Some funny things people have said to me about cars
01-11-11, 05:26 PM
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Standard AMG package, yes. But it didn't come with an AMG rear badge.
A LOT of those owners put a AMG rear badge on those cars, hence the confusion.
For that generation CLK, only the CLK55 comes with the AMG rear badge. That S500 dude was right, that AMG badge was an add on. I don't know what he was making fun of though, considering his S500 is also not an AMG.
A LOT of those owners put a AMG rear badge on those cars, hence the confusion.
For that generation CLK, only the CLK55 comes with the AMG rear badge. That S500 dude was right, that AMG badge was an add on. I don't know what he was making fun of though, considering his S500 is also not an AMG.
I think the S500 guy was trying to out my friend as a fake.
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01-11-11, 05:34 PM
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I know both types of people:
A guy that always tells people he is so rich, he does live in a decent house in a highend neighborhood, then he leased a brand new Ford Taurus and start telling me how nice it is!
The other guy that never tells people he is rich, he was telling me he is going broke for spending too much money on cars, he is going to quit this car hobby. Then a few weeks later, he pay cash for a brand new $270k Ferrari F430, mind you he didn't sell any of the 5-6 fancy cars that he had before to fund the F430 purchase. I was like what was all that going broke talk huh?
Human mentality is a funny thing.
A guy that always tells people he is so rich, he does live in a decent house in a highend neighborhood, then he leased a brand new Ford Taurus and start telling me how nice it is!
The other guy that never tells people he is rich, he was telling me he is going broke for spending too much money on cars, he is going to quit this car hobby. Then a few weeks later, he pay cash for a brand new $270k Ferrari F430, mind you he didn't sell any of the 5-6 fancy cars that he had before to fund the F430 purchase. I was like what was all that going broke talk huh?
Human mentality is a funny thing.
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01-11-11, 05:42 PM
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Yeah, I remember when my friend did the research after having the car for about a month or so. He called me up and told me the sticker must have been put on by the original owner. The car was very nice looking. White exterior/Black interior with Nav. It was giving him lots of little troubles. AC vent broke, cupholder broke and rear defrost stopped working. He MAYBE kept it 4 months before trading it in on a brand new 2003 BMW 745Li.
Now that I think about it, yeah that was his intention. I guess in a way it is somewhat an AMG, it got an AMG sport package and it does have a V8. It is much better then a co-worker I have now that got an old E320 with absolutely nothing AMG about it, all he did was lowered it on some H&R springs with some cheap aftermarket wheels. He put an AMG rear badge on it along with an E55 badge, he tells everyone it is a real AMG E55 also
I don't feel like bursting his bubble to make him hate me, I just go along with it pretending I don't know he is faking it
01-11-11, 06:11 PM
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i dont even know what is rich or not,,guess its new money vs old money,,,my neighbor used to own pretty big company(later sold it for millions) and still drive a camry but his Employees drove bentley or benz,,
01-11-11, 06:21 PM
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01-11-11, 06:52 PM
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I have a lot of friends that keep raising their car payment but their income stays the same if it doesn't get lower. One guy is doing this (I'm not kidding)...1999 Cadillac ETC (new), 2006 MB S430 (new), 2008 MB SL550 (new), 2010 MB SL550 (new) and soon a 2007 - new Bentley Continental GTC.
Even if I was partof the Hollywood A list, I doubt I would buy a car that expensive.
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01-11-11, 07:07 PM
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Yeah those MB made between 1999-2006 are really bad. What I found funny is your friend don't know much about the CLK430 "AFTER" he bought it. But from the fact that he only kept it for 4 months, he is one of those that swap cars frequently, buy whatever he think is cool but don't really look into each car too much type of guys.
