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    Mercedes gullwing

    Last night while walking through my neighborhood there was a car at the curb with a huge silverstar mounted in the radiator. Black and low slung it was impressive. A gentleman then came out of a bookstore and the door opened and it was a gullwing, guy stepped in fired it up and left a 100 foot trail of rubber. It was an AMG Merc and had about the healthiest roar I've ever heard.
    Looked it up and it's a Mercedes AMG SLS, 563hp, $300k
    In the city I've seen about everthing but this was a first, maybe next life I'll get one.
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    I hate rich people.
    91GL BP/F3A with boost
    13.79 @ 100, 2.2 60' on 8 psi and 155R12's

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    • #3
      man what kind of neighborhood do you live in!!!! to help out what this looks like:

      -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
      -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
      -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
      https://www.wunderground.com/persona...?ID=KOKOWASS38

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      • #4
        I'm not sure what that ^^^ is, but it's not the production SLS AMG. Maybe it was a prototype or a show car?

        Here is the production AMG gullwing, about $220,000.
        Last edited by deathegg; 06-25-2010, 11:41 AM.
        If it has boobs or wheels, sooner or later you're going to have trouble with it.
        Mark S.

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        • #5
          That's the car and in black it looks absolutely sinister.
          I live in Greenwich Village.

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          • #6
            Yeah I was just telling Bhazard last night how a Mercedes S 65 AMG about blew my doors off when it passed me.

            http://media2.worldcarfans.com/2004/3/medium/2030821.001.1M.jpg


            They look like a normal "grandpa" style sedan with dual exhaust. They have 615 hp though!

            1993 Festiva L, aspire swapped, selling parts for a BP+T build.

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            • #7
              Once again...

              I hate rich people.
              91GL BP/F3A with boost
              13.79 @ 100, 2.2 60' on 8 psi and 155R12's

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              • #8
                Originally posted by bhazard View Post
                Once again...

                I hate rich people.
                X2!!

                1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
                1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
                2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

                1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

                If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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                • #9
                  I ran into 2 business guys in an older vert AMG..not sure what model it was it's been so long. I was in my Mustang and we were side by side at a light. I didn't even pay this car any attention other than noticing it was nice...so i wasn't acting up or anything. The light goes green and i take off like usual and next thing i know this thing comes screaming up past me...i put the hammer down and couldn't catch'em for anything and my car was running 12.8s at the time. We only pulled through about 2 gears but it was enough to know i had no chance. I met'em at the next light and we all laughed about it.

                  Oh...i hate rich people too lol

                  By the way, ^^^ That's 99.9% city driving :cool:

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                  • #10
                    Seeing all this gullwing goodness makes me think...GULLWING FESTIVA!!



                    Originally posted by bhazard View Post
                    Once again...
                    I hate rich people.
                    I don't hate them; hey, they have money..good for them. However, I wish I could hang around them to pick their brains and find out HOW they got rich!
                    If it has boobs or wheels, sooner or later you're going to have trouble with it.
                    Mark S.

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                    • #11
                      that'd be interesting to see, personally I think that'd be cool but you'd have to change so much of the unibody that at some point it'd no longer be a true festiva...
                      Andrew Walker

                      Current Daily Driver:
                      89 Nissan D21 SE V6 5 speed 4x4
                      Projects in the works:
                      84 Mercedes Benz 300D(T)(Baby) currently awaiting transmission transplant/ full on restoration

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                      • #12
                        If I had that kind of money I doubt I'd even spend $22K for a car.

                        Cheep cheep cheep...

                        Oh, but I WOULD spend it on the "Festiva Redoubt." The kind of place where luxury car owners would break their suspension and/or scar up their pretty multi-thousand dollar paint jobs trying to get to. (Not that they would want to though--I'd be fresh outta Armani hot tubs and London trained butlers.)

                        Karl
                        '93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
                        '91L "AquaMutt" my '91L; B6 swap/5 speed & Aspire brakes, DD/work car
                        '92L "Twinstiva" 5sp, salvage titled, waiting for repairs...
                        '93GL "Luxstiva," '94 B6 engine & ATX; needs overhauled
                        '89L "Muttstiva," now a storage bin, future trailer project

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                        • #13
                          Unfortunately, one has already been wrecked...



                          This is the world's first crash involving the new Mercedes SLS Gullwing. It was involved in a head on crash with a common Russian car. Everyone was okay.

                          Location:
                          Moscow, Russia
                          Ian
                          Calgary AB, Canada
                          93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
                          59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite

                          "It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)

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                          • #14
                            Any time I see a picture like that all I can think is ENGINE SWAP!

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