RE: Sunday Service 27/04: Mercedes-Benz World

[f1ten]

Sunday 10am is like Monday 8am.. i.e. a bit civilised

i saw the Pagoda, was looking very nice. I would say the nicest colour bar the jet black one Ive seen in chelsea the last 2 weeks

pleasant drive back up ?

some nice bits of kit there, actually quite impressed with the c55 combis, thats a quick car.

[rytaylor]

Superb SS. Thanks PH and Mercedes for organising.

I do however hold you liable as I now need to buy a new exhaust for my Monaro for more V8 noise!

[996GT2]

adam. said:

PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr

Nice one making my car look clean surprised anyone found it tucked away at the end, I turned up a bit late.


Impressed with the turn out, some superb motors on show, forgot how good the M3 CSL looks, the blue RS4 was also stunning.

[EpsomJames]

T'was a very enjoyable day.

Great to see such a wide variety of cars and got chatting to quite a few people. Museum interesting and can confirm MBW's bacon sarnies are top notch.

Love the thunder from the AMGs on track too.

Did anyone get a photo of my Superleggera as we drove away? Would be interested in seeing if you did.

[f1ten]

very nice SL, you must have been up early then at the front!

[Blipi]

Craikeybaby said:

Blipi said:

Super SS once again.

MB World did very well for us.

Popped over to Brooklands Museum in the afternoon to see the biggest gathering of MX5's I've ever seen!

Museum is brilliant too.

Looking forward to more Sunday worship

PS - Any snaps of the blue Evora S?

Is the blue Evora the replacement for your red Elan? I didn't get any pictures, but blue Evora was one of favourite cars there!

Evora is new to the fleet, glad you liked it! I still have the Elan, between Littlegreendevil and me we have 6 vehicles and one Formula Junior race car in re-build... Think we need a bigger garage!

[DE15 CAT]

[quote=andysteele]a great turn out and lucky with the weathermy pictures are here, happy to provide full size, just shout up.

Andy thanks for capturing my red Cat 7 you managed to make dirty look almost clean, cheers.

[Esty]

adam. said:

It was great to see the whole of that straight filled with PH cars !

The white F12 was absolutely stunning.

My full set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamlstr/sets/721576...

Selection of the rest:


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr


PistonHeads Sunday Service Mercedes-Benz World April 2014 by adamlstr, on Flickr

They are some awesome pics of my f12 - have you got them in high res that you could mail over? Was a great event (my 6 year old loved it almost as much as me) - nice to go somewhere and not get abuse for being a w***er in a white ferrari but be with like minded petrol heads!

[iva cosworth]

I think I have a pic or thé blue Evora but it's at home on thé laptop.

Tune in later for pic.

[iva cosworth]

ME 10 TUS ?

If it's that ,then I do have one.

[adam.]

ps01 said:

Great photos Adam. 3 of my car and I particularly love this one.

Thanks for sharing.

Paul

Quite welcome Paul, if you'd like the hi-res let me know.

Esty said:

They are some awesome pics of my f12 - have you got them in high res that you could mail over? Was a great event (my 6 year old loved it almost as much as me) - nice to go somewhere and not get abuse for being a w***er in a white ferrari but be with like minded petrol heads!

I think you need to change where you take your F12 in that case..

Click my username and send me a message and I'll reply with the hi-res.

[sutts]

My mate and I really enjoyed the morning - always a good event at MBW, and the weather was much better than predicted. Thanks to all the organisers.

It was also a nice idea to sell off the surplus/old stock of PH t-shirts for charity. I picked up a brilliant E30 M3 shirt for a couple of quid - a bargain, and for charity - everyone's a winner.

[Blipi]

iva cosworth said:

ME 10 TUS ?

If it's that ,then I do have one.

Heh heh! Yep, that's the kiddie!!!

[EpsomJames]

f1ten said:

very nice SL, you must have been up early then at the front!

Yeah arrived at 08:20 after picking up a mate up on-route. Left home way earlier that I needed to it turned out.

[consul]

LaSource said:

Your GT2 was lovely...I took a couple more.
Loved the mk2 alloys and general presence.
One to collect.

Thanks so much for the pics Say Hi if Im around the car next week at Goody.

Best Consul

[loudlashadjuster]

JAGS said:

That S63 AMG they were using sounded broken after a few laps. Sounded like it needed some attention.

Yes, after 30-40 minutes it sounded like a brake heatshield or something rubbing when at low speed, but it disappeared when then thing was up to 'operating speed'. When you think of the abuse the brakes were taking to slow two-and-a-bit tonnes down from 100mph lap after lap it's not suprising something maybe warped or expanded that much.

My and the boy opted for a passenger ride in the S63 as it seemed like the daftest option that we could both go in. The upsides were the ludicrous incongruity of the speed and luxury, but there was a slight downside of hardly being able to hear the glorious motor getting caned.

The other reason I picked it was to quiz the driver on the difference between the S63 and the S65 - a helluva difference according to him - which surprised me.

After all, of the main manufacturers only Mercedes seem to say "Hmmm, twin-turbo V8 with 577hp - could do with a bit more, maybe?" and lump a V12 in there.

To hear him talk about the S65 really having "seamless power, anywhere in the rev range" when being piloted in a car which, by any standards, displays exactly that was a bit odd!

Shows how much those boys (and girls) are spoiled by their profession. Not jealous at all. No, definitely not...

Edited by loudlashadjuster on Monday 28th April 18:41

[Esty]

adam. said:

I think you need to change where you take your F12 in that case..

Click my username and send me a message and I'll reply with the hi-res.

Done - thanks very much!

[duggan]

Thanks to the PH team for another great MB SS

I was in two minds about coming given the poor forecast, but glad I did as we missed most of the rain and got to catch up with a few old (some very) faces and look at a huge selection of cars – top morning.

James – in the Orange GT3 RS

[dopsonj]

duggan said:

Thanks to the PH team for another great MB SS

I was in two minds about coming given the poor forecast, but glad I did as we missed most of the rain and got to catch up with a few old (some very) faces and look at a huge selection of cars – top morning.

James – in the Orange GT3 RS

Beautiful RS... Is she tweaked?

[iva cosworth]

Hope it's worth the wait....