On the way home today, as I was entering the interstate, I cruise up to about 4,500 rpm in 3rd just to stretch the legs a little. In doing so, I notice I have gotten the attention of a sleek black car coming up fast in my rear view mirror. My car is pretty loud so I was hard to miss.
Looking in my mirror I notice it’s a Mercedes SL model. At time I didn't know if it was a SL500 or SL55 AMG, but I knew I was about to find out. He cut through some cars to get to me. We slowly make our way around a few cars and what do you know, but open interstate as far as the eye can see.
I'm in 3rd at about 4,500 rpm and stand on it, he's behind me, but I'm slowly pulling away. Into 4th and about midway through 4th I'm about 6 cars ahead. A toll is coming up and I'm already going fast enough, so I get on the brakes a bit. He catches up to me and pulls along side and he’s grinning from ear to ear and kind of laughing, shaking his head, and gave me a good waive and thumbs up. I return the waive and thumbs up and let him in front after the 3 lane toll.
As he gets in front of me, there it is, SL55 AMG! My excitement increases. Again, no traffic and I knew he was going to launch. So, I'm in my sweet spot of 3rd and there he goes. I'm glued to him in all the way through 3rd and making some slow progress. At the top of 3rd (6,800 rpm), I pull in the lane next to him and shift into 4th. At this point I start to cruise past him and can see he's laughing like me and having a great time. Into 5th and I'm about 7 cars out. I let off and slow down. I rolled down my window and give a good thumbs up and waive and he does the same.
It was a great run with a really cool guy with a beautiful and powerful car. What a day!!!
Looking in my mirror I notice it’s a Mercedes SL model. At time I didn't know if it was a SL500 or SL55 AMG, but I knew I was about to find out. He cut through some cars to get to me. We slowly make our way around a few cars and what do you know, but open interstate as far as the eye can see.
I'm in 3rd at about 4,500 rpm and stand on it, he's behind me, but I'm slowly pulling away. Into 4th and about midway through 4th I'm about 6 cars ahead. A toll is coming up and I'm already going fast enough, so I get on the brakes a bit. He catches up to me and pulls along side and he’s grinning from ear to ear and kind of laughing, shaking his head, and gave me a good waive and thumbs up. I return the waive and thumbs up and let him in front after the 3 lane toll.
As he gets in front of me, there it is, SL55 AMG! My excitement increases. Again, no traffic and I knew he was going to launch. So, I'm in my sweet spot of 3rd and there he goes. I'm glued to him in all the way through 3rd and making some slow progress. At the top of 3rd (6,800 rpm), I pull in the lane next to him and shift into 4th. At this point I start to cruise past him and can see he's laughing like me and having a great time. Into 5th and I'm about 7 cars out. I let off and slow down. I rolled down my window and give a good thumbs up and waive and he does the same.
It was a great run with a really cool guy with a beautiful and powerful car. What a day!!!
