C63 Coupe "Soup to Nuts"

[Magoo]

I have always paid cash for cars and will never own a C63 but I am still offended by this nonsense. The cost of owning a car is what you pay at the beginning, less what you get back at the end, plus the cost of financing the cash outlay. A sensible buyer will try to make this cost the lowest possible based on his planned term of ownership and sources of finance available to him, End of.

Solely using this theory; why would anyone even buy a Merc. They ARE expensive, when compared to most other cars. In truth, it's not all about driving down the cost but obtaining best value for the product in question.

My sister's VW Fox (@ about £6K brand new) is looking like a pretty safe bet under these rules.

 

[BigSilverEstate]

Naturally I meant minimise the cost of buying the same vehicle

 

[rsk21]

Well all I can say is it's a real shame that this thread has turned out this way. The OP put time and effort in in an attempt to inform and assist but certain people have chosen to deliberately derail it. I really don't understand why.

An open question to Dieselman. Why do you feel the need to interject and make remarks on threads like this which you must be aware will be deemed provocative ?

I have looked at some of what has gone on in the past and it's clear you have been involved in run ins with some C63 owners, some of whom do not appear to have covered themselves in glory. To tar all with same brush though and seemingly look to stir up trouble in a perfectly good natured and well mannered thread seems grossly unfair. As a newish member it doesn't make me see the forum as a welcoming place

 

[Paddcomp]

Solely using this theory; why would anyone even buy a Merc. They ARE expensive, when compared to most other cars. In truth, it's not all about driving down the cost but obtaining best value for the product in question.

My sister's VW Fox (@ about £6K brand new) is looking like a pretty safe bet under these rules.

If you compare Mercs to BMW and Audi, the offers are better for the Mercs. Also the lease deals are significantly cheaper for Mercs too. Cheaper cars will always be cheaper, that's why they're called cheap cars.

 

[MrVix]

Well all I can say is it's a real shame that this thread has turned out this way. The OP put time and effort in in an attempt to inform and assist but certain people have chosen to deliberately derail it. I really don't understand why.

An open question to Dieselman. Why do you feel the need to interject and make remarks on threads like this which you must be aware will be deemed provocative ?

I have looked at some of what has gone on in the past and it's clear you have been involved in run ins with some C63 owners, some of whom do not appear to have covered themselves in glory. To tar all with same brush though and seemingly look to stir up trouble in a perfectly good natured and well mannered thread seems grossly unfair. As a newish member it doesn't make me see the forum as a welcoming place

I totally agree the op had put alot of work into this thread and i enjoyed reading it. Can the last days pointless banter not be deleted by a moderator? Lets show some respect to the op. Surely the people that want to discuss this rubbish can start a new thread.

 

[E's Are Good]

I enjoyed reading this until the last couple of pages . . Could you guys not go and start a duel at dawn somewhere?

Not tonight if you're anywhere here NE13, the fireworks are enough.

OP get this back on track, can't have the coupe, but infinitely interested in the tale

 

[Simon_M]

Is that when dieselman posted?

 

[E's Are Good]

Possibly around that evolutionary cycle of the thread.
Went from readable to predictable in a few posts :-/

 

[Sp!ke]

> Dieselman - stop trolling, didn't you learn anything last time around?

 

[No6]

Yee-ha...Round 'em up cowboy...

You sir are a complete ****. Why should anyone join this forum only to get abused. The thread starter is trying to be helpful and you with your daft comments ruin it.

 

[Dieselman]

Well all I can say is it's a real shame that this thread has turned out this way. The OP put time and effort in in an attempt to inform and assist but certain people have chosen to deliberately derail it. I really don't understand why.

An open question to Dieselman. Why do you feel the need to interject and make remarks on threads like this which you must be aware will be deemed provocative ?

I have looked at some of what has gone on in the past and it's clear you have been involved in run ins with some C63 owners, some of whom do not appear to have covered themselves in glory. To tar all with same brush though and seemingly look to stir up trouble in a perfectly good natured and well mannered thread seems grossly unfair. As a newish member it doesn't make me see the forum as a welcoming place

It's all been explained quite clearly.

The O/p has a car on a lease agreement so doesn't need to worry about the long term issues of corrosion to the underbody.

If you bother to read the posts properly you will see it was Sinewave made the original comment and I just explained it.

What is provocative about providing the explanation?

 

[renault12ts]

You sir are a complete ****. Why should anyone join this forum only to get abused. The thread starter is trying to be helpful and you with your daft comments ruin it.

And your language helps?

 

[mika]

i think someone is being asked to stop trolling
not an unreasonable request
coupled with a reminder of what happened last time
i dare say it looks likely to go the same way

hey ho

 

[renault12ts]

Good luck buying a house thats worth triple in this day and age.

Mine is worth 9 times what I paid for it...but I've owned it a few years.

Anyway...I agree, why is this yet another C63 thread going the way of all the rest. I thought it would break a record having survived so long before the fight broke out!

 

[renault12ts]

i think someone is being asked to stop trolling
not an unreasonable request
coupled with a reminder of what happened last time
i dare say it looks likely to go the same way

hey ho

I agree Mika...but even in our best fighting talk threads we tend to remain civil.

 

[mika]

florian bader wasnt too civil

 

[Dieselman]

florian bader wasnt too civil

What did that have to do with me?

 

[renault12ts]

florian bader wasnt too civil

True.

But it had been so long since the last spat I'd hoped this would end.

 

[mika]

he trolls he gets told off his followers cry for him ( both of them ) he does it again
all rather boring...
in the meantime more and more young guns get C63's join the forum
and get trolled...

 

[Dieselman]

Mika, you are one of the biggest stirrers I have ever had the misfortune to come across.
I await your snotty little PM's while you whisper sweetly in Admins ear and maybe some more threats of violence from you all.

This line from an Admin always makes me smile.

1. No threats of violence please. The admin team will not tolerate even a hint of a threat of violence from anyone.

unless it's from a C63 driver...