Please join me in wishing CHAPPY a Happy Birthday!!!!
09-18-2008, 08:57 AM
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Please join me in wishing CHAPPY a Happy Birthday!!!!
Let me be one of the first to wish my good friend Chappy a very Happy Birthday!!!!
09-18-2008, 10:22 AM
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2005 SL600 by SPEEDRIVEN
Happy B-day Chappy. Was going to the track your gift? Tell us more on your experience and your impressions of the cars performance. More information will help others when they go or encourage them to go.
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09-19-2008, 12:18 AM
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1959 220S / 1979 230 G / 2002 A210 AMG / 2003 C320 SC / 2004.5 C320 SS / 2005 ML350 SE / 2008 smart
FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS CHAPPY ! 
Carlos
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09-19-2008, 07:51 AM
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Car was rock solid. I'm stock (save for the euro-spec springs and poly LCA bushings) and my track wheels are 17" monoblocks with 235-40-17 and 255-40-17 Falken Azenis 615s. You immediately notice the extra "bite" from having wider, sticker rubber underneath you. Gave me more confidence as I learned the track. In fact, I opted to turn off ESP on about the 3rd session....then see if I could catch da_guitarist. It was working great until I came into a sharp right hander WAY TOO HOT and knew I'd lost it. I went off at around 40mph after serious understeer - there was plenty of room and the grass was flat and soft so no damage at all. I waited for the corner worker to waive me back on track then pitted briefly. Everything checked out fine - didn't even get any grass or dirt stuck anywhere.
Put ESP back on and ran the next several sessions at 8 10ths...I had to drive home 4+ hours after all.
The last session - we basically had the track to ourselves (just 2 cars on track!) I pushed it a little more and really enjoyed the laps after I found a new line (courtesy of my Audi bud) coming off the last corner onto the straight. Look up www.roeblingroad.com for a track map.
My b'day gift was a new Garmin 750.
AMG
