my friends got to bad mouthing my car today. One drives a taurus and the other drives a saturn. They both badmouth my acceleration although I've beaten both of them in races at one point or another. Anyway they started talkin about it and I just got up to me a said come back at me when your pieces of plastic that you drive are 20 years old. They'll be in the junkyard and my mercedes will still be running. it felt very liberating this should get them to shut their mouths for a couple weeks at least.

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Baby blue exterior Grey MB tex
Recent work:
Replaced air cleaner mounting brackets and heat shields
Replaced alternator, fan and power steering belts
Replaced positive battery terminal
Replaced negative battery terminal and cord
New Duralast Battery

My car needs work.

damn... pretty immature crowd those friends of yours are... (no offence). I hope they're not serious.

My friends would never say that. Once in a while we all (including I) make fun of it. However we do it for jokes.

I remember how pessimistic my friends were when I told them that I was buying this 300CD. Then after they saw it in person, most of 'em just fell in love with it... especially the interior.. there's no denying that it's a Mercedes

If I was you I would just smile

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2008 BMW 335i Coupe

enough said!

hahaha they can be very immature at times.

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W126 1983 300SD 286,000 miles and ticking
Baby blue exterior Grey MB tex
Recent work:
Replaced air cleaner mounting brackets and heat shields
Replaced alternator, fan and power steering belts
Replaced positive battery terminal
Replaced negative battery terminal and cord
New Duralast Battery

My car needs work.

Just show them the original sticker price. And tell them thats still what the car is. But market value has changed, the cars value has not because its still an $XXXXX Car.

Alon

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'92 300CE - Sold
2004 C240 - 744 - C7 Wheels - Android Radio
2002 C320 - 816 - Sport Wagon

Someone driving a Saturn is not in a very good position to make fun of ANYONE! :p The Taurus is not far behind, either!

In 6-8 years, that Saturn will be ready for the junkyard. You car will look and run much like it does today if you continue to take good care of it.

Mike

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1985 300TD
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1994 E320
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I can't belive someone driving a ford was making fun of your benz

Ford= For Only Retarted Drivers

Ford =First On Recall Day

Ford=Found Overturned Rusted Dented

Ford=For Old Redneck Drunks

Ford= For Only Real Dummies

Ford= Freakin Old Roadside Decor

Taurus, i think thats your version of our Ford Mondeo....or is that the Contour?

Anyway, anyone driving a Ford is in no position to be laughing at a Merc driver, i suggest a public flogging in the street!!!

Every other month or so, a thread appears concerning one or more individuals making rude comments about the MB marque.

We all need to learn to ignore these folks, and pretty much write off their comments as just plain jealousy.

MB has a long glorious history of manufacturing vehicles that set engineering and styling standards for decades.

So for you and ther rest of the forum members...don't go down to their level by glorify their comments with any sort of retort...your Mercedes-Benz vehicle speaks for itself. No need to waste your time defending it!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

You're from Washington, DC. Are they politicians?

Momentum,

I think you missed one!!


Ford = Fix Or Repair Daily

Adiaw83,

Don't let your friends get to you, their just jealous!

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Afshin

Current:
02 C32 AMG

Previous:
92 500E
84 190E 2.3 5 Spd

Very simple... envy !

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Ernesto Molina

1993 500E Pearl Black / Alpaca Grey
2001 E55 AMG Brilliant Silver/ Anthracite
2007 SL55 AMG Black / Anthracite

Here's something else you can do...

Challenge them to a flat-out top speed run on a deserted road in the West or the Southwest. I guarantee you, that Taurus will overheat after 10 minutes of being run at its maximum speed. U.S. family sedan cooling systems aren't designed to take on Autobahn running, like your W126 S-class is.

And besides, if you've beaten them in races in your turbodiesel, why are they even whining about anything? They are the ones that drive plastic American "secretary cars".

-Sam

Well, at least it's the American car drivers this time instead of the Japanese...

Owning a Benz and defending the choice sometimes seems like what Shaquille O'Neal must go through everytime he trys to make a basket with all the "hanger-ons"

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Ed "Don't Benz's just feel better..."

Current wives...
2000 ML430 Skyview "The Mel"
2000 CLK430 Cab "The Cab"
85 300D Turbo "The Diesel"

Past wives...
92 300E
85 190E

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to
avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond
this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to
interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways."
Bertrand Russell

Whats sad is back in 83 my BMw cost more than a new honda does today with a base of 25k and the 500 cost 48k US and with import 53k. Just think it is about double that today!
Rember they have problems we all know it just hope they catch the cure from you. J/k