kenny.c

bdrought- it was definately a 4 door saloon m8.

I was tempted to try and keep up as much as I could but he was way too dangerous, the way he tailgated every car in the outside lane.

Wonder how they handle in the wet ??


[Edited by kenny.c - 5/1/2003 1:38:46 AM]

TaviaRS

Or even in the "twisties" ©





[Edited by TaviaRS - 5/1/2003 10:17:20 AM]

Witchfinder

Well, for £85K +, you would be slightly disappointed if it wasn't at the very least a bit "perky".

[Edited by Witchfinder - 5/1/2003 12:55:05 PM]

kenny.c

Had one up my tail last wed on the motorway, was pulling away on the corners but was quick on the straights, gave up and let him pass for fear of losing my licence.

clarence

Was it the latest facelifted model or the previous one? The latest one has nearly 500ps. It does 0-60 in abt 4.x seconds.

rb5 286

iTrader: (2)

bloody fast

around 400bhp and 350lb/trq

top motor and my wife wants one

davyboy

The corners must be tight on the motorways up there

jimblive

very fast.
i was following one the other night and i can say i have never seen anything move so fast as it did. i know my 172 is not even going to be near that car at all but i thought it would be good to see if he would raise to the bait, which he did. i have never seen a car accelerate with such speed, great to see.

clarence

The latest one have the same engine as the SL55.

kenny.c

clarence- it was the current 4 door s-class amg 55, it looked very nice indeed and expensive.

davyboy-- I was coming off the m77 onto the a77 (not sure if you know the area) in glasgow, and on the a77 round the bends I was pulling away, he was behind me for about 15 miles, but once we came to a long straight, I pulled in to let him pass.......he tailgated the car infront of him then gunned it once the other car pulled in.

clarence

The pre-03MY S55 has abt 367bhp, the 03MY has 500bhp. Those cars have massive torque.
I think the real Q-car is the 03MY S600L, with a 'detuned' Maybach 57 engine.

Mycroft

The pre-03 model is easy meat for me... on any road... mainly due to that dreadful compromised rear suspension and lack of mid-range poke... sit behind and push the owner/driver harder and harder into fast bends and watch the rear suspension 'jack' itself up (hahaha) and you'll understand...

However...

The 500hp 03---> onwards model has 'proper' real modern notional locii top and bottom Wishbones and these cars can now handle real power... hence the 130hp hike!!!... and behave like they should... they even taughtened the Monocoque by using the 'enfold' system of flexure control...

The latest AMG55 will give me a hard time...

kenny.c

mycroft- appart from the age, is there any other difference in the styling or badging to tell an amg s-class55 between the 2 types??

I remember the front grill with the star looked HUGE !!!

[Edited by kenny.c - 4/30/2003 2:44:28 AM]

bdrought

In which case, if it had the badge on the grill, it was an SL (convertible), and not an S (4door barge).

Reffro

Not necessarily, the CL coupes also have the star built into their grille, and are available with the same engines as the S-class saloons, and will soon get the CL65 AMG with 650bhp and 700+lbft of torque.....

churchwa

Currently the fastest Merc is the new E55 with 480 bhp. Soon to be walked all aver by the amg version of the 600 engine.

silver-sub

Had a play with one of these in the past in my STi V6 (340bhp) and have to say I was no match. The AMG is bloody awesome, I have giving a lot of cars a run for their money but this thing was somthing else, never seen anthing like it.
Anyone seen these Brabus and Kleeman versions? horrendous power and torque figures

http://www.supercarsite.net/e_55_k.htm

http://www.fast-autos.net/

GaryC

The SL55 is quicker. Same engine, but gearing, shape and tune are designed so the saloon is not quicker

clarence

The 2 versions can be identified by the different light clusters & rims. The newer one has projector style headlamps & slits in the rear clusters.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

drove an 500SL once

Bit of monster...had it snaking for traction on the straights

perky enough though. If perky is what you could call it

churchwa

Gary C, the E55 is faster than the SL55 or any other for that matter. It is lighter and is faster to 60 and 100. The SL carries lots of weight with its hard top. I know, my friend has both.

S600HBY

All AMGs are fast got toasted by a SL55
ScoobSL55

[Edited by S600HBY - 5/1/2003 3:18:29 PM]

[Edited by S600HBY - 5/1/2003 3:21:35 PM]

kenny.c

churchwa- is the E55 ur reffering to the w124 shape or current shape ??
The w124 E55 seems to be depreciating pretty fast so was wondering if the engine is similar to the ones used in the current SL, S-class.....

clarence

There are no W124 E55 (only the 500E or E500). E55 applies to those '4-eyes' E-class only.

kenny.c

sorry I meant the 4 eyes.....is it W 210 then ??

Dark Blue Mark

I was doing quite well against one of these then missed 3rd gear. At that point he must have decided to put the pedal about half way down and anihalated me. The engine noise was something else, but the way it moved made my jaw drop.

Bloody great sight though!

MB

kenny.c

dark blue mark- which amg 55 was it?? and what car do you own ??

Dark Blue Mark

To be honest im not exactly sure, I remember it had AMG 55 on the back but didnt catch much else. 2 young lads were in it, buggers
Sounded like an F1 car. Its interesting how most cars you hear the exaust note, but on these the engine drowns everything out!

At the time I was in a 270 BHP MY99 scoob.

MB

kenny.c

dark blue mark--- it would have been nice if you did'nt miss 3rd eh hehe .