jonathanjr

One of my earlier memories of my childhood is pushing my toy car down the walls of my father’s factory. In my head I was the fastest and most flexible car in the world; jumping giant obstacles and crossing 10 car gaps, nothing seemed impossible to me.
Fast-forward 20 years I am going down the highway between San Francisco and Monterey driving my brand new white Mercedez. My super busy schedule mixed with my recently formed family didn’t allowed me to enjoy much of my life lately; But today it was different, it’s 3pm and it’s a beautiful sunny day, my little monster is roaring hungry with the recently installed set of performance exhaust. I was back being that little boy and everything seemed possible again!
I never felt so free and so powerful in my life, with the adrenaline rush and the thrills of the speed, I went from 100 mph to 206 mph in a heartbeat.
I was genuine happy, if there is such a thing as a Speed God, he was certainly smiling down at me right now.

Side notes:
I live in the Bay Area for about 10 years; I own a retail store and I just got married last year; my wife just gave me a little baby girl (the most beautiful thing).
My car is a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and the exhaust system is (iPE Performance Exhaust System with a Valvetronic Switch) from Taiwan.

mr747

Post of video of the sound coming from the exhaust

crazy1eye

lol, cool, congrats!

Obviously you have a tune as well?

VividRacing

Such a good feeling, cruising in your personalized dream car on a beautiful day. All my worries melt away for a little while.

Harold1898

you guys must have the most understanding police force. Try that over here and you will be talking about the car you used to won that has now been auctioned by the Government. Do i sound jealous?? Of course i am!!!

jonathanjr

I guess I am just lucky ... Highway 1 is a quiet drive thru the coast of NorCal
i dont have a video of my car but i have a video from the Exhaust company:
its sick! not kidding!
check it out:

CoolBDPhenom03

You should join some local group rides I try to arrange. Just had one yesterday, in fact.

jonathanjr

that would be awesome! Give me more info please!!!

CoolBDPhenom03

Well, there's stuff posted on MeetUp and EuroSunday so you could join those events. Otherwise, I post events here for meets all over the bay. Search for "Unofficial NorCal AMG meet" and you'll find the threads, routes, and pics of past events.

jonathanjr

kolio! that will do! thanks

CoolBDPhenom03

There are occasionally track days on the Private Lounge so you should join that community too. I just posted a thread about it.

Fung63

great story man!

i have the same feeling. I love driving the car and in a beautiful day with hundreds of kms/miles of hwy in front of you... it is pure bliss.

hmm might need to go for a midnight cruise now

CoolBDPhenom03

Hwy 1 in Marin? Or hwy 1 down to Big Sur? I have a great picture of a road sign that has a squiggly line "for the next 100+ miles."

Roswell

This is the story of my life... except my wife gave birth to our first little baby boy last year.

It must be a lot of time spent in your retail store.. as I do.

Hope you get to enjoy your car & newborn baby as well. Congrats!

jonathanjr

awesome dude! congrats to the new dad!
isnt it awesome, never really thought a little thing like that would bring me so much joy!

Jean Valjean

Congrats, JonathanJr. Your family is what it really is all about. I love to see others appreciating what they've got and not what they want.

Fung63

perspectives definitely changes once you hold your first newborn in your arms. although it was many moons ago, i remember that day like it was yesterday. such a wonderful feeling.

Roswell

Thx, same to u dad!! Lol

Yep, enjoy every second of it cuz they grow up fast & u don't want to miss a thing.

Fung63

ahhh you young dads and your first newborns. treasure every moment. they definitely grow up quick.

Roswell

^^ lol.. Tim is talking tough guy.. U r not that old & only have 1 child too.