Got my AMG Challenge in the mail today! Looks fun, and its soo cool. I wannna do this, but no time... D@MN!!!


Anyone ever participate in the AMG challenge?

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Forgive the MB newbie stupid question, but humor me. What is the AMG Challenge? I can only assume that it is as fun as I think it would be.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I got mine, too. I've never done it before, so I had the same question. If I participate in it, there's no change I'd be a buyer. I feel a little reticent about going because of that. I'm itching to drive one of these cars, though. I know somebody here has been to one of these. What happens at them?

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I've gotten invitations in the past. Bit hazy on the details, but don't they charge a substantial amount of money to drive the cars? I seem to remember something along the lines of several hundred dollars.

- JimY

Our invitation said complimentary of your local Mercedes-Benz dealer.... I wonder if its because my dad bought a car from them?

It looks like a blast, as you get to beat the living daylights out of all the AMG models.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I've never bought anything from any local Benz dealers, but I got one. They are sending them to people off mailing lists they bought, I am sure.

I don't recall that there was any mention of a cost associated with it. Presumably, these events are part of the company's promotional budget. I'd feel kinda bad about wasting their time, knowing I wasn't going to buy anything.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Not sure if things have changed since I went in 2003 but the guests were not allowed to drive them when I went. We were taken around a 2 mile course with a trained driver. Now before you say "awwww, that sucks" let me just say that is the most damn fun I have ever had in a car with my clothes on.

The out bound was a nearly straight shot. We hit about 110 or 120…. It was a bit of blur. At that point a cone showed up. He stood on the brakes (ESP was off) and put the S55 into a 4 wheel drift. Just before the apex he nailed the throttle and headed for the "S" curves. Tires where squealing brakes were smoking. How he got the car around the cones at the speed he was traveling I'll never know. It was wicked. Did the same thing in an E55 and it was just as fun. Did it in a ML55 and it was OK. That defied the bounds of logic but damn…..!!

I heard that they do one where you have to pay several $100 but in that one you get to drive.

The one I went to was in 2001 and I remember it like it was yesterday.

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I thought they mailed those AMG challenge things to everyone. Last time I looked it was $800 or $1500 or some chump change like that.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Anyone want to either sell or give me their invitation? I'll definately attend, without a doubt. When and where, exactly is it anyways? If nobody can, or will either sell or give me theirs, how do I get one from the source, or ask them if I can go. Who sent them out? I bought my AMG 560SEC EURO, From a private seller, so I wouldn't have gotten one...

I got tickets to a horse race... Stuff like that shows up in my mail from the dealership I took my car to

I rode in an S600 that totally redefined my concepts of reality.

Dear lord, it was fast, and went around a corner or two. Actually Several.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Now youze talkin'...

"F" the challenge. I do it every day going to work. Kind of a pig around corners, but not too bad considering it's weight.

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'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

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-Native American elder

^ luckyyyyyyyyy

Apparently it's $1,195 this year, according to this.

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/general-amg/1312065-2007-amg-challenge-here.html

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Thanks Jim for clarifying that. Like I said. Pocket change.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k