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You're welcome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6D7S2rcyIQ



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRg5lpCQKmI

^^^that street iron looks like it means all business

Nothing quite like the sound of an inline 4 at high revs or the smell of a hot engine/oil after beating the snot out of it. Reminds me of the race track.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmHxp8Od1Y

paint me as weird but I much prefer engines and cars being unstressed, treated gently and driven on good roads.

To each their own. Never felt more alive at the edge of chaos flirting with death. Guess it's the adrenaline junkie in me.

there are entire cultures that have my weird veneration of technological objects, that treat them gently and with something approaching familial love. in japan, for example, the various car companies that make SUVs have large RV parks where the purchasers of said SUVs can take their vehicles into the mud and sand and hills, in a controlled and well-behaved way, rather like watching a slow-motion rally. there is almost a visual poetry to watching them go through the manufactured motions of off-roading their vehicles.

despite the back wheel having a different wheel cover than the standard (my only complaint), this is a stock standard 1969 mercedes 300 sel (6.3 litre V8) in a takeoff run.

you would never dream when you see these cars that they are so capable. (note the "lurching")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4M4tRf0eoo

^ impressive. there's a w111 coupe always parked near my house, wonder if that has the same powertrain/capability.

a refined hotrod straight from the factory, took off like a scalded duck, but quietly and smoothly.

with the correct rear hubcap, no one would ever suspect this car of blistering performance at the traffic lights.

i can imagine an old grey haired man in a suit on the inside lane at the traffic lights, and noticing a young stud in a fast car preparing to stop the old man entering his lane, and then the old man losing his temper and tramping it.

it would be hard to challenge one of these.

i am not going to obsess over the car but here is an interesting video (sans the irritating music) that compares the old with the new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTsrLHBksYg

I like watching cars being driven on the edge, particularly in rally where a lot of improvisation is required. I'm just not a good enough driver to drive on the edge myself. A lot of my local roads are narrow and twisty with little traffic on them so I can still have a good blast without going too fast.

that is pretty snappy for a diesel car. I am wondering if the 6.9 is lighter-weight in the body, also?

here is a virtual rendition of the top speed attainable by the old merc.
this is stock standard in the forza 4 game, but it is a manual (which is the case with all cars in that game)
the speedo is in kph


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ievLuH_EvLE

My car on one of my favourite local roads in the Lake District National Park in England.