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    Doug DeMuro: Lamborghini Huracán Performante

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    On 12/8/2018 at 3:14 PM, StoleIt said:

    I got to hang out with Doug for a while at Monterey this year. I'm friends with his "protege" Hoovie from back when I lived in Kansas. Doug was super nice and super down to earth.

    That said, I enjoy his reviews and Hoovie does a good job on the other end of the serious spectrum.

    Yes  hoovie  . doug. Legit street cars. Harry. Make good videos   . Others out there I’m sure as well   . But as others have mentioned it’s all about making $ from clicks now  . Hoovies and Doug serve that niche, like back in the day how you cracked open a magazine at the grocery store to see and learn about a car you loved . Those are the videos they make  interesting  , informative , about the car . Go to Chris Harris or Tiff for performance  . Clarkson for entertainment  . The rest for boredom . 

    Testshoot, would love to read that topic if you ever make it  . 

    And IMO Tiff was my favorite reviewer. 5th gear tried to create a digital presence but Just never got there  . 

  18. C55 AMG Values

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    14 minutes ago, jtrump said:

    -CL65

    They made a bunch from 2003-present. No idea where you got the idea of 55 of them total. There are likely 55 currently for sale is the US. In general there isn't much on that engine/car that should be touched by someone not familiar with the Mercedes V12. 

    -AMG repairs/maintenance while expensive are proportional to the price of the vehicle when new, not what the 4th owner paid for the car at Manheim(auction).  Same as any other car. Most people don't understand this.... 

    -Catastrophic engine failure in AMG cars is quite rare but does happen, as with any manufacturer. BWM has alot more issues with this in my experience. 

    -Yes the transmission in your C55 is basically bulletproof with proper maintenance every 40k miles or so

     

    To qualify the above I own a Mercedes repair facility and have been with the brand for almost 20 years now. I am, and employ 2 additional, Master Certified Mercedes Technicians. We also do some BMW and other work, but 95% of our business is Benz. I'm happy to answer any Benz related questions you may have 

    I read it somewhere. I think MB world forum. You're right, 777 were produced, maybe that figure was for only US based cars? I was referring to the C215s only. Thanks for chiming in, I will hold you up to that offer if needed :):)

    13 minutes ago, Griza said:

    I had a CLS55 AMG for 3.5yrs, sold it with 70+k miles. Car was bulletproof except the rims. They were made out of tin foil. I must have gone through at least 8 rims and countless repairs. I once was driving from Brooklyn to Westchester where I am originally from. I cracked 2 rims within 40 mins at 2am, luckily there was a 24hr dunkin doughnut shop that I was able to limp to. That was ultimately why I sold it. I was on the side of the road at least once a week, it was absolutely insane. Other than that, prob my 2nd or 3rd favorite car I ever owned. The C55 is a little beast, enjoy it!

    Thank You :)

  20. C55 AMG Values

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    23 minutes ago, RedGTS said:

    $10k is far from a worst case scenario repair on a CL65, or really almost all AMG's from the last 10-15 years.  Non-engine or a minor engine issue, probably so.  But if the engine has a major problem, no.  I know of 3 cars offhand just from being around my local MBZ dealership that wound up parked and essentially abandoned down there because it didn't make economic sense to fix them.  The last one was an ML63 in very nice condition, but the engine failed (may have been one of the cars with the head bolt issues), and even a remanufactured one was going to be $23k installed.   A new engine was $35k installed.  But the vehicle was only worth low 30's at the time, so the owner didn't know what to do with it.  These cars offer great value used because the depreciation is brutal, but if one breaks, the repair costs are equally brutal (as you note about the CL).

    Wow. 

  21. C55 AMG Values

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    22 hours ago, Destructo said:

    That'll be a fun car! Congrats. I'd love to pick up a big AMG sedan myself, I'm just not familiar enough with them to move forward. I'll be interested to see how yours goes! 

    Thank you ! If you go for one and are familiar with working on your own cars try to find a CL65  amazing car and I believe they only made 55 of them  they trade for about $30-40k just reserve about $10k for worse case Senario repairs  I almost got one instead of the CL 55 but I can’t afford one  . Some parts on the CL do fail often and if you need to pay a mechanic to do the repairs RIP might as well go Lamborghini lol 

    1 minute ago, Chipster said:

    Had a 05 C230 for 8 years.  Was a pretty solid car.  Only issue I had was the shifter assembly/module.  C55s seem pretty rare.

    Transmissions in the AMG are supposed to be solid.  we’ll see  : thank you  haven’t ran into another C55 yet :)   I love driving it so far  love the CLK front end they did on the car  

  22. Credit score question...

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    Dude, fuk BOA. I will never deal with them again. They always nickel and dime'd me in a similar way if they weren't making any $ off me.

    Good luck, going to be tuff to get that removed, unless you have some proof that you did enroll in auto pay and were not notified of any changes regarding your auto pay.

    I would refinance thru another bank and pull out of BOA. Fuk that. Might be hard now that you score took such a huge hit, but you never know. I really hate BOA.

  23. C55 AMG Values

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    10 hours ago, emanon said:

    Sweet!  Can you swap the blower from the big 55 cars on it?  

     

    You can but it’s not worth the trouble  I can supercharge it for $10k but I wouldn’t go FI unless it was from the factory  I bought this car mainly for the NA V8 engine  they’ll never make another like this  sadly  . Turbos and superchagrers are great but the newer cars provide less feedback than from cars in this era IMO  the power delivery is just ridiculous 

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