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MinisterofDOOM »
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Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:02 pm
I feel the same about hotted-up MB products as I do about cars like the Evo and Cobalt SS: You can add all the power you want, it doesn't change the fact that I wouldn't drive the base car if you paid me.
Plus, it's not based on the E-class, for reasons explained in my MB Marketing people are STUPID thread.
1,000 ft-lb is awesome. But I'd rather have 500 ft-lb in a car I actually wanted to own BEFORE the power increase.
Oh, and 1000 ft-lb with an automatic transmission is überfail. I'd be scared the transmission would explode on me at the slightest hint of aggressive driving.
Plus, for 478k euro ($640k USD!) I could have TWO Ferrari 599 HGTEs. Let's see...a econolux that someone dumped a V12 in, or a GT that was designed from the ground up to consume the souls of lesser cars? Yeah, I'll take the Prancing pony and keep $300k in my pocket.