Air Marshall Eldritch

Was cruising down one of those 2-lane rural roads minding my own business when a kid in a white Camaro with blue hood stripe appears out of nowhere and starts riding my bumper. I'm doing the speed limit, around 40-45. A minute later, I watch him cross over the double line and floor it. As he slid by I floored it too. Unfortunately the E430 transmission took an eternity to downshift and the Camaro shot past. I started to gain on him very slowly, but at 80 I realized I wasn't going to get past him anytime soon, and he would have to move back on the right side of the road at some point, so I dropped off from his rear quarter panel and off he went. I also realized my wife was screaming at me.
Not sure what year it was, but checking Edmunds, it seems the engines got up to 325hp by the time they killed the model in 2002. No wonder he shot by so easily.
Now I have to go find a C240 to restore my ego.

FirstMB

I wouldn't say you got beat because he had a head start. Even if he punched it only a second or two before you, that's an eternity when it comes to drag racing.

k_lundquist

Not to flame, but that was a really unsafe thing to do. It was also kind of a jerk move.

There is a semi-major two lane road that I take home where the speeds are 40 to 45 as well, depending on the part of the road you take. On occasion I’ve been in a rush and wanted to do 60, and I have passed people over the double line. If somebody pulled on me what you did to that guy – I’d be pretty ticked if I was him. Especially if there wasn’t enough room to get back in cause the other guy wanted to “race” me while I’m trying to pass.

Anyway my .02. I don’t know what the road was you were on or the traffic situation. Maybe you had a clear shot to see far enough up ahead.

Air Marshall Eldritch

Hey, I'll agree but he didn't have kiss my bumper for half a mile either.

The road literally went straight through a farm. Not another soul around.

k_lundquist

Touche.

tuscanraider

We all know that MB's can never be beat....

lowphat

Bretton - Try this - no joke... read through that thread and see how many people have felt a MAJOR change in their car's performance, myself included.

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/148019-holy-crap-you-guys-sneaky-ecu-reset-works.html

Air Marshall Eldritch

Oooh, I'll give that a try later today. Sounds like the real DaVinci code has been revealed.

lowphat

You're going to fall in DaLove with your car - your wife won't be Da only one DaScreamin' and if you see DaCamaro again you're gonna DaStroy it...

1985mb

Hey man, I feel for ya ... but my 2 cents: if that opportunity comes up again, pass. It's a no-win situation.

You win: not much credit. "Was just a Camaro" or some people will be like "must have been a V6 Camaro"

You lose: well, you already know what that's like. You feel bad, people are like, "How the F did you lose to a Camaro?" etc, etc.

IngenereAMG

Let me get this straight. You are on a 2 lane rural road doing 45, and basically get pissed because the guy is too close, then tries to pass on a double yellow....understood. But what kind of a brilliant move is it to get on the gas when someone is trying to pass on a 2 lane road? He was wrong to follow too close as well as passing in a no passing zone...but your actions didn't help the situation one bit. Were you trying to kill him and yourself?

Fortunately when I decide to pass an idiot that is tooling along at the speed limit, who hits it when I pass, I double their speed and I'm gone (no race). Your wife should have done more than yell at you.

You are in the NY metro area........that's a good way to get shot.

blazinginder

haha rough BUT true

Air Marshall Eldritch

Excellent, RuPaul is back!

davis449

This really does work, no joke. Now I've never tried this method of resetting it, but I can tell you that every time I get my car back from the dealer and they've had to do engine or tranny work, they reset this stuff and it drives 100% better.