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I showed great restraint today!

I have about 150 miles on my slk55 and was just driving to enjoy the day and get closer to the 1000mi break-in point. While driving thru some new development near my home, I ran into a Ferrari 360 Spider. It sounded great as he took off from the stop. I have to say, the 55 also sounds very tough especially at low rpms. I have no idea what it sounds like over 4K rpm yet! Anyways, I followed as he headed in the same direction. I could see him look into his rear view mirror often. It was 1 lane so he would gas it then slow down. He kept doing this to see if I would bite. This is where the restraint came in! Sure, he'd take me, but it would be lots of fun!

Several miles up, we came onto 2 lanes. I pulled up and told him. "I know I'd lose, but would love to race. I just got it and want to break it in first!" He nodded and as we both complimented eachother's car. I was about to take H65 north but decided to go south as he started to take the roundabout onto the freeway. Since I wasn't abusing the engine, I took it fast right behind him. We were both flying around and I could see his passenger leaning hard into him! I'm happy to say that the 55 shows great poise! I later passed and made a U-turn at the next exit. I could tell he saw that I had no plates. Therefore, he knew I wasn't just wussing out!

I'm sure we'll run into eachother again. Next time, I'll be over 1K miles. We'll see how many cars lengths he gets me by!