1st amg

I was at the Ferrari festival 2012 in Ottawa this weekend and they asked if I would like to attend and participate in the demonstration. I obliged, but I was asked to go first as they equated my car as the Formula 1 Safety car and they thought it was appropriate, so I went first out of about 40 Ferrari's....before you all laugh, I was a little nervous in front of a few thousand people and I wanted to try and do a brakestand and smoke the tires a bit before I took off, well, apparently the electronics on the car would not let me so it seemed I bogged the car real bad. Anyway, after that I did get it going and was complimented by all of how insanely loud my car was and how vicious it sounded, here is a video someone taped of me.
http://youtu.be/tptHVQ0hQmA

HPJunkie

Congrats on leading a bunch of prancing ponies. . . .
It looked like a great event to attend.

The traction control wouldn't allow you to roast em'

SLS Qatar

Nice

Your car was the best out there, don't listen to those Ferrari freaks.

Why didn't you use race-start mode, instead?

1st amg

I have never used race start, would have it lit up the rear tires on a launch??

SLS Qatar

it would but just a little bit. In my case it's a little bit more because I have tune and SuperSprint Exhaust

503C43 ////AMG

Is there a dyno mode for the SLS?

jacob502

Nothing to be laughed about!. I had the same issue once

Its pretty clear that you did not turn "ESP OFF" when you tried the burn out. Try it by yourself this time with ESP OFF. left foot on the bake and step the gas pedal real hard with your right foot. And watch her burning.

You could have also launched the car with the race start function.

jacob502

Yes there is a dyno Mode, but it is not safe to use it on the street. You can benefir from this only when the car is actually on the dynomometer.

xxGenericSNxx

vinyl bump

danlnyc

the sound of beautiful AMG gurgling.....i love it. Must've been quite the experience

1st amg

Thanks danlnyc, it was a neat experience for sure, what I got out of it was the amazing response and reaction people had to the SLS. The car had a heard of people constantly around it for pictures and questions, alot of the Ferrari guys werent to thrilled about that, but the majority of Ferrari owners are car enthusiasts and those type of people love or appreciate all cars. The audience also commented on how loud the SLS compared to the Ferrari's, the SLS is one very loud car, in fact I dont know how this is street legal in terms of sound levels sometimes.

chrono12

Gorgeous car!!

As for the Ferrari's not being loud, I'm sure at full trot some of them sound glorious. Those v12s tend to really open up at the higher rpm's and start sounding like Formula cars. Your car is definitely beastly though. AMG knocked it out of the park.

Kevwood

That was awesome, bet you had a great time, thanks for posting that up

GMW

Nice video, must have been fun!!
A bit of deja vu as I remember you once 'leading' some Ferraris on a race track with your C63! It looked like they were all 'annoyed' and trying to catch up. :-))

1st amg

You remember that? Thats funny, you are one of the originals in the C63 section and we were one of the firsts to experience that car....my first love always! Thanks, good to see you once in a while on this forum.

GMW

Yes, I'm still around. I was one of the first one on here and that video looked hilarious. It was like the C63 just stole something from the Ferrari s and they were in hot pursuit.

Great to see you got what I believe is the only real replacement up from a C63, the SLS! I drove one on a track last year and cemented my belief that the SLS would be the only car to make me not feel too sad if I sold my C63.

swisstrader

I'm an owner but still have not figured out how to put the car into race mode. I've tried in park and in neutral by turning the ***, but will not go into that position...any thoughts?

I<3my4MATICc240

Oh what an awesome Car Nick!!! Best choice you could have ever made when buying a car for yourself.

1st amg

Best thing to do is go to the dealer and they can show you, besides the manual also has specific directions...but in layman terms, you must have the car in drive, be at a complete stop, wheels must be facing straight, apply very hard brake pressure with your left foot, and it must be alot of pressure on that brake, at first when I tried it wouldnt let me as I wasnt applying enough force, then while applying the brake pressure, turn the know to RS and the screen will light up in red and tell you that you are in race start more and then it will ask you to engage the right paddle(upsift) with one click and then you can start giving it gas while your left foot is on the brake and then there you go!!