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  1. 12 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    8 years ago I bought a two year old A6 with 14K miles on it for about $25K less than new. I have loved it. There have been a couple of pricey repairs along the way (motor and transmission mounts, some cooling system parts that wore out, brake jobs suck) but overall I think it was money well spent because it’s great to drive and has a kickass stereo and didn’t break the bank.

    Now that it’s almost at 100K miles I’m getting the itch to replace it. I really want something with CarPlay in it. But I don’t love the new A6 designs. My first car was a beater Mercedes and I always said I would own another, so I’m looking at lightly used E and CLS class. But damn if MB doesn’t make it annoying with all the models and trim levels. I can’t figure out which ones I should be looking at.

    I don’t care about max horsepower. I live in a city. But I don’t want anything anemic: the 3.0 over the 2.0 A6 was a no brainer. I do want high end audio and a great interior.

    Can any of you Benz experts weigh in?

    If you’re looking at used, I’d personally look at the CLS (previous body style). Even though it’s built on E class chassis, it looks substantial and as formidable as an S class IMO. The new CLS’s have been completely emasculated and look like shit. Can probably nab a v8 (non-AMG) and have a blast

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  2. Discussion of home defense above got me thinking. Clearly, most of us own guns and *hopefully* keep a vast majority of them locked up in a safe. So, in the event of a home invasion, those are not reliably accessible in time, IMO. What do y’all keep at the ready for just that reason?

     

    mine is a Sig P365x that I have in a small 4 digit password guarded safe in the drawer of my nightstand. Obviously, I’d like to keep either my honey badger or sp5 on standby for such an event, but with 3 little kids running around, not very practical

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  3. Question on trusts. I have a trust set up for my suppressors. *in case* any gun laws are enacted can I put all my rifles/guns in the trust too so that I may pass them down to my sons or is that just for NFA items?

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  4. 5 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

    Justin @ pre64win is my go to for all questions.  He loves to get into the weeds and is meticulous.  I've had him do some cool stuff for me and love his work.

    Thread derail - About as much of a derail as you can get from classic rifle discussions - 

    Anyone else been following the development and commercialization of the 8.6 Blackout?  I need that like I need a hole in my head but it is interesting, and seeing how it functioned in Africa on some big game at distance is amazing.  Probably a solution looking for a problem, but that's never stopped me when it comes to firearms.

    I already have a rifle with ammo that costs >$2/round in a 6.5CM. I’m not looking at the 8.6

  5. What’s the scoop on the gun bill that passed in the House? I know it won’t pass in the Senate, but let’s say it does; does it only ban new sales of whatever bullshit they wanna call assault rifles or do we have to turn ours in if we already own several? 

  6. 1 hour ago, Horn_Spanker said:

    Any opinions on the Hornady Black ammo?  My only choice for hollow points today at Academy.  Can't find any Youtube videos on the handgun Black rounds.

    I love ‘em. Have them exclusively for my 300BO in subsonic. Excellent round. 

  7. What do y’all know about Stoccatos? Was at Top Gun picking up my sups today and they were all excited that they had just signed a contract with them to carry their guns. Spent about 15 min with them showing me all the different models they had. Rented one of the smaller versions with a red dot on it and shot 50 rounds through it. Was very smooth and very balanced. Don’t know if it’s worth the almost 3k price tag but certainly felt better than my p226

  8. Xmas in May. 2 suppressors free from ATF jail. Filed in June and August. Still have one that I’m waiting on that I submitted with e-forms in December. So much for the 90 days or less bullshit

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  9. 2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

    Cool, thanks for being a cunt about it. 

    Much obliged, everyone. 

    But he’s absolutely correct. 24 hours later and I still can’t wrap my head around why in the fuck you or anyone else would not just debadge, but underbadge.
     

    It was a horrible decision and if you don’t put the original badges back on, just leave the Tristar. And this is coming from an AMG owner. It makes zero sense. Congrats, you can beat some other fast cars on the line and people will think you put NOS or some other shit under the hood of your v6 350 like people do with their shitty rice burners that can destroy a McLaren off the line. SMH. 

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