New toys on my driveway

[Pendaric]

Or at least there will be when they get delivered.

I've been busy car shopping this week. Mrs baldbantam is having a BMW 530d estate, and I've just bought a Merc CL 600 - that's a 5.5 litre V12 with 367 bhp. 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds. I dread to think what my fuel bill will be.

Alright, so I'm bragging. But I'm rather pleased with myself. :D

http://www.topgear.com/drives/C7/K2/main.jpg

Top Gear review (http://www.topgear.com/drives/C7/K2/)

[Dingfod]

Race you to a gas pump just beyond your range?

[livius drusus]

Damn that's purdy. :bigeyes:

[viscousmemories]

I should start dealing drugs.

[godfry n. glad]

Well, I guess congratulations are in order.

Congratulations.

I, too, plan to own a Mercedes product some day:

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/smart/pic00.jpg

[Shelli]

:super:

[Dingfod]

I want one of those too, godfry. inland wave saw one in Tulsa yesterday. She thinks they'd be unsafe.

[godfry n. glad]

Anything that moves at that velocity is unsafe.

I understand it has been successfully crash tested. I stumbled across one, in the molded sheet metal, while in overnighting in Frankfurt, four years ago. I was so impressed, I took pix (in the gallery (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/gallery/files/7/0/lilyellacar1.jpg)). I've since seen them tooling around the Victoria, British Columbia area, where they've been imported for a couple of years now. I won't be able to afford one until they're used, anyway. By that time, we'll have a much better idea of their limitations.

They take only half a parking space, and they can back into that.

[Watser?]

There is no maximum speed on the German Autobahn. :speedy:

[Dingfod]

How do you say "Yeehaw!" in German? Or are der Deutsch too taciturn for expressions of joy such as that?