Saturday morning discussion.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/03/2018 at 10:15 • Filed to: None

500hp for under $20k.

I’ll nominate the first batch of MB CLS63 AMGs. What do you have? Show me your bad idea.

DISCUSSION (22)

syaieya > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:19

Just literally any larger mercedes amg from the mid 00s or a chevy ls with some bolt ons.

After we get those out of our system and the literal racecars,

Then the list gets interesting

RT > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:25

Modified LS cars, large 00s Mercedes AMGs and V10 BMW M cars aside...

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/jaguar/xf/jaguar-xf-v8-r-2009/8284672

...There’s this.

sony1492 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:34

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/zx-twin-turbo-swapped-22/6474944378.html

Decay buys too many beaters > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:37

This was less that $20k...

Kinja'd!!!

Ash78, voting early and often > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:49

I would have said R63, but haven’t see one listed under $40k yet. Apparently the Hot Rod Minivan holds it’s value.

Or none of them are selling and people just keep listing them anyway.

E90M3 > Decay buys too many beaters
02/03/2018 at 10:50

Hold on, hold on, hold on, 700 hp, wall.

interstate366, now In The Industry > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 10:55

This and some mild modifications.

http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/TOYOTA/SUPRA/700070089530171120001/index.html

boxrocket > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 11:04

Even if a first-gen CLS AMG were half that price, I’d pass.

It looks like a cockroach, and I have to do some awkward gymnastics to get in and out of one without hitting/rubbing my head on the top of the door frame.

I’m gradually warming up to the idea of E-class ownership, including AMG models. There’s something inherently right and particularly Mercedes-like about the E-class that I don’t feel in every other mainstream M-B model, including the S-class.

diplodicus forgot his password > Decay buys too many beaters
02/03/2018 at 11:26

Wait when did you get an s2000? Is the e39 gone?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/03/2018 at 11:48

I bet a built vq could do it.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Ash78, voting early and often
02/03/2018 at 13:06

Yeah, but the NA V8 is pretty cheap...

Ash78, voting early and often > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
02/03/2018 at 13:27

But they’re also pretty rare...I’d love to find one.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often
02/03/2018 at 13:29

I think there were less than 100 sold in the US so good luck.

Decay buys too many beaters > diplodicus forgot his password
02/03/2018 at 13:59

Yeah e39 sold right before thanksgiving, picked up this lady a few weeks ago. Been meaning to do a write up of that and the new stuff in the garage, but the kinja interface is so hateful with embedded images that I haven’t bothered yet.

Down to FR-S, Miata, S2000, and a bunch of bikes now lol

Decay buys too many beaters > E90M3
02/03/2018 at 13:59

I have a Motec m150 and a racegrade IMU doing traction control thingies, no walls here

Ash78, voting early and often > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
02/03/2018 at 15:31

Three of them live near me...I just need to find one and leave a note. All were originally manufacturer tags from the plant (40 miles away) and I assume they just held onto them...

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often
02/03/2018 at 16:03

Somehting I never thought of before - I assume that 6.2L AMG models built in Alabama have engines that were hand-built in Germany and shipped over?

AM3R, lost another burner > Decay buys too many beaters
02/03/2018 at 16:31

Dude. Please post about the S2k!! I am convincing myself to buy one and sell either the 328i or the C300. Twin turbo 335i + n/a (and hopefully reliable) S2k is the perfect garage

Ash78, voting early and often > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
02/03/2018 at 17:36

Hand built here, to my knowledge. At least all the prior AMG V8 engines were (those I saw with my own two eyes circa 2001).

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often
02/03/2018 at 17:59

Interesting. All of the V8’s I’ve ever seen have a very German-sounding name on the plate. I’d love to see an ML63 with something like Hand Crafted by Jim-Bob Barnette or Julian Bautista or something like that.

Ash78, voting early and often > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
02/03/2018 at 18:06

Kinja'd!!!

Truth: West AL and the MB plant are heavily represented by African Americans. But mainly just that I always LOL at this Key and Peele segment.

Decay buys too many beaters > AM3R, lost another burner
02/03/2018 at 23:04

It’ll be a little while before she’s running again, bought it as a bit if a project. I’ll be sure to do a write up once done.

And yes miata and 300+hp RWD car is the perfect garage, and everyone knows the s2000 is just the Miata for rich kids :p