Marcus Frost

I don't get it.

Oddly enough, I recognize your car. When I had my SL65 at Custom Cars I saw your car and saw the E63 updated body work you were putting on it after your "incident". It actually came out really nicely.

What I don't understand, is that if I hadn't seen your car at Custom Cars (and knew the history), and saw it on the highway like I did today, I wouldn't know what to make of it. You have an E63 front bumper, wheels, trunk, rear bumper, and 6.3 fender badges, but on the back E55 and AMG badges.

I don't think I've ever seen such an AMG identity crisis before... if you read this, ditch the 6.3 badges. The car looks great and the 6.3 badges don't belong there and otherwise ruin what a great job was done.

-m

Max.H

6.3 badges on a 55 is

aleksandar1099

Thats funny! I haven't seen this car around!

jtc55

marcus, did u exit on Old Orchard road?

i think that was me and my car is a E63 not a E55 haha

i think it's time to get ur eyes checked out

i didn't know it was u, b/w both our tinted cars, otherwise i would of said hi

off topic --- we need to do another meet and drive in the summertime like the one we did couple summers ago to Lake Geneva.

Marcus Frost

It wasn't an E63. It had E55 badges AND had E55 tailights (not the updated E63 ones)

-m

jtc55

i saw a black E55 on I94 heading north and exiting on Old Orchard road yesterday around 6:30 pm. r u saying that wasn't u?

str8ridin

Love the effort, but it seems futile. There will always be people that just don't get it. It baffles me. All we can do is just laugh.

jrcart

Marcus, did you catch a real good look at the front fender badging? They now make a 5.5 front fender badge that looks like the 63 front fender badge, at a glance it looks just like a 63.

On another note who owns the black Brabus K8 E55 I saw parked in front of Binny's in Naperville on Saterday afternoon...nice car, but why the hell would you be driving it this time of year? The 2-tone salt covered look is not too flattering, I find it difficult to believe somebody would drop that kind of coin on a car but not have a winter driver.

Blacksport350

Maybe that is his winter driver.

I have a couple of friends with modded 997TTs that use them as their winter drivers, another friend that uses a Gallardo as daily transport (even in bad weather), and yet another that uses a DBS as his daily driver.

I suppose it all depends on how much money you have and how much rock chips bug you.

Marcus Frost

That could have been me, but the car I was looking at also was not tinted. You are making me second guess myself, but I am sure it had E55 badges and E55 style tailights, it also was not tinted and I could see the driver!

Marcus Frost

Yes, I did. I've seen the 5.5 badge on Alexandar's car - and it was not 5.5, but 6.3.

I drive my E55 in the winter, not routinely, but I do. I bought the car to drive, and even though I have the GL sometimes the woman takes the truck so I take the E55. My SL is my weekend car, and the E55 has always been for daily duty. It's not about the money my friend, it's about having cars to drive daily that you actually enjoy. I'm not gonna have 4 cars just to prevent the E55 from being driven sometimes in the winter!

-m

jtc55

my tints aren't too dark (35%) so

btw, near what exit did u see this E63 -- i hop on I94 on Peterson heading north -- i believe i saw ur black E55 around Dempster/Touhy exit and u exited on Old Orchard exit.

is ur license plate: b** ** ?

Marcus Frost

Bro it looks like I must be going crazy. I sincerely apologize to you, I SWEAR I saw E55 badges and e55 tailights. I came up behind the car, and I've seen E63s before. Is your E63 silver?

Damn bro, if I am mistaken, again I apologize. I don't know how I could have messed that up. Your car looked great man, hence my original post.

You can give me a good next time we see each other.

What is funny is I saw a silver E55 getting ALL THE SAME parts that would have made it look exactly like the car I thought I saw, minus the fender badges. Maybe I just assumed and should have looked closer?

F'in crazy man. I need a good

I didn't know you lived/worked up in my neck of the woods. Most of the AMG guys (and car guys for that matter) are either west or south/southwest.

-m

J 2OOI

This whole thread is hilarious!!!

Someone hurry up and organize a weekend meet!!

jdeastbay

At the eye doctor

zxlr88

Max.H

dooohhh!

jtc55

it's no big deal Marcus, i could recommend u to an excellent optometrist

btw, we need to schedule another meet and drive to Lake Geneva again this summer

jtc55

what's up Jason? i agree, we definately need to get a meet going.

jrcart

There is nothing cool about driving a DBS or Gallardo or any other high HP rwd car in the snow...it just shows stupidity, has nothing to do with $$$, I have lots of $$$ but all the rear wheel drive sports cars get parked in November or they get shipped to warmer climates. Every time I see a poor sucker driving a vette or SL or Aston in the snow I think, that must be one crazy dude to try to navigate 8 inches of snow in his 500hp Z06

jpohl402

I think it's kinda fun, maybe in moderation yes.
But granted, I do not own a Gallardo....
If I did, I think I would surely drive it OCCASIONALLY in winter-
they are just cars!

Almo

Too funny!

bobgodd

Aren't Gallardo's AWD?

Either way; I don't own one

nick 55

I know one thing, Lambo of Chicago parts dept. looks at you funny when you ask about snow tire packages. And so do Continental in Hinsdale. I don't see why, if you aren't plowing snow with the front end, they all pull like hell in this cold air.

Nick