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Shinigami · 10-03-2005, 04:36 AM

No problem man. I saw your edit just now, and I also added an edit of my own. I assumed you were another feverent BMW fan because you're a mod on an M5 forum.

We get our fair share of BMW fanatics come on MB forums spoiling the fun for everyone else and giving a bad image to BMW owners (hey, one of my best friends is a BMW fan, I don't hate him for it

). We also have our bad seeds in the MB community (and funnily enough, it's usually the teen age kids that cause the biggest problem, going on about cars as if they really owned them).

But yeah, I know very well that MB has problems, but there's a lot of non-owners who receive misinformation relating to these problems. Most problems at the moment relating to MB's is down in the simple electronics department. And SRS light that lights up, or the radio which stops working. It's rarely anything catastrophic such as the engine blowing up or the tranny falling to the floor in a heap of pieces.

In any case, a problem is always a cause of annoyance. I just try to inform those who think that the problems with MB's are a LOT worse then they truly are.

The BIGGEST problem with MB is their incompetent dealer network. We get a lot of owners asking us about problems with wind noise coming from the window. And problems like this are easy to fix, yet dealers seem to f'k up really badly, and some of them just don't care! I think this is just not fair on the owners. Luckily for myself, the dealer I bought from IS competent and friendly. Something which I don't see happening in some other countries where they're just snobby and sometimes down right rude.

Just_me · 10-03-2005, 04:42 AM

Shinri_Shiogami, Im glad we ended it before it went to far.

For your information, I think Audi TT and BMW Z4 is a hairdressers car, so SLK isnt the only chickcar

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Ps, Im joking with you...

Shinigami · 10-03-2005, 04:54 AM

I'm quite a convertible freak, so I like to drive anything open top. Audi TT, Z4, Miata...

I'll take them all and drive off grinning ear to ear

p.s. I just hope MB and BMW will get over their electronic problems and rise back to the top of the ladder like they used to be

I wonder which one will achieve this first, knowing MB has decided to lower the number of electronics in their car, and BMW has decided to increase theirs. Maybe BMW will have better luck with their systems. Who knows.

dutchmasterflex · 10-03-2005, 10:57 AM

no matter what you guys say, the SLK will always be the mercedes you buy for your baby's momma.

Shinigami · 10-04-2005, 09:07 AM

mrmojo77: I think car taxes are very high in Finland. This also causes many impressive cars to be completely out of reach for most people...

IMO, any car over 50,000chf is already in the impressive range, as it rules out most French and Japanese cars, leaving pretty much only german cars as the ones which cost over 50,000chf (of course, talking about europe here... american cars don't sell much over here, and they do occasionally make some that go for over 50k, as do of course 'some' French and Japanese ones as well).

But the SLK costs over 100,000chf (I paid 125k for mine) and this is beginning to be the territory of cars you don't see often on the streets, even in Switzerland...