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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Hi Gang,

I am a MB newbie. I am enticed by some of the baragain used benzs from Japan.

Are the available models different from North America?

Who has experience they can share with these japanese Benz(s)

What is the plural of Benz?

I would love to hear from anyone with experience in this area.

Doc
 
Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:46 PM
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Probably not, even thou Japanese emission are worst then the US, they also limit the amount of HP a car can have, and don't have the same crash standards. Also, there are no plurals, as in plural/plurals, in
German Benz can be singular of plural in meaning

You can import a car from most countries but it has to be federalized, usually the cost is $10K and up. I knew someone who brought in one of the orginal BMW's with the sliding doors, forget what they were called, the car cost him $9k US and $10.5K to federalize, the cars value somewhere in between.
 
Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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maybe japan is right hand drive.
 
Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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More important is why "bra" is singular and "panties" is plural.

The plural of Benz is Benzes. There are certain people you don't ask for proper spelling and grammar advice. C280 wizard is one of those.
 
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 12:13 PM
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In GERMAN there is no plural for Benz, were not talking English here, especially souther engilish You All!
 
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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Yes, we are speaking English here. This is America. The plural of Benz is Benzes. Go to Germany if you want no plural for Benz.

And it's y'all. It's not "souther engilish You all!" Just in that short phrase, there are two misspellings, two cases of improper capitalization, an incorrect usage of a Southern colloquialism, and improper punctuation.

See what I mean? Don't fight me on this. You know I'm right.
 
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: Lugnut

Yes, we are speaking English here. This is America. The plural of Benz is Benzes. Go to Germany if you want no plural for Benz.

And it's y'all. It's not "souther engilish You all!" Just in that short phrase, there are two misspellings, two cases of improper capitalization, an incorrect usage of a Southern colloquialism, and improper punctuation.

See what I mean? Don't fight me on this. You know I'm right.
Actually I think it is Benz's no e?
 
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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No, it's Benzes. Please, stop the pain!

Benz's is the possessive form.
 
Old Sep 19, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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ORIGINAL: Lugnut

No, it's Benzes. Please, stop the pain!

Benz's is the possessive form.

You can also consider Benz' as plural, closer to the German Style
 
Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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The plural of Benz is Benzes
so what is the plural of BMW?
 



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