Gfed87

So the dealer called me back and said they just went for a drive and it def has kick. They said maybe because of the Dynamic Throttle Response that I didn't get the full experience. Anyways Im going back on Monday for test drive #2

Quadcammer

disagree. Its a 4000lb car with a power sapping automatic and 500bhp. Its a quick car, nothing more.

Let me see if I can describe it. You are cruising in 2nd, you down shift to 1st, revs hit about 4k, the tires break loose in 1st into 2nd, and thats about it, right?

Any car with decent power can light the tires up in 1st gear on a full throttle downshift.

I must have a strong neck, because zero cars I've ever driven have ever hurt my neck, including a 9 second turbo fox that hit 152 in the 1/4 mile.

just about as I expected.


I've never seen people get so excited about the acceleration of a 4k lb 410rwhp vehicle.

Oh and just so you don't think I'm hating on Mercedes, my mildly modified 993TT can barely get out of its own way.

CSanders

You just sucked the fun out of this thread....bad day?

pearlpower

Another thread ruined. Never ends. Just when it was getting good.

skratch77

Mr hater,I wasnt saying our cars are crazzy fast,the op said the car didnt pull hard at all and my car under 70d out is useless in first gear.

I just trapped 118 in this 4k lb beast and smoked the hell out of a p-car tonight at the track.

if you watch the video closly you can see the traction control light blinking and its killer power and it shortshifted.

ps my car has more than 410whp, iwas trapping 118 with 460whp and 180mm pulley

the kid that just sold me his 168 pulley made 546whp and ran 11.0x at 128 so yeah I guess these cars arnt that fast with a few mods on them.

I just paid 420 bucks for my pulley and its going to get me a mid 11 second car!!!how bout that Ill make a new video just for you when its on there and another for when the meth kit is on.

Who said anything about a full throttle down shift? I wish I had the video of me going sideways down the track shifting into 3rd gear at about 90mph.

have you ever even been in an e55?

juicee63

Timeslip?

What I gather from your post is you are not all that impressed with the E55?

VCA_AMG

What I gather from his post is that he's a ****ing ****s who likes to ***k *****rs and *****s while ****ing *********s!



Stay tuned for next week's unnecessary censorship post!

Coalman

E55's can be very tempermental. My SC stopped working and I was lucky to beat an E300. Weather can be a HUGE factor as can gearing. There is a video just posted on this forum of a stock (sort of) E55 with 20 to 80 or so blasts (hard to tell). Silly fast and clearly would blow your M3 away and probably my E55 K1. Look at another E55.

stevebez

how sad ...

Well you can disagree all you like, but I beg to differ. No car I've driven (and there have been a few decent ones in my years), deliver torque like this low down.

Sure some modded P-turbo's have great neck snapping power but only once the turbo's are spooled... the newer ones are getting better but still dont deliver like this drivetrain low down.

The fact its 4000lb and is able to provide this snap low down is emmense in my opinion... its not the best car in the world - far from it - but the bits it does well, it does exceptionally well.

So good luck to you and your opinion... why not try and smoke one next time in your S500 4 matic?

Quadcammer

sorry boss, I know you love your car, but reality is something you should investigate.


yawn yawn yawn. So your modified 5.5L supercharged V8 vehicle runs 11s. And it beats P-Cars.

So what?

Not my car, nor did I run it at the track. Pretty standard combo. I think it was a 331 with a 91mm turbo, 9 inch rear blah blah.

The e55 is a decent car. I'm not impressed by the interior materials and I don't think they are anything earth shattering in stock form performance wise. When you begin to modify them, they make decent power, but so what.

I'm over the whole "lets go fast in a straight line" thing. I leave that to the 19 year olds with mustangs and camaros and apparently the E55 crew.

Neck Snapping? Not seeing it. I've driven numerous E55s, my father has an SL55 and I'm just not seeing anything that great about them. They have some decent low end torque, but thats about it.

I never said P-Cars are faster/better or whatever.


As for your lame attempt (and you won't be the first, its a consistent theme) to bring up my S500, I really don't get it.

My S500 is slow as molasses...and I couldn't care less. Its a luxury boat. Its slow and it handles like crap...shocking considering its a luxury car.

Furthermore, I'm mature enough to not need to race people at stop lights.

Amazing how so many professional, well educated, and middle age men can't seem to ignore dick measuring contests at traffic lights.

sad is right.

skratch77

what do you mean so what?you come in here s h i t talking the e55 like its slow,did you even read what you quoted me for?

a bone stock e55 can run a 12.2 at 114-115 how is that okay performance for a stock 4200lbs car?and now your yapping about the interior

my car is stock boost not really modded.

your yawning but I said those things because of you.the op said the car didnt pull,I said a healthy e55 should destroy first gear not feel like a e46 m3.then you come in blabing about any car can downshift ect.I only brought that up for the op to know that an e55s first gear is BRUTAL.

I got like 50 people that came up to me last night at the drags asking about my ride and everyone of them was impressed with it moving that fast down the track.

I mean it was beating vetts,evos,stis,bmers,muscle cars all night long.

my corrected times in better da would of been 11.8@120 are you saying the e55 is slow and over rated? I trapped 7mph faster than a brand new double clutch m3 the other night.

man your such a fing hater

you say my video is as expected,well that car trapped 117 the same day in 2200+ DA shows that you have no idea how fast my car actually was pulling in that video.

maybe your fathers sl55(if he even has one) has a dead s/c pump???

