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Old 16 January 2007, 04:47 PM
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Does anybody know of any AMG websites / forums? Looking for more info on E55 and SL55

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Old 16 January 2007, 04:58 PM
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AMG Owners Club - Forum | Small Talk (Questions, Reports, Events, Tuning,...)
Old 16 January 2007, 05:39 PM
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nice one - thanks
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www.mbworld.org
Old 16 January 2007, 10:23 PM
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Thanks DS
Old 16 January 2007, 10:51 PM
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my preference in order

www.mbworld.org
http://www.benzworld.org
eMercedesBenz - The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog
: : Mercedes-Benz Owners : :

I also use Mercedes Benz /// AMG SLK World Forum - A Mercedes Benz Discussion Forum and MBSLK.de - The SLK-Community but probably no good to you.

J
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Pipe 'n' slippers time is it now, Simon....
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are you after anything particular.

will help if i can
Old 23 January 2007, 12:43 PM
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'Pipe and slippers' indeed - bought a SL55 in the end. Bit different to my highly modded P1 from a few years ago !
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I've heard that one of the best mods to do is get the gearbox remapped. Gives it a more aggressive nature. Saying that I find that the gearbox on my C32 works a treat.
I might trade up to a CLS 55 AMG at some point.
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So far, and I am only 5 days in, the gearbox is very responsive, especially in Sport mode. Mind you with all the torque it should be a responsive car anyway. The only crtiscism so far are the brakes; they are OK, but not brilliant, and do not inspire too much confidence, especially when needing to remove a lot of speed quickly!

Carbon brakes are an option on the brand new model, which I imagine cure this quite nicely!
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Also it does weigh close to ?1.9 tonnes, thats quite alot of mass to slow down!
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Simon, you still got the M3?
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Simon, you still got the M3?
And I suppose the P1's gone? That was a superb car!
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The P1 went, and I really regret selling it; it was a great car. I still have the M3 Convertible - my fiance now drives that. The CSL was a great car but more of a 2nd or 3rd car and we have not got enough room on our drive for any more! The SL for me at the moment will be a great daily driver, and as DS mentions, at just under 2 tonnes, was never designed to really work on the track
Old 24 January 2007, 08:58 PM
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Simon,

What age / spec did you get ??

I have been offered an SL500 for 36k. MY04 with 22k. Seriously thinking about it as a 2nd car.
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