SMoked
Senior Members
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,236
Likes: 0
From: sofia / london
Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='346095' date='Oct 18 2006, 07:21 AM
Just about everything is fodder for the SL65. 
Thread Starter
Members
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 98
Likes: 0
From: New York, NY
My Ride: 550i/ black with aurburn/ sport/ SMG/ m aero kit/ premimum sound/ cold weather/ heated rear/ navigation/20" iforged sprints in gunmetal with PS2's _GONE
Originally Posted by 700700' post='348683' date='Oct 25 2006, 06:38 AM
as promised....
Once again I get it into with cars I have no business messing with. I was heading east on the Northern state pkwy around exit 23 It was a little past noon crusing about 80 and I spotted an 911 Carrera S. I pulled up next to him still in normal mode (no Sport and DSC on). I hear him shift down two gears and he rips it. I follow suit. I figured it would be alot closer than it actually was. He has 355hp I have 360. I'll tell you at 130 he starts pulling away. I was surprised at the distance he put between us.
We slow down around exit 25 because of lap traffic.
I thought a bit off a little to much to chew! A Toyota Matrix try to get into the mix. He zoom past both of us. What the #%*. So we both gave him a dose of real power and took of for the exit. Once on the local roads we eased up a little bit...just a little bit.lol I guess it wouldn't register as a kill..at least for me. lol
Members
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 10
Likes: 0
Ya the SL 65 is pretty fast there is always this one down in Qualcom stadium smokin almost everyone in the friday night runs. my homey chubbs has a civic hatchback pushin 400 to the wheel. he smoked that benz. i had the video on my cell phone. it was tight.
Members
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 181
Likes: 0
From: Toronto, Canada
My Ride: 2006 BMW M5, Silverstone with black extended leather, brushed aluminium trim, Nav Pro, Logic 7, PDC, 35 % tint.
Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='345669' date='Oct 16 2006, 11:48 PM
Hehe of course... a E 55 AMG or CLS 55 AMG can beat a M5 off the line not to mention a 550. But good try anyways... its always nice to have a comparison to see how much faster the competition is.
Really? Even if I use launch control?
Senior Members
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 392
Likes: 1
From: Connecticut, USA
My Ride: 07' 550i sport; Sapphire Black/Auburn; sport package; steptronic; navigation with R.T.T.I.; heads up; cold weather package; Logic-7; BMW MOST ipod kit; Motorola V3 snap-in adapter; rear heated seats and rear shades; anthracite headliner; sirrius sat. radio; M-aero kit; OEM style 166 Wheels with 245/35-19 front and 285/30-19 rear Michelin PS2s.
I can't speak for Europe, but in the U.S. the performance of a car is often limited by its driver.
To corner and brake near a performance car's given limits requires some skill and some serious 'attachments'. But now that all wheel drive, stability control and launch control are becoming more commonplace, maximum acceleration in a straight line requires no more driving skill than that possessed by your common circus monkey.
I don't dispute the raw power of the forcefed mercedes engines or the high rpm frenzy of an M5/M6, but I do question the abilities of their 'stereotypical' oweners to expolit those attributes on anything but a straight stretch of open road.....
DRP
To corner and brake near a performance car's given limits requires some skill and some serious 'attachments'. But now that all wheel drive, stability control and launch control are becoming more commonplace, maximum acceleration in a straight line requires no more driving skill than that possessed by your common circus monkey.
I don't dispute the raw power of the forcefed mercedes engines or the high rpm frenzy of an M5/M6, but I do question the abilities of their 'stereotypical' oweners to expolit those attributes on anything but a straight stretch of open road.....
DRP
Contributors
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 7,363
Likes: 1
From: San Diego, CA
My Ride: 2007 E63 AMG | Obsidian Black | Schwarzes Nappa | Black BirdEye Maple | Premium II Package | Electronic Trunk Closer | Parktronic
Engine: RPi/Powerchips custom ECU tune, RPi Ram Air Kit (BMC filter, scoops), RennTech Sport exhaust, secondary cats, charcoal and resonator delete, custom AAA x-pipe
Exterior: 50% side windows / 35% rear window Formula One Pinnacle Series | Flat AMG hood emblem
Suspension: Renntech Lowering Module
Wheels/Tires: Radenergie R10, Falken FK452 245/30/20, Yokohama ADVAN Sport 285/25/20
-----------------------------------------
2005 545i Sport SMG | Ti Grau | Schwarzes Dakota | Anthracite Maple | Logic 7 | Nav
Engine: Custom AFE CAI, Superchips ECU remap, Sprint Booster, RDSport Dual Exhaust Conversion with Quad Pipes and X-pipe, 3 resonators deleted, 90mm tips!
Exterior: M-Tech Aero kit | M5 Mirrors | M5 Rear Bumper | Trunk Lid Finisher | Vorsteiner decklid spoiler | 50% Formula One Pinnacle Tint
Suspension and Brakes: Bilstein PSS9 coilovers, JBT BBK: 16" cross-drilled rotors, 8 piston and 15" cross-drilled rotors, 4 piston
Wheels: VIP Modular VR 02 20x9F, 20x10R | Toyo T1R 245/30/20F, 285/25/20R
Lights: PIAA 4150K Xtreme White Plus fog lights, AIB v3
MOST IMPORTANT: Hardwired V1; =)
ED Date: 4/7/05, Re-delivery date: 5/21/05
Originally Posted by 700700' post='349642' date='Oct 28 2006, 07:16 AM
its 50-50 mate ... depending on driver and road conditions
Contributors
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 962
Likes: 0
From: Pasadena, CA
[quote name='550isport' date='Oct 27 2006, 12:04 PM' post='349430']
I can't speak for Europe, but in the U.S. the performance of a car is often limited by its driver.
I completely agree! It's who's got more "juevos" if it's a road race around other cars and winding freeways, i.e. the Pasadena 110 Fwy. in California...the oldest, narrowest, "windingest" fwy (in Calif. I think), which is so fun to drive fast - knowing your limits. Many Porsches and even motorcycles have been beaten - only because they dared not squeeze in-and-out of cars like some of us, (or I), would! And I'll admit, I've been smoked by bigger juevos than mine!
I can't speak for Europe, but in the U.S. the performance of a car is often limited by its driver.
I completely agree! It's who's got more "juevos" if it's a road race around other cars and winding freeways, i.e. the Pasadena 110 Fwy. in California...the oldest, narrowest, "windingest" fwy (in Calif. I think), which is so fun to drive fast - knowing your limits. Many Porsches and even motorcycles have been beaten - only because they dared not squeeze in-and-out of cars like some of us, (or I), would! And I'll admit, I've been smoked by bigger juevos than mine!