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Hi to all of you,
First thing, I am French so be nice with me for the writing. Second thing, a bit provocative, I am a bit surprised to see so many American drivers enthousiasts about a european sedan sport car. I though, even after 6 or 7 trips to your beautiful country, that all American were respectful of the speed limits and so drove only trucks. Glad to know the speed virus is universal. I personnaly own a 1994 black with grey leather, 67k miles E 500 and I think it's a fantastic car. I have driven almost evrything (Aston, Porsche, Ferrari, Rolls etc...) and I think that the E 500 is a fantastic compromise between performance and comfort. My interest is not in speeding, first because, over here, we are not supposed to drive over 82 mph (tolerance up to 100 mph), and second because in many region of France, the countryside is police free and so enable an intensive use of the kick down and of the roadholding capacity of the car. nevertheless, I had few times the opportunity to test the top speed of the car and believe me it's extremely stable, and, in no case no less than the lastest merc. The only difference might be in the wind noise, but who cares. Until now, I have been lucky with my car. it belonged to a mercedes engineer and the service book was in perfect condition. I paid it 20 000 Dollars which is in the top side of the price range over here. it has everything but the automatic Airco ; in fact I don't care, the semi-auto AC being quite sufficient over here. I will be glad to read your comments and hope to be able to give some contribution to this forum.
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Welcome
Bonjour Alexis and welcome. Always glad to have a European perspective available. We only WISH we could have an 82 mph limit with tolerance up to 100! There aren't many places in the US where you can really put your foot down, but we all have risked it at one time or another!
We also wish we could buy 500E/E500's at your price level. A pristine low mile car like yours for that price is a great bargain, relative to our market. Regards, Chris W. '93 500E |
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Bienvenue Alexis,
Congratulations on your purchase. Kickdown!! This is probably the best MB site anywhere, you'll like it here... Pas de folies avec le 500 Manu |
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bonjour Alexis,
J'espere que vous aviez seulment la joie avec votre E500, aussi, excusez moi si ma grammaire n'est pas parfait, il fait long temps que j'ecris en Francais
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Welcome to the club!
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Bonjour, Alexis
Oui, meme parmi nous, les 'ricains, on parle francais : il y a egalement, comme vous avez remarquez, deux suisses, plusieurs canadiens, et meme des californiens qui parle francais! Vous etes surement avec des amis!
Les E500, ca coute bien moins cher en France, non? (il y en a moins ici, je crois bien). amicalement, Bob
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Holy mother of Benz! I guess I seem to forget that many MB Drivers are quite cultured/educated and speak a number of languages....WELL DONE!!
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Ciao Alexis ... welcome to MercedesShop
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E500 is a wonderful car, I think I will own one some day. Your English is very good. I didn't have one bit of trouble reading it.
DR ///AMG, a moderator on the forum, is also from France, but he lives in the United States. You should try to make contact with him, his name is Mike. Welcome to www.peachparts.com, I wish you the best. Austin McLeod
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Current Stable: 1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey. Former Mercedes in the Stable: 1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now) 1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold 1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold 1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold 1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold 1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020) 1992 500E 156k mi sold etc. |
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