Myself and the Merc were stuck in slow moving traffic along typically frustrating Norfolk roads for the best part of 20 miles.
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We eventually got to a dual carraigeway, now intrigued though I was by the SL's performance I didn't want to instigate anything mainly because I'd been forced to put crappy Murco Super Unleaded in my tank so the car was running badly.
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So I sat back a little and waited for him to make a move which he did.
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We accelerated hard from about 25/30mph up until the point at which we were both making very good progress.
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To my surprise, despite my car boosting slightly erratically I stayed right with him, didn't drop back, nor did I close the gap until he apparently backed off.
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I looked up the stats, 5.5 8cylinder engine, 383bhp, 391lbs/ft, 0-60 5.3sec 155mph limited, 1900kgs.
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So I dont think I did too badly considering my car wasn't 100%