AgSilver

FYI today at a traffic light I pulled up behind a CTS with with at least headers and custom mufflers. I will assume it was also tuned - - - it did sound really nice. On the green light the CTS pulled away a bit quicker than the surrounding traffic and I simply followed him rather closely. I suppose he simply figured I was some old Florida fart in a common Benz. So, the CTS punched it (really really sounded great) and jumped about 2 car lengths. I was in 2nd gear in Sport mode with the ESP off and at about 3000 revs, too low on the power curve and the CTS got another length on me. As soon as the CTS got the jump he flipped me the bird and waved to me. OOPS! As soon as the 6.3 got into the cams I started to reel him in rather nicely. I closed to within 1 car length, but even though it was a 6 lane divided road it was 10:30 AM with all the moms off to Whole Foods, so I shut it down at around the century mark. The CTS kept going and never slowed down enough to at least see WTF was that. I guess he has a new understanding of OBJECTS IN MIRROR APPEAR CLOSER THAN THE ARE or don't ever look back, you might see what gaining on you

LZH

Fantasm

how can you tell someone has "at least headers and custom mufflers" and "also tuned" by looking at some car thru a bunch of traffic?

BenzoBoi

And this is in the W211 AMG forum because?

Razorecko

Obviously this is the old gen cts-v with 400hp stock.

Hammer Down

Actually he never said V.....he said CTS

JamE55

The MBworld CSI team will be right with you in a moment. lol

AgSilver

Your are correct sir or madam! I never said nor implied "V." Again proving that assumption is the mother of all (I'll be kind) screw-ups. It's refreshing to know that some people actually do pay attention.

Let's hope that GM will continue to produce and develop the CTS-V (now I said it) and the ZR-1. Really good stuff, but really poor management.

GHAZAN

Were you paying attention when you posted this in the w211 forum?

AgSilver

Bravely spoken - - -

Vic55

Hilarious... and poetic. Its going to the Kill Stories.

Timeless

So, someone with a normal CTS decided to get headers, mufflers, and a tune?

And you wasted your gas on a normal CTS?

And you mentioning a CTS does not imply a V series when challenged by a 63 AMG?

If you say so.

M-bENZ

oh Cmon guys he just want to share his story so chill out.


Andy

Vomit

+1

He does own a 211. He probably just forgot which section he was in. Give the dude a break.

It seems to me that it probably was a CTS-V. There is no way that a regular CTS would even remotely give the 63 a good run unless it was modded out the a** and on the bottle.

Anyways, nice run

Roupin

Regular previous-gen CTS runs 15's, so no doubt it was a V.

transferred

470bhp would make very quick work of any non-V CTS, even if modded

MB Dave

Simple, he said the car sounds nice. No american v6 sounds nice in my ears v8 are a diffrent story. I assume most mb owners will agree with me.

Jakew903

All i have to say is i agree with Audi-Guy about a german car sounding better than an american car. I just love listening to my 560SEC, or 500E V8 rawr when i hit the gas to 100. The american car sounds like crap compared to my V8.

jturkel

lol. definitely can't tell if it is tuned by looking at it. some people are really familiar with exhaust sounds though and can tell what a car has headers. much different sound (compare stock exhaust LS1 to catback LS1 to LS1 with headers, definite differences IMO). as far as mufflers? idk....more difficult to know without walking right up and looking at it.

absent

Very few cars sound as ferocious as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBaSn...eature=related

MB Dave

I assume you have yet to hear a straight piped V8 S4 and a e39 M5 for you hearing pleasure I give you the following vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maygdvKBV9s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbgUK...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP-uO...om=PL&index=24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LftgDQHIg6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhTPXvqox5I

absent

I'm sorry but I don't share your enthusiasm for those above,sound more like an uneven racket with their mufflers removed.
Caddy reminds me true muscle car sounds from the 60's.
Similar to that classic soundtrack of Steve McQueen's Bullit.

alphanumeric

to the OP, thats funny because last time I wasted gas on a CTS with custom dual exhaust, he did in fact have to stop to see "WTF was that" hahahah he was giving huge thumbs up

TwentyValveB5

I love the way my RS4 sounds in all of its 8250RPM glory, but I'll still take the growl of an LSx motor any day.
As far as six-cylinder engines go, I agree that the Germans have the audible advantage... but V8s? Not quite there because, generally, they're just too small (AMGs being the exception)

M-bENZ

is your sound like this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBkX8GS5FoY

Andy