Waaaay off topic. Das kar.

[justsomeguy]

God, that thing is ugly. Not as ugly, mind, as a new BMW or a Ssannggggyongggg (who says the Koreans have no sense of humour?), but still something likely to appeal to people with more money than taste. Horrible.

What would you pick then? Of course we all assume money grows on trees, anyway what? woot?

Bloody KB huh, no one talks about bikes anymore.... now we sit around talking about cars....

[Big Dave]

Someones working waaaay too hard.

Yes - I send my girl out to do it.

25 years of it that I know of.

Met her when she was a scrub sister, she worked all the way through raising two kids, put herself through 2 university degrees along the way and now works 60 plus a week making a difference in the private health sector.
She runs a nice car - had Mercs for 10years.

I lost all right of complaint about her cars when I bought my third motorcycle - at the time.

[Big Dave]

OMG Big Dave sold out... was it really worth it? Think of the readers.....

Everyone has a price sunshine - mine happens to be around $145,000 for a 2005 model with 30,000km on the clock.
Unfortunately my ego is writing cheques my overdraft can't cash. But it's a good game.

[Big Dave]

but still something likely to appeal to people with more money than taste. Horrible.

I tell ya - I sport wood over the looks.

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Mercedes-Benz CLS 500/55
Why the CLS wins the Design category: Did you look at it? To us, it's a rolling metal sculpture of a racing greyhound or a thoroughbred. The long wheelbase mimics legs stretched out front and rear, the nose low, straining for the finish line. The CLS is essentially a four-passenger sedan built off the more staid E-Class's chassis. It just happens to have a very special wrapper. There are two models: the CLS 500 with a 302-hp V8 and seven-speed automatic, and the CLS 55 AMG with a 469-hp V8 and five-speed automatic. And, okay, the high belt line means small side windows. And that sweeping roof profile results in less headroom. Honestly, who cares? We don't. This car screams forward motion and will always rate a parking valet's favored spot.

[ZeroIndex]

Everyone has a price sunshine - mine happens to be around $145,000 for a 2005 model with 30,000km on the clock.
Unfortunately my ego is writing cheques my overdraft can't afford. But its a good game.

Fair enough... at least it's not a Beemer...
Hey everyone, guess what BMW stands for? Nothing... they'll build to the cheapest specifications and charge the highest price possible
Nah, really what it means: BMW - Bring Mechanic With...

[Hitcher]

I tell ya - I sport wood over the looks.

No wonder you had trouble getting ensconced behind the wheel.

This Merc looks a bit like a silver suppository. I don't like its mean little side windows or the general balance of its panels and overall symmetry. Which disappoints me, because I am generally a huge fan of MB, which has made many truly beautiful motorcars over the years. This dildo is not one of these.

[WRT]

Why the CLS wins the Design category: Did you look at it? To us, it's a rolling metal sculpture of a racing greyhound or a thoroughbred.

This Merc looks a bit like a silver suppository.

The shape to me looks like a turd that someone has carefully squeezed out, only to have the gate involuntarily slammed shut at the last moment.

*plop*

[xwhatsit]

I heart Benz.

[xwhatsit]

In fact, Mr X hearts all German silvery things.

Build me a bike with silver aluminium fairings and those close-knit vertical grills, and those industrial steel wheels.

[chris]

What would you pick then?

BMW M5, not a proper manual 'box, but near enough.

[SPman]

.. getting in and out of the rear door is a prob for me.

..getting in and out of any door would be a prob, nicht wahr?

[sidecar bob]

Fair enough... at least it's not a Beemer...
Hey everyone, guess what BMW stands for? Nothing... they'll build to the cheapest specifications and charge the highest price possible
Nah, really what it means: BMW - Bring Mechanic With...

Yeah, whatever zero braincells.
Dunno what you have been working at for the last 16 years but i have been running a BMW specialist garage & my opinion differs from yours, Mine however is also based on some expierence with the product.
'Onya Dave, what a machine!!!

[Big Dave]

..getting in and out of any door would be a prob, nicht wahr?

Nine (sic).
Ein Deutchlander ist gross mit die Oktoberfestenlumpen varum nicht?. - Stick That in yer Benny Hill routine.

They design stuff for MEN!. Even the Kompacts are OK up front. You want to see slapstick? - me egressing a Jaguar.

[ZeroIndex]

Yeah, whatever zero braincells.
Dunno what you have been working at for the last 16 years but i have been running a BMW specialist garage & my opinion differs from yours, Mine however is also based on some expierence with the product.
'Onya Dave, what a machine!!!

I used to live in South Africa, and the freeways were constantly littered with broken down brand new BMW's... So much that they actually created a BMW-only service of having mechanics in BMW's driving up and down the freeways 24/7 with car-attach-tow-hitches on them... that's what I base my previous post on...

[Big Dave]

Mr hitcher would be more favourably disposed to the vee hickle the silver dil-dunger relieves then?:



Co-pilot certainly is. She wants her baby back. What can I say, grey is grey...

Have to give big ups to Coutts - the S600 has an electrical gremlin that they can't find. That is getting frustrating but the after sales service while they try again is exemplary. Ergo the silver dunger.