FCC

Have had my 2010 E-350 for about 7 months now so why is it every Infiniti, Honda, late model American sports car want to race...especially the Infiniti group, always riding my a** and then flooring it. Do people have such an inferiority complex about MB's I dunno, just venting.

Gondon

Cause they're gay

Benzboy13

I don't know where you live, but by me there are tons of kids who get the new infinitis and think they are the fastest things around.

Kids used to try and race me in my c320 ( sig pic) but it was so slow.

Now i race every single one in my c32 just to put em in their place.

BTW the e350 aint that slow. I remember my friend had an 07 e350 on lease and raced a sligtly modded gti stick shift and won. lol

CharlyE500

Well, 2 nights ago, I got challenge by a V6 Camry with my E55K.
They just think Benz is slow... guess what, he only saw my tail light after the green light !

rondocap

I can explain, you said:

"why is it every Infiniti, Honda, late model American sports car want to race."

These guys always want to race. I've never seen an Infiniti G35 or G37 that wasn't ready to race a bit or weave in and out of traffic, lol. You could be walking and they will be racing. Sometimes the cars people choose reflect their psychology and vise-versa, so they tend to drive more aggressively. (And I mean the racier models from these brands, obviously most Honda's are driven by normal people, a few are "racy".)

Moedy

maybe they think your car looks nice and sporty so they want to challenge it. take it as a compliment. I never get anything trying to race me besides base 3 series bmws. Its probably because they are the only ones that know what my car is and want to see me hit it

cooleric2000

You should try racing them

Timeless

Maybe I should badge my car an E350...no one around here to race...lol.

Dr_jitsu

I love my E 350 but racing it would be like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight.

JohanSL

The other day a Nissan 1400 pick-up raced me and gave me a decent hiding, some of those things are real quick.
I tipped my hat to him, if you beat a S600 with a small pick-up you've earned it.

kindafast

Did the 600's come with TT in 03?

BlownV8

Yes.

Mantooth

I would race you, but we all know how that would end. I'm stock, for what it's worth.

C280 Sport

They prolly just envy you alot that you have a brand new car.

edgarinho10

LOL.

If you were around here I would temp you just to see how good of a decent driver you are. No good if your car goes 0-60 in 4 or 5 seconds & the driver is worth for poop.

edgarinho10

I've asked around various times & the majority, being about a good 90% say they think a Mercedes is only luxury. It's slow. Blah blah. & also it's only for the rich old people who don't drive fast anymore. WTF.

Timeless

You are a bit far away to race.

I can assure you that even the worst driver in an E55 should beat a C230 given that it is an automatic tranny....and assuming you mean more than 100 feet.

edgarinho10

In a straight line, yes.

In a good 5 or 10 miles across a high way not too sure...

transferred

How old are you?

To even stay in the same zip as an E55 it would need to be busy and you'd have to driving in a way that endangered every other road user...the only good thing is few if any E55 drivers would bother to race a c230...kindly grow up.

edgarinho10

Sorry MOM, should have been more clear. A clear highway where the curves and hills are they only things that slow you down.

cahiil55k

Clear enough, your C230 loses anyway.

E55
slalom: 67mph
skidpad: 0.83g

C230
slalom: 61.7mph
skidpad: 0.75g,0.82g

edgarinho10

I still have faith.

CharlyE500

You got to be kidding me.... the C230 is the hatchback right ? compare to E55K ?

edgarinho10

Woah. No Need for the name calling. I gave my opinion on the subject. Never said it was written in stone.

Now what kind of owner would I be if I didn't have faith in my own car?

kevblah

C230 vs E55k

LOL