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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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Thumbs up Northern California drive slideshow

Hi Gang.

Thought you might like this link of the drive we had over the weekend. What a blast! Great people, great weather, great cars - very fun!

FWIW, there are quite a few shots of our SLK since Steve always follows last to ensure the group stays together. I'm the one with sunglasses on his head & my wife Kathryn is sitting next to me at the table @ lunch.

I'm looking forward to the next drive - great people!

https://home.comcast.net/~c.mcdonald/0602SLK.mov

Cheers,
-Matt
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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very nice matt!
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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No SLR?
Ya, I'm looking forward to having an SLR come too. This was our first time participating in a drive & we had a good time. There were a couple of rural straights where you could "open it up" a bit with plenty of room in front (cars get spaced out via stop signs/lights, etc). I'm sure there are a few deaf cows after that drive .

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Who owns the ugly, red, SLK55? The one with the supercharger?
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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Who owns the ugly, red, SLK55? The one with the supercharger?
I guess I should have had some bikini clad babes crawling on the car to "set it off" some. J/K

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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 08:23 PM
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I guess I should have had some bikini clad babes crawling on the car to "set it off" some. J/K

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Originally Posted by Yellow R1
There were a couple of rural straights where you could "open it up" a bit with plenty of room in front (cars get spaced out via stop signs/lights, etc). I'm sure there are a few deaf cows after that drive .

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Any vids of the ugly red thing running in the open? Would love to hear and see the thing roar.

And thanks for sharing.
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Any vids of the ugly red thing running in the open? Would love to hear and see the thing roar.

And thanks for sharing.
Oh allright. I guess I'll take a quick vid this weekend of a "launch" & post it? Maybe the sound will come through OK (its pretty loud & deep). See ya.

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