Jefé drives a GLA, doesn't completely hate it?

SixSpeeder · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:06 am

Muffler brand muffler :impressive:

Johnny_P · Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:15 pm

I would hoon this for sure. Wing and all.

stripethree · Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:53 pm

$61k. Youch. Perf & Safety = LSD. I do love that color though.

Johnny_P · Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:05 pm

stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:53 pm
$61k. Youch. Perf & Safety = LSD. I do love that color though.

I love it how their quirky AWD notahatch is the one that M-B said, "yeah go ahead and go nuts with it we don't care" to the design team. And they're now painting it eye searing green and put giant wings on it and ridiculous wheels and whatnot. This car is batshit and I love it for that.

wap · Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:59 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:05 pm
stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:53 pm
$61k. Youch. Perf & Safety = LSD. I do love that color though.
I love it how their quirky AWD notahatch is the one that M-B said, "yeah go ahead and go nuts with it we don't care" to the design team. And they're now painting it eye searing green and put giant wings on it and ridiculous wheels and whatnot. This car is batshit and I love it for that.

It's awesome for that reason.

4zilch · Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:00 pm

stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:53 pm
$61k. Youch. Perf & Safety = LSD. I do love that color though.

Mine was slightly more expensive. Recarbroes and red calipers.

Johnny_P · Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:20 pm

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:00 pm
stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:53 pm
$61k. Youch. Perf & Safety = LSD. I do love that color though.
Mine was slightly more expensive. Recarbroes and red calipers.

Dat $300 aryan angel caliper paint doe

max225 · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:32 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:20 pm
4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:00 pm

Mine was slightly more expensive. Recarbroes and red calipers.
Dat $300 aryan angel caliper paint doe

They make em in Hungary :disgust:

poverty spec MB gets poverty spec ppl working on it. Gotta go S class to get it from Stuttgart.
:mahtroy:

's making the C-class/suvs in Tennessee.

Dat global economy :disgust:

stripethree · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:33 pm

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:00 pm Mine was slightly more expensive. Recarbroes and red calipers.

I didn't want my green monster looking all Christmas like and shit.

Drove another one last night via car2go. All of my same initial impressions were confirmed. I would be curious to get behind the wheel of an AMG just for grins, but that's unlikely.

Johnny_P · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:38 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:32 pm
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:20 pm

Dat $300 aryan angel caliper paint doe
They make em in Hungary poverty spec MB gets poverty spec ppl working on it. Gotta go S class to get it from Stuttgart.
's making the C-class/suvs in Tennessee.

Dat global economy

Isn't the engine hand assembled by one of God's appointed?

IDK my German built GTI was a fucking dud.

Johnny_P · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:38 pm

I think the interior would push me to a C class instead of the GLA/CLA though.

max225 · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:42 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:38 pm I think the interior would push me to a C class instead of the GLA/CLA though.

The interior is fine on either one. The worst part about the CLA is the fact that is nearly as big as C class. Yet it looks like a squished C, there is no headroom in the back... we're talking like 5'6" at most... and no legroom... and it has a smallish trunk.

Like WTF FWD car and they packaged it like absolute garbage in the name of "style"

The C is far better in that sense... usable car for 4 ppl.

Johnny_P · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:49 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:42 pm
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:38 pm I think the interior would push me to a C class instead of the GLA/CLA though.
The interior is fine on either one. The worst part about the CLA is the fact that is nearly as big as C class. Yet it looks like a squished C, there is no headroom in the back... we're talking like 5'6" at most... and no legroom... and it has a smallish trunk.

Like WTF FWD car and they packaged it like absolute garbage in the name of "style"

The C is far better in that sense... usable car for 4 ppl.

IMO the C is a legit nice ass car. You're right in the CLA looks odd on the outside. I sat in both at the auto show, there was a notable quality difference on the interior between the CLA and the C class.

max225 · Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:53 pm

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:49 pm
max225 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:42 pm

The interior is fine on either one. The worst part about the CLA is the fact that is nearly as big as C class. Yet it looks like a squished C, there is no headroom in the back... we're talking like 5'6" at most... and no legroom... and it has a smallish trunk.

Like WTF FWD car and they packaged it like absolute garbage in the name of "style"

The C is far better in that sense... usable car for 4 ppl.
IMO the C is a legit nice ass car. You're right in the CLA looks odd on the outside. I sat in both at the auto show, there was a notable quality difference on the interior between the CLA and the C class.

The CLA has that stupid #pad from 1993 which immediatly dates it.

However, the dash/infotainment is nearly identical. Also there are endless options on the CLA that make it "nicer" on the inside.

The one I drove had a 48k sticker... for a car that "starts" at 29,995 that is :mindblown:

it was more than msrp on the C class of MK2 azn. I hate to admit it, but the CLA drove better... FWD and all. It was faster/more responsive and handled better. The C was sprung too soft.

However.... the CLA did have the AMGAY package... where I fried the brakes on a mountain road in <5 min.

Johnny_P · Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:05 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:53 pm
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:49 pm
IMO the C is a legit nice ass car. You're right in the CLA looks odd on the outside. I sat in both at the auto show, there was a notable quality difference on the interior between the CLA and the C class.
The CLA has that stupid #pad from 1993 which immediatly dates it.

However, the dash/infotainment is nearly identical. Also there are endless options on the CLA that make it "nicer" on the inside.

The one I drove had a 48k sticker... for a car that "starts" at 29,995 that is it was more than msrp on the C class of MK2 azn. I hate to admit it, but the CLA drove better... FWD and all. It was faster/more responsive and handled better. The C was sprung too soft.

However.... the CLA did have the AMGAY package... where I fried the brakes on a mountain road in <5 min.

Yeah the CLA gets the dual clutch transmission and is lighter with similar power numbers, so the fact that it drives :stig:

better isn't too surprising. The C class isn't really an athlete and doesn't try to be. It tries to be a luxury car which I think it pretty much nails.