Do You Push Yours?
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2002 E55 AMG
Do You Push Yours?
I was wondering how hard you guys push your E55's? I was really wondering if our cars are really different from other Benz's and are they meant to be pushed? Just wondering. Thanks. 
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Not enough freeway
I would like oneday to see how fast I can it can get up to, maybe on a track would be better
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I push mine!!! I only drive a couple of miles per day to work; so I am always looking for a reason to gun it. And most of the time I gun it for no reason. On the weekends I'll try to go on the freeway and push it to it's limits. Problem is I can never reach it Not enough freeway I would like oneday to see how fast I can it can get up to, maybe on a track would be better
Not enough freeway I would like oneday to see how fast I can it can get up to, maybe on a track would be better
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LOL, amen to that! I floor it also for no apparent reason, at stop lights and going into turns. LOL, I drive it like it I stole it. LOL... so Raffi, have you had any problems with it related to how hard you drive it? Most of my friends tell me it's not going to last me and is going to start having problems because it's a "used Benz"... hasn't seem to be giving me any major problems, just needs a tune-up (60k service) and some new tires in the back. haha.
I don't drive hard on the streets, so you won't see me flooring it light to light, but if somebody wants to play...
My feeling is that this car was designed to go very fast on the open freeway a la The Autobahn, so I think it enjoys being driven that fast in the open. Clears the cobwebs from the engine so to speak.
Streets are probably a different story as the car is so heavy that I doubt it can be good to be a stoplight racer. That's what EVOs and WRXs are made for.
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LOL, amen to that! I floor it also for no apparent reason, at stop lights and going into turns. LOL, I drive it like it I stole it. LOL... so Raffi, have you had any problems with it related to how hard you drive it? Most of my friends tell me it's not going to last me and is going to start having problems because it's a "used Benz"... hasn't seem to be giving me any major problems, just needs a tune-up (60k service) and some new tires in the back. haha.
was the brake job. Next tires, fronts are going fast.
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Yeah, I "pushed it" yesterday with my wife in the car after we dropped the baby off at the inlaws and she crapped her pants and turned white, lol. I know that sounds mean but she finally gets why I constantly talk about my car, lol...
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I push mine!!! I only drive a couple of miles per day to work; so I am always looking for a reason to gun it. And most of the time I gun it for no reason. On the weekends I'll try to go on the freeway and push it to it's limits. Problem is I can never reach it Not enough freeway I would like oneday to see how fast I can it can get up to, maybe on a track would be better
Not enough freeway I would like oneday to see how fast I can it can get up to, maybe on a track would be better
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pushing it is good.
i talked w/ my MB adviser and he says the biggest problems w/ the AMGs are ones that are babied and never rev'd up the way the engines were designed to run. the key is to rev it to higher rpm and enjoy some nice fwy driving to get the engine to flex its muscle. like human beings working out at the gym, regular exercising is very good.
i talked w/ my MB adviser and he says the biggest problems w/ the AMGs are ones that are babied and never rev'd up the way the engines were designed to run. the key is to rev it to higher rpm and enjoy some nice fwy driving to get the engine to flex its muscle. like human beings working out at the gym, regular exercising is very good.
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2002 E55 AMG
pushing it is good.
i talked w/ my MB adviser and he says the biggest problems w/ the AMGs are ones that are babied and never rev'd up the way the engines were designed to run. the key is to rev it to higher rpm and enjoy some nice fwy driving to get the engine to flex its muscle. like human beings working out at the gym, regular exercising is very good.
i talked w/ my MB adviser and he says the biggest problems w/ the AMGs are ones that are babied and never rev'd up the way the engines were designed to run. the key is to rev it to higher rpm and enjoy some nice fwy driving to get the engine to flex its muscle. like human beings working out at the gym, regular exercising is very good.
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Push is a girls word.... I RAPE the car
gotta figure how to get the pic up here. Anyway i'm lookin at 115000 miles. The car was once owned by my aunt and handed to me. She payed (get ready) 84,000 dollars for this 98 amg e420. Now here is the bottom line.
The car looks absolutely beautiful. It runs strong BUT BUT
I cant help to grit my teeth everytime the car SHIFTS, BRAKES, TURNS, SKIDS, traction control on or off or what station the radio is on. This car SCARES me. or better yet, this car SCARES my wallet. In the past 20000 miles is when this car was sentenced to the enhancement of ME. I stand by Das Germans all day long on all of their cars, but i think mine was made in Canada or something. Gentlemen I have grown to HATE this car.
The downhill spiral came when i hooked up staggered 19's on the car.. Well
as you know, it was too high so then came the springs (eibach) F*ck Eibach They have their kit numbered wrong so when you try and get the springs that you want, they send you the front ones correct but on the rear it is backwards because you end up with the rear springs for the AUTO LEVELING CAR. So needless to say, they are shorter in the back. Well I didnt realize this until 2 sets of rear tires in 4 months then the rear end whine, then the control arm bushing , slowly the diffy and FINALLY the transmission!!! Piece of sh^T car is stuck in second now, and i want to light it on fire!!! To sum it up.......
BMW IS A MUCH BETTER CAR HANDS DOWN
(if you are going to drive it in the autocross rally everyday in orange county)
These cars cant take it, nor were they built for it, NOR can you make it that way!!!
