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Dee8go 12-04-2008 08:18 AM
Did you se that S600 at an autocross, John? Those are muy impressivo!

Dee8go 12-04-2008 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by The Swede (Post 2033767)
I just might take you up on that. Might be cheaper to drive it out to VA and have you look at it. Not sure what I'm going to do with it at this point. I wouldn't mind "downsizing" to a super clean 500E or a Euro 6.9.

Who owns that bad-ass S600? Do you have any info on the motor? What a monster & thanks for the pics! :)


Edit:
Oh ok, that car is owned by "Oxygen". I've seen his posts at MBWorld...
If you do come out here, Ted, we'll have another get together in your honor and you can show that bad boy off.

Johnhef 12-04-2008 08:34 PM
No that was at MIR two weeks or so ago.

The Swede 12-05-2008 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnhef (Post 2038464)
haha probably not. The first car blelongs to Steve and I forget his last name at the moment.

Ted, gimmie a list of what all needs to be dne on the car and we'll go from there.
Oh yeah, this is his slip:
http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Benz-S600-Timeslip-11883.html

Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIG-akdyAiM

Right now my car only needs brake pads. However, it will need spark plugs and a few other items in the next 10k miles. It's about 500 miles from 60k.

I'll letcha know!! :)

The Swede 12-05-2008 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dee8go (Post 2038610)
If you do come out here, Ted, we'll have another get together in your honor and you can show that bad boy off.
Thanks man, we'll see how the winter goes. Wait, how about during the Obama inauguration/partay?! (kidding!!)

Johnhef 12-06-2008 07:54 AM
Didn't realize this, but he's apparently the fastest MB overall as well.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9...slatesttw4.jpg

The Swede 12-06-2008 11:43 AM
Wow, those are some fast E55's.

I wonder how many of those cars are bone stock?

Hatterasguy 12-06-2008 01:18 PM
Whats the story with number 23? Thats screaming fast for a diesel!


I'm guessing the stock 135hp na 606 is long gone.:D

iwrock 12-06-2008 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy (Post 2040997)
Whats the story with number 23? Thats screaming fast for a diesel!


I'm guessing the stock 135hp na 606 is long gone.:D
I didnt even notice that.



We need more Mercedes at my local track.... Show all the ricers and such.

Johnhef 12-06-2008 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy (Post 2040997)
Whats the story with number 23? Thats screaming fast for a diesel!


I'm guessing the stock 135hp na 606 is long gone.:D
Yeah I noticed that too. I keep forgetting to ask who it is.

Hatterasguy 12-06-2008 09:42 PM
See if you can't dig up some details. All the cars on that list are pretty fast out of the box, but making a NA diesel run with tuned CL65's and S600's is something. He must have a Myna pump on that car and some pretty trick stuff.

johnathan1 12-06-2008 10:07 PM
Sometimes I wonder if everyone on this forum is over exaggerating when it comes to reliability...I mean, almost all of us are used to the unusually reliable W123/6 diesels...so basically ANY other car would be labeled "expensive and unreliable" in comparison. amirite??

I owned my 1993 S420 for a while, and there was never really any weirdness, nothing broke while I owned it, and I put close to 10k miles on it. The door close assist never worked properly and the Bose amp needed to be replaced, but that's it. Everything else on that car worked perfectly, and it felt great to drive, even with 160k miles. That's the newest MB I've ever owned though, so I can't really comment in the 03+ S600's...but I really don't think that a car that cost so much new would be as unreliable and crappy as so many on this site would have you believe.

Roncallo 12-06-2008 10:36 PM
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Didn't realize this, but he's apparently the fastest MB overall as well.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9...slatesttw4.jpg
I guess I just don't rate. Looking forward to seeing what my 600SL will do.

The Swede 12-06-2008 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by johnathan1 (Post 2041370)
Sometimes I wonder if everyone on this forum is over exaggerating when it comes to reliability...I mean, almost all of us are used to the unusually reliable W123/6 diesels...so basically ANY other car would be labeled "expensive and unreliable" in comparison. amirite??

I owned my 1993 S420 for a while, and there was never really any weirdness, nothing broke while I owned it, and I put close to 10k miles on it. The door close assist never worked properly and the Bose amp needed to be replaced, but that's it. Everything else on that car worked perfectly, and it felt great to drive, even with 160k miles. That's the newest MB I've ever owned though, so I can't really comment in the 03+ S600's...but I really don't think that a car that cost so much new would be as unreliable and crappy as so many on this site would have you believe.
High price doesn't mean it'll be any more reliable, usually the opposite.

The Swede 12-06-2008 10:54 PM
The #1 S600 is running NOS as well...


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