Quadcammer

12.2 at 114. Am I supposed to be impressed by this or something?

stock boost with a 180mm pulley? What would be the point of the pulley if it didn't add boost?

First gear is brutal? Why, because you can light the tires up? So can a stock mustang GT. BIG DEAL. No 469bhp car is brutal, in any gear, at any speed, at any DA. Is it quick, sure. Is it brutal, no chance.

Do I care about the 50 people that think your car went down the track nicely? Nope, sure don't.

Once again, I couldn't care less what the new dct M3 traps. Its not a drag race car and makes an E55 look like a cadillac on the race track (you know, that thing with turns). I don't think M3s are fast either.

My fathers SL55 seen here :




Has been given a clean bill of health when it was sold with 3000 miles, when it was serviced at 6000 miles, and when a seat air line came loose at 7000 miles.

Could it have a bad pump? sure. Does it feel like a 200bhp car? Nope.

Is it brutal in any way? Nope.

skratch77

there are stock e55s trapping 115-119 and running 12.1-12.4 100% stock

and for the 3rd time MY CAR IS RUNNING STOCK PULLEY/BOOST do most mustang have gearing that does 60 in first? or 90 in second?

I dont care about your fathers car,you seem to have a grudge with the e55 for some reason.My car does 0-60 in 4 seconds maybe even under it....I dont know what will impress you if that dosnt

LB63

If the E55 is "yawn", only decent, and has unimpressive acceleration why are you even posting here unless you want to troll, divert the topic of this thread, and annoy posters

Do you have anything useful to contribute to the OP about his potential purchase?

Gfed87

Very nice Porsche in Pic very beautiful car!

tscales

I agree. What other 5 passenger sedan runs consistent low 12 quarter miles while carrying you in luxury.

amg99

the person in this forum sounds bitter and jealous, looser life

Quadcammer

ok, glad to hear it.

I guess you used to run the 180mm pulley then? Either way doesn't matter.

What does it matter if a mustang is geared to get to 60 in 1st or 90 in second?

you seemed to care a minute ago, but now you don't.

I don't have any grudges over a piece of steel and plastic. I just don't see why people are SO blown away by the performance of a stock car.

I was impressed by a 997.2 Turbo PDK in terms of acceleration (hate the tranny otherwise). An E55, yeah its quick but it ain't no monster/beast.



Because I enjoy discussing mercedes vehicles, even if I am unimpressed by their acceleration. I tend to think MB makes a very poor sports car, but love their luxury products.

The topic of the thread is an E55 that didn't impress the OP. Seems my posts are VERY on topic. Your post questioning my posts is off topic.

My contribution to the OP is that if you're used to fast cars, an E55 may not blow you away.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.

Doesn't matter. I don't need a fast luxury car, nor do I really see the point in them. Then again, If I needed one, it would be an S65.

skratch77

your the one who brought up any car can spin the tires bro,the gearing in the e55 is LONG and is alot harder to spin,get it?thats why I brought it up.

a healthy e55 has no problems running low 4 second 0-60s and this whole thread is for the op to understand that an e55 will murder an e46 from any mph,heck it will murder the new m3 and even an m5 under 120mph.

you are a troll and Im done with this bs.

op get an e55,they are such a good bang for the buck right now!!!

stevebez

Nice P car ... Last of the aircooled era. Tell me does it feel fast to you? Or is it also slow?

regor60

There you go, edited it for you. See how simple it is to make a contribution, and space saving too !

Now if you weren't so keen on displaying your jaded attitude, you might have saved yourself the time you spent repeating yourself in the several other posts.

You have a nice day

tscales

Don't feed the troll. That's all he's doing.

LB63

Back to the topic:

They're BSing you. Dynamic throttle response? You'll get the "full experience" when they tell you they fixed the car (or that nothing was wrong with it) and you buy it from them and you find a bunch of other crap wrong with it.

The remedy of buying a new pump sounds easy (if that's the problem), but if they are BSing you already who knows what other problems they are hiding or ignorant of.

If you decide to go forward just be sure to take the car to a trusted MB dealer or independent shop and have them pull all the records and go over the car bumper to bumper.

juicee63

sorry folks,

The E55 is a BRUTALLY FAST LUXURY SEDAN.

What is even more amazing, perhaps is the fact Mr. Oliver K is ignores the fact the E55 can run 10s and be street legal. NAME A 10 second car that can be DRIVEN comfortably to the track? Thanks I anticipate your response..LOL

The young kid is entitled to post what he wishes but seems to be posting more for entertainment purposes.

I have had guys running 5 second 1/4 mile passes come up to our group and specifically ask WTF is in the E55?

The truth is the E55 is fast, it feels fast and it is also quite nice inside.

Oliver, you did not pilot the dragster so who cares? Your experience seeing a friend run 9's cannot add to this discussion as it is not relavant. Indeed FASTER cars are amongst us, again moot.

The OP when comparing an E55 to an M3, M5, M anything should be impressed with the acceleration.The AMG should feel FASTER than the car previously owned by the OP. If it feels like blah, it is broken.

Gfed87

Thanks guys I appreciate all your help.