First things first. Disclaimer here.. I'm not a "street racer". But I do like to push every now and then. Just being honest. So, If you don't condone any types of spirited driving on public roads, please stop reading now.

Well, coming home today around 6:00 PM minding my own business.. very light traffic, relaxing, sun still out but getting darker, just listeng to music. Out of the left corner of my eye I see a benz.. black, amg wheels.. omg, the thing was sweet. I was in chill mode, so wasn't thinking about fooling around.. persay. I happen to get behind the guy at a light.. three lane highway (hwy 210 heading towards DC). A few cars are in front and on both sides of us. The light changes, and he starts doing 15 to 50 mph pulls.. you know, slowing down a bit, letting space get between him and the car in front of him to do this. This happens like 3 times.. revving his engine at lights, the works. That V8 engine note was beautiful btw.

So anyway, he's basically goading/ teasing me.. and goads me one to many times. Probably bragging to his 110 pound girlfreind in the passenger seat. He pushes off a bit, this time to get onto an off ramp towards DC, from hwy 210 to hwy 295. I'm like "ok then, I'll play", and at the last second turn off to follow. Now he knows its on.

I basically get on his a$$. We both push it, slight right incline to a straight, then to a long 25-30 ish degree left turn, both of us maintaing control, both cars hugging the road, (actually gaining on him a bit) suspension bouncing on slightly uneven pavement, to a down hill straight. Both on the limit.. and I'm still right there with him. I'm thinking I was in his draft, so I'm figuring that is helping me out a bit.. or he was somewhat timid, or a mixture of both. Even so, I gotta say, I was really proud of the G35's handling (19's sports suspension). Being as heavy as it is, when you aren't thinking about it's weight, especially being in the heat of the moment, it truly handles like a sports car.. vcd off. I was definately one with the car.

Anyway, we hit a few spots of traffic (65 mph is considered traffic at this point) on 295, both of us itching for traffic to open a bit to get a lane. I work my way up front this time, and push it hard, losing him in some traffic.. but slow up so he can catch up, and he gets behind me. I'm in 4rth gear at about 4500..down shift. Had very little rpms left, didn't get a good boost to redline. Probably should've slowed a little more and then downshifted. Anyway as I was saying, I downshift to 3rd and push WOT, we split lanes (I go right) and I see him in my left view mirror two lanes over, basically starting to walk me.. pretty decisively, on a straight stretch of road to a slight 15 degree right. Then more traffic. At this point I'm like ok.. time to shut it down.

Just wanted to see what the slk could do. Expected to get blasted.. and more than likely would've if it were just a stop light race. I'm sure this guy thought I had something under the hood, or was perhaps thinking to himself that stock '05 G35's where better than he thought. Perhaps he wasn't that great of a driver. In any event, he'll definitely think twice about the next G coupe he sees. Ok.. maybe he won't be thinking about it too hard .. He has an slk 55.. but I'm sure the G35 has earned some respect points today.

 

The SLK is such a nice looking car. Too bad all AMG models are auto only.

 

I almost bought one for the wife at least the SLK350 you can order one with six speed you just have to wait. I don't know about the AMG if you can order one with six speed. I was eyeing this one at the dealer with a Brabus equipment package one sweet ride, but it was rediculously overprice.

 

I've sat at one at the track. The driver took her down the 1/4 mile in 12.7 seconds. Big V-8, light weight brakes, rims & tires, automatic... Spell disaster for any G35 that is NA. You're lucky he was only "playing" with you. At speed, that AMG V-8 would have handed you your ****.

 

You should opened her up on 210. 295 is always crowded. I'm not shoucked the G could hang.

 

yea the SLK55 is a monster for a small car... even the SLK350 would take a stock G... the 7 speed auto is a little wierd though... it does have a lot of pep off the line but I actually prefer the ride of the G...

 

not to take anything away from you, but i dont think he was pushing it too hard, cause i've encountered a few on the hwy and they are monsters, its gotta be one of the fastest AMG's other than the SL & CL 65.

 

If you guys actually drove an AMG, I think you might change your mind about wanting it in manual. And plus, the percentage for manual cars is allready small enough, but the people who pay that much money on cars usually don't want manual trans. If you look at a lot of Ferraris and Lambos, they too are autos suprisingly.

My parents have an E55 AMG, and its absolutely unbeliveable. The tiptronic mode isn't bad, but its SO great being able to beat the pants off any cars on the road, by just slamming down the pedal and not even having to shift a gear. 0-60 is fast, but whats even faster is how you can slam the pedal at say 40, or even at 90, and the car accelerates at the same insane rate, all the way up to 140 (fastest i've been) in what seems like a few seconds. Its a luxury car on steroids. Of course, the only gripe I have about it, is while the handling is great, its still not as nimble as even the G35 is, which I think is very nimble considering its weight.

 

Don't sweat it. He is just toying you. The G has no match with any AMG car. The spec for the SLK-AMG: 355 hp and 376 lb-ft torque.

 

But the G is a coupe and the E is a Sedan. Totally two different setup.

 

My friends girlfriend has an slk55amg. He and I took it out racing agaisnt another friends fully built MR2 with 315 whp @ 10psi. Even though the MR2 was faster than the AMG, the AMG had so much torque you could just floor it with the traction control off from a stop and roast the tires for days. Truly awesome. And the interior is straight perfect.

sean

 

The interior is good for smaller people. I'm 6'0" and have very broad shoulders and lats, and the seat was too narrow for me. That seat design puts a new meaning to the words side bolsters!!! It must have been designed for really narrow people.

 

i raced a SL55 amg and it pulled away from me on the freeway as fast as the Z06 I raced. no joke the SL was out of my sight in seconds. I doubt the slk55 is much slower at speeds of 70+

 

i doubt that even a FI G could keep up, on stock boost...

 

i dunno bout that, any FI G should at least keep up or beat it