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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: The deal's been made. New V12TT owner

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Old 07-24-2009, 01:03 PM
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congrats, the SL600 is definitely a wonderful car. Time for ECU!
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congrats, the SL600 is definitely a wonderful car. Time for ECU!

Good call, and if I may ask, did you ever dyno your Kleemann ECU car?
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Congrats, btw the guy in the video is Chris Moran of Chicago Cars Direct and in all of his videos under that dealership, all of his stats are dead on, perhaps he got bad info somewhere for this one, seems to be an old dealership he worked for or what not.

Once again, great looking SL.
Are you sure that's him? That doesn't sound like Chris at all and he definitely knows his facts for the cars he sells.
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Oh and congrats Clayton!!!!!!!
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Are you sure that's him? That doesn't sound like Chris at all and he definitely knows his facts for the cars he sells.
I'm pretty sure it's him. I thought it was him as soon as I heard his voice.. his face confirmed it. That was an oldish video of him though.

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Hey Clayton, super congrats on the new car. Its funny, because last we spoke you were contemplating jumping due to the R-Class depreciation!!

Looks like you have recovered!

The car looks great. I have to get D2's wheel bid in FIRST so here goes:

We have a set of VS4's for SL or CLS fitment IN-STOCK, and we just need to assemble / seal them! PM me for a great deal on them! (Customer ordered and then changed styles when they arrived. )

Here's an idea of what they look like on a SL

-Derrick


Thats my boy's car(Chase), looking good as usual....

BEN O RAMA..... Really nice pick -up and a perfect example of what any SL should look like.... Bet you can't wait for tomorrow!!!
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I'm pretty sure it's him. I thought it was him as soon as I saw his voice.. his face confirmed it. That was an oldish video of him though.
LOL, I see it now. You guys are right that's him. I only watched the first 30 seconds of the video at first.
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Oh and congrats Clayton!!!!!!!
Thanks, Vinh.

He's quoting performance stats from a Car and Driver article, and he's quoting them correctly. Problem is, nobody has been able to reproduce those numbers. Plus, when he calls it a 5.8L V12, I think he's confusing it with the prior V12 that was in those cars, pre-2003.

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I'm pretty sure it's him. I thought it was him as soon as I saw his voice.. his face confirmed it. That was an oldish video of him though.
Did you just say "saw his voice"?

Video was from 10/2007. That's when the gentleman that I'm purchasing the car from, bought it from him. Since then, he's put 2500 miles on it. 2500! He paid 90 grand, cash, 2500 miles ago. With a sticker of 130K, that was a great deal for that car in 2007. I think I may have hit the jackpot with this thing.

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Thats my boy's car(Chase), looking good as usual....

BEN O RAMA..... Really nice pick -up and a perfect example of what any SL should look like.... Bet you can't wait for tomorrow!!!
Thanks. It's been very hard to contain my excitement all day. Plus, with this massive erection, my coworkers are beginning to look at me funny.
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Thanks. It's been very hard to contain my excitement all day. Plus, with this massive erection, my coworkers are beginning to look at me funny.
LMAO.... Enjoy the drive home....
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Yeah bud! get that Kleemann stg 2 ECU/TCU

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congrats, the SL600 is definitely a wonderful car. Time for ECU!
Dyno'd then/or hit 1320'
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Have a safe trip back,but be very careful not to be pulled over for speeding,
With a smile from ear to ear and an erection like an you will not doubt be proud
of,you may have some explaining to do.
Car looks awsome

happy motoring bc brit
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It's him, I love his reviews with Chicago Cars Direct. Ironically one of his latest review is an E55 in which he stated it's the healthiest one he's ever driven or it may be because he didn't drive a 55K car in a long long time or anything that fast...lol.
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Benzo,

Congrats, it looks very nice!

When I got my E63, they also had a mint 04 SL600 with 13K on the odo for the same asking price. I drooled over it for about 10 minutes, was offered a test drive, but got my senses back, remembered the wife (NO 2 seaters) and kids, and bought the E63 I came for. The E63 has exceeded my expectations, I'm big time happy with it, but I will own an SL600 or 65 one day, they are awesome machines.

Hope you have a good drive home.
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Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama
Did you just say "saw his voice"?
That's exactly what I said... Not what I meant though!
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Gonna try and chronicle my trip to pick the animal up. Near-real time updates with my iphone.


09:15 est - at airport for my 10:15 flight to Chicago

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Too cumbersome to do what I wanted to do. Will sAy that I'm on my way back and the car isbetter than expected. Ifthats even possible. 599 miles to go and this thing is friggin unreal.
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Picked her up in Geneva Illinois and started



couple of burnouts later.....



got some fuel for both of us.....




Currently in Highland Indiana. This car is beyond brilliant
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Hello from Hicks, Indiana...... I think.


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Too kool! love the insta updates from your lil' journey (big diff from E500 ehh)
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Too kool! love the insta updates from your lil' journey (big diff from E500 ehh)
This car should be illegal to drive. It's ridicalickalickalous.

And it's official, Toledo is a crap hole.
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I'm digging the on the road updates! I guess what many said is so true...once you go V12 Twin Turbo you don't go back.


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