Stickers on an E60, baddddddd

WRC 786 is 100% a real CLK DTM. Just look at the bonnet. It's separate from the grille when you open it.

There is a fakey CLK DTM in the country, it's just a slapped on bodykit, and the grille and bonnet is one piece, like all the other regular CLKs.

in so much danger, you mean.

cos i really cannot see why he is so dangerous, unless he falls backwards off the car and then becomes a road hazard and therefore dangerous to the people behind... mobile sleeping policeman deployment!

A mistake? Or somebody got hit by the poor taste bat?

This post has been edited by Roland San: Oct 21 2008, 10:48 AM

hahaha please tell me you have a pic of the front, too

obviously not. it's an emergency response mamak stall. they serve the drinks from the side with the roller shutter.

Dude... Your spelling... Renault.

The Spirit of Ecstasy is iconic. Even if you don't know what it is you should've seen one before. Also, they are fun to play with. Yank it and it pops back (but not so sure if it'll do that on the classics). Especially around older folks, they absolutely freak out when they hear the clank and immediately think you broke that car...

No no no, the Spirit of Ecstasy has nothing to do with Benzs, they're only found on one make.

A 300SL-24 is not special. I have one, with the 5-speed tranny. -24 denotes 24 valves, and being an I6, that's 4 valves per cylinder. Not exactly cutting edge anymore.

Ok, it is special. It is a special moneysucking machine. It does nothing but eat money. Eat eat eat... c'mon, 40k this year already? WTF?

And that's not counting the soft-top control box under the back seat, that's 5 large in itself.

It was great when there was no R230, cruising top-down in the KL night. But now it's a lumbering overweight sluggish chunk of metal. Heaps of body roll, underpowered, absolutely no steering feel, even worse brake feel, tendency to snap into oversteer coming out of bends in the wet at full charge... I cannot wait for the car that replaces my R129 to arrive.

the problem was not with the engine. it was with everything else haha.

tranny rebuild, new bushes, control arms and dampers on all 4 corners, power steering issues, replacement of all 4 brake rotors and pads, dashboard irregularities, cat converter replacement, some respraying, etc... as well as the regular servicing.

it was a great ride when it was working fine in the late '90s, and before it became an older model. on full kickdown, the engine had a real growl to it, it's surprised many other road users. unfortunately the sound never matched the actual grunt, and although it was slow to 100kmh, the higher gear overtaking acceleration was pretty good. and the car has an AMAZING turning circle, it can do a u-turn in tight places easily. other than that, it made a good nighttime bangsar cruiser top-down. it used to pull looks, but not anymore unfortunately.

yeah will let you know what car replaces this sl when that car shows up in the supercar/exotic thread

yeah, owned since new.
so somebody who buys it has saved 40k in repairs, but probably would need another 40k to get it to tip top condition. i mean super tip top condition, that car would be stunning. would probably need some bigger rims and maybe a bodykit to fully exploit its potential.

no, no facelift sl. that car has 3 years before it gets replaced anyways, so no point. i'm not gonna get another sl for quite a while, we'll see how the next gen pans out, although i absolutely loved the pre-facelift r230.

funny, before the r230 came out i actually had a dream about it. this was before any announcement, back in 1999 or something. i was wondering what the new sl would look like, and i went to bed thinking about it. the next morning i vividly remembered what i dreamt... it would retain the sl's long bonnet and stubby rear, it would have c-class' peanut lights, it would have the slk's vario roof, and the triangular rear light cluster, and mb's new curvy design language. what i saw in my head ended up pretty much as the r230, and damn did i want one. i came close a couple of times, but never ended up with one.

a few years back, when the 300sl was giving problems, i was thinking one night of what kinda sl i would have to replace it. like, an ultimate sl that's not as over-the-top as a slr. so i went to bed dreaming again, and in my head it would be a r230 sl55, but i'd ditch the vario roof for a fixed cf roof, and have a full integrated roll cage that would replace the pop-up bar. it would be low, mean and with an exaggerated amg kit, with bigger vents in front, and a rear diffuser. it would be stripped out, racer-style, with a detachable flat-bottomed steering wheel, tons of cf and alcantara inside, and cf bucket seats. it would have carbon-ceramic brakes, and fully tunable suspension. and it would have a proper sequential gearbox, not like the laggy torque converter boxes mercs usually have. and lastly, it would have a retractable spoiler that would sit completely flush when not in use, and raise up when deployed (this came as an extension of the clk gtr's lil boot spoiler at the back. i never like the idea of a full gt wing, but liked how the veyron dealt with the problem). only recently did i find out that most of this ended up on amg's sl65 black, which seriously has to be the sexiest (recent) sl ever, apart from its auto gearbox...

edit: my bad, actually the sexiest sl ever is the classic 300sl gullwing!

This post has been edited by Roland San: Nov 24 2008, 11:36 AM

ahhhh all the money in the world cannot buy good taste.
that car is so wrong in so many ways haha.

No, it's a car that defies physics.
I can't imagine any other vehicle that big with an interior that small...
If it were designed by asians, it'll be able to fit 18 people, 3 goats, 7 chickens and 2 kapchais.

Apparently, like the BMW design language, I polarise opinions.


This post has been edited by Roland San: Jan 13 2009, 05:42 PM

The new F02 launched, with freeflow Moet and wine, a 5 course fine dining French style dinner, Bic Runga, Cohibas and 18 yo single malt. BMW really knows how to throw a party.

MB really needs to up their marketing if they are hoping to maintain their market share, cos the new 7 really is something else.


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I used to absolutely hate cars like this.

Now I think they're brilliant.

How else can you depreciate your car faster by throwing money into it, AND provide some comedic entertainment for the folks here in LYN? You have to give the owner some credit, because that's some wild hopeful imagination to think that that's a visual improvement.

EDIT: just noticed that they are before AND after pics, couldn't really tell with a quick glance. It appears that someone out there does not share the owner's wild hopeful imagination.

This post has been edited by Roland San: Feb 10 2009, 09:25 PM

There can't be many of these running around, I see one in Kiara quite a bit. BTW, F02 is the long wheelbase version.

except wouldn't a M5 have big ass perforated rotors?