RAFFIE55

Hello all: Here I am Sunday morning 101. I get on freeway ahead of a brown maybe 02 Porsche. Look back a couple miles and he is coming up fast. I get a clearing in front and we are doing about 80. I hit it and so does he and then trys to go around me. All I know is that I was ahead of him til about 140and then I let up to get off. I suspect that he could pass me eventually if we kept going. Dam our cars have ***** on the top end

Militant-Grunt

Definitley wasn't a turbo. Prolly a plain jane Carrera.

IIIMBPIII

Yea there was no way that was a turbo that thing would have left you for dead

blk350

hahhaha, ok whatever you want to think

RAFFIE55

I could have sworn it said "turbo". Maybe he was in the wrong gear

Militant-Grunt...Are you happy with your ML55, I was thinking of picking up a 2000 ML55

sick430

there are a lot of fake turbo around here (LA) every other P-car has a turbo badge talk about posers! that said i was looking at an 01-02 turbo S this weekend and sorry but there is now way your car could even hang, that thing pulls like a bat out of hell! i do love the W210 55 so much that car is just so well built over the new ones!

IIIMBPIII

Either he was a poser or he was just F-ing with you those turbo P-cars are deff something to respect!

blk350

even if it was a stock carrera how did you hang with him?

SLK55R

he was probably just pacing you.

Militant-Grunt

Its alright I suppose, try to get 01+ had the teleaid option. 02+ was face lift.
There a few annoyances, but thats with most Mercedes of this generation. Its not as bad as the 320/ 430, but its still pretty lacking, expect to change the rotors / pads every 12-15k miles and god awful fuel economy. The worst is the quirky electronics in the car.

Honestly if I were you I would opt for the X5 4.6is, ten times better to drive, more reliable and its in the same price bracket to pick up. The only advantage the ML55 has is that its a teeny bit quicker up top and has a low range box. (which unless you live in an area where it snows you'll never use.) At the time my pops bought ours the BMW held its value FAR better than the AMG.

http://motortrend.automotive.com/683...amg/index.html

silver65

Stock non turbo Carrera's are slow in my opinion. I've had several. Mostly 993's. The turbo's are a lot faster. My last was a 96 993 C4S - twin turbo that Proto-Tech built. Now that car was fast. I would say an E55 would eat up a stock non turbo Carrera!

MSL01

How was the acceleration of the twin turbo 993 compared to your V12TT?

RAFFIE55

He was definitally not pacing He was making a great effort to go around me and pass me. Turbo's are very quick! I know. But our race was from about 80mph to 140mph. I know he was tring and I know I was infront the whole time. What you think should have happened (him beating me) did not happen With that superchip my upper end pulls like a freight train

1985mb

Are we talking about W210 E55s or W211?

RAFFIE55

If we are talking about my car then it's a W210 E55

regor60

dumb thread

1985mb

Nice car I'm guessing silver65 didn't notice yours was a w210. His comments might have been based on thinking it was a W211 w/ the 55 Kompressor engine

silver65

The 993 would surely blow away the 600. C4 - Hardly any wheel spin.

silver65

Sorry, I'm not familiar with all the Benz years. So this car is a non supercharged car?

RAFFIE55

Then get the **** off

1985mb

Yeah the previous generation E-class (W210) E55 had an NA engine (with roughly 350 hp?)

Jons95c36amg

I respect the 5.5AMG motors but a real turbo 911 traps 115mph with stock crank 400hp. The 210 E55 traps 105+. Go figure.

Militant-Grunt

Its a 5.4 dope.

Deuuuce

+1 and why pace deep into the triple digits?

OP: Did you notice if it had air intakes on sides in the rear quarter-panel area?

Jons95c36amg

Your an idiot they round it of. Anyway does it make a difference?