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Since you asked for opinions, IMO, forget the looks and get the 19s.....or whatever is available on that car that will give you the highest-profile, softest-riding tire. Looking at one's car is one thing.....living with it and riding in it, every day, over bumps, potholes, and bad pavement is quite another.
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I like the green! There is one that uses the carwash I use I see routinely. I just wonder if I would get tired of the green, and then theres resale...
I like the 20s too, and the tire sidewall is similar to what I have on 19s, but I always want the best ride...
Those 19s are similar to mine but they have that stupid aero lip than MB is putting on some wheels. These are the 20s:
There is a CPO blue/black in Alexandria on 19s (the one I pictured above) I will go drive and see if the 19s feel better.
I like the 20s too, and the tire sidewall is similar to what I have on 19s, but I always want the best ride...
Those 19s are similar to mine but they have that stupid aero lip than MB is putting on some wheels. These are the 20s:
There is a CPO blue/black in Alexandria on 19s (the one I pictured above) I will go drive and see if the 19s feel better.
Last edited by SW17LS; Sep 24, 2023 at 06:06 PM.
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Since you asked for opinions, IMO, forget the looks and get the 19s.....or whatever is available on that car that will give you the highest-profile, softest-riding tire. Looking at one's car is one thing.....living with it and riding in it, every day, over bumps, potholes, and bad pavement is quite another.
Only issue is I have had a lot of grey, silver, white. My 15 LS460 was a very similar grey. I think I want something a little different. The lunar blue is still very neutral:
Another question, what do you think of those wheels on the above car? Those are the 19s which I would lean to for the ride quality, but the 20s shown above in the other cars are better looking,,,
Another question, what do you think of those wheels on the above car? Those are the 19s which I would lean to for the ride quality, but the 20s shown above in the other cars are better looking,,,
and the 20s look way classier than those 19s. and it will ride fine (great).
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I did that with my trucks but opted to leave the game when Covid happened since I was able to sell my 2017 for 3k more than I bought it new with 37k on it lol!
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At the time, during COVID, new-vehicle prices from dealer markups were also skyrocketing.
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Probably more than I would have wanted to pay, at that point I was soured on how little you got for your money with new cars anyway. I used it to buy the 4.0TT
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SW17LS, my favorite color of the S class you are planning to order is the blue and second goes to green. Whatever you choose, you really can’t go wrong.
Mercedes does an excellent job making even entry level luxury cars look premium. The exception is the CLA, which looks cheap to me. It’s still good enough to fool non car people because it’s a Mercedes. When the CLA came out, I had some friends who were technicians at a dealership here in CA (they left to make more $ in completely different careers) and they said the CLA was a nightmare for them. Customer reports interior rattles was a common complain and the techs heard them too, but couldn’t resolve them. Are they better than other cars starting around $38k? Difficult to say.
Mercedes does an excellent job making even entry level luxury cars look premium. The exception is the CLA, which looks cheap to me. It’s still good enough to fool non car people because it’s a Mercedes. When the CLA came out, I had some friends who were technicians at a dealership here in CA (they left to make more $ in completely different careers) and they said the CLA was a nightmare for them. Customer reports interior rattles was a common complain and the techs heard them too, but couldn’t resolve them. Are they better than other cars starting around $38k? Difficult to say.
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My vote is for emerald green. I know people are mentioning the popular greens from other eras but this green isn’t the same. It’s almost black until the sun hits it and then you see the green pop a little. It’s an amazing color.
Of course idle it were my car I wouldn’t get the color for all of the reasons you state but it’s not my car so that is what I would pick.
Of course idle it were my car I wouldn’t get the color for all of the reasons you state but it’s not my car so that is what I would pick.
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I also like the graphite gray, but Emerald green is very nice on a previous gen. S65 AMG coupe I saw in person, a rarely seen paint on any S class, and I think it looks stunning
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