Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

How big is the tank?

Last time I had a car which did low 20s MPG, the need to fill up all the time was a pain.

Mine is 62 litres, which is apparently 52 main and 10 reserve. It's about 200 of mixed driving, or 300 of motorway until you have to find a fuel station.

80 litres. I usually end up filling up after 240-260 miles.

Dan's engine is smaller than mine, but mine lacks turbochargers.

Idly playing Top Trumps, can anyone beat a twin turbo 5.5 litre V12?

mine lacks turbochargers

And two cylinders.

Pah, makes up for that with displacement.

Bit too out of my way sorry

493 BHP seems fairly modest output from all that.

I'd prefer it in a CL body, but yeah, cracking motor!

I think AMG played a part in the development

Not far off 100bhp per litre, which isn't bad for a NA large capacity engine. It wasn't that long ago that 100bhp/litre was considered pretty respectable for a turbo engine in a road car.

It's got two turbos, though.

(Referring to the SL600 V12 Bi Turbo in the eBay ad)

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It has. But the BigDammitBarge doesn't. It's got none at all. No turbos and only 8 cylinders. Mwahahahaha.

Could I just draw sirs attention to your frankly inadequate .5 litres of swept displacement per cylinder, compared to my far more sufficient .69/pot?

. 5 litres is the sweetspot. 2 litre 4 pot, 3 litre 6 pot. Stands to reason.

I quite fancy a V12, and if you're going to get a V12 then you may as well get one with twin turbochargers. Although with that said, a supercharged V12 would also be fun, but I can't think of one in a production car.

I had also been vaguely considering getting (say) a 993 for summer and then flogging it toward the end of autumn (largely due to not having anywhere to put it long term), but I think that at the time I'd like to sell either the economy will be in the shitter and getting worse, or we'll be preparing for another GE, or both. Not an ideal time to sell an old performance car.

5 litres is the sweetspot. 2 litre 4 pot, 3 litre 6 pot. Stands to reason.

My six pot (will be) 3.7l, which is .62. I need to make it larger. Bugger.

You'll have the porker for fun, why not get a 650i or cl600, or some other outrageous luxury coupe

I think I asked already (but not 100% sure), anyone have good car-related podcasts in mind? I have been enjoying the Collecting Cars podcast width Lovett/Harris, I will try the Smoking Tire, but welcome for any recommendations!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBjUJmaxWg

I'm going to bravely enter the car world again.

Going for a white car this time.

Not quite that long, but close.

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That is well nice!