So...
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2009 C63 AMG
So...
This isn't so much a kill story as it is just something I found a bit odd.
I was heading back home on 580, passing through the Castro Valley Area, and I pass a big, lifted, 3500 with smoke stack exhaust exiting in the bed...you know the kind of truck I'm talking about. I pass by it because I'm passing a slower car, and after doing so, I hear the Ram floor it (loud *** exhaust) and it pulls in behind me (After emitting *** loads of black smoke of course).
Of course this pickup had been modded intensively via Bully Dog, or Banks, or some other diesel tuner. Anyhow, over the next several miles, this truck repeatdely floors it and passes me on the right hand lanes...either showing off or trying to entice me to race a lifted 1 ton pickup, hahaha. I just found it funny...I mean, I know those things are best, but c'mon.
I do have to admit though, that thing had decent acceleration for such a large pickup. It must have been highly modded.
Anyone else ever been lured into a race by a similar truck? Any chacne this truck could even keep up with me (even on a downhill, haha)?
I was heading back home on 580, passing through the Castro Valley Area, and I pass a big, lifted, 3500 with smoke stack exhaust exiting in the bed...you know the kind of truck I'm talking about. I pass by it because I'm passing a slower car, and after doing so, I hear the Ram floor it (loud *** exhaust) and it pulls in behind me (After emitting *** loads of black smoke of course).
Of course this pickup had been modded intensively via Bully Dog, or Banks, or some other diesel tuner. Anyhow, over the next several miles, this truck repeatdely floors it and passes me on the right hand lanes...either showing off or trying to entice me to race a lifted 1 ton pickup, hahaha. I just found it funny...I mean, I know those things are best, but c'mon.
I do have to admit though, that thing had decent acceleration for such a large pickup. It must have been highly modded.
Anyone else ever been lured into a race by a similar truck? Any chacne this truck could even keep up with me (even on a downhill, haha)?
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AMG GT-R
Something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
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08 S63 White on Black
I am a diesel freak also I drag race and truck pull them (when in ohio do as they do) they can be very fast so be care full at low speeds but up above 100 mph you are fine the truck will run out at 120 mph or so
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From: Philly
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Something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
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From: Morehead, KY USA
SLK55 AMG, E320 BlueTec, ML350, (formerly) C32 AMG, MR2 Turbo, HD-FLH-FSE, BMW R100RS, Ducati M900
Diesels
We had one at our local track post high 9's ET at 140 mph with drag radials on all 4 corners in 4wd 
I have heard numbers on the street verstions in excess of 800 hp and 1200 ft lbs so yeah if he had all the tricks done to it, it could be silly fast.
Irish
I have heard numbers on the street verstions in excess of 800 hp and 1200 ft lbs so yeah if he had all the tricks done to it, it could be silly fast.
Irish
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2014 E63, Cobra replica, 68 Camaro, 66 Chevy II SS, Z4 BMW, Honda Element, Birel 125cc Shifter Kart.
You need to get out more. Around here, some of those behemoths will hand you your ***.
You can guess how I know this. LOL
You can guess how I know this. LOL
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From: DFW
09 C63 steel grey
Here's a clip of a turbo diesel truck hanging with an Ariel Atom which I believe runs 0-60 around 3 seconds or just under.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlcKB6NQv8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlcKB6NQv8
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Something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3yz...eature=related
I never would've thought.
damm.
