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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture
One major thing IMO is how difficult it is to make your Benz "yours". What I mean is the lack of modifiable aspects of the Benz. You can buy a bolt on turbo kit for a honda but to do the same to a merc is a $pecial club. Bmw has dinan and others, merc has nothing.
I see a lot of younger people driving 300e's because they are pretty cheap to buy ATM. There is very little to invest in them modification wise, so once the car becomes a nuisance the love affair quickly ends because the equity (both emotionally and financially) is small.
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I sort of agree. However I'd say that one issue they've had is that they don't make drivers cars that really beg to be modified. For example, I could toss a whole handful of aftermarket parts from the companies Jim mentioned onto my 300E and it STILL won't be as fun and enjoyable to drive as an stock E30. Comfortable? Absolutely, but not fun. I realize I'm talking to a bunch of people who think their 240D's are fun to drive, but that doesn't seem to be the norm.
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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.
Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth
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