Posted on 06/18/2006 5:18:35 PM PDT by wjersey
A fool and his money...
For sale by owner: slightly used, almost new, rare vehicle. A mechanic's dream!
12 cylinder gasoline engines are "old technology". This is pretty typical of the breed. Best take a well trained automobile mechanic with you when you drive something like this. Also, a roll of tape to cover up the warning lights so they won't bother you any.
If a dealership is suing the company, this probably has merit.
Of course, they'll retaliate and he'll lose the dealership long before this case is settled.
But this contraption is not for driving at all. It is for impressing, and this function it could [and does] perform best when stationary.
When I start the car a little light on the dash tells me I've got oil.
New Dus
Old Dus
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Old Jag
Nice body style. The mechanics are the nature of the beast when you buy a super limited edition vehicle. This car is designed to be a piece of sculpture. I've often wondered how many people actually ride the custom-made motorcycles from "American Chopper." BTW, does anyone know what those guys get for a bike?
FYI, it's actually supposed to be a street legal version of the ill-fated LeMans racing CLK-GTR - and it's supposed to be driven hard, not just looked at on a stand.
According to Consumer Reports magazine, recent model MB cars have a poor reliability record, along with most other European cars that are sold here. But I would say that an engine failure after 10 blocks in a $2.5 mil car is a just a wee bit worse than poor.
And I thought my wife's '89 Hyundai was a lemon. It had it's problems alright, but it only set me back about $9K to drive it off the lot.
Old Dus 0-100 in 17 seconds. In 1938.
What a shame. And it's not even that attractive of an automobile. When it comes to super design, leave it up to the Italians....bring in the German Engineering, Japanese Manufacturing and American Marketing, then....it should work. They probably had too many Turks on the assembly line that day.....
Hyundai's have gotten much better since 1989. At the same time these old 12 cylinder gasoline engine deals haven't.
I have heard the number of $100,000 as a minimum price.
I don't think those American Chopper bikes are much for riding. Whenever I see those guys riding their own personal bikes on the show, I see Harleys.
NEW JAG
Where is the new Deusenberg made, and who makes it?
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