Number6

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...29&q=slk55+amg

about 7 minutes in.

Yellow R1

Hmm, twice the cost for 3 tenths of a second & "better handling" (which was BS due to the SLK actually gaining ground in the corners)? Bad ROI. Besides, there are ways to get around the SL55's power advantage & still come out spending significantly less.

Thanks for the vid - pretty cool!

-Matt

Florp

Thanks for the link!

While I agreed with a couple of her beefs (automatic only, over-sized steering wheel), I think most of the problems came from the fact that she's... a REALLY bad driver. She was all OVER that track! I don't think she hit a single apex in the SLK. She entered corners too late, unwound too early... just plain sloppy driving.

RobertG

Thanks for the link.
I think she trashed talked both cars because they told her that she can't keep em.

bradmg

Would anybody be willing to download the video and send it to me? I am unable to open it on the Google site from Germany. Not sure why it's blocked for Germany but I can't seem to find a round about way of getting to it. If you could do this please PM me and I'll send my e-mail address. Thanks.

Brad

Number6

I also think the handling Package would've helped her.

(And with Dinko's monster it would have been no contest)https://mbworld.org/forums/newreply....e=1&p=1414601#
Smilie

bloflin

Really VBH should just be embarrassed for being so stupid. She complained about the SLK55 seat bolsters... Not because it made the seat uncomfortable or anything like that (actually she said she liked the way the seat held her in) .... but because she keep hitting them with her elbows!!

What a twit!

I tried and couldn't figure out how to do that, without sitting on top of the steering wheel like a 18wheeler driver.

Someone should show her how to adjust the seat position and steering wheel.

So it make sense she was all over the line and missed some of her turns, she doesn't know how to position herself to a steering wheel.

RobertG

She gave a biased opinion because a BMW was sitting in her driveway

RSBSLK55

Blofin is absolutely right. I just drove my 55 from Ct to Fla. I was trying to figure out what she was talking about "hitting her elbows". Unless she has arms so long that her knuckles scrape the ground when she walks, the wheel position must have been fully extended. Even then, it's hard for me to figure out what she was talking about.

Rob

LETO

I think her arms sit further out due to the extras she has between them

Shinigami

She has never been a fan of the SLK, and will find anything wrong with it whenever possible, even going way out of line in order to cite bull****, like there being only enough space in the trunk for a toothbrush.

Stupid b1tch, the SLK lineup of cars have one of the largest trunk spaces when compared to other convertibles of the class:

Honda S2000 - 152 litres
Old Mercedes SLK - 145/348 litres (roof down/roof up)
New Mercedes SLK - 208/300 litres (roof down/roof up)
Audi TT Roadster - 221/181 litres (FWD/AWD)
BMW Z3 - 165 litres
BMW Z4 - 240/260 litres (roof down/roof up)
Porsche Boxster - 260 litres in total (two trunks, one in front, and one in back)
Chrysler Crossfire Roadster - 102/184 litres (roof down/roof up)
Mercedes SL - 207/289 (roof down/roof up)

RSBSLK55

This would make sense if you drive with your elbows planted in your chest. I don't and she sure didn't in the video

Yellow R1

Yup...and the "extras" were about the size of 2 Hershey's kisses
Certainly, her driving position was pathetic as people have pointed out - especially that comment of seat bolsters hitting her elbows (I guess she has never seen a racing bucket seat ).

Shinigami, good post on the rear boot real estate - interesting.

-Matt

SLK55R

I have yet to find anything that shows numbers for AMGs with 030. In particular I would be interested in nurinburg(however its spelled) times.

AMGDAN

Ditto

AMG_55

too funny

Bigdot

i honnestly dont agree at all with what she said

mark

midget fidger

it's funny how she hates the SLK55 while Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear absolutely loves it