So Im driving home last night around 7pm. I make a right turn on a major street and pull into the left lane in 1st. To my right I see some silver car hugging my side through the turn in the next lane (only 2 lane street). For those of you in Arcadia, I was on Foothill above the mall where theres a 1 mile strip of open road. Anyway I decide to gun 1st and I threw it in 2nd. He wasnt really racing me so i stayed in 2nd for a couple seconds. Then I see the headlights catching up and hear his engine getting louder and closer. All i can remember after was redlining 2nd to 3rd with him right on my side. I redlined 3rd and he's a little ahead. I throw it in 4th, but i think i shifted too slow. I look and he was gone, about two cars ahead. He weaved into my lane to avoid a car ahead and it was over =(

I laughed until the next red light. What a rush. I pull up to his driver side to give him props but the ***** ignored me. The light turns green, so I glance at the back of his car to see the model. A brand new SL500 roadster still sportin the dealer licence.

I guess its time for me to change my username. But hey this is my first time owning a manual. I barely learned how to drive stick 2 weeks before I bought it.

So what do you guys think, was this a fair match, unfair, or did I just plain screw up? LOL.

2004 G35 6MT Coupe
Black/Willow
Purchased Dec 20, 2003

 

well, no, you probably didn't screw up. the benz gotta be very heavy, but much of it's got to be a honkin' motor under that hood, too. and if it's any comfort to you, i've been driving man trans a long time and i still screw up especially in the 6mt.

if it's "only" a stock SL500, it does weigh 4065 pounds. BUT it does have a 5 liter (slightly smaller than this year's 'vette) V8 making 302 hp and 339 lbs. of torque. still, with all that weight, about 600 lbs. heavier than the gcoupe, you'd think it'd be a slug. however, there are times when mercedes tends to under-advertise their horsepower. or, it could've been a modified SL, as in AMG which would put lots more horesepower under the hood and easily make up for the fatso car.

BONDg35c

 

Yeah, if it was an AMG, you would definitely have gotten spanked. However, if magazine road tests are any indication (I know, you can't trust them completely due to different drivers and weather conditions), the base SL 500 does not appear to be as quick as our Gs.

2004 6MT (Silver/Willow), premium & aero packages

My old ride (I still miss her; put a lot of pride and joy into it): http://www.n-body.net/registry/john95ga/

 

man i hate arcadia cops. i used to go to V-games alot to play countertstrike, and see these fixed up cars.

talk about learning stick 2 weeks before....i learned it after i got my car. well i kinda knew b4hand from driving friends car.

Coupe 6-spd Twilight Blue Premium

 

The SL500 is running 0-60's in low 6's, and 1/4's in mid-high 14's, so its a little slower than your Gcoupe statistacilly speaking, but his was auto so he just floored it, and the small mess up on your shift gave him the win. If he had an SL55 AMG you would have known it, its running the 0-60's in the low 4's.

 

0-60 times for Benzes are misleading. MBs don't launch too well; their traction control and other electronic gizmos really like to bog the cars down on hard launches. But on a roll, the torquey MB engines are able to put all the power down and pull really hard. Look at acceleration tests between the E55K and the RS6. They are about even 0-60. But in 30-70 tests, the E55K blows the RS6 away. Not even close. So I'm not surprised that the SL500 pulled away from a roll. Those things have a very fat torque curve.

 

Yep i wouldn't doubt the sl500 will beat the G on the roll or even from a dead stop. That's just how I feel, I'm not knocking on a G. You'll get em next time.

G35C 6MT / AMG E55

 

LOL...I missed third on the Interstate last night and let a dropped F-150 treat me really badly...it happens, man

BASIC BLACK

 

well thank god i layed off of that e55 that wanted to race me a few minutes ago...

 

Aznteazer ()
01/21/04 09:52 PM

"talk about learning stick 2 weeks before....i learned it after i got my car. well i kinda knew b4hand from driving friends car."

Same here. I had maybe 2 hours total practice time on a 94 altima before buying my G. Of course the clutch is way different so I kept screwing up at first. Oh well now I pretty much have it down. But I still hate starting on a hill, and my downshifts kinda suck.

2004 G35 6MT Coupe
Black/Willow
Purchased Dec 20, 2003

 

Tory (Registered)
01/21/04 10:58 PM

"but his was auto so he just floored it, and the small mess up on your shift gave him the win. "

My thoughts exactly

2004 G35 6MT Coupe
Black/Willow
Purchased Dec 20, 2003

 

Face facts guys......it's hard to beat a V8 with a V6.

 

I don't see that many coupes around Arcadia/San Gabriel area. Do you work around there? I'm usually in San Marino area.

 

i see alot of G35s in my school. i go to poly and i see like 6 coupes a day.

SoCalG35Mashin, i practice at nite time downshifting. now...hills are the problem, and...on-ramps(hills) with lights.
they're not hard when theres no cars behind you but i panic when i see cars.

Coupe 6-spd Twilight Blue Premium

 

"jcboiz (enthusiast )
01/22/04 04:12 PM

I don't see that many coupes around Arcadia/San Gabriel area. Do you work around there? I'm usually in San Marino area."

I live about 2 miles north of the mall, up santa anita.


2004 G35 6MT Coupe
Black/Willow
Purchased Dec 20, 2003