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  1. surreal1272
    Good thing you explained that. It seems like Mercedes is the only with older models on the way out, model changeovers, or any other number of excuses you have given Mercedes whenever things are less than stellar for them. And if all people want are more SUVs, why are Mercedes SUVs showing a decline (save for the G Class)?
  2. surreal1272
    List of Mercedes models with positive gains for the year: SLC AMG-GT GLC G-Class Vans List of Mercedes models with negative gains: Lets just say it's a much longer list. But yeah, Mercedes is doing AWESOME! The Best or Nothing!
  3. surreal1272
    Trolling extra hard on the sales threads ain't we? Yeah, completely fair comparison being that the RLX is a AWD or AWD hybrid only model. Oh and we will skip the part about the E Class sales being down from this time last year.
  4. surreal1272
    You do understand that not every car needs to have competition right? Every model you have posted represents a tiny fraction of sales and this perfectly illustrates why companies like GM don’t need to waste too much time with niche models like that when their bigger things to worry about long term. And go hug yourself because I’m not angry at all. Quite the opposite as a matter of fact. Just done placating children like yourself.
  5. surreal1272
    See Drew’s post on the CT4 thread regarding sales of certain AMG lines and why your assertion about GM is indeed a “big whoop”.
  6. surreal1272
    "Superior fit and finish" that starts with faux leather on the "best or nothing" while displaying a design that only Helen Keller could love. Those pics do the C Class and A Class no favors. If those had any other badge on the hood, the resident Daimler fans would be losing their minds at how cheap it looks compared to Benz.
  7. surreal1272
    It's a silly word from two decades ago used by silly little boys when they think they're being clever.
  8. surreal1272
    Good grief. We get it. SMK hijacked your account or you've been huffing Daimler exhaust fumes again. *Continues to act like a thirteen year old boy quoting his favorite "wrastlers". You haven't had an original thought since you first farted. Everything else is purely derivative. Just finished rewatching Dexter for probably the nineteenth time (except for season eight which was garbage).
  9. surreal1272
    Oh, its hurts (sarcasm wholly intended). Calls someone "unoriginal" yet uses the EXACT same word made popular by a wrestler almost twenty years ago. Next time you want to call me out, follow your own advice and speak when spoken to bitch.
  10. surreal1272
    (Looks for FWD Cadillac that GM could produce this Transverse mounted engine for. Sees nothing because Cadillac doesn't produce FWD sedans anymore and hasn't for decades now). In other words, bIG wHoOp.
  11. surreal1272
    That and introduce premium level cars like the CLA and now The A Class as opposed to their normal luxury level cars. Seems like GM has done something like that long before then. What was it? It’s on the top of my tongue. I think it rhymes with Puick. GM has been doing pseudo luxury/entry line premium cara for a decades and Mercedes has picked up that cue over the last five or six’s years. in other words, your assertion that manufacturing cars is the only thing they have in common is not accurate. Kind of a Jabroni move to assume such things.
  12. surreal1272
    The slab of woodgrain in the center stack looks very fake but I have never been a fan of glossy wood trim because to the naked eye, it just looks like high grade plastic. The matte finish in the top pic is nominally better but still "meh" to me. Like someone said, different strokes for different folks. Both Benz models look like they have about five different design directions going on with no real sense of cohesiveness. Both the CT4 and CT5 are much more consistent in this regard. Oh and when did having plastic buttons become a bad thing? If that is the case, can I point out all the plastic buttons in the above pics? Geez. Talk about nitpicking.
  13. surreal1272
    And thus proving my point. If you’re going to try and sit there while gaslighting folks, at least be good at it. Otherwise, just $h! up and grow the f@#k up.
  14. surreal1272
    Tell it to ccap. I dropped it yesterday and he decides to continue to troll me after that fact and not wants to pretend that he innocent in $h! that was of his own doing. It merited a response and I stand by it.
  15. surreal1272
    What was that about trolling? You posted (after Drew said for us to chill) and I responded. Drop the BS already Mr. Escalator.
  16. surreal1272
    My mental note is that your post is 100% BS and you know it (since you’re the one who said “use a better source” which was clearly directed at me) but moving on... One has to be smoking the fanboy cigar pretty hard to think that the ATS looks better than the CT4 (especially the interior). Is it perfect? Nope. Is it a step up from the ATS? Seems like it. In other words, nothing you stated in your “intentional troll” post was actually wrong meaning someone else jumped the gun and way overanalyzed it but hey...that’s okay. It’s easier to criticize others when you don’t own a mirror.
  17. surreal1272
    As long as the app carried the same features as the mobile site, then absolutely. Another plus is not being one of those crash happy apps. Stability is your friend.
  18. surreal1272
    I'm good. Sorry for any escalation on my part.
  19. surreal1272
    And? The comment I replied to was before your edit. So what? You made your post with a very clear intent because "Oh man! Surreal made a mistake so I'm going to throw it in his face." was the only thing you were thinking. I have almost always admitted when I've made a blatant mistake like that. Maybe you should take a mental note of that next time.
  20. surreal1272
    See above apology and stop acting like you’ve never made a damn mistake.
  21. surreal1272
    You still have not paid attention regarding my trolling statement. Whether it was trolling or not wasn’t the point. There wasn’t anything about it that wasn’t actually the truth. And joke or not, you chose to harp on my clarifying of the point so... My apologies. I referenced a C&D article and it mentioned it. My mistake. It doesn’t change the fact that Benz is leaning more and more on FWD models to boost their sales so for SMK to harp on Cadillac is to also harp on Benz who barely had a FWD anything just five years ago.
  22. surreal1272
    Literally everything you just said is 100% unrelated to what I said regarding the increase in FWD Mercedes models. While we are talking about “best sellers” though, I couldn’t help but notice you failed to mention Mercedes best seller, the hideous “I’m not sure if I’m a tall car or a slouchy Wagon” GLC that happens to be, you guessed it, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE! And in 2009 Benz had zero and now have four but what I have learned from you is that it’s okay for Benz to do it because that’s what the customer wants but if Cadillac does it, it’s because of failure. No offense but you clearly didn’t judging by your cherry picking my one statement out of many. You pulling up alleged examples of trolling doesn’t mean that the statements were wrong. Understand the difference yet?
  23. surreal1272
    Please read the entire conversation first. This wasn’t just about whether it was a money grab. It was about Mercedes playing to the cheap market which is okay but he apparently thinks that is the only way Cadillac can play, because he thinks they’re cheap.
  24. surreal1272
    There was no goalpost moving. You criticized Cadillac for the percentage of FWD models sold while ignoring the increase in FWD sales for Mercedes over the last four years, showing more reliance on those FWD models to boost sales. And again, the A Class itself was not point in my talk about reliability and you know that. Go back and read it more carefully before assuming that’s what I’m talking about. I am talking about this automatic pass you give for one car (regarding quality) while ignoring the fact that even their higher priced cars had many quality issues. If their next up the food chain car (C Class) is getting hammered in that regard, then why should anyone assume that the next one down the food chain is any better. See the connection yet? Now that’s a goal post move. Based on your logic, would you say that the Jeep Wrangler is quality or has been quality over the last three decades even though is had always sold well? How about the Escalade, which routinely beats the Mercedes competition? You say that recalls have no bearing on quality yet used that very argument against Ford. So do recalls only matter when we are talking about the competition? And BS on the one model nonsense because you have been saying that for years (before the release of the CT4 and CT5) and even thought they were cutting down to one or maybe two models not even two years ago. How’d that work out?
  25. surreal1272
    Fair point but it has been bulletproof thus it is not junk to me.
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