Car and Driver Goof
10-16-2004, 09:11 PM
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Has anyone seen the Nov Car and Driver. What a laugh. Their lead article is a "slugfest" featuring 16 "supercars". Only they left out the stock vehicle which would smoke about half the field without aftermarket tuning, our one and only E55.
Was I p/o'd when they stuck a Rennetech CL55 in the competition instead of the lighter weight E55. Not that the CL55 is a slouch but it needs to go on a diet before it runs hot laps. Think I'll write a letter to the editor of C and D.
Was I p/o'd when they stuck a Rennetech CL55 in the competition instead of the lighter weight E55. Not that the CL55 is a slouch but it needs to go on a diet before it runs hot laps. Think I'll write a letter to the editor of C and D.
10-17-2004, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Vetluver
Has anyone seen the Nov Car and Driver. What a laugh. Their lead article is a "slugfest" featuring 16 "supercars". Only they left out the stock vehicle which would smoke about half the field without aftermarket tuning, our one and only E55.
Was I p/o'd when they stuck a Rennetech CL55 in the competition instead of the lighter weight E55. Not that the CL55 is a slouch but it needs to go on a diet before it runs hot laps. Think I'll write a letter to the editor of C and D.
Was I p/o'd when they stuck a Rennetech CL55 in the competition instead of the lighter weight E55. Not that the CL55 is a slouch but it needs to go on a diet before it runs hot laps. Think I'll write a letter to the editor of C and D.
I guess our E55 isn't EXOTIC enough...
10-17-2004, 03:05 AM
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How come it seems no one can ever read the lead-in article?
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-r230/85117-car-driver-comes-clean.html
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https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-r230/85117-car-driver-comes-clean.html
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10-17-2004, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Vetluver
My point was that they may not have "invited" a stock E55 much less a tuner version.
BTW, I think the W211 E 55, at OVER 4000lbs, ain't no lightweight. You can add a passenger to an E 55 and come up at about the same weight as CL 55.*
*(Source: mbusa.com, E 55 curb weight 4087lbs, CL 55 curb weight 4255lbs.)
Heck, if you believe the 24hp difference between the cars, then the CL55 has a more advantageous weight/hp ratio. And this is just the stock car.
Oh well, I guess I just don't see it...
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