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joegolden · #1 08-24-2001, 02:26 PM

Wednesday my mother calls me in a panic. "Can you get off work right now?" I am surprised at first but she goes on to tell me about a friend of hers that lives in Gulfport,Ms and she is needing to sell her CLK 320 Cabriolet by wednesday night. Apparently the woman is going thru a nasty lawsuit with the family of her now deceased husband. She is secretly selling his property before they can get it. I do not know any details. I do not know who is wrong or right. I do not want to know. I do not care. The only thing I was interested in was the great price she was selling the car for. The car was titled in her name but I imagine his money paid for it. We made it from Atlanta to Gulfport in 6 hrs! I was driving my mothers LS400 85mph or better the whole way. Stopped twice. very stiff neck.

We met the lady close to midnight at a gas station. Drove the car,wrote a check, grabbed the title, and shook the ladies hand. She caught a ride home. The car is a 2000 with less than 16k miles. It is the silver with matching interior. It has the same wheels as a 2001, black top, digital startac with voice control(never used) and heated seats. I think it has the rain sensor crap as well. Any way , we head on over to Biloxi and gambles til 2am(lost every dime) slept for 4 hrs and we left to come home at 6am. I am tired.

I drove the 500 miles and 7hrs(this time) back home. Top was down and it was cold at 6am cruising I-10 to Mobile. I ran about 80-90mph and I even saw 110mph over the bridges near Mobile. This car is so amazing! It has to much wizardry for me though. It seems to Japanese with all of the computer functions and electronics. Seems like a lot of stuff to tear up! It is under warranty so MB can pay the tab for a couple of years. Car does have some cowl shake but maybe it just needs a good tire balancing. I do not know. I stopped for gas and food and I had to fight the admirers to get back in the car. I of course acted like it was mine! Got lots of looks from other MB's on the road but I only saw 5. I was so tired when I got home last night from work and my wife was mad because I did not call until I was half way there. Man what a wild trip! Anybody care to guess what she paid for it? I think she got a good deal. Anyone else own one of these? Do they get the shakes at 60mph-70mph?

Later, Joe