Interesting video for us wagon people, ICON Deralict vs a Mercedes AMG E63S

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  1. Dead Reckon

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    Agreed! Interesting video, Thanks. I really was impressed with the AMG but given the choice I would take the Icon too. (y)
    Cool. :dance:
     
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    The AMG is sortof impressive, but you can get a CTS-V for 80k, and tune it to be that fast for about another 20k, sure the interior is still American, and therefor not as refined as the German car, so I guess that's where the extra 30k goes. Das Perfection? :D I just wish I could afford a N/A 6.2L LS, even a 5.3L LS would make me happy.
     
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    The icon is my choice....I love the PATINA that every one lately hates:thumbs2:


    This icon wagon was also posted some time back by...???, can't remember but what a ride!

    Thanks for the video:tiphat:
     
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    Yeah but it's the first video I've seen of the tank actually driving, man that Magnum V8 sounds good, the Mercedes V8 has an interesting flutter too it which I also like, but that's the turbo's I think.
     
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    I'm thinking if you have enough money to buy one then you have probably have enough to buy both. So I would have the MB for the daily driver and the Icon for the weekends.

    I like the patina too. It's probably because when I was a kid in the late 60s-early 70s, that is what most cars from the 50s looked like. I never got to see them when they were shiny and new
     
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    Lieberman is annoying........

    I'm not really a fan of the way the Derelict looks. If you're going to throw tens of thousands of dollars at a car re-do, why wouldn't you spend just a few of them to make it look nice?

    That Mercedes is nice, but I doubt I'll ever even see one, let alone drive or own one......
     
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    Sure you could drive one, rent a fancy suit, pretend to be of high class, and test drive one. :D
     
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    I'll take both please but if forced to choose, the modern car hands down.
    Now, where is the wife's checkbook?
     
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    You're a tough customer, it impressed the shi+ out of me!
     
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    Try growing up around flea markets, you wouldn't be haggled easily either. You don't even want to try to buy something off me, I'll haggle you for every dollar I can! :D
     
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    I may be completely strange, but I would not want either in my driveway! The Benz is simply too narrow at the B-pillars for comfort, and Derelict would be pulled over by the police at every turn.
     
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    Nah, the Derelict would take on the usual sleeper persona, which is to say, noone knows it's secret but the police. :D

    You think anyone would guess the flat black wagon I have planned would corner as I plan for it too? No? That's the point, it will look like a flat black project aircraft carrier that handles as well as a slightly inebriated elephant.
     
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