POS subpar <150K BMW/Audi/nonS/CL MB, and instead risk adjusting his time to incl. some truth quotient. Or, maybe in bus/trp in SF/BH/other affuent region attracting semi/jaded/disllznd bi-plr finncl types. Perhaps spending tm w/several colleagues in NY/CHI/BH/SF, bashing new F/P, or chgng these every 6 mo. or so. Six mo prd must be up, etc.
On the mark, esp "Darwinian"! Maybe he is flying on Lrjet, smwhre in RoW doing comparison on glbl fin-cntrs.
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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He is still here:
"Doctor, am living vicariously through you as I await my 65, so look fwd to your impressions....

Which tires on your 65? Any impressions re: traction on dry, uneven pavement? My sense is AMG continually refines the throttle response on 65, even MY09 vs MY08....my last test drive of an '08 CL65 (w/Yokos) left me rather impressed w/trac of CL65 chassis set-up/throttle resp on dry, uneven pavement...

BTW, enjoyed a spectacularly fun, uninterrupted drive in my usual mtn twisties route today AM....and ran across (again) a guy who drives a blk/blk CL63 030 and seems to share my wkend twisties addiction.....amusing that in a region littered w/599s, Scuds and SL63 030s, the car I most often run across in wkend twisties is an AMG CL.... "
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by abenner5
On the mark, esp "Darwinian"! Maybe he is flying on Lrjet, smwhre in RoW doing comparison on glbl fin-cntrs.
Absurd, lrjets atrocious braking distncs make flyng in one a risk analysis equation with an unhappy ending...may as well just drive an econobox Audi/F/P/BMW into a wall and have done with it
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Lassiter
Absurd, lrjets atrocious braking distncs make flyng in one a risk analysis equation with an unhappy ending...may as well just drive an econobox Audi/F/P/BMW into a wall and have done with it
Haha, excellent
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