On a trip back from Vegas I had a chance to open the ol' CL up....wow..I did not think it was possible. I was following a 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL500 Roadster 5.0L V8, 24 valve, 302@5600hp. We both got on it the Mercedes pulled away till about 120mph I caught up to it at 140mph and passed at 150mph and stayed on it till 160mph! WOW! I assume the Merc must have a a speed limiter or something. either way it was a great run.
Can't wait to supercharge!

 

Well seeing as how thats pretty impossible I say good job.

FWIW The CL has a speed limiter at 148mph (or so ive read numerous times), and you'd need alot more hp than what you have now to hit 160mph. BTW auto or 6 speed?

 

see i usually dont say bullshit about this kind of stuff because anything is possible BUT THIS IS BULLLL SHIT... how the hell can u pull on a SL500 on 120+?????

 

The only way an SL would be behind an N/A CL is if this was what's going on:



Yeah, then the SL would pretty much be behind the CL every time.

 

-I'd like to hit that 160.

 

 

maybe billy was dreaming lol

The 4th and 5th gears are both capped at 147 mph due to the speed limiter.

 

Maybe it was one of the hilly roads around Vegas and he was goind downhill?

 

Wow what a The limiter is set at 147 mph. 160 mph is impossible to achieve in a CL-S. Not to mention a SL500 would murder you at speeds above 110 if he was actually trying.


-1 Negative rep.

 

The noob tried to impress us.


I wonder if this is the same guy that's on the mustang forum saying he kills cobras.

 

 

Billy, Billy, Billy .... come one now.

 

 

maybe he was looking at the speedo from the passenger seat...or maybe he has on eof those funny mirrors ..you know .."object appear faster than they really are"
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plus I believe the SL500 is limited to like 135 like most MBZ's

 

correction, the SL500 is limited to 155



and there is no way you held up w/ it. Those things fly once they start rolling. My dad had an S500 and that thing on the freeway would almost stick w/ C5's for a little while. From a dig they are pigs though.

 

another horse shit story

 

maybe it was 160 kph.....bullshit

 

Maybe he had his foot out the door and was pushing too...That could pick-up a few MPH, right?

Sorry dude, you just yourself.

 

didn't take long for his rep to turn red

 

this is more liekly :P

 

firs off this shold be in racing.. 2nd, that is some major BS.

 

so what i hit 160 in my 2.2 in a 25mph zone yesterday with a 200 wet shot of naws kid.

 

 

 

He obviously didn't make it to 160 nor did he beat that MB , especially in 4th or 5th gear, but I do have to say that I was going downhill and I hit 155mph once in my CL-S.

 

 

doubt this guy could beat a s500 cus our cars top end isnt very good after you get in 4th gear and the limiter

 

this has to be the biggest bunch of bullshit i have ever heard on any forums. I have seen a TL-s eat an e320 but wathced the benzo catch up hard once the TL hit 4th gear.

 

K, i got my first gen's speedo needle to point straight down through the p in mph and thats way the hell past 140, (yes it was downhill) for all of you near sac it was comming down 1-80 from auburn on that long, straight, slightly downhill run. So, i personally believe that he could hit 160 as long as it was not flat....about beating the sl500.....i'll keep those comments to myself,.

 

can we lock this thread........or at least move it to the right section...

 

to racing stories we go. we need to at least give billy a chance to explain.

 

I remember reading that the CLS is electronically limited at 155mph. Sorry billy but I'm calling

 

He did say that the he thought the SL500 was speed limited and thats why he was able to pass the SL500 ... Maybe instead of being speed limited, the SL500 was driver limited? I don't know a lot of people who like to drive their car above 100mph for long periods of time (whether it be nerves, or worried about being arrested...)

You guys are all reading the story as if he said he destroyed the SL500. He clearly says that the SL500 walked away from him until about 120mph ... and then he caught up at 140mph. My guess is that after 120mph the SL500 had enough and shutdown and billy here did what some of us might refer to as a 'ricer fly-by'. No offense billy, not trying to be rude here, just trying back ya up since a lot of people here seem to think the whole story is BS.


I dunno about the 160mph thing though ... but it could have easily been a mistake. Our speedometers are not even close to 100% accurate.

 

You make a good point. At 5% error his actual speed would be 152, at 10% error his speed would be 145. That I would have no trouble believing.

 

After hitting 160, he then went on to 210mph in an effort to help the Police catch this guy. Check this out...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040922/D858M7MG0.html

 

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dude you went 160....??? MILES per hours???
highly unlikely you'd shit on a SL no matter how fast you were going

were you on anything while this adventure occured??? I mean, you were in vegas... (i dont even believe that)

 

Sorry, my bad. I knew it was a repost. I just thought it fit with this thread.

 

Maybe he meant kph.