AMG Sleeper

Hey guys,

In regards to the gauges, I just wanted to say I love having gauges that go up to 200... love the look and especially the IDEA of it not sure if C32 have the same gauges, but I just wanted to put it out there.

It's cool that a lot of w203 drivers track their cars, post their times, dynos, etc. but we hardly discuss our top speeds on the road (not the track) and the stories that go with them. I'm sure lots of us gotta have some great stories to share...

For example, about 6 months ago I was coming back from Philly and encountered a new white M3 and I kinda pulled up next to him and then took off... 30 seconds lighter, he comes flying and closes the gap , but doesn't pass me. anyways, the guy pulls up, gives me a nod, and we both take off, riding together at 120+. within 5 minutes, we pass a black CLK55 just a couple miles inside the MD border, and the 3 of us cruise together very, very fast, zipping through traffic for the next 40-45 miles before i pulled off in baltimore. it was alot of fun and an absolute thrill ride, as i hit my top speed ever (137 on some worn tires... which was idiotic but really a thrill-of-the-moment type of thing) in this one strip when i was catching up to the M3... that day I gained a whole new level of confidence in my car and what it can do and how to do it...

what a fun day

c32used

Most likely the reason why is that kill or race type threads are placed in kills forum...

bumpnzx3

Agreed. And, on top of that, most all of the stories are BS anway.

Besides- I would hope that most in here are mature enough not to drive like a jag-off on public streets anyway. I did my fare share of stupid things behind the wheel when I was a young punk, but since then I've grown up a bit.

SilverBulletAMG

Most don't post stories because they get flamed and the mob comes out with their torches and pitchforks. As stated above, everyone is assumed to be full of it or some suicidal "punk" with a death wish. I think that's unfortunate, but stories like that are best told over a cold one or over in the kill stories section.....

rockjock

wait....137 is where the limiter is?
Sad....but I agree with the aboves-on all the forums I've been on-public racing is frowned on heavily-and I kinda agree-I'm in the middle of nowhere-but still take everything to the track.....

SilverBulletAMG

155 is the first governor (I was told there are 2). I think the OP just means he got up to 137 before letting off.

rockjock

gotcha...thats what I thought-I think there is a speed limiter (based on speed sensor input) and a secondary rev/over rev limiter-both would need to be removed for ventures into retard-om fast speeds.

alumar

Like?
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/2...-S7_639856.htm

I have absolutely no doubt the Kleemann claims it will achieve 186mph are true... my ***** and sense are not attuned to midwest highways...you cali boys that have nice concrete flat roads are not plagued with snowplowed ...murdered highways like we have in the midwest.

evilsaint

Amen. Once in a blue moon at 3AM or something I'll go for a blast down one of the less torn up sections, but after getting almost fully sideways at ~130 on what looked like flat, dry, straight pavement, I now tend to give those urges a swift kick in the ***** when they come around.

AMG Sleeper

true... well my intentions were not to sound braggy in the least... that trip was fun for me because of the camaraderie of it. it was less about the race, more about just cruising, helping each other on cuts without cutting people off... it was about enjoying what the car can do. surprisingly, the guy in the M3 was probably in his late 40s, he pulled up next to me and we talked and he was real nice... who would've thought we'd hit it off haha

that said, i don't plan on doing that type of thing again, just too risky with so many bad drivers on the road, cops, etc... life's too precious, right? but for what it's worth, it was a fun memory.

thanks for the feedback guys. drive safe, post often

TemjinX2

i believe the US c32's are speed limited to 155mph and the german ones doesnt have a speed limitor. I believe the c32 tops out at around 170mph stock.

TemjinX2

a c32 hitting around 179mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpertQOW324

Quicktwinturbo

That's how people in Korea drives.. We don't have hwy patrol / trooper.. We only have speed cams.... It's insane.... People speeds like maniacs, switching lane, then slams on brakes when they are near or sees a speed cam (It's hard to miss it and NAV does a great job alert'n driver in advance)..

C55 was pretty stable at highspeed.. My speedo read 160 in top of the 4th gear..I have to post some vids of me crusin at highspeed with Murci, M3 CSL, SLK55s and other many extoics!!

c32used

I remember being told that a stock C32 with limiter removed will do 180..anyone else here this?

Newzchspy

I saw 165 on the Magellan chasing the guys on the way to Morrocco. Jerry saw it in October at the track!!! She had more in her.

TemjinX2

the video i posted showed a guy going up to 289km/ph. When you translate that into miles per hr it comes out to be 179.576. So 180mph if you round.

jagass

When it reaches above 200, it looks cool but very dangerous...lol

SickSpeedMonte

I dont know how you pulled that off with the cops sitting in the medians every 2 miles around here... but I hope you got it out of your system. I dont mean to sound like a prude... but I have family on these roads.

c32AMG-DTM

IIRC, Eleventeen pegged the speedo at 180; maybe he'll chime in.

slowrey

I hit 165 with my best friends M5 behind me on a nice WIDE flat piece of road in Texas. However Sunil bumped my limiter I think to 186.

F1Bobby

So without the limiter what will a C55 do?

rockjock

2,748.67

spr

Dunno about 165 in a stock c55 bc I've had the thing sitting at 160 for miles and it will go no further -it's limited.

Oh just caught the delimitation. Good stuff.

JG26_Irish

We just do not have the kind of roads to do those sort of speeds very often here, just too hilly. I have to save that for the track but the straights are relatively short. Ugh!

I do know that the times I pushed the C32 and the old C36 before it, that even well into triple digits, they both felt very planted and not at all scary. I had the C36 up to 145mph a couple of times on closed courses and it was still in 4th and pulling hard but I ran outta room. I've never been where I could take the C32 that fast safely. I will tell you that 140 in an AMG feels safer than 90 in my old Oldsmobile, lol. Still, I would love to get out on one of them 60 mile long deserted western roads that is flat and straight and empty for just a little while, lol.

Irish

aleksandar1099

Who were you chasing