I was out this afternoon in my 08 sl550 just out for a drive. As I pull onto a 2 lane road and up to a red light, i see sitting at the light is a stock white S5, It was the first white one i have seen in person, and it looked great, so I complimented the young guy driving and said how I have one coming this fall. He looked at me as if he was driving a ferrari and revved his engine a bit. Now i know the S5 should take the benz anyday of the week since it does 0-60 in 5.3 according to the book,an the s5 should be sub 5.0, but only if he had a perfect launch an really knew how to drive a stick, and me having the rear wheel drive, paddle shift trans, i figured i can give him a run for his money. Now i can tell he is definitely intending on racing me, so i drop it into first, an get ready to launch..... as soon as the light turns green, im focused on the road ahead, i let it go at about 3500 rpms, tires squeal, traction control kicks in, as i hit 2nd gear i look back an the S5 STALLED. I laughed and wanted to cry at the same time. I was really hoping he kicked my ass, only because i have an s5 coming in the fall and i wanted to see its power potential, and hear it flying by me, but the poor guy stalls the brand new car...
sl550 vs someone who should not be driving an S5
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LOL... thats to funny
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lol that happened to me too when i first got my gli, this bmw 328i was stopped right beside me and we were the first two cars stopped at a red light, he revved his engine and then i obviously revved mine, the light turns green he takes off like a bullet, i try to do so too but my foot slipped off the clutch a little bit and the car stalled lol. I was so embarrassed I just took a left at some random street laughing at myself.
Hahaha.... plat and gd10, funny stories. I remember the time I was driving an F430, and I stalled in the middle of a roundabout, and it was the F1 tranny, and I didn't know it could stall so easily, and it took me literally like 40 secs to figure out to to get it working again, lol.
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