BimmerChick

My boyfriend and I were on our way up to Dana Point from Del Mar on Saturday night around 9:30-10pm when a newish silver sl55 came up on us. My boyfriend was driving since I had already had a few drinks. We played around for a little bit and finally got a good run in through a medium thickness of traffic. All I know is that we hit 140-something or other. We lost the guy at one point and slowed down about a min later to about 70. A couple minutes later he caught up and gave us the thumbs up. We just cruised together until we got off at Beach Cities. Looked like a young guy to me. Anyone on here?

Jakpro1

Wasn't me....but you lost an SL 55 in either a BMW '94 330is 5spd, 1990 325i 5spd??

blackbenzz

Thats impossible! Was your bf driving a ferrari or something?

Vic55

The SL was probably being mellow. I am not sure about everyone else but 140+ mph in medium thick traffic in California is scary, especially at night. You just never know when someone is going to change lanes.

AMG_Eric

i am thinking the sl got a phone call.

BimmerChick

Obviously we never got a chance to run in a straight line or he would have slaughtered me. He just got caught in traffic. The thing sounded amazing.

JamE55

The SL was probably checkin you out..

Brunelleschi

are you hot?

BimmerChick

Haha, I doubt he could see thru the tinted windows, but thanks. :p

Hmm, dunno. I haven't had any complaints yet.

JamE55

Tinted windows are no match for X-Ray vision! lol

BimmerChick

He did give us a thumbs up

JamE55

Like what you said on your previous post "I haven't had any complaints yet.." so he prolly gave you the thumbs up. :p

BimmerChick

JamE55

AMG_Eric

i would hazzard to guess like most people with high powered cars they dont have the slightest idea on how to drive them. i can remember being 18 and carving up a bmw on the i-5 strech down to saddleback college in a vw bg.

i bet you are right about the straight line comment. i bet the guy cant drive unless its a straight line. splitting traffic is an art. appearently your b/f can split traffic well. cool for him.

we definately need to get an autocross meet together so peeps can show their stuff in an even playing field.

BimmerChick

Yeah, an autox would be cool. I'm actually on the board for the San Diego Chapter of the BMW Car Club and we just had an autox at Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday. My e36 and I had the 3rd fastest time of the day out of 90 cars. Mind you, I've had the car for quite awhile and am super comfortable with her. The Toyo RA1's helped too. :p But in the m-modified class (all modded m-cars) you have to run r-comps to be competitive.

AMG_Eric

you should get that info over to carlos aka saprissa. him and i are trying to set one of those up. being that bmw is the ultimate driving machine i would love to see a slk55 go against a m5 time wise. i know an m3 would get gobbled up by a lightweight car with a amg 8 in it. i pretty much think an e55 is too heavy to go around a track but then again a m5 isnt a light weight.

i would also love to see my buddies old e30 m go against an e36 m. his old e30 drove like a slot car. his e36 he bought was nothing like the original. in fact i think the rear end on his e36 washed out on him 2x.

lisamcgu

Eric, so does this mean that you know of an available SLK55?! Are you hinting that you are going to trade in your red car for an SLK55! How exciting! They don't cost that much, in fact, it was on the cover of Consumer Reports. Its the 2nd least expensive MB they make, so it should be no problem for you to trade up. I would love to see a red one up close!

Jeff E39

you hit 140 mph in traffic in an E36

krk230

You mean the second least exBenzive AMG? :p

If I got a R171 in the US, I'd either get Red w/ Tan interior or White w/ Red interior...elsewhere I'd have to get Sunburst/Yellowstone...

AMG_Eric

yikes...i cant stand 2 seaters and convertibles are for peeps that were born or have lived elsewhere and moved to cali. 99% of natural born californians don't have convertibles. there is that small 1% that does buy them tho.

the reason i cant stand convertibles is because i am 6 foot tall and cant ever see out the front window. if the top is lowered i have to scrunch down so my head doesnt bang on the roof. i have yet to find a convertible that i can fit in comfortably.

as far as slk 55's i know of 3 of them. lisa, tony, and mr. wolf.

perzbenz

bimmerchick, you are hot.

BimmerChick

Whats the part? Going 140 or going 140 in an e36?

BimmerChick

Thanks, you have a nice smile :p

AMG_Eric

lol this is kinda funny since he is under age.