Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A change to my SL500 - NMGC, NFC

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Hmmm, well, just promise the MG crowd you will leave off the decals and 
tomato soup can exhaust tips - no promises here - but they may buy in. heh 
heh
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] A change to my SL500 - NMGC, NFC


> An interesting point or two.
>
> I am on the Ferrari List, of course, but also the SL
> list and an MG list.  The Ferrari guys are 90%+
> favorable with advice to lower the car a little and
> upgrade the brakes.  The SL guys are also 90%+
> positive and recommend the AMG springs which lower the
> car about 1-1/2".  The MG guys just flamed me with
> boy-racer insults. :-P  Then again, the earlier two
> groups are running with about a 10-fold larger car
> budget than the later.  Interesting...
>
> rick
>
> --- "Ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com"
> <ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > SJ Great minds ...
> >
> > Scottie
> >
> > On Jul 23, 2007, at 12:11 AM, Steve Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > > +1. I thought "AMG" right away, too. I think they
> > look perfect!
> > >
> > > SteveJ
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com
> > [mailto:ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 4:13 PM
> > > To: Steve Jenkins
> > > Cc: The FerrariList
> > > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] A change to my SL500 -
> > NMGC, NFC
> > >
> > >
> > > They look an awful lot like the period AMG wheel
> > option.  Not too
> > > blingy at all.
> > >
> > > Scottie
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jul 22, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Rick Lindsay wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello Folks,
> > >>
> > >>    I took advantage of a massive TireRack sale
> > and
> > >> put 19" wheels and tires on my '98 SL500.  Some
> > said
> > >> it would look an abomination and others said it
> > would
> > >> drive terribly - and yet others said that they
> > have
> > >> plus-sized their wheels and they did really well.
> >  I
> > >> figure I couldn't hurt the looks much given that
> > it
> > >> had 16" CHROME after-market pseudo-Mercedes
> > wheels.
> > >>
> > >>    Here's what I have found; Yes, the car looks a
> > >> little 'youngish' for my likes but its not bad.
> > Of
> > >> course, taste is in the mouth of the beholder and
> > we
> > >> all know the opinions-simile.  Here's how the car
> > >> looks: http://www.aubard.us/SL500/HPIM0727.JPG .
> > You
> > >> either kinda like it or you just puked!  Either
> > way,
> > >> I'm not there to see (or smell) it.  If you can
> > stand
> > >> it, here's a 3/4 front view:
> > >> http://www.aubard.us/SL500/HPIM0730.JPG .  I now
> > need
> > >> to clean up the suspension and brake hardware -
> > now
> > >> that its all visible - and perhaps repaint the
> > >> calipers back silver.
> > >>    The ride height is the same as with the 16"
> > wheels
> > >> and correct tires, so there is no distortion
> > there.
> > >> The big change is that the sidewall is 1-1/2"
> > shorter:
> > >> http://www.aubard.us/SL500/HPIM0729.JPG (not to
> > >> mention 20mm wider tread).  It is kinda cool that
> > the
> > >> M-B star inserts are the older style with the
> > blue
> > >> surround.  My car's interior and top are blue.
> > >>    Now let's forget the appearance and talk
> > drive.  In
> > >> short, I am very pleased.  To my tastes, the
> > stock
> > >> SL500 ride is that of a luxury car.  It is soft
> > but
> > >> sure footed.  And we all know that 315hp is a
> > good
> > >> thing.  What I find with the shorter sidewalls is
> > a
> > >> much stiffer ride.  The car feels more like a
> > sports
> > >> car.  Yes, the smooth luxury car feel is still
> > there
> > >> in straight and level flight but given a little
> > >> 'attitude', the car feels the road much better.
> > I
> > >> hate to put it this way but...  You know how a
> > BMW
> > >> feels sooooo much better than a Honda or Toyota?
> > >> That's the difference I now feel in my SL.
> > >>    So the bottom line is that I kinda like the
> > more
> > >> aggressive look - if a little youthful - and I
> > can
> > >> deal with that easily for the improved feel of
> > the
> > >> road.
> > >>    I am pleased - whatever that says about me.
> > :-)
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Rick
> > >> '98 M-B SL500
> > >> other stuff
> > >>
> > >>
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