It was a 2005. I am kinda at a loss of words. Amazing doesn't quite cut it. It kind of made me a little sad afterwords because I realized that I may never drive a legit "super car" ever again.

When I say it is fast, Its kinda hard to portray that in text form. 0-60 is quicker than your mind can really react, and I got it up to 130mph by the time I got to the end of the on ramp.

Here a a few pics:

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10 E63 AMG
93 300te 4matic
07 BMW X3
14 Ford F-150 Fx2

Closest thing I have driven to a 'super car is a Porsche Cayman. Sweet car but not even close to the F430. Perhaps one of these days I will be as lucky.

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Here is a link for youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0YnSCb2HU

My father in law was behind the wheel. If it was me, i'd be doing doughnuts in the middle of the street

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10 E63 AMG
93 300te 4matic
07 BMW X3
14 Ford F-150 Fx2

That was it??!!??!! He hit the pedal a couple of times? Wasn't he allowed to put it in gear?

Maybe not...it was raining and from what I've seen of "ams" behind the wheel of anything more pronounced than a '75 Pinto...not a pretty sight...for the observer or the insurance company!!!!

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..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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I drove a Maserati with pretty much the same drive train as the Ferrari you drove and I actually drove an old Ferrari the day before. I still like my 300SDL most of all.

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94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

I suppose the fastest car I ever drove was the 68 (or was it 69?) corvette with 427 and three two barrels.

Fastest car I ever rode in was a Viper, which got up to 165 on a local 4 lane stretch of road which had about a mile between cross roads.....we got up to that and backed right down....really did not feel like anything at all.

Fastest I have driven is about 125.....in a 64 bonneville, in a 59 Ferrari, and in a Chrysler thingie (the full sized front drive car which preceded the rear drive 300).

I think my 84 280e would go about 130 but never tried topping it out.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I love F cars, I can't wait until I buy my first one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-5k_O6qlg

I want a red on tan F355 hard top, with the 6spd and a Kreissieg Exhaust.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

One of my favorite Ferraris. I've not even ridden in one, sad to say. A couple of Porsches but that's about it.

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1984 300D, 138K

Any chance someone over six and a half feet tall would fit in that thing?


My friends dad has a viper but I have never been in it.. last car of his I was in was a corvette when that newer body style came out. His dad likes my Mercedes but always goes on and one about how they screwed chrysler

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Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D

I've been in one too. But it was a full race spec F430

Nice, but I've had my 300E to 134mph. Lets see some real speed! And I've done 155mph on the autobahn in a diesel mb! How many here have done that?

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'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Scrwed chrysler? Ha! They came in and got rid of top managment folks paying themselves millions, pumped money into the company and sold it off for a huge loss when things did not turn around.

For myself I was dissapointed that benz did not help chrysler create more rational more economical cars. I bought an 05 magnum new and was shocked when I realized how huge it was. I still like the looks of them though and if offered with a benz diesel would still have one probably.

I cannot figure how Benz screwed chrysler though, probably kept them in business when they may not have survived as long....

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I've never driven a Ferrari, it had to be a blast. The two fastest cars I've driven have been an '09 SL 600 and a '10 CL63AMG. Neither of which I own

It's really really fun to go fast in a modern techno-supercar (see my locked post SL600 "Lets go fast" ) but for me if I'm ever fortunate enough to be in the position to buy a supercar I'd rather spend that money on a vintage superbenz that I could actually work on. Am I alone in this?

Probably same here, I drove a '69 427/435 that had a ZL1 cam, 13:1, bigger valves and ports, long tubes, etc. IIRC it dyno'ed at 609rwhp. or was it 690?


I also drove a Formula SAE car, so like 100hp and 400lbs. 0-60 south of 3 seconds, but those cars top out around 80.

We had a F430 at work but I chose to not drive it, I don't like the guy who owns it and hes been known to complain just to be a pain in the ass.

Headsmack on the Mercedes Screwing Chrysler, ashedd please correct him.

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Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i