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naz,May 5 2008, 09:13 PM Wrote:

dad,May 6 2008, 12:35 AM Wrote:Edit....I should change my signature under my posts that car was split in two
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hey haven't seen you posting in a while!

split in two.. as in.. you got into a bad crash? if so glad you are ok

i looked at MB's briefly.. i really like the CLK500 and CLK55.. but then i realized that no one would right mechanical breakdown insurance for the CLK55 and the premium for the CLK500 were like 4-5x the premium of other comparably priced cars... so.. i decided real fast i did not want to use my cash flow that way hahaha
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I gave the car to the ex-wife (as well as most everything else) and her and my oldest son got severly t-boned . the only thing holding the two halves of the car together was the eibach front sway bar....quite the sight. She got badly brused up my son (20 years old) had two fractured vertabra and spent 16 weeks in a brace , he has made a full recovery :).
Saddly she died last december after a 9 month fight with multiple cancers so the car was of little consequence.....dispite my indifference to her a would prefer the kids still had there mom. I do miss the focus , it was a fun car the way I had it set up. It was a fantastic momentum car, one of the best I ever owned actually.
fortunately insurence costs amd money are not really an issue these days but yes a benz can be expensive to insure when compared to others, however I guess I will have to tough it out ey....

We looked a various BMW's and just could not agree on which one and we loved our first Benz so the decision was kind of a no brainer....Although I do believe most BMW"s represent a "better" driving experience I have come to completely enjoy the very paired down luxury/engineering of the Benz....it is impossible to explain until you have xtended seat time in these cars. Position of switch gear, road feel , turn in (for a heavy car) and the crazy thing is the seat position. I actually did not initially like the seating but what you come to realize is that after a 3 hour road trip you havent wiggled ,shifted had a numb arse or had any occasion to move or shift the seat....as a big guy this is a first for me . This is the thing the german cars do well , engineering that stealthly adds to the driving enjoyment.

anyway, enjoy your car it is a far cry from a focus (no offense guys) Oh and yes I have modified the benz it looks exactly like the blue convertable here......

http://www.brabus.com/index_usa.html including the wheels which I just bought today :)