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Hot Cars: Doing Well by Doing Good
Hands down the hottest cars on campus reside permanently in the Visitor to the President’s Office space next to Parkhurst.
These two Mercedes roadsters are not standard CLK55 and SLK55 models; they are the customized versions from AMG — Mercedes motorsport workshop. Equipped with 5.4 liter V8 engines, the little beauties have a top speed of over 150mph; with options they can cost close to $100k each. The rumor mill has these his and her luxury cars belonging to President Kim’s principal lieutenants: cost-cutter Stephen Kadish and buildings czarina Linda Snyder. However the popular notion that the letters SLK are Steven Kadish’s initials is dead wrong: his middle initial is “N.”
Note: No word yet on how a full-time employee of the College gets away with having California plates on a car that has resided in the Upper Valley for over a year. Even at 150mph, it would be tough to go back to California each weekend. Let’s offer the benefit of the doubt here and hope to see local plates (and local taxes paid) on the little gray bomb as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Hanover Police could be around soon with the flatbed tow truck.
Update: An anonymous tipster has written in as follows: “By the way, Steve and Linda walk to work every day. Those aren’t their cars. Not their style either.” Anyone know better?
Errata: I got this one wrong.
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