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- Portland, Oregon
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- 2008 Dodge Viper, 2006 MB CLS55 AMG
I've been wanting to replace my Mustang with something more practical for quite a while now. I literally bought it as a stepping stone to my Viper and I don't need two 2-door cars. I wanted to be able to haul some friends around!
I had been considering a BMW M5 but I've heard too many horror stories about them, and they aren't exactly cheap. A couple of my friends have bought E55 AMGs and I really like them. They did look a bit generic to me though, too much like a normal E-class, so when I discovered the CLS I knew I had to have one. Headroom and legroom in the rear of the E55 is way better but it'll mostly be me alone in it (or just 1 passenger) but I wanted the much better looks IMO. But I've sat in the back of mine and it's not bad really. I'm 6'1" and I didn't hit my head.
Anyway coincidentally a friend of a friend was selling his and best of all it was blue! So I bought it!
It has a modified supercharger pulley, a belt wrap kit (to prevent slippage), and a tune which apparently makes it have 595 horsepower and about 700 lb-ft of torque. Yeah, that's about the same horsepower and 150 more torque than my Viper! :lol: However it's also like 1000 lbs heaver though so the Viper is still faster.
The previous owner has a mud driveway and I've only powerwashed it so far, so it's still quite dirty. I'll post more pictures once I get it detailed but for now these will do.
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Here's a video from a dealer that was selling it 14000 miles ago:
I had been considering a BMW M5 but I've heard too many horror stories about them, and they aren't exactly cheap. A couple of my friends have bought E55 AMGs and I really like them. They did look a bit generic to me though, too much like a normal E-class, so when I discovered the CLS I knew I had to have one. Headroom and legroom in the rear of the E55 is way better but it'll mostly be me alone in it (or just 1 passenger) but I wanted the much better looks IMO. But I've sat in the back of mine and it's not bad really. I'm 6'1" and I didn't hit my head.
Anyway coincidentally a friend of a friend was selling his and best of all it was blue! So I bought it!
It has a modified supercharger pulley, a belt wrap kit (to prevent slippage), and a tune which apparently makes it have 595 horsepower and about 700 lb-ft of torque. Yeah, that's about the same horsepower and 150 more torque than my Viper! :lol: However it's also like 1000 lbs heaver though so the Viper is still faster.
The previous owner has a mud driveway and I've only powerwashed it so far, so it's still quite dirty. I'll post more pictures once I get it detailed but for now these will do.
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Here's a video from a dealer that was selling it 14000 miles ago:
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