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Old 03-14-05, 05:02 AM
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Look at the rubber-band tires on that thing..... are they for REAL?

This car is obviously not for ANYTHING but glass-smooth roads with NO bumps or potholes.
Anything else and you can kiss those expensive wheels good-bye.
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Old 03-14-05, 06:31 AM
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This car looks better in black than in lighter colors. It does not look so "busy".

This car will spend a lot of time sitting in a garage and some time on a track.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Look at the rubber-band tires on that thing..... are they for REAL?

This car is obviously not for ANYTHING but glass-smooth roads with NO bumps or potholes.
Anything else and you can kiss those expensive wheels good-bye.
not really, me and a lot of other people are running something like that daily on the street
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Originally Posted by aloha03gs
yeah I totally agree...I wonder why mb choose the put more power in the sl than the slr
The SLR is lighter than the pig SL.
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Originally Posted by CleanSC
The SLR is lighter than the pig SL.
if i remember right, whole car on cf?
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Old 03-14-05, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chigga
it still bothers me that SL65 has more power than SLR.
Arround a road course all that power that the SL65 has means nothing.
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Old 03-14-05, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
if i remember right, whole car on cf?
From the MB site it says "Full carbon fiber monocoque"
Leather wrapped carbon fiber bucket seats too.
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Old 03-14-05, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Koma
From the MB site it says "Full carbon fiber monocoque"
Yup...and that, not power, is what separates a supercar (SLR) from a grand tourer (SL65).
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50/50 weight distribution don't forget that.
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