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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 01:32 AM
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dirty cop gave me a complaint ticket for trav. too fast and op. with unsafe tires. i dont care about the 138$, i just dont want the driving record, so plead not guilty. Isn't it nice to lucky to be alive after flipping ur car over and crashing, and have an officer give u a ticket?
lol :P

well, hey, a kid driving a MB sports car and crashed it
cops are obivously going to be biased.....

Trust me, i ran into problems with cops driving my CLK,too
they checked my trunk for 10 minutes when i crossed the border to the US....
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 02:10 AM
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Just curious.... If you remember, exactly how fast were you going into this turn??....

Cops give tickets for fun, especially to youngins...... haha

I got pulled over once for no reason, the cop said he liked my car.... haha then he threatened to take it away if i was dui....
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 02:17 AM
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like slowing down from 50 in a 45 mph zone, maybe if i didnt do a slight brake during the turn it wouldve been better.
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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Originally posted by apricotscrub
when i bring that into the high school parking lot....................... ITS OVER
Well there's your problem right there... Apparently mommy and daddy have deep pockets, otherwise you'd probably take better care of richcoheting SLKs.

(Bustin' your ***** because you SHOULD learn your lesson on THIS one, instead of worrying about pulling up in an S430 in the high school parking lot.)

SMARTEN UP!
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by Safet
Well there's your problem right there... Apparently mommy and daddy have deep pockets, otherwise you'd probably take better care of richcoheting SLKs.

(Bustin' your ***** because you SHOULD learn your lesson on THIS one, instead of worrying about pulling up in an S430 in the high school parking lot.)

SMARTEN UP!
Any parent (no matter how wealthy) buying a car that induces their highschool-age kid to show off is out of their mind. If I was his dad and saw the "it's over" post, I'd cancel the order and tell him to buy his own damn car.
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 06:02 PM
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Originally posted by apricotscrub
now i love benz. every car i am going to get will be benz, they are so safe. and i meant by richoeting, was like the corners of my car (the front + back lights) scraped the trees, i didnt mean like a tennis ball. cant wait for my fully loaded s430, when i bring that into the high school parking lot....................... ITS OVER
I dunno about your area

But if you are driving a S430, S500, or S600 to school. People dont really envy you. They will just think you drove your parents' car to school. And we got tons of S class running around Van city.

SLK will attract more attention in younger crowd:p
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 02:51 AM
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"(Bustin' your ***** because you SHOULD learn your lesson on THIS one, instead of worrying about pulling up in an S430 in the high school parking lot.)

SMARTEN UP!
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Any parent (no matter how wealthy) buying a car that induces their highschool-age kid to show off is out of their mind. If I was his dad and saw the "it's over" post, I'd cancel the order and tell him to buy his own damn car."

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Really? mommy and daddy dont have deep pockets, as a matter of fact, they dont pay for a single thing for me anymore. i pay for my lunches, meals, groceries. I pay for my insurance on my own insurance policy, i pay for my own health insurance. I paid every cent on every car i've owned with cash, never used lending. I will be paying full rent on my apartment when i get it this month. I didnt even get any xmas or b-day gifts since i didnt want anything since i have everything. but i gave my family hundreds of dollars worth of gifts. i dont shove it in their face or anything, i just enjoy the freedom of not being able to be told what to do and making my own decisions for myself. I despise kids who get their parents to pay for their cars and insurance and everything, it makes me sick
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by apricotscrub
Really? mommy and daddy dont have deep pockets, as a matter of fact, they dont pay for a single thing for me anymore. i pay for my lunches, meals, groceries. I pay for my insurance on my own insurance policy, i pay for my own health insurance. I paid every cent on every car i've owned with cash, never used lending. I will be paying full rent on my apartment when i get it this month. I didnt even get any xmas or b-day gifts since i didnt want anything since i have everything. but i gave my family hundreds of dollars worth of gifts. i dont shove it in their face or anything, i just enjoy the freedom of not being able to be told what to do and making my own decisions for myself. I despise kids who get their parents to pay for their cars and insurance and everything, it makes me sick
So, as a high-school student, you're at least on your 2nd Benz not bought by your parents. So what do you do? I'm not making a judgement, I'm just interested.
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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i sell products online, i work about 2 hrs/day, and have to prepare packages about once every 2 weeks which takes about 10 hours.
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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What "products" would they be, if I may ask?
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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I smell DRUG DEALER!!! LOL
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 12:46 AM
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I smell DRUG DEALER!!! LOL
It is not politically correct to use the term drug dealer. Please refer to them as street pharmacists. :p
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 01:08 AM
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oooh, i would never sell drugs, for 2 reasons:
1) not enough money, you would have to be selling like pounds per day to make the money i make.
2) too risky, each deal you make you take a chance with your life either being killed or going to jail for a long time

