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Old 05-22-06, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
nonono, i meant the previous one, the sl55, sl65, e55, s55, etc.... in those generation i believe the normal versions they only had 6 speed right? but in the amg version they have the 5 speed instead
No Henry, Mercedes never had a six speed auto transmission. For the regular non-AMG MB models, they upgraded from 5 speed straight to 7 speed.
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Old 05-22-06, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
No Henry, Mercedes never had a six speed auto transmission. For the regular non-AMG MB models, they upgraded from 5 speed straight to 7 speed.
um........ really...... i guess i mixed it up bad with bmw @_@
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funny story

My friend with his E63 told me this horror story. He was going about 75 on the freeway, when all of the sudden his power steering went out. Then, his whole car started messing up and the gadgets started tweeking out and going out of control. Nonetheless, the car worked back up and he gave a mouthful of the Mercedes Dealership. Now, he has waiting about a month or so just to get it fixed because they don't have the parts from Germany.

He is now thinking of getting a S65.

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Old 10-13-06, 04:00 PM
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It was feautured this morning at fox6 here in San Diego. The sales guy said that it's in the high 100K.
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Old 10-14-06, 10:41 AM
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I saw one being trucked on the 405. Must be heading to Fletcher Jones in NB.
I say, it's sharp looking, literally
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Originally Posted by KneeShoe00
funny story

My friend with his E63 told me this horror story. He was going about 75 on the freeway, when all of the sudden his power steering went out. Then, his whole car started messing up and the gadgets started tweeking out and going out of control. Nonetheless, the car worked back up and he gave a mouthful of the Mercedes Dealership. Now, he has waiting about a month or so just to get it fixed because they don't have the parts from Germany.

He is now thinking of getting a S65.

Glutton for punishment ?

Seriously, I like the CLS so much that I still won't mind getting one as a 4th or 5th car

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Old 10-17-06, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by KneeShoe00
He is now thinking of getting a S65.

so he can have the whole experience all over again? j/k

i can imagine how scary it was losing all those powers on the freeway... so what did they say was the problem?
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Old 10-17-06, 07:23 AM
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I just saw one at a restaurant on the beach. Bad pics with my li'l camera... but it was hawt...
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Old 10-17-06, 07:38 AM
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I thought all E63s would have quad exhausts but this one didn't. Maybe it was just a 'badge' upgrade?
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Old 10-17-06, 09:07 AM
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that's a e63?!?!?!!! i highly doubt. not only the exhaust looks diff (e63 has quad i believe), the front bumper looks very different from the amg ones as well (either e55 or e63). in fact that looks just like a normal e class front bumper?

take a look at the pics here:
http://www.mbusa.com/models/main.do?modelCode=E63

maybe this is another wannabe?

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oh and btw, on the side it should say 6.3 amg not v8 kompressor (it doesn't have supercharger at all)
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Originally Posted by rominl
oh and btw, on the side it should say 6.3 amg not v8 kompressor (it doesn't have supercharger at all)
Ha ha, BUSTED
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no it's not E63. It's probably E320.

E63 has newer tailights and bumpers. And E55 has quad exhaust. It has neither.

I hate those posers.
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Poser was too cheap to even get the amg sports package with the quad clip-on exhausts

He assumed that 63's are supercharged
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Just spectacular!!!
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