AR
25-02-2011, 01:48 PM
SLS AMG Driven
Well it was one of my best mates 40th and as a surprise his wife booked him the SLS Experience. It basically includes 50 minutes of 63 AMG experience and 5 laps as a driver in the SLS AMG. I went along and booked it as well.
The C63 AMG that I had for the first part was a techno showpiece, oddly enough it did not feel that much different to the c350 we had for a month whilst Mercedes was sorting out our Brabused up GL420, or the E350 we had for three months whilst they all decided which dealership was to pay for stuff!!!
IMHO the C63 did not “feel” any faster than my light weight CTSC NSX, nor did it handle better on their technical course. It sounded nice, had nice seats, but not really that special at all.
After the instructor figured out that that he could “trust” me we went for my five laps in the SLS. My mate whose birthday it was only got 5 laps out of which he did 4 and let the instructor do one. I on the other hand had a great, older instructor who was a GEM! He took me out for five laps as a passenger to warm up the brakes J Wow what a blast, that exhaust was nuts. Then he pulled over for me to do my five laps with my properly warmed up brakes! Other that a friendly “ gently, gently now” to curtail my eagerness, he let me get on with it. The way the car accelerates and decelerates is amazing. The brakes did not feel wooden at all and the way it blips and burps on downshifts is out of this world.
All in all it was an experience that I can’t get out of my head! I am trying to convince the Mrs that we don’t really need such a big house to live in! LOL
Cheers,
AR
Well it was one of my best mates 40th and as a surprise his wife booked him the SLS Experience. It basically includes 50 minutes of 63 AMG experience and 5 laps as a driver in the SLS AMG. I went along and booked it as well.
The C63 AMG that I had for the first part was a techno showpiece, oddly enough it did not feel that much different to the c350 we had for a month whilst Mercedes was sorting out our Brabused up GL420, or the E350 we had for three months whilst they all decided which dealership was to pay for stuff!!!
IMHO the C63 did not “feel” any faster than my light weight CTSC NSX, nor did it handle better on their technical course. It sounded nice, had nice seats, but not really that special at all.
After the instructor figured out that that he could “trust” me we went for my five laps in the SLS. My mate whose birthday it was only got 5 laps out of which he did 4 and let the instructor do one. I on the other hand had a great, older instructor who was a GEM! He took me out for five laps as a passenger to warm up the brakes J Wow what a blast, that exhaust was nuts. Then he pulled over for me to do my five laps with my properly warmed up brakes! Other that a friendly “ gently, gently now” to curtail my eagerness, he let me get on with it. The way the car accelerates and decelerates is amazing. The brakes did not feel wooden at all and the way it blips and burps on downshifts is out of this world.
All in all it was an experience that I can’t get out of my head! I am trying to convince the Mrs that we don’t really need such a big house to live in! LOL
Cheers,
AR