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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 09:22 AM
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Wagon vs Race Car in Road and Track

Road and Track asks: "Well, is it faster than a Skip Barber race car?"

http://www.roadandtrack.com/boot/lon...-wagon?src=rss

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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 10:18 AM
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Cool article, thanks for posting
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 01:23 PM
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Interesting... I still have to get my C63 around that track one day.
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 01:29 PM
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I was looking to buy one after reading the article it sealed the deal and I bought one Sat. Traded in my ml63

Love the car its a beast and I am very used to some of my other cars being very fast. This thing is amazing considering the weight. My wife still teases me about a grown man in a wagon that's half the fun
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Clk63blkseries
I was looking to buy one after reading the article it sealed the deal and I bought one Sat. Traded in my ml63

Love the car its a beast and I am very used to some of my other cars being very fast. This thing is amazing considering the weight. My wife still teases me about a grown man in a wagon that's half the fun

CONGRATS!!
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 09:45 PM
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Summary of all current and future articles on the 2014 E63s sedan or wagon:

"It's damn fast. It costs a lot of money, but it's damn fast. It's heavy, but it's damn fast. It does a lot of things very well despite gravity. It's damn fast."
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Clk63blkseries
I was looking to buy one after reading the article it sealed the deal and I bought one Sat. Traded in my ml63

Love the car its a beast and I am very used to some of my other cars being very fast. This thing is amazing considering the weight. My wife still teases me about a grown man in a wagon that's half the fun
Congratulations on the new car. The E63 wagon is just awesome - plus it is rarer many exotics.

My wife makes fun of my Wagon obsession too. Unfortunately the E63S is out of my price range.
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 10:27 AM
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Thanks guys.
made my first of many tire runs to my local installer this morning with 4 x 345/30/19's in the back with seats down not bad. Its an animal that hauls
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Originally Posted by abcut973
Interesting... I still have to get my C63 around that track one day.
They have an NASA HPDE weekend coming up in November. I'm thinking about doing that Sunday the 16th. Let me know if you decide to do it. It'd be cool to have 2 AMGs out there.
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 04:44 PM
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Thanks guys.
made my first of many tire runs to my local installer this morning with 4 x 345/30/19's in the back with seats down not bad. Its an animal that hauls
At 14" wide rear Viper tires take up a lot of space, mine fill my CTS-V wagon fully with seats folded.
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 10:05 PM
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At 14" wide rear Viper tires take up a lot of space, mine fill my CTS-V wagon fully with seats folded.
*cough* Those could be rear Z06 tires too... *cough*

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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 11:25 PM
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*cough* Those could be rear Z06 tires too... *cough*

He mentionned 345-30-19 tires :
C6 Z06 have 325-30-19 rears
2015 C7 Z06 have 335-25-20
2003 to 2010 Viper have 345-30-19
2013+ Viper have 355-30-19 (mine)
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 11:34 PM
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345s fit perfectly on stock 12" Z06 rims. I've been running them since the stock 325's gave up.
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345s fit perfectly on stock 12" Z06 rims. I've been running them since the stock 325's gave up.
345 must look badass on a Z06 !
I run 345 Mich PSS for street and 355 Pirelli Corsa for track
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