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11/04/09
11/04/09
Good packaging this is not... "Does it have significant flaws, most glaringly from the gearbox? Totally.
Direct simple writing this is not. Is it Wes rephrasing blunt criticism to make it sound less glaringly negative? Totally. #mercedesslsamg
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11/05/09
"It is badly packaged. ... It has significant flaws, especially its gearbox."
Thanks for the good review, honest feedback, and not bad writing. You just sounded as if you were trying to soften your criticisms with some wordplay. If you gonna write high-falutin', some people gonna notice. No worries. #mercedesslsamg
11/04/09
It's ugly, though. Why in God's name would Mercedes make a Crossfire its halo car? #mercedesslsamg
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I'm trying -- failing -- to find a way that could sound any more sellouty. Are you sure it wasn't a Snickers and an HJ? #mercedesslsamg
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11/04/09
And I've done worse for an HJ.
Plus, I freaking hate this car. #mercedesslsamg
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11/04/09
Nice Price! #mercedesslsamg
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As a self-described purist then, I am totally in love with this car's layout, looks and presence, but still disappointed by its total execution.
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I like it a lot.
I'll never, ever, be able to afford it. #mercedesslsamg
11/04/09
I get embarrassed when cars become cartoons of themselves, like the SLS has. The touchstone here, the 300SL, was made to a purpose, and made to look good. It had a huge performance envelope for the time, and just enough luxury so you could be sure you weren't just getting an old, freshened up race car.
Car's like this make Corvettes seem understatedly elegant, and a phenomenal bargain. It's like the Crossfire backed up the DNA chain, and now we see the inbred results. #mercedesslsamg
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11/04/09
...and it's too bad the designers sort of just phoned in the rear end. The rest of the car, inside and out, is gorgeous.
It's too bad that this car will probably still be obscenely expensive even when it hits the bottom of it's depreciation curve. #mercedesslsamg
11/04/09
I'm sick of people, including journos, who wrongly use that name on any car with non-conventional doors. Or just plain using the wrong word to describe doors. Especially when they describe the McMerc SLR as having gullwing doors. ARGH.
Gullwings: the original MB 300 SLR, 300 SL, SLS, DeLorean, Gumpert, Bristol Fighter
Scissor doors: Lamborghini Countach, Diablo, Murciélago, Spyker C8, C12, Bugatti EB110
Butterfly doors: McLaren F1, Saleen S7, Enzo, McMerc SLR, countless race cars
Swan doors: Aston Martin DB9, DBS, V8 Vantage, Rapide
And finally, Koenigseggs do not have scissor doors. They have dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors.
Next time I see someone misusing the nomenclature, I'm going to punch him in the face! A good thing too since I'll be at the LA Auto Show in a month!
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