Sl65

Great choice. Haven't driven the 65 but I've been fortunate enough to put 1000 +/- miles on the 55 and absolutely love it, the best all around car I've EVER driven.



Impressive collection you have btw.
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The SL65 is one crazy car! Post pics when you get it please!!!

 

I've driven a few, and they are awesomely powerful. The only thing...The exhaust needs to be louder!

 

Both the SL55 and SL65 are awesome cars!


Not exactly sports cars but as far as sports GT locomotive cruisers! These cars rule!

 

renntech has a package that includes an ECU upgrade and transmission computer upgrade that boosts hp from 604 to 650-670 and tq from 738 to 840. that would certainly be fun

 

Yeah, like it needs that!

 

Wayne Basenko from Powerchip sent me a dynograph of a CL65 last week. The thing that most surprised me is the 65 had only 20kw more power than my S600 on the same dyno. Std S600 320kw, CL65 340kw, chipped CL65 367kw. We built an E55 that put out 380kw on the same dyno. The exhaust note on the '55 is much tougher IMO and you don't have turbo lag or the extra 200kg weight over the front wheels to deal with.
Still a beautiful car though.

 

I don't know the aftermarket exhaust on the SL65 AMG in town here but that thing sounds awesome. The older gentlemen throws a thumbs up the last time I spotted him in my 465hp C5 Z06. Cool guy...cool car and it sounded awesome. If I see him anytime in the near future I'll be sure to ask him which exhaust he's got on that V12 turbo road rocket!

I'm sure any Mercedes forum can give you a sound bite to chose from.

Enjoy that awesome car!

 

I have seen a few on the road here in calgary. I really like the Sl class. v-12 turbo...gahhh

 

If you want it to sound really cool, larger turbos are the way to go
There's nothing like the sound of a big turbo spooling up.

 

You will find very little if any aftermarket
A good exhaust shop and some experimentation is your best bet IMO.

 

You will find that very few "gentleman" enthusiasts, frequent mbworld and the like. The number of people who modify the V12 MB is EXTREMELY limited.

 

I picked up a 55 a few months ago and I have been pretty impressed with it. I put the SL65 wheels and tires on it, handles better than I thought it ever would. You might try Eisenmann, I have heard their exhaust on an SL600 and it really sounded great. Enjoy.

 

Hey I see you are near DC. I am Baltimore, would you mind getting together sometime? I would love to see the 65 up close. I was thinking of getting a 600 myself.

 

They had an SL65 at a recent VMAX top speed event on a runway at Bruntingthorpe in the UK. The SL65 was the fastest car on the day back in October 04 running up to 193mph IIRC. The only things to beat it since have been heavily tuned Vipers and 911s! A seriously cool car!!

 

You have an 05 G500 cabriolet?????

Could you please post a picture if its not a trouble?

Just have never heard of that..

 

or go crazier, drop another 100k+ and get one of those Fisker Tramontos that all the magazines have been talking about. he would certainly have a one of a kind car then

 

I can't imagine Fisker will have much success, charging as much as he does for a rebody and an interior refit. As far as mechanical midifications go, he uses Kleeman components, which are available to anyone, so he has nothing unique in the mechanical department.

 

Just the 500 and 55. 500 is fun with 7 gears!

I hear you about the weather we are having recently. Did it sleet/hail down there too? It was up in North Baltimore (tiny pieces of hail, just enough that you felt them as they hit you like little bits of cold sand). Today is clear, but to d@mn cold! And its supposed to rain again soon!

I miss the summer already.

 

sl65's are sexy.

 

All the SL's are very nice. Especially the 600 and 65.