Hehe, that said everyone is free to express his/her opinion, Here it goes: I truely believe the AMG E is a better performer than the 500. Back in 97 I have test-drived a purple 92 E500 that had Evo 17 245 F/R & upgraded chip producing 30 more ponies than stock with only 30000 km on it. Mercedes dealer asked 75000~80000 CDN for it BTW. The car was impressive, its ride was tank like and very fast; However ,I did notice that it had siginificant bodyrolls and weak break, Nonethelss, it was impressive enough to convinced me to place an order for the E50 and than waited patiently for the E55. Althought it was so many years ago and one's perception can be misleading, almost all the maganizes I have read/collected about Es suggested that although E500 is unique, the AMG is more advance in almost every catelogry and performance is better too.

Here, I said it. So Gary, U have my 110% moral support on the next run with Michael. Add octane, remove all the unecessary stuffs including spare tire and floor matts if must; Diet and sleep well beforehand and run on minimum fuel and just put in 4 th gear & don't bother hand shift manually. Tire pressure at 36/36 (Motor Trend's 4.9 sec. set up). And bring home the victory!

P.S. Absolutely no flame intended.

Happy motoring,
ET

[This message has been edited by ET (edited 05-18-2000).]