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Old 07-03-24, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueIS05
The protection is well worth it. What will you drive while it's in the shop?
Oh yeah, I'm not doing the whole car (if it was your LC I would!), I always do the front clip. I'll have to rent a car
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Old 07-04-24, 04:19 PM
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If anybody wants an S560, mine is up on the lot!

https://www.eurogermantownmercedes.c...a87c268623.htm

They literally did nothing lol, same non runflat tires, didnt remove the wiring for the dashcam or the subwoofer, didnt even remove the tint. Just marked it up $9k...
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
If anybody wants an S560, mine is up on the lot!

Yep......come and get it.

(Just kidding, Steve)

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Old 07-05-24, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
If anybody wants an S560, mine is up on the lot!

https://www.eurogermantownmercedes.c...a87c268623.htm

They literally did nothing lol, same non runflat tires, didnt remove the wiring for the dashcam or the subwoofer, didnt even remove the tint. Just marked it up $9k...
Yep. When we sold the IS350 to the dealer the brakes were rubbing. The car wasn't in great shape, maybe average. All they cared about is if the a/c was good. They came to me and just took it away.

Marked it up $7,000 and didn't fix anything except I'm sure a rotor and pads that were cheap Pep Boys level bad.

It needed all KINDS of paint work etc. Mechanically it was fine but it was crappy. They didn't do anything exterior wise to bring it up to snuff. It was gone in a day, probably because it was a rarer 2gen 350.

Was the grill on the white one always darker?
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Old 07-05-24, 08:16 AM
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Took the GMC mildly off roading yesterday! Blast. I have tons of pics but I'm putting them in my thread.







Hill decent control works great! It's absolutely silent.

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Old 07-05-24, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
It needed all KINDS of paint work etc. Mechanically it was fine but it was crappy. They didn't do anything exterior wise to bring it up to snuff. It was gone in a day, probably because it was a rarer 2gen 350.
I noticed that too when I would look for 2nd gen 350's. If one would pop up in the Philadelphia area it was gone super fast. This is years ago before covid insanity.

They were rare birds. Still are.
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Old 07-05-24, 09:12 AM
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Got a nice surprise in the mail today. My insurance company will change me a $1500 surcharge for my 21 4Runner do to theft reasons. If I install a sequence coded starter it will be waved.
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Took the GMC mildly off roading yesterday! Blast. I have tons of pics but I'm putting them in my thread.
Hill decent control works great! It's absolutely silent.
Cool pics AJ! Looks like fun.

Those tires look low profile. Any concerns when you do mild off roading like that?
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
Got a nice surprise in the mail today. My insurance company will change me a $1500 surcharge for my 21 4Runner do to theft reasons. If I install a sequence coded starter it will be waved.
What!? That sounds illegal to me.

If State Farm tried to pull a stunt like that on me, it wouldn't be good.

Is this a Canadian auto insurance thing? I've never heard of an auto ins company saying, "If you don't do x we're charging you $1,500"
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What!? That sounds illegal to me.

If State Farm tried to pull a stunt like that on me, it wouldn't be good.
upon renewal. I guess they can explain it anyway they want with the fine print
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
upon renewal. I guess they can explain it anyway they want with the fine print
Who is your insurance company?

I didn't think your 4R was high on the list of stolen vehicles.
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Originally Posted by LH1
Who is your insurance company?

I didn't think your 4R was high on the list of stolen vehicles.
CAA which is the Canadian version of AAA. It is high on the list of thefts
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Old 07-05-24, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by LH1
I didn't think your 4R was high on the list of stolen vehicles.
Apparently back in 2017, it was #1 and #2 in Canada. But it didn't make the top 10 in 2023

That said, this poor bastard had his 2020 stolen TWICE, in the same month!
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
If anybody wants an S560, mine is up on the lot!

https://www.eurogermantownmercedes.c...a87c268623.htm

They literally did nothing lol, same non runflat tires, didnt remove the wiring for the dashcam or the subwoofer, didnt even remove the tint. Just marked it up $9k...
I've got a feeling they didn't fix the pinched seal. Whoever buys your S560 has an expensive out of warranty repair on deck.




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Old 07-05-24, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by geko29
Apparently back in 2017, it was #1 and #2 in Canada. But it didn't make the top 10 in 2023

That said, this poor bastard had his 2020 stolen TWICE, in the same month!
Wow I had no idea the 4R was stolen that often. I knew Kia/Hyundai were stolen a lot.

Lol poor guy. As if 2020 wasn't bad enough.
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