2005 Mercedes Benz Clk 500 Convertible Amg Chrome Wheels West Coast Car on 2040-cars
Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
I purchased the car from my friends 80 year old mother Betty who gave up driving. The first owner lived in Santa Fe Springs Ca. Betty, purchased the car on 8/22/08 from Mercedes of Portland $40,000 and 42,897 miles. The car new listed for $67,865 without the AMG wheels ($3,000). My wife and I drove 2000 flawless miles from Portland to Chicago averaging close to 80 mph and 26mpg. This is a wonderful car. All functions work properly. Upon very close scrutiny there are small some chips in the leading edge of the hood, but other than that the car looks and drives like new. Always owned by non smokers it still smells like new. Two new 245/70/40ZR 17 All Season 95 Proxes were mounted on the rear at 72,269 miles 4/4/13. The vehicle has been maintained exclusively by Mercedes of Portland. No major work has been required. Car has not been in an accident from the records, Betty, or upon inspection. All invoices are for wear items, electrical replacements, and oil changes. All paperwork goes with the car. Though the car is loaded with goodies it has the following options:
#744 Brilliant Silver #831 Charcoal Leather #289 Wood /Leather Steering Wheel #530 DVD Command Navigation #731 Burl Walnut Wood Trim #740 Black Soft Top #819 6 disc CD Changer #873 Heated Front Seats Parktronic Sensors (Dealer installed 10/20/09 $1380.00) AMG Chrome 17" Wheels (Dealer installed $3000.00 est.) You are welcome to view the car anytime during the auction. I have a lift in my warehouse. I can be contacted at 815-482-7067 9am-7pm CST. I'll be happy to supply additional pictures on request. Ebay limits me to 24 pictures. I am a long time member of the 356 Registry, Early S Registry, PCA, with 100% positive feedback. Bid with confidence. Please look at my other automotive related items. I will respond to all questions with two exceptions; I will not figure shipping costs and if there is a "Buy it Now" I have the intelligence to fill in the "Buy it Now" feature. If you have a problem with your purchase please contact me so we can work it out. I pride myself with my excellent reputation. If you decide to leave negative or neutral feedback without contacting me I will do the same and block you from further auctions. Bid retractions on reserve auctions to discover the reserve are reported to ebay, which they don't take to kindly, and you'll be permanently blocked from my future auctions. Terms: $1000 deposit via paypal within 12 hours of auction's close. Balance via wire transfer within 48 hours of auctions close. Car to be removed within one week of auctions close. Bid only if your serious about the car. No dreamers or gamers. Don't have time for that nonsense. |
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Poor headlights cause 40 cars to miss IIHS Top Safety Pick rating
Mon, Aug 6 2018Over the past few months, we've noticed a number of cars and SUVs that have come incredibly close to earning one of the IIHS's highest accolades, the Top Safety Pick rating. They have great crash test scores and solid automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning systems. What trips them up is headlights. That got us wondering, how many vehicles are there that are coming up short because they don't have headlights that meet the organization's criteria for an "Acceptable" or "Good" rating. This is a revision made after 2017, a year in which headlights weren't factored in for this specific award. This is also why why some vehicles, such as the Ford F-150, might have had the award last year, but have lost it for this year. We reached out to someone at IIHS to find out. He responded with the following car models. Depending on how you count, a whopping 40 models crash well enough to receive the rating, but don't get it because their headlights are either "Poor" or "Marginal." We say depending on how you count because the IIHS actual counts truck body styles differently, and the Infiniti Q70 is a special case. Apparently the version of the Q70 that has good headlights doesn't have adequate forward collision prevention technology. And the one that has good forward collision tech doesn't have good enough headlights. We've provided the entire list of vehicles below in alphabetical order. Interestingly, it seems the Volkswagen Group is having the most difficulty providing good headlights with its otherwise safe cars. It had the most models on the list at 9 split between Audi and Volkswagen. GM is next in line with 7 models. It is worth noting again that though these vehicles have subpar headlights and don't quite earn Top Safety Pick awards, that doesn't mean they're unsafe. They all score well enough in crash testing and forward collision prevention that they would get the coveted award if the lights were better.
Volvo S60 Polestar concept plays in the snow with Mercedes C63 AMG
Thu, 24 Jan 2013Chris Harris took to a snowy stretch of tarmac to get a fingertips-on-the-wheel feel of the Volvo S60 Polestar concept. Harris says the turbocharged sedan with 508 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque - and a manual transmission - is "a study to see if Volvo can get back into the fast-car market." The Polestar S60 concept, one of which was already purchased for $300,000 by a private buyer, is still making the publicity rounds because even Volvo's Chinese owners realize that, as Harris says, "Volvo sold more cars because it made fast cars" like the old 850 T5 Wagon that stormed the British Touring Car Championship in the 1990s.
For reference, Harris compares the blue wonder to the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and its 487 hp and 442 lb-ft. The question is, were Volvo to get the price of a production version of the S60 Polestar to climb way down from its 200,000-pound sticker, could it be worthy competition to the established giants?
You can watch Harris divine the answer via a lot of drifting through the snow and a drag race in the video below.
2016 Green Truck of the Year, Commercial Green Car of the Year finalists
Sat, Oct 24 2015Not only are commercial-grade haulers getting more green love lately, they're getting more different kinds of green love. The 2016 Green Truck of the Year, the second time the award has been handed out, is being decided by judges from Green Car Journal and the San Antonio Auto & Truck Show. This year the award is joined by the new 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year, which crowns one of the little vans increasingly used by small business as cargo and delivery vehicles. The Green Truck of the Year finalists are the Chevrolet Colorado Duramax (pictured), Ford F-150, GMC Canyon Duramax, Nissan Titan XD, and Toyota Tacoma. The first three of those were on last year's list, but since they are completely new or upgraded for 2016 - Ford with its all-aluminum body, the General Motors twins with the new diesel Duramax engine - they qualify for entry again. The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel won last year. The Commercial Green Car finalists are the Chevrolet City Express, Ford Transit Connect, Mercedes-Benz Metris, Nissan NV200, and Ram ProMaster City. You can read more details in the presser below, and the awards will be announced in San Antonio sometime during the show from November 19-22. San Antonio Auto & Truck Show Announces 2016 Green Truck of the Year and Commercial Green Car of the Year Finalists SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Car Journal and the San Antonio Auto & Truck Show have announced finalists for the 2016 Green Truck of the Year™ and 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year™ awards. The Green Truck of the Year™ nominees are the Chevrolet Colorado Duramax, Ford F-150, GMC Canyon Duramax, Nissan Titan XD, and Toyota Tacoma. Vying for the all-new 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year™ award are the Chevrolet City Express, Ford Transit Connect, Mercedes-Benz Metris, Nissan NV200, and Ram ProMaster City. "Over the past few decades, new car models have benefitted from design and technology improvements that have brought higher fuel efficiency and greater levels of environmental compatibility," said Green Car Journal and CarsOfChange.com Editor and Publisher Ron Cogan. "With models like these ten deserving finalists, we're witnessing the pickup and light commercial vehicle field enjoying the same attention." The new Commercial Green Car of the Year™ award is part of an expanded awards program presented at this year's 2015 San Antonio Auto & Truck Show.