Awesome drive through LA with Jay Leno and an AMG SLS

LI E90 · 12-30-2009, 03:39 PM

sounds amazing

http://www.leftlanenews.com/jay-leno...z-sls-amg.html

domobrown · 12-30-2009, 03:58 PM

All 63s sound amazing. Leno, that bastard.

Ender514 · 12-30-2009, 05:15 PM

im jealous

HPFREAK · 12-30-2009, 05:57 PM

Well I have one thing to say, and that is JAy is wrong about the street. Mulholland is crap. It is the worst maintained street. Way too dangerous to drive fast on. I have driven it many times and hate it. Narrow, bumpy and pot holes everywhere you look. He should of taken it through Malibu canyon. Way better road.

BroDoze · 12-30-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad@PSI MOTORS

Well I have one thing to say, and that is JAy is wrong about the street. Mulholland is crap. It is the worst maintained street. Way too dangerous to drive fast on. I have driven it many times and hate it. Narrow, bumpy and pot holes everywhere you look. He should of taken it through Malibu canyon. Way better road.

Yeah, didn't look that that ejoyable of a surface to try to push a fast car on.

yamazaho · 12-30-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brahmzy

Yeah, didn't look that that ejoyable of a surface to try to push a fast car on.

+1

My thought exactly.

stickypaws · 12-30-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad@PSI MOTORS

Well I have one thing to say, and that is JAy is wrong about the street. Mulholland is crap. It is the worst maintained street. Way too dangerous to drive fast on. I have driven it many times and hate it. Narrow, bumpy and pot holes everywhere you look. He should of taken it through Malibu canyon. Way better road.

The only reason he did it there is because Mulholland Drive was so famous in the old days of midnight racing (James Dean, Steve McQueen, Carroll Shelby, etc..) So, it made for a photo op for the SLS.

Mulholland Highway (not to be confused with Mulholland Drive, although the two were connected before the 405 cut them off from each other) is the better road today. Except in the winter when there's too much rock slide after a rain (like today.)

Here's one of many Mulholland stories: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...,6843614.story

The best recount of those racing days is the Dan Magee and Chris Banning book, "The Mulholland Experience." http://www.amazon.com/Mulholland-Exp.../dp/0977968227

MrRoboto · 12-30-2009, 09:37 PM

They pay Jay WAY too much money for doing what he does.

1BMW4fun · 12-31-2009, 01:33 AM

That V8 sounds amazing. Is it me or the latest trend for exotic cars is for them to look more organic and sleek rather than aggressive racer car like (ex. the F450, or the new McLaren)

ptack · 12-31-2009, 11:06 AM

Nice sound editing. You can hear the engine and Leno, but not the suspension banging on some of those ruts. If it was all newly paved it would be an awesome drive.

graider · 01-01-2010, 01:48 AM

sound great. but it is starting to bug me because the c63 amg and this sls sound exactly the same. i mean if you pay 180k for a car like this, you want it to sound a bit different than the guy at the light in a 50k c63 amg.

FStop7 · 01-01-2010, 04:57 AM

Did he just seriously say that Mulholland+Laurel Canyon+Coldwater Canyon is as good as the Nurburgring? No.

The SLS sounds great.

The amount of movement in the front suspension is crazy, shows how rough those roads are.

rgrovr · 01-02-2010, 03:22 AM

I was always partial to Topanga Canyon as a better drive. That or Ortega Hwy on the way out to Lake Elsinore are better drives than Mullholland IMO.

stickypaws · 01-02-2010, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rgrovr

I was always partial to Topanga Canyon as a better drive. That or Ortega Hwy on the way out to Lake Elsinore are better drives than Mullholland IMO.

Topanga Canyon is way too crowded and busy. Try Old Topanga Canyon instead (left after the post office if you're heading up from the PCH) to Mulholland Highway (west instead of east; east is Mulholland Drive.) A better drive, imho.

leeor · 01-02-2010, 03:08 PM

i drive those roads daily as well :P

real nice car

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HPFREAK Lieutenant Colonel 66 Rep 1,884 Posts Drives: C6 ZO6 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Socal iTrader: (8)	Well I have one thing to say, and that is JAy is wrong about the street. Mulholland is crap. It is the worst maintained street. Way too dangerous to drive fast on. I have driven it many times and hate it. Narrow, bumpy and pot holes everywhere you look. He should of taken it through Malibu canyon. Way better road. __________________ My Youtube Channel
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1BMW4fun Second Lieutenant 37 Rep 252 Posts Drives: 12 X3 2.8, 11 550 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	That V8 sounds amazing. Is it me or the latest trend for exotic cars is for them to look more organic and sleek rather than aggressive racer car like (ex. the F450, or the new McLaren)
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ptack Brigadier General 306 Rep 4,483 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [6.50]	Nice sound editing. You can hear the engine and Leno, but not the suspension banging on some of those ruts. If it was all newly paved it would be an awesome drive. __________________ 135i, SGM, Coral, Sport Package, Auto, Premium Hifi, USB/ipod, Apex EC-7s, PPK Stage II
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graider Colonel 35 Rep 2,406 Posts Drives: py/kiwi e46 m3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: toronto iTrader: (0)	sound great. but it is starting to bug me because the c63 amg and this sls sound exactly the same. i mean if you pay 180k for a car like this, you want it to sound a bit different than the guy at the light in a 50k c63 amg.
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FStop7 I like cars 344 Rep 5,051 Posts Drives: M6 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Newbury Park, CA iTrader: (3)	Did he just seriously say that Mulholland+Laurel Canyon+Coldwater Canyon is as good as the Nurburgring? No. The SLS sounds great. The amount of movement in the front suspension is crazy, shows how rough those roads are. __________________ My photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/racelap/
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rgrovr Lieutenant 423 Rep 529 Posts Drives: 2022 G80 M3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Nashville iTrader: (0)	I was always partial to Topanga Canyon as a better drive. That or Ortega Hwy on the way out to Lake Elsinore are better drives than Mullholland IMO.
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leeor Banned 146 Rep 2,386 Posts Drives: 2010 Blue Prius III Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (4)	i drive those roads daily as well :P real nice car
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