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Old 11-03-2009, 05:54 PM
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Default Mercedes ML63 AMG picks on lowly GTO.

So Im driving home from work when one of these things go by me then slows down and nails it beside me. There was traffic so I didnt/couldnt do anything really. The guy keeps doing this a couple of times and I finally slow way down to let traffic go on by and to my surprise he slows down a little also to stay with me. I have it in second gear and was just praying he would try that **** again. Well he gets beside me and I kind of blip the throttle to see if he will go which he does. I hammer down on it and pass by him with my rear sliding sideways all the way through second and go into third but hes already behind me and looks like he let off, I guess I scared him.

Anyway I pull along side him again and motion with both of my hands out with palms up for him to take the hit and to my surprise its a 50 + man and his wife. WTF!! Anyway she kind of laughed and looked back at him and said something and then they fell way back. Guess he thought he was driving a land rocket.......
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hahaha always the old men - love that lol
Old 11-04-2009, 09:20 AM
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Old men where young men once! Some would argue they still are, they just got more wrinkles now.

Good Kill OP! Hard to keep track of what AMG is fast or just fast because they made so many different variants over the years.
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ML63 is a 500hp 4800lb SUV...Of course you should have beat him; maybe he was just wanting to have a little fun?

I have a HARD time getting anyone to race my Benz...apparently most people think I'm just a guy with too much money driving like an idiot; rather than a gearhead who wants to play.
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the ML63 i think is an SUV i think
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They're nice SUVs (even though I don't like their styling much).
They are about on-par with an SRT8 Grand Cherokee, mid to low 13's at around 105-106.

Nice kill.
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Thanks guys I had never seen one and had to look it up when I got home. It has a 6.3 L making 510 hp and is AWD and Car and Driver got a 13.2 @ 105 mph out of it. Didnt know they even made a SUV AMG that was on par with the SRT8s but thats exactly what it is, minus the $90,000 price tag.
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Originally Posted by necrocannibal
Thanks guys I had never seen one and had to look it up when I got home. It has a 6.3 L making 510 hp and is AWD and Car and Driver got a 13.2 @ 105 mph out of it. Didnt know they even made a SUV AMG that was on par with the SRT8s but thats exactly what it is, minus the $90,000 price tag.
Yeah, honestly it's pretty badass for an SUV. Of course you can whip it...but on a rainy or snowy day....just wave to his tail lights! LOL.


Either way, who cares? Benz owners are all ******!

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Honestly Im surprised I didt get any BS flags for walking it so hard. I did say I went by it sideways and was really expecting a BS out of it.

Maybe this place is changing......
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i think ur lying about that, but i do think u beat him
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Damn, I bet that thing is nasty from a dig just like the SRT8 Jeep. I love those 6.3L AMG motors. They sound awesome.
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Originally Posted by sujomatt
i think ur lying about that, but i do think u beat him
LOL, maybe its not afterall. It happened just like I said, was sideways and everything.
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Good kill! I never really noticed the AMG's until recently, but now that I do, they make some badass cars. Bit out of my price range though, haha.
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Originally Posted by necrocannibal
LOL, maybe its not afterall. It happened just like I said, was sideways and everything.
GTO's can't get sidways, wtf is this about.
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Originally Posted by FormulaZR
Benz owners are all ******!
way to lump 'em all together. out of the 5 or 6 AMG owners ive met, i havent had a bad experience yet.
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Originally Posted by WSsick
way to lump 'em all together. out of the 5 or 6 AMG owners ive met, i havent had a bad experience yet.

Please refer to the first vehicle in my sig...a Mercedes.


And it's dyno graphs! (I was having some issues controlling heatsoak on the car that day, and as such the wastegates dumped my boost on both runs; once dropping my torque and once dropping my horsepower)



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GTOs are definitely lowly.
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Originally Posted by ULTIMATEORANGESS
GTOs are definitely lowly.
Yeah I know, thats how I feel all the time in it.




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