cjTL

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Except neither cars are mine- sister's and mom's. I do drive a TL though! But I'll be keeping it a few more years. Thought I'd share since everyone else in this section seems to be upgrading.

Suspects to be traded in:

Mom's ride:


Sister's ride:


The C350. It's a black/black 2008 with 40,000 miles that's driven by my mom who lives in Michigan. RWD is the sux in snow and she's really been itching to get a new car anyway. Problem solved- 2011 Mercedes GLK.

The TL. A 2004 ABP/Camel with 100,000 miles that my sister has driven for three or so years now. I drive a 2005 that I've been blessed with as my first car. She graduated college in May and has wanted to buy a new car ever since as she has a good-paying job now. Problem solved- my mom's 2008 C350. She does indeed have to pay for it on her own. The Benz dealer raped my poor sister on the trade in value of her TL.

Anyway! The GLK has every package except for the lighting and appearance ones. My mom didn't find the need for them and was working for a <$50K price. Her C350 has every option except for premium II and AMG package. On to the pics.

Happy new owners next to their Benzes.







Drove the GLK with 34 miles on the odometer and it drives almost exactly the same as the C350. Obviously as they're based on the same platform, but still I was impressed. Drives nothing like my dads 2007 GL450 which is tank. It is so plush and just well put together on the inside. Reminds you why you buy a Mercedes-Benz. Shit is tight as a drum. Thanks for reading. There's two very happy women in my family right now.

1islandparadise

The wife's mom has one also, the same color, these are very clean cars (SUV's). Nice pics!!

rossv1

Congrats!

007Acura

congrats to them! knowing who the previous owner of the car (c350) was is always good even though her tl looked nice

speedemon90

we need a new way of introducing new cars...

congrats on the purchase

CLtotheTL32

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Awesome Craig! I wish you and the family the best with the new whips!

So it sounds like you are the only one without a Benz now. Time for an upgrade. C63 AMG

achenator

more pics












of sister

pttl

^

+1

S A CHO

Nice cars!

Shift_Acura

Mercedes Family. Next it will be you trading in the TL for an E-Class

CCColtsicehockey

didn't see this coming

TylerT

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^

TS_eXpeed

achenator

which means you thought the same thing as us LOL

cjTL

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They're great cars. Certainly a woman's mobile though, IMO. Unless you get the AMG sport appearance package.

Indeed. My sister's TL was hardly ever that clean though.
I got her year-old snow tires for this coming winter and we put my Toyo Versados on her TL before we traded it in. I'll get a set of summer tires next spring.

Thanks Tyler. And funny you say C63 because the sales lady who my family has bought our last four Benzes from asked when it was my turn. I told her in a couple years hopefully and pointed to this C63.



Building in the background is my Acura dealer though! Haha.

Haha the new E is nice! Sat in one in the show room. I like the new 5's more though.

I've found that posting any pic of my sister on this website tends to draw a lot of attention.

CLtotheTL32

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Yummmmm C63

I really want to get behind the wheel of one.

phee

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I'll take pics of the mom

CCColtsicehockey

you guys are relentless

CLtotheTL32

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Fixed.

Eoanou

I'm a fan of the C350, I think it's an awesome car I would definitely put that on my list of potential next car. The GLK looks great as well.

Majofo

If CJ's mom took the same care of her C350 as CJ's sister did to her TL, I wouldn't touch it. Screw the C63.. the new E63 AMG (biturbo 5.5L) is what I would pick.

GIBSON6594

What's under the cover in the first pic?

cjTL

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You'll piss your pants. I didn't drive one, but I rode in one a year ago or so. Rocket ship.

She's 50, recently remarried and has three kids.

I don't expect anything less venturing into other areas of the forum.

Yeah you really should consider it. My mom didn't have a single problem with hers other than a satellite radio antenna replacement @ 5,000 miles. Smooth sailing since, just have to get used to paying $200+ per each scheduled maintenance visit.

Haha my mom babied that car. She had it professionally detailed biyearly even.

1989 Jaguar XJS V12 with 44,000 miles.
Passed down from an older family member. See my detailing thread of it here: https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/detailed-1989-jaguar-xjs-v12-convertable-background-story-783433/

Acuraluvr

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Nice upgrades man. Ima PM you if you don't mind, we're looking into a used 2007 MB as well...

charliemike

LOL, why didn't you just PM him and not resurrect this year old thread? Just askin' ...

Acuraluvr

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I justtt saw the date of when this was posted hahaha. My bad

cjTL

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Haha I forgot about this thread. PM replied.