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Originally Posted by LeaUK
A Christmas and new year present all in one eh Ken - beautiful, what a great example.
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Thanks!
One thing I do notice more with the new AMG setup - and particularly the wider wheels at the back which look far bigger than any picture shows - is the number of people trying to race me now.
Didn't happen under the old look... I guess the SL didn't look as aggressive then, and they just thought I was a benign old duffer.
But I'm up to it. I had a delightful incident a week back with a revving 650cc Kawasaki biker, leather gear and all, who was left a hundred feet behind me as we powered off head to head at the lights on a 2 lane motorway. He got a real surprise, I could tell, and had to lay down to catch up, and even then we were neck and neck at 1*0 km/hr (you fill in the speed--I don't want to incriminate any one
) before I slowed to avoid certain jail.
It was the first time I had this opportunity - and boy, that SL accelerates! It gave me a warm glow all the way home. Shades of my long-forgotten youth!
Ken Silver
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~1993 SL500, glistening triple black, xenons, AMG facelift to 2002 style.
~1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, silver/black leather, CD, immaculate
~1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara. black & silver.
~1991 Jaguar Daimler, shiny grey/grey leather.
~ex 350SL, 230E, 280E, MX5 and a lot of other makes not nearly as nice.