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Detailing the JAAAAAG
Detailing the JAAAAAG
I like the black roof on that Audi. especially the contrasting pillars.
I can’t stop seeing Mazda Miata cars
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Oil time for my friends new JAAAAAAAG, then it's 10 hours of detail work lol!
No smell of gas or coolant, not synthetic oil though and OLD
Old junk
Behold. A British car with zero leaks of any kind at 140k miles
New, proper fluid and filter.
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We drove the GLS today, really really liked it. She loves the way it drives. That was all we had time to drive today, I got dragged into work. Super nice vehicle, tight. Not as effortless to drive as the S Class or as quiet on the highway, but pretty darn close to be honest. Her main concern is the kids flinging the doors open into other cars, but I believe in just teaching them not to do that.
We are still going to drive the other stuff but I think this vehicle is what we want.
We are still going to drive the other stuff but I think this vehicle is what we want.
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Its just a surface dusting, hit with a wire brush takes it off and when it's on the lift I'm going to knock it all off and paint it again. It jacks up fine and only the front/rear subframes are steel, the rest of the car is aluminum
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We drove the GLS today, really really liked it. She loves the way it drives. That was all we had time to drive today, I got dragged into work. Super nice vehicle, tight. Not as effortless to drive as the S Class or as quiet on the highway, but pretty darn close to be honest. Her main concern is the kids flinging the doors open into other cars, but I believe in just teaching them not to do that.
We are still going to drive the other stuff but I think this vehicle is what we want.
We are still going to drive the other stuff but I think this vehicle is what we want.
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She's like "How can I possibly carpool with kids in something like this" well, everybody else does it. People do it with sedans...it will be fine. The kids ride in my car and don't fling the doors open...
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I would assume that your car has Kiddie-Proof inside rear-door locks, as do most vehicles today, particularly with Mercedes-levels of safety-gear. In fact, I won't 100% swear to it, but I think it is a Federal Motor Vehicle requirement for American-market vehicles.
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It does, but she doesn't want to have to get out and let the kids out when she drops them off at school, etc which I understand.
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very similar inside dimensions (eqs suv and gls)
https://www.mbusa.com/en/compare-veh...3-gle-gle450w4
https://www.mbusa.com/en/compare-veh...3-gle-gle450w4
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Same reason families back in the 80's had station wagons with rear facing seats (3 rows). Because kids have friends that tag along..! We just had a birthday party for my son and I had 6 boys in our LX (my son rode shotgun). Sports, etc. as you carpool to help other parents, etc. It's not all that frequent but I think anyone with 2 kids views 3rd row as a necessity, because you will absolutely use it.
