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Pup wrote:

segedunum wrote:

Morteza AMG wrote:And here's a video of David Coulthard driving it:

Hmmmm, that wouldn't be a Red Bull employee driving a Mercedes, would it?

Nope. That would be a Mercedes ambassador and Mercedes DTM driver driving a Mercedes.

Nope, I think you'll find that DC is still a Red Bull employee. He most certainly is not employed by Mercedes in any kind of ambassadorial role or employed as a test driver. Companies are usually very careful about these things.

segedunum wrote:He most certainly is not employed by Mercedes in any kind of ambassadorial role or employed as a test driver. Companies are usually very careful about these things.

Caution: This post is destined to be moderated out of existence in 5...4...3...2...

Both wrong. He is obviously a German postal worker and that is his fleet vehicle.

I made these shots today. It does look good in person. Also I looks surprisingly good in black. Black makes it look smaller.

To me this car was only kind of ince looking, but when I saw it in motion, it looks much much better. The sound of the pace car in Montreal was simply awesome, and it looks smart.

At the auto show spinning around in all it's glory, it leapt out at me much more then the initial pictures.

Wow, and you've even edited a picture with completely unrelated speech bubbles. How quaint.

Unfortunately, in the real world employees of one company do not flaunt around with products of another without good reason. Contracts always demand it, and I've managed to see a few. Alas, he's not a postal worker nor are there other DTM drivers flaunting with Merc's new toy. He's a Red Bull employee doing test driving promotional work for a Mercedes product. Take it or leave it.

Given your record on Mercedes/Honda/Brawn prodcuts I think those in the "know" would prefer to leave it.

Great product, great sounding devlish looking tool. Ugly/Pretty whatever, it polarises opinion, it doesnt need an over the hill veteran to sell it. Currently one of the fastest selling 150k plus automobile's of all time.

Is it really the fastest selling? Impressive, especially in this economy.

Segedunum, you know, there really is an objective world out there; you should join it someday.

It must be terrible seeing all these little signs everywhere that indicate a Red Bull partnership with Mercedes engines in the offing that will probably put Mercedes GP six feet under.

Anyone who has seen contracts for these things knows this, but of course it means nothing and it will mean nothing when it happens. I just hope you have a taste for Nomex.

As for the car, they're going to have to try harder with their stack them high and sell them expensive image against Ferrari, Aston Martin and McLaren.

Um, I actually have no idea what you're talking about. And aren't you now arguing the opposite of what you said yesterday, that there was no way on earth that DC could work for Mercedes since he was tied up with Red Bull??

segedunum wrote:Anyone who has seen contracts for these things knows this, but of course it means nothing and it will mean nothing when it happens. I just hope you have a taste for Nomex.

I really have no clue what this even means.

pup,

Segedunum is trolling.

No sh:t.

Actually, I saw the SLS live last February, when it was on display in Stockholm's most xclusive department store, NK.

I didn't xactly need to make use of my elbows to get close, but then again, Swedes are known for their good taste.

Giblet wrote:To me this car was only kind of ince looking, but when I saw it in motion, it looks much much better. The sound of the pace car in Montreal was simply awesome, and it looks smart.

At the auto show spinning around in all it's glory, it leapt out at me much more then the initial pictures.

There was one driving around Montreal on Sat night of the GP weekend, a black one. Along side the Ford GT and a Porsche Turbo it actually looks pretty smart, and it obviously sounded nice...

Though I have to say, the exhaust note of the medical car(C63 wagon I think) sounds more aggressive than the SLS, maybe the driver was driving harder...