To: Gator113
I have had a Porsche 1972 914-6 and a 1986 911 Turbo. Currently my commuter car is a 2013 Mercedes C300 4Matic (the AMG suspension setting is all I ever use...it is great on Colorado mountain roads) and a 2013 Audi S6 (all settings on Dynamic except seat belt tension which is good on lowest setting). The Audi is the V8 Twin Turbo that Audi claims is 420 HP, but the tuners say it is really 480 HP stock and 550 with Engine Mgt upgrade for 91 octane setting. I tend to agree with the 480 HP number since C&D tested it at 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. It is fast, but I will probably do an exhaust and ECU upgrade or look at a 911 Turbo S or Nissan GTR. Also like the Maserati Ghibli 4S and the Jaguar F-Type R. But the latter two are far-far behind the Turbo S and GTR in track performance.
The new Mercedes AMG GT S looks interesting. I wonder if they underrated the HP (claimed 505) like they did the 2014 E63 AMG-S claimed 577 HP dynoed by a car test at around 650 if I remember correctly.
38 posted on
01/06/2015 10:09:10 PM PST by
MtnClimber
(For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
You have quite a collection!! I should have gotten into this years ago....so much to learn, so little time. I look forward to cruising your Colorado mountain roads.
39 posted on
01/06/2015 10:24:51 PM PST by
Gator113
(Cruz, Lee, and Sessions speak for me.... most anyone else is just noise.)
To: MtnClimber
Nothing like the twisties in the 69 911E Longhood. :)
42 posted on
01/06/2015 11:38:24 PM PST by
Varsity Flight
(Extortion-Care is is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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