corkscrew Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Lumpini Park is a great place to polish your car on a Sunday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homegal Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 So Corky, you drive a hairdressers car. Your point is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZELL Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 EVERBODY KNOWS YOU'VE GOT A F*$@£$ MERCEDES!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 It never stops.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adad Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Wow ... that's a nice SLR. Ferrari killer ! First one I've seen in Thailand! You must be a very rich and powerful man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 It's an SLK mate, with a pokey 2.0L engine. My missus hairdryer has more oomph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adad Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I don't understand ... if it is SLK, why he show the car? I think it is SLR. Ferrari killer man.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxymoron Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I don't understand ... if it is SLK, why he show the car? I think it is SLR. Ferrari killer man.... Cos the ways of the Farang are very very devious and misterious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I don't understand ... if it is SLK, why he show the car? I think it is SLR. Ferrari killer man.... Read the OP's signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adad Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Ok. Vios killer then. Got me excited there ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 EVERBODY KNOWS YOU'VE GOT A F*$@£$ MERCEDES!!!! Yes, and it's even not a big one....any average middle class person can afford one !! Really no reason to get so proud.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 These things cost around 4.5 million new so not really for your average middle class Thai. To get more respect I would have gone for a Mazda RX8 or Nissan 350Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 These things cost around 4.5 million new so not really for your average middle class Thai. To get more respect I would have gone for a Mazda RX8 or Nissan 350Z. And at least you would have something original....Mercedes Benz is not what makes people say...wow anymore.... Midle class can afford it, I see some around me....No home, but an expensive car ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetbkk Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 A womans car!! Or one of those creepy farangs that work the boiler rooms...Buys a car for about three time the price they are going for in another country and thinks he is smart!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raybkk Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 A womans car!! Or one of those creepy farangs that work the boiler rooms...Buys a car for about three time the price they are going for in another country and thinks he is smart!! Corkscrew certainly isn't a boiler room guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pal78 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hairdryer or not, it's better than what I'm driving. But yeah, they are overpriced here relative to the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZELL Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 A womans car!! Or one of those creepy farangs that work the boiler rooms...Buys a car for about three time the price they are going for in another country and thinks he is smart!! Corkscrew certainly isn't a boiler room guy. I bet he owns a Mercedes dealership! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manijohn Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 This thread Should Be Called "Road Kill" For The Poor Guy Who Started This Thread. Doesn't Anyone Get A Break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 i agree , gentle chiding should be allowed , but some of the comments here are nothing more than outright jealousy from poverty stricken and cheapskate isuzu owning hicks. corkscrew is i'm sure a fine fellow , and its a sad reflection of the lack of generosity of spirit of thai visa posters that just because he drives around in an overpriced dinky little girls car and reminds us all incessantly about it that he should be attacked so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 While he may be a fine fellow.. And I agree theres probably more than a little jealousy being vented.. Anyone that puts his cars in his sig, and his avatar, and constantly posts about them.. Asks to be ridiculed. Someone has fallen a little too far into the Thai face thing methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonfruit Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hairdryer, hairdressers car, all the chides seem to be salon related! Can anybody pull up an insult that isnt related to the femininity of the little Merc? Personally, i think some little plastic flowers on the dashboard would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 All right chaps, enoughs enough. Let's leave the poor guy alone and put this one to bed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Hey, I am a car guy and think so is corkscrew. Car guys do not make fun of what a person drives. Kinda like making fun of someones wife or kids, not polite. The nice thing about being a car guy is when we get together we talk about cars or bikes and everyone is an equal whether you are a doctor or a janitor. The only thing that matters is you have a love for cars or bikes. So, maybe you are not a car guy but this is a Motor Forum and there are alot of car guys here posting answers to non car guy questions. Be Polite Thanks, rdrokit Edited December 29, 2006 by Rdrokit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 i think some people are just passing their opinions of where the little benzette stands in the general heirarchy of posemobiles. it may be a competent machine for european highways , but it is , as a mode of transport ,thoroughly inpractical , especially for thailand , and unfortunately it is clothed in a cliched design that attracts adverse comment from many. add to that the fact that that fine fellow corkscrew chooses to post photos of the thing at every opportunity and it is no wonder that some replies are less than polite. i'm sure corkscrew is not bothered by all this , and if he was he would be singing the praises of his other benz , the S 280 , a far more dignified and appropriate machine. personally i cant understand why he doesnt do the decent thing and get himself a range rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavbkk Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 That's more like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 I agree that the S is a much more practical car for a family. But since my wife and I use cars daily we figured that a second car need not be a sedan. For me the SLK is perfect for my use in Bangkok (where we live) as it is easy to park and it likes the narrow soi on which we live. And, though underpowerd by European standards, it is fine for Bangkok. Last night we drove up Ratchadamri looking at the holiday lights with the top down. We could see so much and it was fun. On other car forums it is customary to post car photos...admitedly, the other forums that I belong to are dedicated car forums...like the MB club of Thailand. Here it is more of a general discussion, I understand. i think some people are just passing their opinions of where the little benzette stands in the general heirarchy of posemobiles.it may be a competent machine for european highways , but it is , as a mode of transport ,thoroughly inpractical , especially for thailand , and unfortunately it is clothed in a cliched design that attracts adverse comment from many. add to that the fact that that fine fellow corkscrew chooses to post photos of the thing at every opportunity and it is no wonder that some replies are less than polite. i'm sure corkscrew is not bothered by all this , and if he was he would be singing the praises of his other benz , the S 280 , a far more dignified and appropriate machine. personally i cant understand why he doesnt do the decent thing and get himself a range rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZELL Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Happy New Year Nice If you don't mind me being so crude...How much woulda Merc like that cost in LOS? Edited December 31, 2006 by RAZZELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavbkk Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 If you don't mind me being so crude...How much woulda Merc like that cost in LOS? 2.000.000 bhat ..... up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 this is my favourite benz design , solid purposeful and timeless. lots of these oldtimers are used as taxis in thailands southern provinces. designwise i think mercedes lost the plot about 10 years ago , they lost the classic simplicity and elegance that made them so desireable. the more glitzy korean look they have now appeals to asians and americans more than europeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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