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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Kind of a swipe at us
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I think our "E55 Big Brothers" think their cars are all that. Faster, yes, but not by the margin they think.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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W211 E55 AMG, ML63 AMG, Past 996GT3,ZCPM3,Brabus C32,ML 500
I just burned all of them.
If some of you remeber, I almost got an E55..
It was too big of a boat for me..
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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heh, you're in denial..... the E55 will trounce you by a WIDE margin, everytime.... they are MUCH quicker.....


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I think our "E55 Big Brothers" think their cars are all that. Faster, yes, but not by the margin they think.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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'05 C55(sold)'05 E55(sold)'06 911C4S(sold)'06 ML350 '06 CLS55(sold),buncha slo bikes
I loved my C55,it was real quick.....Until an E55 left me for dead from a 60mph roll.
I traded in my C55 that week for a new E55
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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2002 C32 AMG
E55 = stock C32/c55 *** whooping! <eom>
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I agree...

E55 will run a quarter in 12.5 easy.

C55 will not even break 13.0.

That my friends is a trouncing...
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My ex-cars: 03 E55,04 C32, 05 C55 ,03 E320
sigh..

sadly the best i did 1/4 mile was 13.55s
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The E55 is a whole different class of car in terms of performance and price. It will beat you every time.
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