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It appears that this done a lot, (as you might already know i purchased one )
so who is doing it?
too many to be your average joe?
(And possible to well done )
(Also does the average owner even understand )
is it the dealers ?
or who And why ?
(In my case the dealer played it down and pointed out that the motor was not AMG as they did not produce AMG motors in 1999 )
As in any good detective story Do we follow the money ?
Has any one found someone who has confessed to doing it ?
so who is doing it?
too many to be your average joe?
(And possible to well done )
(Also does the average owner even understand )
is it the dealers ?
or who And why ?
(In my case the dealer played it down and pointed out that the motor was not AMG as they did not produce AMG motors in 1999 )
As in any good detective story Do we follow the money ?
Has any one found someone who has confessed to doing it ?
I don't know enough about this so I ask: I believe that only the "top of the line" (32 & 55) units get the badges.
What about those "not top of the line" units that get the AMG optional package? Do they get the badge as well?
What about those "not top of the line" units that get the AMG optional package? Do they get the badge as well?
My 350 2005 has an amg badge on the boot, apparently bought from new by the original lady owner from the dealers and the car came with the badge, it does not have the kit but did originally have 18 inch amg wheels and is very highly specced up with almost every extra available at the time, when i bought the car i knew it was not an amg, and was not advertised as, it doesnt bother me and have left the badge on, although it does appear that this badge was put on by the dealer or it came to the dealer with the badge, odd one really, maybe just a sales pitch i wonder
Hi to you all out there. I was searching last summer for an SLK 230 Auto and came across this very listing along with a million others that read/looked just as iffy.
I spent a lot of time trying to get some accurate info off of the seller and being told a few 'stories' that simply did very little for me to take a rather long trip over to Wrexam.
I asked about the car but got very little back that was convincing enough.
Although the car was advertised as an AMG in the listing title there was no further mention of it
The image that showed the young lady in the kinky black plastic boots and deliberately covering the legal registration plate in my opinion was as a deliberate distraction.
After the listing had eventually ended (unsold) I received a message inviting me over to view the car but declined on the basis that the then advertised cost along with the mileage and the registration year plus the cost of having the 'rust eaten wings' dealt with properly and further more I could probably find a genuine SLK 230 AMG for a more realist price and with less mileage.
I spent a lot of time trying to get some accurate info off of the seller and being told a few 'stories' that simply did very little for me to take a rather long trip over to Wrexam.
I asked about the car but got very little back that was convincing enough.
Although the car was advertised as an AMG in the listing title there was no further mention of it
The image that showed the young lady in the kinky black plastic boots and deliberately covering the legal registration plate in my opinion was as a deliberate distraction.
After the listing had eventually ended (unsold) I received a message inviting me over to view the car but declined on the basis that the then advertised cost along with the mileage and the registration year plus the cost of having the 'rust eaten wings' dealt with properly and further more I could probably find a genuine SLK 230 AMG for a more realist price and with less mileage.
Reading a lot of replies about cars that are trying to be passed off as AMGs. Maybe I'm old school, but if I've ever bought a high end car (MB or otherwise) I've always researched it first. All these cars sold as AMG will fall at the first hurdle in my opinion - opening the bonnet - if there's not a great hunking 3.2 or 5.5 etc with the engine builders signature on it - then it ain't an AMG in my book. And if a buyer doesn't know or look for that, they are not deserving of driving this marque ?
Is this real? SLK 230K
Must admit it has me thinking, but "one man, one engine" at AMG and they have the builders plate on the engine.
Seller seems to believe its real from the AMG factory??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-SLK-AMG/263648634323?hash=item3d62aee5d3:g:2S0AAOSwGRZa3NuB
Not quite sure the sales pitch is all there though about being as fast as the SLK32 - always ready to be educated though.
Must admit it has me thinking, but "one man, one engine" at AMG and they have the builders plate on the engine.
Seller seems to believe its real from the AMG factory??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-SLK-AMG/263648634323?hash=item3d62aee5d3:g:2S0AAOSwGRZa3NuB
Not quite sure the sales pitch is all there though about being as fast as the SLK32 - always ready to be educated though.
I think it is really odd that people would want to add a badge when it is not a legitimate AMG.
I am really surprised if as you say that the MB showroom has badged the AMG line car as AMG.
My new SLC 200 AMG line car was due to be delivered to me last Thursday.Due to a misunderstanding between the broker and Merc Financial it is not coming until next Thursday.?To say I am getting impatient is an understatement lol.Will post photos when it eventually arrives and search it for AMG badges ??
I am really surprised if as you say that the MB showroom has badged the AMG line car as AMG.
My new SLC 200 AMG line car was due to be delivered to me last Thursday.Due to a misunderstanding between the broker and Merc Financial it is not coming until next Thursday.?To say I am getting impatient is an understatement lol.Will post photos when it eventually arrives and search it for AMG badges ??
OMG!! How naive am into thinking that people wouldn't try and pass off their car as an AMG when selling it. False advertising end of! Luckily, we have a register here in the our state where you can check details of the car when researching before buying. Learning something new here, the term poser. Haha. Why would you even bother doing it all up to make it look something that it is not?! Nothing better to do?
Trade names and logos are merchandisable . Don't let anyone tell you different. AMG themselves are badging cars as AMG without the AMG engines and the performance associated with that. AMG is associated with the powerful end of the Mercedes range in the same way M (Motorsport) does for BMW.
So if you want to buy a Ferrari replica or just put badges on your smaller engined model, feel free, but when it comes to selling it, if you don't point out those badges are tinsel, then you are probably breaking trade description laws and could potentially find yourself in trouble. I mean the whole point is to make the car to appear to be something its not, isn't that right?
For me personally, my 350 has more than enough poke for me and I think it can stand with its head high without any assistance. Not only that it's a manual and I wouldn't want anyone thinking I was driving around in an automatic
I have a few spots of rust on those front wings - my thinking is that this is probably spoiling my image more than a lack of an AMG badge :-(
So if you want to buy a Ferrari replica or just put badges on your smaller engined model, feel free, but when it comes to selling it, if you don't point out those badges are tinsel, then you are probably breaking trade description laws and could potentially find yourself in trouble. I mean the whole point is to make the car to appear to be something its not, isn't that right?
For me personally, my 350 has more than enough poke for me and I think it can stand with its head high without any assistance. Not only that it's a manual and I wouldn't want anyone thinking I was driving around in an automatic
I have a few spots of rust on those front wings - my thinking is that this is probably spoiling my image more than a lack of an AMG badge :-(
Back in the day, we had a saying: "If it don't go, chrome it." Seems like the sans-coulottes will always go for bling.
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