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SL/R230: Performance Test SL600 (VIDEO)

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Old 05-03-2005, 07:50 PM
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Performance Test SL600 (VIDEO)

I had my camera today, decided to do a take a quick video on a nice wide open straight away.

SL600 0-110
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I had my camera today, decided to do a take a quick video on a nice wide open straight away.

SL600 0-110
Too bad it was a rolling start-- you're speedometer said 6 MPH, so you're time to 60 was slower than from a 0 start, but nonetheless, awesome video. Now, time for me to go and replicate that action in my SL6.
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wow!! very fast, sounds great
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Very quick car, all we need now is someone with an SL55/65 to do the same! Looks to me to confirm sub 5 seconds to 60 and sub 10 seconds to 100 and I doubt there are many cars where you could do the same with so little drama.

This video shows how the gear ratios of the 5 speed are spaced out compared to the 7 speed on the SL500 where the revs drop less when it changes.
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It was a thrill

This was the hardest I ever drove this car, it was a blast, the power is amazing, the control is amazing, it definately feels like there is plenty more power to go well past 110.
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nice job and wih your comments I feel that you enjoy that ride.
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I believe the car is capable of 180+ but yet it only has a 160MPH gauge... thats my only pet peeve about the car.
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It probably is

This car probably is capable of it, but since it is electronically limited at 155 it would take some modifications to find out. Some of the performance upgrades offered on the market raise the limited speed up from 155. Maybe someone with Renntech would know the true speed the car is capable of.
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In their package they raise it to a 196
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196

196, that would be scary.

I wish my town had some sort of auto track where individuals like myself could go out and really test the performance of their automobiles, but so far I have not been able to come across anything.


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