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Just a thought. My Grandma was telling me how much better a Mercedes is
than any American car. Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought that
European cars were a hassle. What are better qualities of owning a Mercedes
rather than a luxury American car?
SyntheticTrust
Why didn't you get a Mercedes?
Mercedes doesn't make a van.
I have the little 3 inch windshield wipers that wipe off the rain in a
storn.
I have a place to f*ck your sister
Forgive me if I missquoted, but you get the idea.
giant016
Before I go on as to how such a generalized statement is idiotic,
subjective, conditional, and gratuitous, I will just say this:
Mercedes basically is an American car company.
Bronxie
Oh really? I didnt know that. She was just going on about how her American
cars were so horrible but once she started purchasing Mercedes it was a
whole new world.
SyntheticTrust
This thread really has me confused. Mercedes don't make a van? Mercedes is
American? Maybe, but still deamed European in every form. Last but by no
means least, Synth thinks that European cars are a hassle, yet she owns a
BMW? :wink2:
Cliffy
Mercedes not making a van was in reference to a Ron White (American
comedian) joke. He was impersonating his rich inlaws who wanted him to get
a Mercedes. He instead got a van with a fold out bed in the back.
giant016
But they do make a van....here at least, lol. :laughing:
Merc Sprinter
http://www.selectvans.co.uk/Logos/SprinterArcticWhiteSideBig.jpg
aka Pontiac Sprinter?
http://www.bertogdenchryslerdodge.com/images/edmunds/VEHICLE/2006/Dodge/100
564391/20028718-T.jpg
You probably already knew that though, lol......
Cliffy
Shut up cliffy...:laughing:
99integra
The tow truck operators here always have something to say about the number
of Mercs and Beemers they handle.
Wally
Yeah, I'm sure those are just the only cars they notice... If 3 out of
every 10 cars you see on the road are BMWs, it's likely that 3 out of every
10 towed cars will be BMWs also. Doesn't mean there's more being towed than
others cars... percentage-wise.
Bronxie
Dont you remember the thread I made on my birthday about what happened to
the BMW? When it fell apart on me.
SyntheticTrust
I seem to recall you mentioning something about the wheel hubs falling
off.....:ohcrap:
Cliffy
I think its a Dodge Sprinter....you know...Daimler Chrysler....
Mathew
or freightliner Sprinter!!!
http://www.fruitfull.com/images/FaithVan.jpg
True_Brit
The R-class is a van.
You guys forgot about that huh?
Car hippie
Isn't it the other way around, Chrysler is pretty much German? Not M-B is
American.
jedimario
You know what I meant, lol...I just tapped it in to Google images. All
these variations of companies, and 'badge sharing' messes with my head,
lol. While we're on the subject, do you guys get a variation of this? It's
the Mercedes Vito, there's also an MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) version
called the V-class....
Older one
http://photos.net-truck.com/photos/mercedes-vito-121205u22.jpg
Newer one
http://photos.net-truck.com/photos/mercedes-vito-114339060706u13.jpg
I wouldn't call that a van.....I guess it could be by the way it's viewed
over there, but it looks more like a large estate/MPV to me.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/photos/2006/mercedes-benz/r-class/06r-class_1
-1.jpg
Cliffy
It's a van dude. A luxury van. Has all the features of a van.
Car hippie
not in england, we're different, a van is a commercial vehicle! a luxury
van is a commercial vehicle with a cd player and electric
windows!:laughing:
True_Brit
No, it's not. It's a wagon/SUV corssover thing.
THIS is a van...
http://www.diecastfast.net/images/reviews/74chevy40.jpg
http://www.hollywood-diecast.com/charlie's%20angels%20custom%20van.jpg
lol!
ChrisV
Indeed, lol.
Bronxie, I know you have different views in the US, about what vans etc
are, but believe me that is NOT a van.....Chris said so too....and he's
from the US of A :laughing:
Cliffy
Ever noticed how cross ply tyred, exhaust silent black vans, stacked with
armed thugs, 1000kg of gold bars, several missile launchers, an atomic bomb
and a 53kg big bosomed, fat lipped female hostage can out manouvre the
fastest growling V8, tyre screeching supadupa pursuit vehicles in the
movies?
I want one of those vans.... who makes them?
Wally
sometimes it's even semi's outrunning ferrari's ... see Bad Boys II
windsonian
hollywood!:mrgreen:
True_Brit
Can't argue w/ that. Those are definitely vans.
But what about things like the nissan quest, sienna, odyssey, town&country,
caravan...etc.
Those are vans, right?
Bronxie
Minivans. I guess one type of van.
chris_knows
Well, those are the same as the r class!
Bronxie
never heard of the above apart from the odyssey and the caravan (which is
the Chrysler Grand Voyager in europe) but those are known as MPV's or
people carriers here
True_Brit
The following link shows the dimensions of the R-class...I would say that's
a large estate car or wagon size, The cars you mentioned could be descrided
as large cars or possibly minivans in my opinion. In the UK we call them
MPVs. Mercedes has described the R-class as an MAV or Multi Activity
Vehicle, and says that they have offered all the space required, and the
sporty ride and characteristics of a smaller car....
Merc R-Class
(http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdo
m_website/en/home_mpc/passenger_cars/home/products/new_cars/r_class/technic
al_data/dimensions.0004.html)
Cliffy
No, the R class is that new category of crossover, that is more of a
carlike SUV wannabe, not really a minivan.
ChrisV
Yeah, I saw edmunds.com classify it as such. I just thought it looked like
a minivan but Mercedes was trying to hide it from looking exactly like a
minivan.
Oh well.
Bronxie
