Borrowing an SL55 for a few days

[PC Dave]

A friend who has lots, lots more $$$ than me sold his Ferrari 575M a few weeks ago to take delivery of a new SL55. He saw me drooling over it, and casually said I should take it for a week while he was traveling to a wedding. I didn't argue. He left this morning, and I just picked it up. What a car!

First thing I noticed is that it's kind of tight inside. I think the 129 had more room in the cockpit (though it's been a few years, so I can't say for sure). I haven't played with all the toys yet, he left it with the top down and I didn't put it up - I'll probably call everyone in my office out to the parking lot to watch the show when I do. The materials are obviously outstanding, leather dash, alcantara on top of the instruments and under the shift knob, etc. I only drove it through town to the office, but it's clearly the most powerful thing I've ever driven, by a big margin. This should be fun. I'm off to read the manual at lunch, to see how the toys work. Or maybe I'll skip lunch entirely to start losing lots of weight so I fit in the car better.