vader

Mother nature co-operated here and the sun was out. Took my first official drive in my 04. Jeeez!!!! I drive a lot of old school big block muscle....but this thing is ridiculous ! First time ever in anything similar and I must admit...you need to be paying attention when you get into the power ! I took the ESP off for a while. Its nearly impossible to come out of the hole with any traction. I was steering it like crazy to keep it straight !I needed 2 hammers to beat my d%#@ down after that ride. Wish it had LSD. Now I know why you guys call these cars "beasts" !!! I have to figure out a way to get rid of this perma grin I'm wearing now !!!! WOW.

jangy

LOL, I think you said all of the symptoms of E55itis:

"Its nearly impossible to come out of the hole with any traction"
"why you guys call these cars beasts"
"perma grin I'm wearing now"

And by the way, AMG will be ofering the performance package a-la 030 on the upcoming E63. I am hoping that some of us can use the parts to update our "older" Es?

JLP

Ya these cars are pretty impressive..........Tons of power, luxury, handling, room for 5 and a couple of sets of golf clubs what else could you ask for. 0-60 in 4.2- 1/4 mile in the low 12's and an ungoverned top speed in the 200 mph range............it feels good to be King!

RJC

This is why they're called The Beast" http://www.500sec.com/video/new/0510..._beast_lrg.mov