![]() 11/19/2018 at 15:40 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I just heard that this beautiful, low mile, insanely well kept black series was murdered. Someone crashed into it and did $50k in damage.
But at least the owner is pulling the engine and sending it to his son who has a twin of the same car. The engine on the dead one is perfect. All new cams, lifters, adjusters, and cylinder heads.
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The market value on these just went up another 25 grand.
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Can I haz for my W212 plz? Tx
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OOOFFFFF!!
At least it’s heart can live on.
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As long as the engine is safe
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Boooooooooo! That sucks. At least the engine will live on.
Reminded me of an incident on my commute. There was some inanely expensive, rare Mercedes. I don’t recall what it was, but I remember having seen it on Top Gear and that it was at least $100k+, maybe $200k+. ANYWAY, on this occasion the Mercedes driver was driving kinda slow on an on-ramp and had a 90s Hyundai inches from his rear . I was livid. Like... dude the rear bumper on that car costs more that your entire car and the car itself is (likely) worth more than your house... by a wide margin. I don’t care if the Mercedes is driving 10 under, BACK THE FUCK OFF!
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U no need. Jus toon it!
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Another AMG dying the way it lived: sideways and out of control
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I would guess SLS or a Black Series of some kind. Unless it was old. Then it could be a lot of things. But yeah, people suck.
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It hurts me emotionally to laugh at that
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Heart transplant FTW.
So that other Mercs may live.
#savetheblackseries
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Lol, yeah, I just looked it up and thought it had more HP than it did - so I guess I could just tune it and have moar powah if I needed to.
Sucks about the car (holy crap they sell for a lot still!), hopefully the owner is ok!
![]() 11/19/2018 at 16:01 |
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Is that engine positioned diagonally in the engine bay, or is my brain just playing tricks on me?
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As far as I know he’s fine. Physically. Probably will need therapy for this tragic loss. I would.
Tuning 278's is very effective and I haven't seen any downsides from it. Not that they really need more power.
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Tricks for sure. The firewall is higher than the front clip.
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I’ve got a 3 year warranty that I worry about voiding, plus I just don’t need it - the low end torque makes me smile enough as is.
What about the rest of the drivetrain though? I worry more about the trans and 4matic than the engine, with a tune.
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Ahhh, yeah that makes it better to look at it with that in mind.
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Yeah just leave it stock. They're plenty quick. Honestly stay on top of maintenance and you should be fine. Early never hurts on trans services.
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Yes- I plan to keep the car a long time, so no skimping on maintenance. I’ve got an 18 year old reliable (!) BMW, thanks to keeping up with it.
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But at least the owner is pulling the engine and sending it to his son who has a twin of the same car
Lotta money. Hard for me to feel bad for them.
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Harsh. But it wasn’t about feeling bad for them, just that the car is dead. They’re rare and cool.
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:) Right you are
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that hurts me, it’s one of the first truly nice cars I’ve been in, when I was 8/9 years old, right when it was brand new
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ouch