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elcajun · Apr 6, 2022

They aren't reliable like Japanese, and even Korean cars, but they are definitely not junk, especially if you like to drive a performance automobile. If you want junk look at your typical base GM car.

I've owned a lot of cars, and to this day the nicest car that I've ever owned, and that I still miss, was an MB E63 AMG.
Cost of ownership was also probably the highest of any car I've ever owned, even when spreading it out over the 7 years that I owned it, but you wanna play, you gotta pay. (ETA: a large part of the cost was about $1000+ every year in tires alone, with 507HP and 465 ft lbs of torque, it shredded a pair of rear tires every 8-10 months, with front tires lasting maybe twice that (was still a heavy car that handled surprisingly well, so the fronts took a beating too).

To each his own.

I still have its predecessor: the venerable S55 AMG!
Just broke the 100k threshold!

johnthomas · Apr 7, 2022

[QUOTE="Poena238, post: 1506099 Just like my women, I'm going to use the fukk out of her and keep her, or not give a fukk about what happens to her when she's gone..[/QUOTE]
Terrible pick up line. Does it work? lol

Poena238 · Apr 7, 2022

johnthomas said:

Terrible pick up line. Does it work? lol[/QUOTE]
I don't know. Never tried as a pick up line, hope I nevwr have to!

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

And now....

EXCAL · Apr 20, 2023

FYI - In Germany the hottest selling "sports car" since 2016 has been the Ford Mustang. (I don't have the 2021-2 figures)

2016 - According to Germany’s Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority), 780 Mustangs were sold .... For some perspective, Germans bought 708 Audi TTs, 200 Porsche Caymans (plus 442 Boxsters), 40 Nissan 370Zs and 138 Jaguar F-Types over the same period...The Mustang even managed to best the Porsche 911, which sold 752 units.

2020 - Just last year, Ford managed to sell 102,090 Mustang units, making it the best-selling sports car in the world. This includes a 33 percent sales increase in Germany and Mustang sales nearly doubling in France.

tbirdsc · Apr 20, 2023

EXCAL said:

Don't know about German pricing but it has always been a pretty good "bang for the buck" vehicle in the states.

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

EXCAL said:

Price matters! Wouldn't expect an E53 AMG to be high volume seller in ANY market. Saudi Arabia maybe? Mustang the best thing that ever happened to Ford.

Dr. Marneaus · Apr 20, 2023

bullseyeman said:

And now you post a low res stock image of a car?

What does it MEAN!?!

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Dr. Marneaus said:

Not stock. My new car

Dr. Marneaus · Apr 20, 2023

bullseyeman said:

Looks like a photo from a dealer website.

Just an Average Joe · Apr 20, 2023

C-class?
C43?

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Dr. Marneaus said:

It is my car at the dealer before I bought it. Not stock.

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Just an Average Joe said:

E53 AMG

Just an Average Joe said:

Just an Average Joe · Apr 20, 2023

EXCAL said:

FYI - In Germany the hottest selling "sports car" since 2016 has been the Ford Mustang. (I don't have the 2021-2 figures)

2016 - According to Germany’s Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority), 780 Mustangs were sold .... For some perspective, Germans bought 708 Audi TTs, 200 Porsche Caymans (plus 442 Boxsters), 40 Nissan 370Zs and 138 Jaguar F-Types over the same period...The Mustang even managed to best the Porsche 911, which sold 752 units.

2020 - Just last year, Ford managed to sell 102,090 Mustang units, making it the best-selling sports car in the world. This includes a 33 percent sales increase in Germany and Mustang sales nearly doubling in France.

Ford does a good job with their performance cars. I still miss these.

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

My pics

Just an Average Joe · Apr 20, 2023

Niiiiiiiiiice.
MB AMG have a premium price tag but the materials and performance and even the sound of the motor is amazing (the exhausts are actually designed/tuned for sound not just emissions/performance). No fake wood trim there. My old AMG had a leather roof lining even.

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Just an Average Joe said:

Hard to believe this is the same company that gave us the Edsel and rhe Pinto! Lee recognized a need to address a growing youth market and created the Mustang.

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Just an Average Joe said:

Thanks. Exciting car to drive! Perfect for me. C class too small,S too big. The optional Driver Assistance package is a must.

Coup d'etat · Apr 20, 2023

bullseyeman said:

Is that the one that was for sale on OfferUp for the past four months? It has a salvage title. The miles were super low, like 9,200 original miles, and the price was right, but a salvage title kills the deal.
I called on both AMG GT's that were on OfferUp.
The one I'm looking at is in Cali. Debating if its worth getting in this economy.
I really like the looks of the Jaguar F-Type but reliability is a concern.
What I would really like is a Rolls Coupe, but used and about 6-8 years old. Let the original owner take the depreciation beating for me.....

bullseyeman · Apr 20, 2023

Coup d'etat said:

Is that the one that was for sale on OfferUp for the past four months? It has a salvage title. The miles were super low, like 9,200 original miles, and the price was right, but a salvage title kills the deal.
I called on both AMG GT's that were on OfferUp.
The one I'm looking at is in Cali. Debating if its worth getting in this economy.

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