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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | G-Experience Indonesia Today our club was graciously treated to a test-drive event hosted my MB. in the line up was G300cdi pro & G55 AMG, both in RHD Quick meet at the highway rest area to gather all participants ] ] ] Police escort to the resort ] ] Goodie bag ] Test vehicles ] ] ] ] ] | ||
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fernweh Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Calabasas, CA - Centenario, BCS - Luebeck, Germany Vehicle(s): Few Mercedes-Benz, a Toyota Amphibious and a Vespa | RE: G-Experience Indonesia Thank you for those great pictures! What a great event hosted by MB of Indonesia. I would love to see a similar event here in the USA, but apparently the G-wagen is not at the top of their list here. Please post some more of your pictures..... Karl Edited by fernweh 6/12/2011 10:31 AM | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia i'm afraid i don't have much more pics, we only experienced a short offroad course with the 300cdi pro, & some on-road run with the AMG. erwin wonisch took us for some spins on the flat field, which would somewhat explain the last pic he also demonstrated ESP's ability. unbelievable technology that one, might actually save lives, along with ABS etc. remember that prior to this, we were stuck with 300GEs which were sold until 1998. so these were all new to us (on a G). i think because of the prices, we'll continue to be stuck for a very long time tow hitch on the AMG: ] the pick-up ] ] Edited by shochu 6/12/2011 11:29 AM | ||
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fernweh Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Calabasas, CA - Centenario, BCS - Luebeck, Germany Vehicle(s): Few Mercedes-Benz, a Toyota Amphibious and a Vespa | Re: G-Experience Indonesia shochu - 6/12/2011 8:03 AM i'm afraid i don't have much more pics, we only experienced a short offroad course with the 300cdi pro, & some on-road run with the AMG. erwin wonisch took us for some spins on the flat field, which would somewhat explain the last pic he also demonstrated ESP's ability. unbelievable technology that one, might actually save lives, along with ABS etc. remember that prior to this, we were stuck with 300GEs which were sold until 1998. so these were all new to us (on a G). i think because of the prices, we'll continue to be stuck for a very long time tow hitch on the AMG: ] Do you know what year this AMG was? It shows the European Oris type trailer hitch, but still features the "older" version fuel tank protection plate - unlike the heavy duty plates found on the G550 and G55's starting in 2009 (?) here in the US. With that different "rear skid plate" MB omitted the trailer hitch provisions on these late type G-wagen. | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia hmm.. i didn't bother to check. i may be going back again today, if i do, i'll make sure i get the VIN code i'd imagine it couldn't be any older than last year's production though here' a short video of what erwin was doing with us as his passengers in the grass field View My Video more pics that would fit along the lines of P3 crowd ] ] ] Edited by shochu 6/12/2011 7:50 PM | ||
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Otiswesty Administrator Date registered: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Vehicle(s): 463.241, 461.213 Posts: 3013 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia Great pics and video. Thanks for sharing them. Eric | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia fernweh - 6/11/2011 11:42 PM Do you know what year this AMG was? It shows the European Oris type trailer hitch, but still features the "older" version fuel tank protection plate - unlike the heavy duty plates found on the G550 and G55's starting in 2009 (?) here in the US. With that different "rear skid plate" MB omitted the trailer hitch provisions on these late type G-wagen. VIN: WDB4632702X190736 according to martin breuninger from MB offroad division germany, the european AMGs still has the tow hitch available, only in the USA it is not available, quite possibly because of some government safety regulation he also told me RHD G550/500 is starting production next year. so, all complete line-up will be available in RHD version. another thing that may interest a lot of people is that teh new engine for the AMG is definitely coming, maybe as soon as the end of next year. 4.4L twin turbo, completely new engine | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia otiswesty - 6/12/2011 9:37 AM Great pics and video. Thanks for sharing them. Eric you're more than welcome i don't have much to post here, but this i figure i can do enjoy.. you can probably see from the difference of picture quality that only the ones on the first & second posts was mine, the others came from a couple of friend's camera if more nice ones come my way, i'll post them here ] ] ] ] Edited by shochu 6/13/2011 1:49 PM | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | RE: G-Experience Indonesia short compilation video http://youtu.be/8uvsn6IFsBQ Edited by shochu 6/17/2011 10:57 PM | ||
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shochu Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Vehicle(s): indonesian-assembled '97 G300 Posts: 452 | Re: G-Experience Indonesia a lot more media-grade photos here: http://www.dapurpacu.com/test-drive-g-class-2011-off-roader-buas-kh... anyone able to download or save the photos? how can i do it? | ||
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