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little bill
33 posts
82 months
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How often do you reckon Mr Harris has a little spin of the 180 or 360 variety?
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Luca Brasi
762 posts
43 months
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Lovely car, shame it looks so awful. Wonder how it will do against the new M6 convertible.
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Needa308GT4
311 posts
15 months
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might be a 'fine piece of engineering' but that is one seriously f**ked up ugly 'new' SL.
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Mitch2.0
181 posts
56 months
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little bill said: How often do you reckon Mr Harris has a little spin of the 180 or 360 variety? Never on the road, occasionally on track - same as most I should imagine.
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Another Fluffer
3,597 posts
34 months
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Personally think it's a great looking car!
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ZesPak
11,491 posts
65 months
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vinnie83 said: Have you heard the new M5? Sounded fantastic to me! Yep, but still pales in comparison to the 63 engine. Get a C63 next to a new M5 and try to hear the M5  .
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Bencolem
130 posts
108 months
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Nice smokerage. Looks growing on me (slowly).
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WeirdNeville
4,159 posts
84 months
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I issue Messr Harris with a Top Gear Challenge:
Make a video of an RWD without a single moment of Opposite Lock.... But keep it as good as they have been so far.
I bet it can't be done. As sure as Jezza at Dunsfold, he'll be straight into the oppo.
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Japveesix
1,883 posts
37 months
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Nice little vid, short and to the point yet full of proper car info.
It might just be that you weren't able to capture the noise properly but that car sounded really tame and dull (especially compared to the C63 black vid), hopefully sounds a bit better in real life.
Nice driving as well, agree with whoever posted earlier that you should get yourself invited to a proper drift day and film the results. Sure it would keep us all entertained.
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pikey
7,592 posts
153 months
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Great video 
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rm89
288 posts
46 months
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Good video. I love that car, especially in that white with black wheels combo. I wonder where I've left my taste...
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blasos
45 posts
31 months
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Great article from Chris. Interesting point about the M6 being about 200kg heavier! Way to go, Merc!
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Veeayt
978 posts
74 months
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Bad steering, bad looks, bad sound (for an AMG), nice vid.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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"cruising" in an SL, well thats what they where designed for  lovely noise but not my cup of tea, but then im not into cruising, C63 AMG Black for me please
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Tyrewrecker
Original Poster
6,419 posts
23 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: "cruising" in an SL, well thats what they where designed for lovely noise but not my cup of tea, but then im not into cruising, C63 AMG Black for me please Yes indeed, I loved the 'cruising' sidways up the hill!
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Kawasicki
1,516 posts
104 months
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It's one of those typical myths that the past SLs couldn't handle/corner. In 1998 I drove an SL500 and it was a complete hoot, really precise and neutral. It was massive fun to drive.
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PaulieMafia
3,321 posts
92 months
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Needa308GT4 said: might be a 'fine piece of engineering' but that is one seriously f**ked up ugly 'new' SL. Agree. They seem to have lost their way with design over at M-B. This car looks over-styled, and not in a good way - there's no cohesion to it. The R230 walks all over it!
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magic_marker
139 posts
74 months
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vescaegg said: AMG are top of my list for nearly every type of car available now. SLS SL63 E63 Estate C63 Black G65 Would be lovely sounding garage! Aye Having owned an M Coupe and an M5 I would never have believed I'd say this a couple of years ago but I now much prefer the lary AMG product to the M...  CLS63 + G63 (armored) + SL63, with a Caterham a couple of vintage astons = my perfect garage
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German
148 posts
16 months
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vinnie83 said: chrisispringles said: Well nobody appears to have told Mercedes that turbocharged cars sound boring compared to N/As, AMG's new V8 sounds infinitely nicer than that in an M5. Have you heard the new M5? Sounded fantastic to me! I hear them every day, unfortunately id have to go with the AMG. That said the test cars without the production exhaust/crappy piped in engine noise system.......
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AER
118 posts
139 months
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WeirdNeville said: I issue Messr Harris with a Top Gear Challenge:
Make a video of an RWD without a single moment of Opposite Lock.... But keep it as good as they have been so far.
I bet it can't be done. As sure as Jezza at Dunsfold, he'll be straight into the oppo. He could do a number on one of these, perhaps...? 
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