took on an AMG E55 tonight...
 

it started as i was leaving the Palisades center mall. Â*As i was on my way around the mall towards the rt 303 S exit, i stopped at a light next to a mercedes. i didnt think anything of it, i just noticed the two older guys in the car staring at me. Â*When it went green, they got off quick, i tried to follow but traction was non-existant with all the road salt. i caught them right at the exit of the lot onto rt 303. they took off once again and i didnt even bother this time, i just assumed they were pricks. Â* About 1/2 a mile down 303, i passed them in the left lane, making sure they'd get a good look at my car. haha. Thats when i also noticed the badging on the benz...AMG E55. Â*i was about 10-15 car lengths in front of them when i looked in my rearveiw to see the benz headlights flying up in the right lane, I dropped it 3rd and punched it,(should have went to second since i was only around 50mph, but traction would have sucked) Â*anyway, right after i punched it, i caught the benz from passing me and i had him with his nose at my pass door. I went to about 4500rpms, and now i was about 2-3 car lengths in front of him. Â*I shifted to 4th and that broke my tires loose a little, I went WOT again and continued to pull on him hard. i kept on it until about 105mph, Â*by then i was a good 6-7 car lengths in front. Â*I slowed down to about the speed limit and he pulled next to me. Â*I looked over and he smiled and nodded at me, I gave a little wave back. Â*After that he backed off and stayed behind me at a distance for the rest of the way down RT303.

It was the newer style E55 with the 5.5L intercooled Kompressor engine that puts out 469hp. 0-60 in around 5 seconds flat. Its the fastest sedan in the history of mercedes, puttting down a 1/4 mile ET of 12.89 stock. Now thats a sick benz.

AWESOME!

sweet :twisted:

Nice Kill!

- Justin

Do those things scream at WOT? I honestly have never seen one outside of the fuel slut videos.

Defenitly a nice kill.

That Kompressor engine is crazy, I could hear it clearly over my loud exhaust when he was next to me. My g/f was laughing the whole time, thank god she trusts my driving. Off the line i think he would have taken me due to traction issues and his better bottom end power, but thank god we were at a roll. Thats the second AMG ive raced with my SS. The first was an AMG S600 (V12, 362hp) on the NJ turnpike, at about 125 there I could easily walk away from him, which i did up to 147mph, my highest personal speed in the SS. But speeding is wrong and should never be done. :twisted:

Is the AMG a IRS though? I hear IRS have more traction problems then a straight axle.

Very cool though, I would defenitly love to own on as a "family car"

NICE! those things are fast, very sweet kill my friend.

awesome kill :drive:

Did it have quad exhaust?

E55's are top end cars
They typically run mid 12's

What do you run?

I don't know your times... I am just wondering if you went against an 02 E55... they are N/A

i didnt check the exhaust. But it did say Kompressor on the front fender so it wasnt n/a. Â*I should be high 12's right now. Â*Maybe he wasnt fully on it but he was definately giving it some type of try.

K, if it did say Kompressor then it was the E55 blown 5.5L

Mid 12 sec car... but on the highway they are killer's.

The 65's are ******** LETHAL! 8)
604 HP
738 TQ
They come in: SL, CL and S class (well, SL and CL now, S class very shortly released)

Can't wait to drive one at work... I love valet parking :lol:

I've got them at work also :wink:

Awesome kill man. Atleast you were lucky. I tangled with a Renntech E55 and got my ass handed to me and he had 5 people in the car :shock: I was running 12.1 in the 1/4 mile at the time.