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Aug 30, 2003 | 06:02 PM

needforsleep

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Just added a new friend to the family.....

1999 CLK 430 AMG
Black Opal (I think that's the right name?)
The color seems to change in daylight, kinda cool.
4.3L V8 275HP
With just over 40K miles on it.
It's the wife's car...and unfortunately, her car is now faster than mine.

(I removed the dealer contact info from the picture and that's why the front wheel looks messed up.)
<img src="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dstech/images/AW/OurMB430.jpg">

Aug 30, 2003 | 06:32 PM

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very nice!!... but i wonder why MB can't...

produce the same HP as audi can with the almost the same engine with a v8... as audi does with the new S4 ...

Aug 30, 2003 | 06:50 PM

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dunno....it is putting out about the same amount of torque.

Aug 30, 2003 | 06:51 PM

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nice!! pretty weak HP figures for a V8.

Aug 30, 2003 | 06:52 PM

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I originally thought the same thing, but with 300ft-lbs of torque, it moves quite well.

Aug 30, 2003 | 07:00 PM

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I thought the only CLK AMG was the CLK55.

Aug 30, 2003 | 07:02 PM

needforsleep

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For some reason, that year they badged them AMG with the aero kit and wheels....It's there.

But there are no performance enhancements....

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Aug 30, 2003 | 09:56 PM

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it probably can. all factory motors are tuned a specific way for

the class it's in, price, and reliability. If every make had max power on all of their cars not only would it be more expensive but I would think warranties would be a lot different as everyone would floor it at every light. just to name a couple reasons.