I sell movie memorabilia (actually just one product), and i wont tell what it is.
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 01:29 AM
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Exclamation Something smells rotten in Denmark

Originally posted by apricotscrub
oooh, i would never sell drugs, for 2 reasons:
1) not enough money, you would have to be selling like pounds per day to make the money i make.
2) too risky, each deal you make you take a chance with your life either being killed or going to jail for a long time

I sell movie memorabilia (actually just one product), and i wont tell what it is.
What could you be selling in large quantities or in small quantities with a very high mark up, to make more money than a pharmaceutical entrepeneur (3 to 5K daily)?
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 03:34 AM
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How can selling movie memorabilia makes that much money?..i mean, from what he said about making $1k a day for working 3 hrs, that's equivalent to $240k/yr before tax.....Many doctors or lawyers or even ceos don't make that much...And let's just say someone makes that much, wouldn't it be a sl55 on the driveway?
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 10:01 AM
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Originally posted by davezaristo
How can selling movie memorabilia makes that much money?..i mean, from what he said about making $1k a day for working 3 hrs, that's equivalent to $240k/yr before tax.....Many doctors or lawyers or even ceos don't make that much...And let's just say someone makes that much, wouldn't it be a sl55 on the driveway?
How about a wild guess.....limited edition ****? You know the stuff that one-time stars are rendered incapable of ever doing it again?
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 10:27 AM
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How about a wild guess.....limited edition ****? You know the stuff that one-time stars are rendered incapable of ever doing it again?
Rendered incapable?
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by apricotscrub
I sell movie memorabilia (actually just one product), and i wont tell what it is.
Why not? There's a forum full of Benz owners (read: large disposable income) who may be interested in your product.


WyattEarp: "Mercedes Benz Owners Gun Club"??? Are you serious??? Is there really a gun club for Mercedes owners?!
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 05:22 PM
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WyattEarp: "Mercedes Benz Owners Gun Club"??? Are you serious??? Is there really a gun club for Mercedes owners?!
Sure enough El Diablo Joe is a member and VP in charge of recruitment. You wanna join? There are other silent members that are afraid to wear the badge of honor for fear of reprisal from the left wing segment on the forum.
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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How can selling movie memorabilia makes that much money?..i mean, from what he said about making $1k a day for working 3 hrs, that's equivalent to $240k/yr before tax.....Many doctors or lawyers or even ceos don't make that much...And let's just say someone makes that much, wouldn't it be a sl55 on the driveway?
I didn't do the math, but wow
240K/year!!!!!

dude, you are living it large with that type of money!
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 07:14 PM
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240K/year?????
where do u live? in mars?
there are 365.25 days per year, how did u get 240 from that?
Whenever i need to claim income amount i put down either 300K or 350K/year. Why no SL55? I've developed my 1K/day system about 3 months ago, so only enough for a S430 at the moment. When i get about 100K more, i'll get SL55 AMG or at least a 2003 SL500. When i ordered the SLK 1 1/2 months ago, i would consider my self a broke little boy back then. And that was 6 weeks ago.
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 07:21 PM
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Re: Something smells rotten in Denmark

Originally posted by WyattEarp
What could you be selling in large quantities or in small quantities with a very high mark up, to make more money than a pharmaceutical entrepeneur (3 to 5K daily)?
i would estimate less than 0.001% of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs make 5K a day. I know a bunch of friends who do a bit here and there, they are lucky if they make 50$ a day. Pfizer makes 5K a day.
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Originally posted by apricotscrub
I sell movie memorabilia (actually just one product), and i wont tell what it is.

Wouldn't have to do with 'rings' would it ?

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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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Re: Re: Something smells rotten in Denmark

Originally posted by apricotscrub
Pfizer makes 5K a day.
You make $1k a day, and according to your above figure make 1/5 of what a company valued at $190 billon makes per day.

Right. Of course Pfizer makes much more than $5k a day.
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Dude, this is what you say how much you make:

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...0&pagenumber=2

Here's the math..$1k per day X 5 (assuming a regular biz week) X4 (4 weeks in a month) X12 (12 months a yr)=240,000/yr

However, if you work 7 days a week, it would come out to be 336,000/yr

Of course, these are rough calculations which TAXes and holidays aren't taking into the count...

And dude, 50k is a huge discrepancy and if you file your tax like that, IRS would definitely be knocking your door...not trying to flame, but i just don't see someone pulling in that type of income would converse in this manner and also doesn't have a clue what day trading means (refer to the link from his other post)......
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