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a 2005 Mercedes Mclaren SLR in Silver 1 of 1000 units in the world i believe thats why i was so happy to be beaten so badly!!!! plus the cars behind us probably loved the show!!!!

 

That car could beat a turboed 8 in reverse. Would be nice to see it again though...even if it is just the rear bumper.

 

if you were there you would have seen this really couldnt be classified as a race , rather it would be called a momentary lapse of reason. that thing has 600 ponies of pure amg purrrrrfection under the hood.

 

I think it's ugly.

 

mysgl101... wait a sec.. isn't that Jasonhamilton? :P

Anyhows, even if it's ugly, that person can buy all the ugly he wants.. I'm sure they have the money to buy a fleet of RX-8 and wouldn't be a drop in his savings.

 

I'm not arguing that it isn't expensive, I just don't see it as a great looking car.

then again, last time I was looking at a benz, I had a hard time telling from their product lineup what was 50k and what was 80k.

 

DAMN! i havent seen one of the SLRs on the street yet...

that's pretty awesome... I guess I'll just have to make due with being absolutely CRUSHED by an SL65...

 

you know i thought it was ugly too by the pictures, but seeing it in person will surly chage your mind, especially if its driving down the road. it commanded respect from evry car that was around. seriously it looked like a rolling piece of gran turismo art driving, and the sound of the motor was so ........jaw dropping i guess would be the term. see one driving next to you, it is a true change of lattitude.

 

good story

I have only seen it at the LA auto show

it is different to see a car like that on the street in action

 

Reminds me of the time I was in Tampa and had a BMW Z8 Alpina Roadster come up beside me from behind and the older (45ish) woman winked at me and took off! It looked prety sweet...

 

HAHA.. CONGRADULATIONS!

I would love to be beaten by an SLR.

 

Is this the official Kill Section? so be it... lol

 

I lost a battle to an 03 M5 last week. We did two runs from stoplights - the first up to about 65 and the second to about 50.

He beat me hands down in the first one - uphill launch at low rpm plus DSC on. We both didn't launch very hard because we we're feeling each other out to see if a "race" was on. We then both got on the gas hard at roughly the same time.

The second was a little more even, but he still got me. Because of traffic, I was behind him at the light and we launched simultaneously on the second run. This was a slight uphill launch as well, but I turned DSC off and revved a little bit higher on the launch (still only around 3000 rpm). Snatching second and feelling the rear get momentarily squirrelly was great!

03 M5 = 396 hp, 4000 lbs, (although he did have one passenger) and $70k. Plus his was clearly an MT, so I didn't feel too embarrassed.

I too consider losing to an SLR an honor.

 

If it's any consolation you can buy about 15 RX8's for the price of a McLaren SLR.

Or you can drop $60K, still be under $100000 & have an Acosta Racing 3 rotor turboed RX8 & rule all.

 

so what..i have a 94 nissan sentra as my daily driver....hahaha beat that!

 

didnt want it to become a kills section, i was just so impressed to see the car.

here in scottsdale, az its not uncommon to see really high end rare cars, for example there are 3 bently continental gt's regularly seen as well as other bently models, the rolls royce phantoms are somewhat common , a number of ferrari and lamborghinis, today i had seen a porsche carrera gt and a gt3 within a few miles of each other driving, maserati is common and sl500 benz's are like honda civics. its a small town but very wealthy so you notice things like these. old rare cars are often seen too i just dont know enough about them to post. Abbid would agree to this statement.

 

Hence the nick "Snotsdale" :p
On the west side of town there are a few exotics, but mostlly illegals w/ beat up trucks.
I feel alone, so alone

Good "story"...

 

I've seen 1 in cali. It was parked at the Porsche dealership in Riverside, wish I could heard the sound. Would love even more to be spanked like a child by it.

 

ha I agree with you it is ugly but I expect no less from Benz...they are world renowned for their fine Taxi Cabs seriously the entire mideast every fleet of taxi cabs? all Benzs

 

my friend loved the supercar so much...he had to let it loose right there(if you know what i mean)

 

Your friend danced next to the car?

 

No kill stories, peeps. That is an awesome car tho, and thanks for the pix.