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Old June 25th, 2004, 09:29 PM   #1
 
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Thought you guys might like this

http://www.jengajam.com/r/Homebuilt-SLR

This guy built his own Mercedes SLR. images/smilies/lol.gif
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Old June 25th, 2004, 09:53 PM   #2
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yeah that's old new though! images/smilies/lol.gif

looks even worse than the real one images/smilies/wacko.gif
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Old June 25th, 2004, 11:36 PM   #3
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Would be funny to try to take it to a Mercedes service department of a dealer with some sort of problem to see what reaction you'd get images/smilies/lol.gif .
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Yeah, I've seen that before. Not exact, but fairly close.
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Would be funny to try to take it to a Mercedes service department of a dealer with some sort of problem to see what reaction you'd get images/smilies/lol.gif .
now thats some funny shit! images/smilies/lol.gif

"this will be covered under the warranty, right?" images/smilies/lol.gif
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lol too bad he made it look like the concept hehe still cool tho!
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the stering wheel is so ugly on that replica lol
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The rims bother me the most.
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The rims bother me the most.
yeah.. he could have at least tried to order some replica SLR concept rims
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That's just brilliant, enough people who'd fall for it, especially the ladies images/smilies/mrgreen.gif
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