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    Image of ArtForge ArtForge
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes SLS AMG: OCD Mega Gallery
    Quick! Someone guess how long it will take the Arabians to coat it in gold/silver/platinum/rhinestones/etc. #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes SLS AMG: OCD Mega Gallery
    Needs less ugly..... #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes SLS AMG: OCD Mega Gallery
    The gullwings look like the classic SL. The rest of it looks like a '72 Stingray. #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    11/05/09

    @Elhigh: The rest of it looks like a '72 Stingray.
    In that it has 4 wheels and a long hood? #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/05/09

    @area_educator: The whole profile just screams Stingray to me. Even the gill vents. That splash photo at the top in particular really does it for me - ignore the headlights and the grille and it really looks the part. #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes SLS AMG: OCD Mega Gallery
    Why do they run the dyno (?) in the wind tunnel (other than to make the pic cooler)? #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of bacon117 bacon117
    11/05/09

    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: The spinning wheels and other spinning bits change the dynamics of the air around them. In addition, wheels are usually designed to have some air pumping quality to cool the brakes. Wind testing with wheels not spinning is not 100% real world testing. #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of mandwer mandwer
    11/05/09

    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Static wheels and tires produce much higher drag than rotating ones . #mercedesslsamg
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    snapoversteer 'bout to get told promoted this comment mandwer was starred mandwer was unstarred
    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/05/09

    @bacon117: Ah. Makes sense. Probably the engine behaves differently in moving air, I guess. #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mercedes SLS AMG: OCD Mega Gallery
    not nearly as big as the megan fox gallery... #mercedesslsamg
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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    10/16/09

    In reply to 2011 Mercedes E-Class Convertible Leaks In Trademark Filing
    This is the best Mercedes leak I've seen since last night's garage floor Rorschach at my in-laws' house. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    10/16/09

    @Ash78 probly gonna get fired for posting: Nice.

    Now I'm picturing a fellow Jalop going in for a psych exam. The shrink holds up a Rorschach inkblot and asks "What do you see?" The Jalop replies, "Transmisison fluid." On the next picture, the Jalop says "Motor oil." On the last one the Jalop jokingly responds with "Blinker fluid" and is immediately declared insane. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    10/16/09

    In reply to 2011 Mercedes E-Class Convertible Leaks In Trademark Filing
    Thanks for the pics and scans, Wes.

    You may want to double check that title, though. #mercedeseclass
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/16/09

    In reply to 2011 Mercedes E-Class Convertible Leaks In Trademark Filing
    So the E is actually a C? What the F? #mercedeseclass
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    Image of D'Chevette D'Chevette
    10/16/09

    @Maymar: No S #mercedeseclass
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I think perhpas I should paint the valve covers of all of my vehicles pink, sort of the clunker equvalent of wearing a pink ribbon. Perhaps I'll display a pink valve cover on my desk at work. Hey, we should start a movement- everyone who is/ was opposed to this nonsense should go to their nearest junkyard/ scrap pile/ garage and find a valve cover, any old unused valve cover, paint it pink, and display it prominently.

    This could also be a LeMons punishment- welding a pink valve cover to your engine hood.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House

    I know Matt did this list once before, but here is my analysis of the 12 cars that should have never been traded. Read all about the Dirty Dozen.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/11/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    This is almost as sad as seeing a gorgeous W126 560SEC (black on black, only a little bit of rust bubbling) get traded in on a Chevy Equinox. Almost.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/11/09

    @Maymar: I don't think that could be a C4C trade-in, though. The Equinox, in addition to being an aggresively mediocre vehicle, also gets, as I understand it, fairly unspectacular fuel economy.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/12/09

    @mechimike: It wasn't - I'm Canadian (so no C4C), and this would've been about a year and a half ago, when I worked at a Chevy dealer. It's just the ignominy that something so spectacularly meh could replace something that was once standard of the world. It'd be like a fourth Godfather movie, with Ben Stiller playing Michael Corleone.
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    Image of John Depietro John Depietro
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I took advantage and got so many parts for my '85 W126 300SD. My local junk yard let me take all I could carry for $100. I went back three times and he looked the other way while I carried crate after crate of parts I needed. Long Live the W126 300SD. If you've never driven one try it. Few modern cars have the same plush ride combined with excellent road feel. They true classics.
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    Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! promoted this comment John Depietro was starred John Depietro was unstarred
    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    I could probably collect enough body and trim pieces to restore my 300 SD five times over.

    I wonder if my local yards would allow me to bring a roll-off bin into the parking lot...
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    Image of .357 .357
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    If I was in charge of Cash for Clunkers, I would send these cars to places such as Africa or India. Places where a nice 80's Benz would be greatly appreciated. It amazes me how much consumerism is our society.
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    Image of Adam Adam
    10/10/09

    @.357: That defeats the entire purpose of the program, which is to reduce emissions. By giving them to other countries, you would be increasing emissions. Sure, it's charitable, but this wasn't a charity program, it was an environmental program. Giving them away would mean there would be 1 new car AND 1 old car on the road, instead of only 1 new car. It's sad at first glance, but it makes sense if you think about it.
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    skitter promoted this comment Adam was starred Adam was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @Adam: So why not pass on the inefficient, but very clean running Explorers and Tahoes to countries where they could replace even more inefficient, emissions-less, incomplete combusting, oil burning two strokes? The program was indefensibly flawed.
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    Image of GtAkReYz GtAkReYz
    10/10/09

    @Adam: It may seem obvious from an environmental viewpoint, but do you imagine the tremendous increase in quality of life for those people that this would mean? I am a concerned environmentalist (no matter how incongruous that may be with my passion for cars), but above all I strive for the greater good of mankind. And these cash-for-clunkers programs have yet to demonstrate to be sustainable, seeing as I have never seen the calculation of the environmental costs of introducing a brand new vehicle in the planet, when older vehicles could do the same.

    I believe that the most important reason behind these programs is actually to jumpstart the economy by getting people to spend money that they weren't interested in spending right now, which is basically what is causing this whole crisis, at least in Europe: money isn't circulating as it should because people are afraid to buy at the moment.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @GtAkReYz: ...but above all I strive for the greater good of mankind.

    That's worth a heartclick, even though you already had one.
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    Image of RagtagOperation RagtagOperation
    10/10/09

    @skitter: Then it would be described as inexcusable waste during the crisis of a recession instead of humanitarian charity. That's the politics game!
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/10/09

    @RagtagOperation: Then it would be recognized as an inexcusable waste during the crisis of a recession.
    /well played, cheers
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    Image of Adam Adam
    10/15/09

    @skitter: Then you'd have to make sure those two strokes got destroyed. #clunkpocalypse
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    10/15/09

    @GtAkReYz: "I strive for the greater good of mankind" What's better for mankind, improving the quality of life of some people by giving them old cars, or keeping the earth around longer? If you can agree to the argument that more efficient cars are better for the environment, then keeping old cars on the road is worse in the long run for the planet, which is worse for everyone. #clunkpocalypse
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    In reply to Clunkerized Mercedes-Benzes Clog Up Junkyards, Ghost Of Karl Benz To Haunt White House
    How the mighty hath fallen.
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