Merry Christmas for those celebrating!

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 12/25/2018 at 18:47 • Filed to: None

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Headed up to the mountains today in this 2005 ML500 “Special Edition”, whatever the heck special edition means here. Oh well, nice car, plenty of power and good in snow, but the brake pedal is crap. Very firm, and you are 90% of the way to the floor before anything starts to happen. Maybe this one just needs new brakes .

Also, not my picture but I saw this today in Vail. +1 for Top Gear plate, -1 for being registered in Montana.

Nibby > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/25/2018 at 18:53

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my childhood friend’s parents bought a new 2001 ML430. My friend still has it now, over 200k miles and going strong.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/25/2018 at 19:16

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merry christmas mate

maybe special edition means no brakes?

(rain means no brakes on my bike... but it trades stopping power for the most godawfull brake squeel in the world.... scares the shit out of whomever im about to plow into its great)

(still kinda baffled about losing the brakes in the wet tho.... that shouldnt happen with discs me thinks)

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/25/2018 at 20:23

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Last year of that chassis so let’s call it a special edition and throw some plastic crap on to make it look slightly different from other ones to try to sel l more before the new ones come out!

Brakes are normally pretty decent. That one sounds like it needs a brake flush at the very least.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 12/25/2018 at 21:33

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Only time I lost brakes on mine was when I forgot to reconnect them

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 12/25/2018 at 21:35

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huh... wierdest thing.. in the dry i stop on a dime (once launching myself over the handlebars)... in the wet... noise... but not much else

this my 3rd set of pads too... so i guess it aint them

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 12/25/2018 at 23:24

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Very odd. Wish I knew more about them to give some helpful advice.