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Old 05-03-24, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
It rides incredibly well on the 20inch wheels with run flats aired over 42PSI…
So you're saying it might ride wonderfully on the 21s with non-RFTs at 34psi...
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Originally Posted by geko29
So you're saying it might ride wonderfully on the 21s with non-RFTs at 34psi...
Even if it did I would be worried about flats and wheel damage, posts on MB world are full of them. Traveling like I do rurally with no spare...not something I want...
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21's are just insane. No way in hell I would drive around with them.
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21" with non-RFT are fine. X5's 21" 35/30 RFTs (a bit fatter) are fine but MB's suspension is also softer as well. GLE's 21" 45/40 are super (maybe too) soft so 35/30 should be good IMO.
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Originally Posted by 1111GS
21" with non-RFT are fine. X5's 21" 35/30 RFTs (a bit fatter) are fine but MB's suspension is also softer as well. GLE's 21" 45/40 are super (maybe too) soft so 35/30 should be good IMO.
Its not just about comfort it’s about durability and inconvenience from popped tires.
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Old 05-03-24, 09:26 AM
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So no deal on the burgundy 2023. They are only willing to offer $1k off MSRP (I mean, seriously!? They have had the car for over a year), then the $10k lease cash and they say the $10,750 AMEX rebate can't be combined, which is a lie.

Next thing I am working on is to see if my local dealer can get a 2023...either this car or there are some other cars nationally that would work.
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Old 05-03-24, 09:58 AM
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Sitting for a whole year and they won’t move on it. Too bad..
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Old 05-03-24, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
Sitting for a whole year and they won’t move on it. Too bad..
We’ll see how he responds to my last email lol.

There are a couple others too. I’m going to also see if my local dealer can get their hands on a 2023. I’m sure a dealer would be happy to swap one for a car they could actually sell.
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I had that experience with an F-150 I looked at back in 2017 before I bought mine. Before I hit the used market, I tried looking at leftover 2016's on dealer lots. I found one that had accumulated 500 miles from test drives and had been on their lot for 18 months.

They would not come off sticker so I left. Ridiculous, and this was 3 years before COVID. Idiots probably still have that truck lol.
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Damn, I like that color too.
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@AJT123 Here you go.

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Originally Posted by SC300Es
Damn, I like that color too.
If the local dealer is willing to do the deal and get a car, I will have them get it from that dealer and then just buy it from them lol

Theres another one in Texas that’s blue, it has the exclusive Napa interior and has 19 inch wheels. I don’t love the 19s but I wouldn’t have to replace them like the 21s, I’m going to take a run at that one too
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Theres another one in Texas that’s blue, it has the exclusive Napa interior...
Which one do you like better, the red or the blue?
What color interior on the blue?

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They would not come off sticker so I left. Ridiculous, and this was 3 years before COVID. Idiots probably still have that truck lol.
So odd, you would think they would!
I mean come on, it's been driven 500 miles by 50 or more people.

Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
Sitting for a whole year and they won’t move on it. Too bad..
They probably ended up discounting it after they gave up trying to find a sucker to buy their demo car for full MSRP. 🤓
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Disgusted. Couldn’t even finish the article. Dead editors are spinning.

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Originally Posted by AJT123
Disgusted. Couldn’t even finish the article. Dead editors are spinning.
Lol, undeniably small.
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