![]() 12/25/2015 at 23:06 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
A classic car rental and an Alpine pass.
There are good days, and there are good days. This was a good day. Even if I’m sunburnt.
Happy Christmas, y’all.
![]() 12/25/2015 at 23:17 |
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doesnt look like a US plate. where in the world are ya?
and... sounds like a great present!
![]() 12/25/2015 at 23:19 |
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New Zealand. It's summer here - convertible weather.
![]() 12/25/2015 at 23:29 |
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What’s that antenna on the front bumper?
![]() 12/25/2015 at 23:34 |
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Corner marker. Very common on JDM import cars like this one: I guess Japan has lots of tight carparks.
![]() 12/26/2015 at 06:52 |
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Where is that? Lewis Pass?
And of course you would be sunburnt, you gotta love New Zealand’s sun (weirdly I didn’t get sunburned much while I was there, I got a nice tan though)
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:10 |
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What engine?
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:27 |
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What an awesome choice in car! And the location! Color me Grape Jelly!
Which model did you take out?
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:54 |
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Milford
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:54 |
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500SL
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:55 |
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5 liter. And it needs every cc of it - they're heavy beasts.
![]() 12/26/2015 at 08:59 |
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Wonderful V8 right there!
How did you like it, and what made you choose it?
![]() 12/26/2015 at 14:21 |
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Picked it - from a fairly restricted range of choices in that district - because it was a convertible, likely to be a great fast cruiser, and I’d always wanted to drive one - they were a poster car in the 90s when I was starting to build “cars I might realistically own one day” lists.
Loved it! It’s no sports car, but it’sgot plenty of oomph, it feels like it’s carved from rock - the ride and handling just mash the road into submission - and its astonishingly calm at speed with the top down. I may write a proper review in a week or two when I have time
![]() 12/26/2015 at 15:42 |
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Its an SL, if course they’re super well composed at speed!
Why dont you think its a sports car? I know theyre great GT cars, but I consider them quite sporty.
Just curious, as I own an R129 myself, and think theyre an experience everyone should have. Just like R107s. Id love a 380SLC.
![]() 12/26/2015 at 23:04 |
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Variations in personal use of terminology, I guess. For me, a sportscar should feel like it wants you to really toss it around. This didn’t. It’s a fantastic GT, and fun at 7/10ths on a windy road, but I wouldn’t take it to a track day.
![]() 12/26/2015 at 23:20 |
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You need to experience the V12. It’ll break your heart and make you always want to come back.
![]() 12/27/2015 at 02:38 |
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I’ve owned old Jags and Citroens, my heart’s no longer breakable!
I’ll have a V12 anything, though.