This is not your fathers mercedes ........ it's your GRANDFATHERS!!! because they are the only people that will get reliability and security from these cars. Because mine is sitting in the garage begging for the dealership because i would rather light it on fire than take it to fletcher f*ck jones. I should just go park it through the front window of eibachs building.
The car looks absolutely beautiful. It runs strong BUT BUT
I cant help to grit my teeth everytime the car SHIFTS, BRAKES, TURNS, SKIDS, traction control on or off or what station the radio is on. This car SCARES me. or better yet, this car SCARES my wallet. In the past 20000 miles is when this car was sentenced to the enhancement of ME. I stand by Das Germans all day long on all of their cars, but i think mine was made in Canada or something. Gentlemen I have grown to HATE this car.
The downhill spiral came when i hooked up staggered 19's on the car.. Well
as you know, it was too high so then came the springs (eibach) F*ck Eibach They have their kit numbered wrong so when you try and get the springs that you want, they send you the front ones correct but on the rear it is backwards because you end up with the rear springs for the AUTO LEVELING CAR. So needless to say, they are shorter in the back. Well I didnt realize this until 2 sets of rear tires in 4 months then the rear end whine, then the control arm bushing , slowly the diffy and FINALLY the transmission!!! Piece of sh^T car is stuck in second now, and i want to light it on fire!!! To sum it up.......
BMW IS A MUCH BETTER CAR HANDS DOWN
(if you are going to drive it in the autocross rally everyday in orange county)
These cars cant take it, nor were they built for it, NOR can you make it that way!!!
This is not your fathers mercedes ........ it's your GRANDFATHERS!!! because they are the only people that will get reliability and security from these cars. Because mine is sitting in the garage begging for the dealership because i would rather light it on fire than take it to fletcher f*ck jones. I should just go park it through the front window of eibachs building.
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gotta figure how to get the pic up here. Anyway i'm lookin at 115000 miles. The car was once owned by my aunt and handed to me. She payed (get ready) 84,000 dollars for this 98 amg e420. Now here is the bottom line.
The car looks absolutely beautiful. It runs strong BUT BUT
I cant help to grit my teeth everytime the car SHIFTS, BRAKES, TURNS, SKIDS, traction control on or off or what station the radio is on. This car SCARES me. or better yet, this car SCARES my wallet. In the past 20000 miles is when this car was sentenced to the enhancement of ME. I stand by Das Germans all day long on all of their cars, but i think mine was made in Canada or something. Gentlemen I have grown to HATE this car.
The downhill spiral came when i hooked up staggered 19's on the car.. Well
as you know, it was too high so then came the springs (eibach) F*ck Eibach They have their kit numbered wrong so when you try and get the springs that you want, they send you the front ones correct but on the rear it is backwards because you end up with the rear springs for the AUTO LEVELING CAR. So needless to say, they are shorter in the back. Well I didnt realize this until 2 sets of rear tires in 4 months then the rear end whine, then the control arm bushing , slowly the diffy and FINALLY the transmission!!! Piece of sh^T car is stuck in second now, and i want to light it on fire!!! To sum it up.......
BMW IS A MUCH BETTER CAR HANDS DOWN
(if you are going to drive it in the autocross rally everyday in orange county)
These cars cant take it, nor were they built for it, NOR can you make it that way!!!
This is not your fathers mercedes ........ it's your GRANDFATHERS!!! because they are the only people that will get reliability and security from these cars. Because mine is sitting in the garage begging for the dealership because i would rather light it on fire than take it to fletcher f*ck jones. I should just go park it through the front window of eibachs building.
The car looks absolutely beautiful. It runs strong BUT BUT
I cant help to grit my teeth everytime the car SHIFTS, BRAKES, TURNS, SKIDS, traction control on or off or what station the radio is on. This car SCARES me. or better yet, this car SCARES my wallet. In the past 20000 miles is when this car was sentenced to the enhancement of ME. I stand by Das Germans all day long on all of their cars, but i think mine was made in Canada or something. Gentlemen I have grown to HATE this car.
The downhill spiral came when i hooked up staggered 19's on the car.. Well
as you know, it was too high so then came the springs (eibach) F*ck Eibach They have their kit numbered wrong so when you try and get the springs that you want, they send you the front ones correct but on the rear it is backwards because you end up with the rear springs for the AUTO LEVELING CAR. So needless to say, they are shorter in the back. Well I didnt realize this until 2 sets of rear tires in 4 months then the rear end whine, then the control arm bushing , slowly the diffy and FINALLY the transmission!!! Piece of sh^T car is stuck in second now, and i want to light it on fire!!! To sum it up.......
BMW IS A MUCH BETTER CAR HANDS DOWN
(if you are going to drive it in the autocross rally everyday in orange county)
These cars cant take it, nor were they built for it, NOR can you make it that way!!!
This is not your fathers mercedes ........ it's your GRANDFATHERS!!! because they are the only people that will get reliability and security from these cars. Because mine is sitting in the garage begging for the dealership because i would rather light it on fire than take it to fletcher f*ck jones. I should just go park it through the front window of eibachs building.
(84,000 dollars for this 98 amg e420) Something doesn't sound right already. 
Sorry your car is I love mine and I drive it like it's suppose to be driven. HARD
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