Mr. Nice
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SL65 AMG up against the SL63 AMG, and the old SL55 AMG, as there seems to be an argument over which is best at the moment, perhaps Top Gear could help to clear this up.
Edit: Maybe this could be combined with one of the two great looking roads in these posts
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/what-exotic-driving-locations-should-top-gear-film-at-32802/#post868546
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/what-exotic-driving-locations-should-top-gear-film-at-32802/page-2/#post869446
I'm not the one who posted these roads, please don't mistakenly give me credit for that. I did start the thread, it seems to have died however.
Edit: maybe this idea could be combined with the idea in this post http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/top-gear-show-site-suggestions-1987/page-27/#post846381 Making the show mostly about Mercedes, and making it possible to have the Stig drive all of these (minus the SL55, of course, as he already did that) around the track. It would also be interesting to see the ZR1's performance compared to the SL65 Black, as it looks like the lighter ZR1 is a better all rounder. Obviously, to Stig the Hayabusa, a professional rider will be needed. It would be nice to know the time for the 'Busa but, I think Jeremy should definitely keep it from being posted on the board.
I suspect that the SL55 AMG would end up being favored over the SL65 AMG or SL63 AMG, and that the Moss would be quicker and better than the SL65 Black, making the older Merc's better. I would still prefer to see the SL65 AMG, SL63 AMG, and the SL55 AMG tested on an epic road, separately from the other vehicles (that's not up to me though :?). I think it would be awesome to get lap times at the TG test track for the three SL's, the SL65 Black, whichever SLR could be used, the ZR1, and the 'Busa, as I'm sure there are literally "some" people (to steal a Clarksonian term), including myself, that would get a thrill out of it.
If this idea gets done http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/top-gear-show-site-suggestions-1987/page-26/#post843982 it would make the testing of the 'Busa much more interesting, as the four wheeled vehicles powered by the 'Busa's engine seem to be pretty quick.
Latest Edit: This should have been obvious to me, but I missed it. If, somehow, the new XKR could be thrown in with this crowd, I think it would up the ante and make things even more interesting. I'm not saying to drop one of the Mercedes' but, instead, make this part of the crowd.... Something like "so, we've now found that the old SL55 AMG is actually all out more fun to drive than either the SL63 AMG, or the SL65 AMG, but, however, there is a new car that isn't a Mercedes that makes all of these others somewhat, well, irrelevant!" and on comes the XKR
Edit: Maybe this could be combined with one of the two great looking roads in these posts
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/what-exotic-driving-locations-should-top-gear-film-at-32802/#post868546
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/what-exotic-driving-locations-should-top-gear-film-at-32802/page-2/#post869446
I'm not the one who posted these roads, please don't mistakenly give me credit for that. I did start the thread, it seems to have died however.
Edit: maybe this idea could be combined with the idea in this post http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/top-gear-show-site-suggestions-1987/page-27/#post846381 Making the show mostly about Mercedes, and making it possible to have the Stig drive all of these (minus the SL55, of course, as he already did that) around the track. It would also be interesting to see the ZR1's performance compared to the SL65 Black, as it looks like the lighter ZR1 is a better all rounder. Obviously, to Stig the Hayabusa, a professional rider will be needed. It would be nice to know the time for the 'Busa but, I think Jeremy should definitely keep it from being posted on the board.
I suspect that the SL55 AMG would end up being favored over the SL65 AMG or SL63 AMG, and that the Moss would be quicker and better than the SL65 Black, making the older Merc's better. I would still prefer to see the SL65 AMG, SL63 AMG, and the SL55 AMG tested on an epic road, separately from the other vehicles (that's not up to me though :?). I think it would be awesome to get lap times at the TG test track for the three SL's, the SL65 Black, whichever SLR could be used, the ZR1, and the 'Busa, as I'm sure there are literally "some" people (to steal a Clarksonian term), including myself, that would get a thrill out of it.
If this idea gets done http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/top-gear-show-site-suggestions-1987/page-26/#post843982 it would make the testing of the 'Busa much more interesting, as the four wheeled vehicles powered by the 'Busa's engine seem to be pretty quick.
Latest Edit: This should have been obvious to me, but I missed it. If, somehow, the new XKR could be thrown in with this crowd, I think it would up the ante and make things even more interesting. I'm not saying to drop one of the Mercedes' but, instead, make this part of the crowd.... Something like "so, we've now found that the old SL55 AMG is actually all out more fun to drive than either the SL63 AMG, or the SL65 AMG, but, however, there is a new car that isn't a Mercedes that makes all of these others somewhat, well, irrelevant!" and on comes the XKR
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