Decided I would take my fathers SL500 on the track at Homestead, To my amazement the thing handles beautifully! By the 5th lap I am coming down the straightaway at around 115mph when I reach the upcoming turn and try to slow down ... NO BRAKES! The pedal goes all the way to the carpet and I fumble for the Ebrake, Cant see it with my helmet on. The whole f'ing car shuts down, No brakes, power steering, or Traction control. I finally slam the Ebrake and the car starts dragging all four tires and smoke is everywhere.
They black flag the whole session because of the dummy who thinks the SL is a track car lol
Needless to say the experience was a pucker factor 12 and scared the crap out of me, I am sure I cooked the pathetic brakes but the car should not have just shut down. This is the second time the POS has done this to me. First time both batteries died on the highway and I lost my light's power steering control over the throttle... everything! People almost ran into my car at night with no lights, 4 ways wouldn't even work!
End result 4 flat spotted tires, Thank god there was not a wall in front of me or I might have been writing this from hospital bed!

Mercedes sucks... sorry

 

That is exactly why I got a sports car "SLK" rather than a 55 AMG SL or 600 which I was initially going for.

 

I still wouldn't consider the SLK a sports car.


sorry.

 

no problem, but I consider mine to be a sports car it handles really well for a small car and is much more connected to the road when compared to the SL.

 

SL = Slow Lane

 

Do me a favor and save the fancy driving for the CLK AMG Black series. SL is a pig.

 

I saw a CLK DTM Cabriolet and not only the car looked very very aggressive and sexy very much differentiated than the other one's I've seen its black over red.

Here is a picture of the very exact car, sexy for sure:

 

^^^

Mohammed, the car looks very sexy, was that picture taken in Kuwait?

 

Yes, in the same day I saw two SLR 722's as well.

 

And I believe it LOL.. ALTHOUGH, I took a ride in an SL65 renntech'd through some twisties, and the thing was flat as a board through the corners, I was SHOCKED!