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RennTechV12 · 2006-07-04 04:04:14

last summer, i was tooling along a suburban chicago expressway, minding my own business... up ahead, a tricked out new Mustang was merging on with a lot of speed and exhaust note.. (loud exhaust, that sounded great) i caught up to her and we quickly drove to a stop light.. she was the first car in her lane and i was the first car in mine.. there was no doubt that we would drive as quickly as we could (safely) to the next stop light.. ( 2 miles) i had a slow Jag convertible at the time and knew i was outgunned, so i quietly brake torqued the car and let it rip just before the light turned green.. unfortunately, she blew my doors off and looked good doing it.. . i weaved thru some traffic and again caught up with her, but the same result.. she had a highly modified car, knew how to drive it, and on this day, i was driving the wrong car.. at the third stoplight, i pulled alongside her and we started laughing and chatting.. she told me it was her husbands' car and that she liked to drive it.. i wanted to ask if she could hang around for a few minutes so i could run home a grab my turbo or one of my bikes, but it was pointless. ... as i drove home, i had a huge smile on my face thinking about this hot babe banging gears in my neighborhood.. . this summer i have a little faster car.. and i have these thoughts.. . i am glad that mercedes/amg have produced engines with the kind of horsepower and torque that they do.. what a glorious time to own and drive cars like these.. . RennTech V12, there is a reason your screen name is what it is.. but i suspect you might change it to: Evoms GT2 700 . ttgangsta, the first thing that i do when i get in any car is turn off the traction.. in any MB AMG car, this equates fun.. great fun... whether from a standstill or driving (in 1st gear) along at 20 mpg, standing on the gas produces immediate wheelspin while the car car shifts into the next gear at redline.. my turbo is fun but make no mistake, these MB ARE fun and quite luxurious.. you cannot drive this car without a smile on your face.. i chuckle like a 12 year old... to drive around in a 500 - 600 hp convertible is the only way to go.. i have said this before but in my mind, the AMG SL's are more bang for the buck than a Porsche TT.. don't knock one unless you try one.. . Red Devil, i love the Porsche tiptronic and what seems to be the very same transmission in my MB.. once Porsche perfects the DSG transmission for high horsepower, i am quite sure that manual transmissions will be far and few between... . obviously, Porsches generally, are faster than Mercedes.. But MB/AMG is serious about their horsepower.. imagine what kind of power a tuned 65 can produce.. 700 hp and 900 + lbs. of torque.. not bad for an old man's car.. (not referring to you, RennTech V12) Gee, do we know anyone that has one or two? . at the end of the day, i want a "fast" car or two..but really what it is all about is putting a smile on my face.. and all of these cars do that.. Now if i REALLY want to put a smile on my face, i walk past some pretty cool cars in my garage and hop on a REALLY fast motorcycle.. talk about bang for your buck, smiles on your face and blowing off most Porsche turbos.. . notice the Bill Clinton semantic.. i said most.. I'm with you all the way on this one! By no means am I discounting the power and torque of the might V12 Benzes, my SL made 718 lb/ft AT THE GROUND. I just don't like it when people go around shooting their mouths off about how their car is faster than everybodys' TT, his statements seem to come from ignorance of the brand and it's tuners...I think we need to educate him:D I would love to run into this guy in my lowly SL600, hell it's not even an AMG, he would surely put the beatdown on that too;)