Mersedes Benz S550 AMG plus full complete

[vectra]

Hello,

The following is the line from one of my students' home assignment:
'On the 1-th September I ordered Mersedes Benz S550 AMG plus full complete from your company.'
Let us skip the way he wrote the date. What he wanted to express is that he ordered a car with all the frills or whistle and bells. But these are informal expressions. What would be an appropriate expression to describe a supercharged car?

Thank you in advance.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello,

The following is the line from one of my students' home assignment:
'On the 1-th September I ordered Mersedes Benz S550 AMG plus full complete from your company.'
Let us skip the way he wrote the date. What he wanted to express is that he ordered a car with all the frills or whistle and bells. But these are informal expressions. What would be an appropriate expression to describe a supercharged car?

Thank you in advance.

"With all the options".

 

[allenman]

I'm somewhat of a car-buff so I would have said "...I ordered the AMG S550 FULLY LOADED from your company..."

We (United States) say "fully loaded" to mean with all options or as you said with "all the bells and whistles". Note, we never reverse that expression (whistles and bells)

Not a teacher

 

[BobK]

I'm somewhat of a car-buff so I would have said "...I ordered the AMG S550 FULLY LOADED from your company..."

We (United States) say "fully loaded" to mean with all options or as you said with "all the bells and whistles". Note, we never reverse that expression (whistles and bells)

Not a teacher

This looks like another one for the US/Br list. 'Fully loaded' is the sort of adjective we'd use to describe a sandwich. ;-)

b

 

[BobK]

PS vectra: in spite of the pronuniciation, the spelling is 'MerCedes'. The 'c' does represent a /k/ in the informal short form /mɜ:k/.

(Etymologically, the name 'Mercedes' is related to our 'mercy'.)

b

 

[SoothingDave]

This looks like another one for the US/Br list. 'Fully loaded' is the sort of adjective we'd use to describe a sandwich. ;-)

b

Or a pizza. But, yes, it works for a car, too.

 

[vectra]

Hello,

Thank you again for your replies.
As for the word 'supercharged', it is a slip of the tongue on my part, just like the reverse order in the expression 'bells and whistles'. I do understand, and you correctly pointed that out, a supercharged car is a car with a souped-up or beefed-up engine. I was just fumbling for words at the moment I was composing the post.