Now that I think about it, yeah that was his intention. I guess in a way it is somewhat an AMG, it got an AMG sport package and it does have a V8. It is much better then a co-worker I have now that got an old E320 with absolutely nothing AMG about it, all he did was lowered it on some H&R springs with some cheap aftermarket wheels. He put an AMG rear badge on it along with an E55 badge, he tells everyone it is a real AMG E55 also
I don't feel like bursting his bubble to make him hate me, I just go along with it pretending I don't know he is faking it
Now that I think about it, yeah that was his intention. I guess in a way it is somewhat an AMG, it got an AMG sport package and it does have a V8. It is much better then a co-worker I have now that got an old E320 with absolutely nothing AMG about it, all he did was lowered it on some H&R springs with some cheap aftermarket wheels. He put an AMG rear badge on it along with an E55 badge, he tells everyone it is a real AMG E55 also
I don't feel like bursting his bubble to make him hate me, I just go along with it pretending I don't know he is faking it
If I remember correctly, he was going for a late 90's CLK 320 but wanted the V8. In the late 90's he had Toyota Supras and Mitsubishi 3000GTs so he was quite addicted to speed. For 2000 and beyond he was all about capable luxury cars. Cars that he had that I recall were a 1992 MB 500SEL (bought 8 years old), a 2000 BMW 328ci (leased new), a 1997 Lexus LS400 Coach Edition (bought used), the 2000 or 2001 CLK430 I mentioned (bought pre-owned), a 2003 BMW 745Li (bought new), a 2003 BMW X5 3.0 (bought new), another 90s Toyota Supra (bought around 2004), a 2005 Infiniti G35 (leased new), a 2008 Acura MDX (leased new), a 2009 or 2010 Audi A5 3.2 (leased but put up on swap a lease very quickly - he hated it), a Honda Fit (bought about 4 years back. He still has it today- unsure of the year) and a 2004 Hummer H2 that he bought about 8 months ago.
He has genuine family wealth but his passion for cars is really gone. He has more of an interest in fishing boats these days and has had about 4 of them already.
He was the one that sparked my interest in BMWs. I never pulled the trigger though.
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01-11-11, 07:34 PM
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Never say never but I couldn't foresee a circumstance where I'd buy a Bentley.
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01-11-11, 11:18 PM
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LOL... funny thread. I once had a co-worker who took such bad care of his car, birds were nesting in the needles and leaves that accumulated underneath the windshield wipers. This was his daily driver mind you. Oddly, he was actually a car guy too. We'd talk about cars often, but he had no concept of taking care of them. One time I was telling him about how someone backed into my car and put a scratch on it. He couldn't understand why I was mad and trying to get it fixed. His comment was, "I don't understand... they are bumpers... that's what they are made to do..." I was actually stunned after the comment and didn't know what to say back. He had no idea that some people take care of their cars and getting a scratch on them was a bad thing. To him it was supposed to happen and was normal driver to driver interaction (!). Later, it finally sunk in to me that there are people out there that simply do not care if they hit someone else's car.
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01-12-11, 10:21 AM
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I have a lot of friends that keep raising their car payment but their income stays the same if it doesn't get lower. One guy is doing this (I'm not kidding)...1999 Cadillac ETC (new), 2006 MB S430 (new), 2008 MB SL550 (new), 2010 MB SL550 (new) and soon a 2007 - new Bentley Continental GTC.
Even if I was partof the Hollywood A list, I doubt I would buy a car that expensive.
Michael
Even if I was partof the Hollywood A list, I doubt I would buy a car that expensive.
Michael
I see your point though. In a way, if the income stay the same but with a more expensive car, yes the person would appear richer, but he is actually getting poorer.......lol......it is funny how things works.
01-12-11, 01:54 PM
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I have a friend thats owns a pre owned 2006 Sonata, and he really wants a BMW (for the badge). His only condition is that it has to be less then $15,000, less then 50,000 miles and newer then 2006 and he must get $15000 for his Sonata. No matter how much I tell him that what he's trying to do is impossible, he wont quit. You just have to let things go sometimes.
01-12-11, 02:16 PM
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No, I don't play soccer!
A coworker of mine bought an MB C230 because she was completely enamored with it. I overheard her talking to another coworker about her car, saying 'at least it's not a Lexus.' I just smiled, ignorance is bliss.
More of a pet peeve, I can't stand when people butcher the name of car - Oodee instead of Audi
More of a pet peeve, I can't stand when people butcher the name of car - Oodee instead of Audi