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Detroit, 6:17 AM
Thu Nov 26
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I'd only be impressed if Mercedes and three of its buddies spent 20 minutes trying to find the right angle to get the SLS through the front door. "Ok, let's turn it sideways, and once we get the hood through, move over to the left so we have some clearance for the windshield...no, my left, not your left...OUCH! the f*&#ing gullwing opened and smashed my f*&#ing foot...somebody tape that door shut..." After several unsuccessful attempts and some skinned knuckles, they finally concede they have to go through the hassle of removing the wheels. But the worst part is taking the SLS up the stairwell without gouging the hell out of the walls. Beers for everybody at the top.
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Conversation on the stairwell: what's German for "pivot... pivot... PIVOT!"
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[www.enterprisenewspapers.com]
I think he's trying to be the new DB Cooper.
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I'd only be impressed if Mercedes and three of its buddies spent 20 minutes trying to find the right angle to get the SLS through the front door. "Ok, let's turn it sideways, and once we get the hood through, you move over to the left so we have some clearance for the windshield...no, my left, not your left...OUCH! the gullwing opened and smashed my foot...somebody tape that door shut!" After a few unsuccessful attempts and some skinned knuckles, they finally concede they have to go through the hassle of taking the wheels off. But the worst part is getting the SLS up the stairwell without gouging the hell out of the walls. Beers for everybody at the top.
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Interesting placement of the door handles. I would have thought they'd use some fancy touch sensor pad ala [www.lafranceautoworks.com] to pop open the doors instead of the bend over, upskirt handle grab.
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@Rabbi Dave:
You're both wrong. They flew too high to spot one car. It would have been B-25 Mitchell and B-26 Marauder pilots, stuck as they were with medium-level missions, the poor bastards.
/cubicle madness
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I was driving through LA at about 6 pm Pacific when I saw an R8 and then around the bend of the freeway I saw a vehicle which I couldn't place my finger on. I usually identify all cars by the taillights (duh), and I just didn't know what it was.
LA traffic being the female dog that it normally is prevented me from being able to get a closer look at the then mysterious vehicle. But then, the God of cars opened up an entire empty lane on the freeway.
I pull up to what was a convoy of what I thought at the time were SLR's, but the tail looked all wrong to me. Then, I thought, those are f^&^%ing SLS's! As stated before, there were 4, one red, one blue, one silver, one black. There also was an R8 and a brand spanking new SL 63 AMG that was literally struggling to keep pace with these bad boys.
The drivers avoided all eye contact with people who were oggling at their beautiful rides.
I did get a video of them driving by me, but its a bit NSFW because I couldn't get by girlfriend to hold the camera while I was driving since she didn't understand the awesomeness of what was occuring! >:(
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