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Detroit, 6:14 AM
Tue Dec 1
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I followed him for a few minutes and tried to get him to make some moves but the looked like no fun so i continued on.
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Maybe I could just get an airbag suit, so in case of impact I blow up like the Michelin Man or a puffer fish.
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And what do the "sand assist floormats" do -- clean themselves automatically after you've been at the beach?
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(And frankly, at least around here, there is virtually no "automatic douchebag" package like the one that comes free with BMW or Audi.)
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However, I sure would be iffy on all the "assist" gadgets at a "low" price point, on a German car. These guys aren't known for electronics, and having the full boat of them seems like a lot of trips to the dealer.
Amazingly though, those dealer trips and poor reliability don't stop people from buying numerous MB's without thought. My uncle lemoned an E-class 2 years back, replaced it with the same car, and then just leased another. Must be because he was on a first name basis with the whole dealership.
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I still want my G8 GXP, but I already miss that kind of approval.
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And don't say "wanking in the front seat of a Dodge Nitro," either. Not that you wouldn't do that, but it happened in Edmonton. Were you on a business trip?
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And no. I wouldn't be caught dead in a Nitro. It's VW or nothing for me right now -- mostly because it's all I've got. (You do know I live just outside of Edmonton, though, right?)
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Facebook? My short answer is I've met far more people I don't ever care to speak to again than the opposite. The latter know how to find me.
If this outsourcing of Jalop to Facebook continues, we're going to have to print "Save the Jalop" t-shirts.
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Besides. You're missing out on the hilarity of engineerd, tenbeers, and our Strolling Player on a daily basis.
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I thought all the facebook posts showed here too? Now they're some seperate cool kids (emphasize "kids") club? I don't understand these internets.
As to getting looks and compliments, my old cheby pickup gets more than it's shares of looks, thumbs up, and actually caused a wreck for one looky-loo.....but I will be getting another GM too (I'm probably a bit more captive of a customer than avg though).
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I was actually trying to refer to the attention from various pretty girls, but I can't really compare that to a truck. I know a number of pretty girls who get squishy pants instantly from a big truck (and not from, say, a Corrado... dammit...). Mercedes are among the only cars I've driven -- along with, say, a Jag -- that get the same sort of universal response.
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Please introduce me to said ladies, thank you.
I know what you mean though, the MB has a certain attraction for sure. Girls will all claim they don't care what you're driving, but they certainly seem happy to hear if you say Mercedes, as opposed to a Cavalier don't they?
Not that girls don't like my truck, but not to the extent dudes do. They're the ones who'll slow down on the hiway for a thumbsup, etc.
The real kicker is that trying to trade this in on a vette, all the dealerships want to take the lift and wheels off and return to stock, and basically destroy all the value in the thing.
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Again. Corrado? No.
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/I'm doing it wrong, I know, I know...
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Mercedes cars are getting uglier and uglier. They don't have a design direction to follow, nor do they really know how they want their cars to look, other than "different from the previous generation". The Bangle Bimmers, while horrendously ugly, at the very least had a theme, a language of design. All Mercedes has right now is a basic platform. Their cars look like they picked pieces willy-nilly and stuck them on wherever they'd fit.
It pains me to say this, too, as I owned one up until recently. Well... I suppose I technically still do...
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Of course, they all speak even more poorly about Audi.
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Actually, you know what? This car is to the previous E-class what the 1999 Mustang was to the 1998; change for the sake of change, adding slitty bits and frowny pieces to butch it up, and failing altogether, miserably.
The 80s E-class of our day, I am sorry to say, is the Lexus LS430. This E-class does nothing to change that, at least as far as the styling goes.
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