Rant: Current car commercials

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

lol, the braking package on the $48k SLK300 Roadster:

SOLID rear discs, and single piston floating front calipers? 10.9" rear brakes? A Camry has more braking power than this thing.

I seriously do not get the allure of Mercedes Benz. Their cars are crap for performance unless they wear an AMG badge. No wonder they need so many driver aids.

did you see the top gear where they talk about some special edition mercedes, and how the engine has a plaque that says hand built by so and so. then Clarkson does the math based on how many people they have building engines (which was somehow a known figure) and how many of that car they produce, that 'so and so' was producing some impossibly large amount of engines per year.

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

did you see the top gear where they talk about some special edition mercedes, and how the engine has a plaque that says hand built by so and so. then Clarkson does the math based on how many people they have building engines (which was somehow a known figure) and how many of that car they produce, that 'so and so' was producing some impossibly large amount of engines per year.

Yes lol.

And "hand built" to your average high-end MB owner doesn't mean anything. Said owner has probably never even changed their own oil before, yet alone knows d*ck about building an engine. They probably bolt the valve covers on by hand and call that "hand built."

shadoquad · 10-19-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

Yes lol.

And "hand built" to your average high-end MB owner doesn't mean anything. Said owner has probably never even changed their own oil before, yet alone knows d*ck about building an engine. They probably bolt the valve covers on by hand and call that "hand built."

Merc owners don't need to know much about cars. Their husbands are responsible for the vehicles.

Jeffblue · 10-19-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

Yes lol.

And "hand built" to your average high-end MB owner doesn't mean anything. Said owner has probably never even changed their own oil before, yet alone knows d*ck about building an engine. They probably bolt the valve covers on by hand and call that "hand built."

do you remember what episode it was? i wan't to find it!

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

do you remember what episode it was? i wan't to find it!

Was it the one about the CL AMG Black? Clarkson ended up buying one of those.

It may have been an earlier one.

m4a1mustang · 10-19-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

Was it the one about the CL AMG Black? Clarkson ended up buying one of those.

It may have been an earlier one.

The CLK63 AMG Black Series is AMAZING.

WarmAndSCSI · 10-19-2010, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

The CLK63 AMG Black Series is AMAZING.

What about the SL65 AMG Black. mmmmmm that thing is cool.

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