The matt car is based in Singapore. It took about 6 days for the car to be wrapped in a matt black "sticker".
Cost of the job was about US$1700 as compared to a full matt black paint job which would have cost about US$2300. The obvious advantage of the sticker job is that if you get tired of it, just peel it off and polish. Unlike paint which if you want to revert to the original color would cost you another US$2300.
Maintenance is super easy... just wash or jet off. No polishing.
and similar job (carbon wrap) done to an R8
ivofivo
Now this is the real "Bad Ass". :D
leph555
the guy that owns the matte gtr also has a scud :p
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i think i know where he lives in Singapore, anyone mind "borrowing" them and putting them on the next ship to the USofA?
Moongoose
nah, the most poverful benz i had a chance to drive was a SL55AMG, did have a ride in the s600 though....smooooooth.
But someone i know who id drive both said that to me, so i i though that was the best way to describe it. The main problem in these cars is that you dont really know how fast youre going. My daily driver is a small diesel fiat, then you take one of these on the highway, at night when theres no traffic and you hit the limiter before you even know youre doing 250kph...so amazingly quiet and smooth that you reach twice the legal speed limit before you even know it :stongue:
Domesticated
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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
The new MK6's are quite hot. Loving the new styling a LOT.
Me too. You think they haven't done much, but when you see the Mk5 and Mk6 beside each other, they are actually very different cars.
Moongoose
I used to think that the Mk6 looked much worse than the k5, but now the damn thing has gown on me. Still dont care, prefer the 1-series, even over the GTi.
gehzumteufel
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Originally posted by Domesticated
Me too. You think they haven't done much, but when you see the Mk5 and Mk6 beside each other, they are actually very different cars.
I really like that aggressive styling that they have favoured in the Mk6. Similar to the new Scirocco. It is so befitting of the body. Absolutely fantastic.
miamitranceman
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Originally posted by Moongoose
nah, the most poverful benz i had a chance to drive was a SL55AMG, did have a ride in the s600 though....smooooooth.
But someone i know who id drive both said that to me, so i i though that was the best way to describe it. The main problem in these cars is that you dont really know how fast youre going. My daily driver is a small diesel fiat, then you take one of these on the highway, at night when theres no traffic and you hit the limiter before you even know youre doing 250kph...so amazingly quiet and smooth that you reach twice the legal speed limit before you even know it :stongue:
My dad had a silver '04 SL 55 AMG. I have never felt more torque in my life with that thing, even compared to the '07 Zo6 Vette he owns now (much faster 0-60 though in the Vette). That supercharged engine in the 55 was a beast. Haven't driven the naturally aspirated 63 to compare though. As for the 65, a guy at my gym has one. It's the ultimate monster SL but I can't imagine anything more Torquey than the 55. For regualar city/ bumper to bumper traffic driving, it's borderline dangerous, at least here in Miami. (I'd still take it in a heartbeat of course ;) )
fbgdavidson
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Originally posted by Moongoose
The main problem in these cars is that you dont really know how fast youre going. My daily driver is a small diesel fiat, then you take one of these on the highway, at night when theres no traffic and you hit the limiter before you even know youre doing 250kph...so amazingly quiet and smooth that you reach twice the legal speed limit before you even know it :stongue:
No joke. My father had the previous generation S500 soon after it came out. After a couple of years of riding in it as a passenger, passing my driving test he let me drive it. Before doing so alone he took me out on the motorway, covered the speedo with a piece of paper and asked me to take it to 80mph. He removed the paper and I was doing 120mph. It scared the crap out of me because despite riding in that car for two years I had so little sense of speed.
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Originally posted by miamitranceman
My dad had a silver '04 SL 55 AMG. I have never felt more torque in my life with that thing, even compared to the '07 Zo6 Vette he owns now (much faster 0-60 though in the Vette). That supercharged engine in the 55 was a beast. Haven't driven the naturally aspirated 63 to compare though. As for the 65, a guy at my gym has one. It's the ultimate monster SL but I can't imagine anything more Torquey than the 55.
