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Feb 28, 2006 | 3:44 pm

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Wallstreet10006

Join Date: Sep 2003

Location: Brooklyn, NY & Medellin, Colombia

Programs: CO Platinum, Avianca Platinum Exec

Posts: 439

I was in Germany last year and rented a Mercedes SL600. Of course it had a manual transmission - that was expected. What I didn't know was that model has six gears. Once I put it in sixth, I was able to hit 280kph on the Autobahn. Gotta love a Turbo V-12 with 600HP.

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