housclass

tried racing a c6 vette with exhaust on christmas day...the guy in the vette had the top off and the tinted windows down halfway trying to style and profile......from the stop light we rolled to about 25mph and i nailed it with the esp off...he proceeded to put his hands up in the the air with a "what" gesture then proceeded to clap...if i were in a vette he would have given me a thumbs up!

i thought guys that had vettes...at least with exhaust...wanted better performance from their car...yet i always have the hardest time getting a race from ANYBODY in a vette...

most of them probably think i took my dads car for a joy ride (i'm 38).

in both my e55 and now the s600 it's impossible to get a race...

john

let the flaming begin about racing on the street considering bluemax's thread is 5 pages long...

OBXTucker

i agree...

it's easier for me to get a race with a ricer in my F250 SuperDuty (which eats ricers for breakfast btw!), than in my S600....

not that i ever go looking .... but it's nice to play safely once in a while!

NMRA92

If it makes you feel any better, I sh*t on my buddies 02 with exhaust and some bolt-ons. From a dead stop the first time I did 6 cars and pulling, second from a dead stop with the button shift, it was close to 8. I have a bone stock s55 with 20's on it.
He traded it in last week and now has a 07, he wants a rematch. haha.
I had a 8 sec mustang that I just got rid of. And their was nothing more I enjoyed than making thoes Vette guys feel like you know what. I used to take my Mustang and go to the Corvette Shows by me, stop traffic and let it fly off the 2 step passing everybody sideways.
Its a whole different crowd and looks when your in the benz as opposed to my old race car. I felt so left out I found myself waiting in a local gas station for a guy that had a Cutlass, smallblock, ET Streets, fuel cell, ect. Long story short, I walked away from him but we were in traffic. Still worth a good laugh.

ndabunka

Coming from a guy who use to have a vette I can probably tell you the PRIMARY reason they don't street race... THEY (not you) would be the OBVIOUS target for the police. My vette was an understated (if that's possible) convertible. Yet, I still would get pulled over at the slightest hint of a race. For that reason I would not even race my buddies on even well known roads. They just attract TOO much attention. But when I had the CLK55 it was nearly the opposite story. I would race almost anybody who wanted to try. It was a total sleeper. I ran a number of mustangs into the ground. Outran the newer (at that time) Z350's, etc. Anytime there was a chance of the police pulling someone, they ALWAYS pulled the other car (even if there was no obvious race and it was like 5 MPH over the limit, the other car would get pulled)

StealthAuto

Good old Vettes..... I've smoked a few of them in my day

carsnob

There is no bad part to owning an S 600 or S 63/65 Who cares about Vettes? They are pieces of **** that handle like crap.
You already know that you have a fast awesome car and that should be all you need. It kicks *** when you need to move. Enjoy and focus on the +ve!

@nv@

i was challeneged by an 05 M3 convertible..... sucker

cmcjo

Just watch those newer Z06's. I got pulled about 5 car lengths in my 221 S600

S-Clusiv

Chase 'em down in that CGT

evoviiiyou

That would be a great race to watch!

cmcjo

The C6 is a fast machine. My uncle has a new Z06 and it moves.
He can almost keep up. The CGT sounds way better though

MarkoCL65

I've had a few Vettes and I'm pretty sure the reason he didn't race you was because he did want to be embarrassed. Word is out that the Benz can open up a can of whoop *** on most cars. The V12 Biturbos have a bad rep.....I mean good rep.

transferred

02cl55amg

i have a modded 06 c6 with paddle shift. cold air induction,full exhaust,tune. always looking for a race with an m5/6 or 55,600,65. cant find anyone to race???? my 02 cL55 has no shot. the vette runs consistant 12.50's @113mph out here in vegas on 20'' tires. actually loking to purchase a cl600 tt.

Jakpro1

Gotta learn the fine art of "baiting" Mr Hous. Watched Mexican street racing on TV the other night.

Lesson 1) Could have cut him off and forced him to pull alongside. Oh, it woulda been "on" then.
Lesson 2) Side by side at the stop light. You roll 6 inches and stop. Then roll 6 inches and stop. An aggresive move that will sometimes lure in the victim for killing.
Lesson 3) At the green, you stay side by side and perhaps goose a little to make him go behind and then pull ahead. Whole goal to get him pissed enough to take the bait.
Lesson 4) Blow his friggin doors off (even if he is not racing) and wait at the next redlight. He'll have to go for it to save face.

Again, this was Mexican street racin on Spike. Occasionaly as I drive the speed limit to one of my many "Real men drive a Prius" seminars, I will notice some holligans engaging in this dangerous and hellish behavior and it seems to work pretty well for them.

jbondox

just because no one mentioned it yet...

you bad bad bad meany men... you are going to kill someone with racing on the street... please rent a track for the day and

i used to have illegal street races every Friday and Saturday night at my old shop next to mallett cars talk about fun... I couldn't even believe all the people that would show up, I was inside working the second night and came out to about 500 people walking around and about 50 cars lined up to race... and the females...." hi my name is Jim, I am the owner of this establishment, let me give you a tour... ... all fun and games till the wife shows up though... who also wrote my company insurance policy....

Timeless

Nice!

[5th]Nick

Only race i ever had with the 65 was against a Carrera 2 996... No match... The guy was pretty pissed off, but his girlfriend didnt mind

charles pearson

Believe it or not most folks are intimidated by those Quad exhaust pipes that you bare and a good many know about the AMG's. I have an SL55 and a CL55 and I can never get someone to buck especially the vettes. I will say this though you probably haven't ran up against an 07 Zo6 he's packing some punch with 505hp. Question, y race in a beautiful S55 get a SL OR CL or better yet the E55. That car fools a lot of people once they bite they cancel Christmas.

Oh, you drive the 600 my bad I thought u were pushing an AMG, the 600 is pretty fast as well.

charles pearson

I had a 02 CL55 and got rid of her quick, I replaced her with the SL55 than realized I kinda missed that mixture of sport and fine luxury so I bought an 04 CL55 last week.

Cars I drive:
03 SL55 Beast
04 CL55 ferocious
03 Lexus LX 470 Keeps my wife out of the SL & CL