24 x hrs, 1 x SLS AMG, 1,000,000 x raindrops...

[justin220]

Great read! Not a huge fan of the car, but can see the appeal

[K50 DEL]

This had never really featured on my radar until the (rather wet) Singapore GP Quali session, due to the rain the TV people followed the safety car a few time and the noise.... oh god the noise...
Still not sure I'd spend my 200k on one but did I mention the noise?

[Beefmeister]

I did take a couple of short videos of the noise in-car. I'll have to get them sorted tonight...

[sillyPLASTICcar]

fantastic review - thanks for sharing.

http://gallery.me.com/paulbrown#100018/IMG_5726&am......fantastic rear end :-)

[clk55pete]

I want it ... Geeat write up

[limpsfield]

To echo many others - I do enjoy reading your reviews Beefmeister - keep up the good work.

Edited by limpsfield on Sunday 10th October 19:04

[Beefmeister]

Thanks again all.

Gutted to find that the in-car videos i took are, in fact, utter crap.

Bugger.

[northo]

Beefmeister said:

Thanks again all.

Gutted to find that the in-car videos i took are, in fact, utter crap.

Bugger.

What were you filming them on?

[Beefmeister]

Using the HD video function on my little Sony compact camera. Usually gives good results, but I used a Gorillapod to attach it to the seat back, which wasn't sturdy enough. Visually it's just a blur.

And to get the noise effect, I dropped the window, so unfortunately the only noise you hear is wind buffeting.

Quite handy at still shots, but cameraman i am obviously not...

I have a feeling i will be having the SLS again this year though, it's got me hooked and I want another go!

[northo]

£30 will get you a decent windscreen mount - well worth the investment. I find that the compact cameras are better than video cameras when mounted as they do not rattle about on the mount as you are going over the bumps. I took a few hours footage in a 911 Turbo a few months ago and had to hang my Sanyo Xacti upside down as it is a pistol grip style camera. Now I have to rotate the images - reasonably time consuming.

[Mr Gearchange]

Great write up but I have to say that the car leaves me cold.

I didn't like the styling when the first shots were released - that hasn't changed. I cannot get beyond the fact that the rear half of the car looks like a Lexus SC430.