SFist Photo: How to Speed in San Francisco
We know you, Gentle Reader. You're on the go, you are busy, busy, busy. So, you should take a look at this car an example of how best to speed about without getting those pesky moving violation tickets. This Mercedes is your lodestar, but it's not quite perfect. The three things the driver of this car is doing right and the one that he/she could do better, after the jump.
1. CHP 11-99 Foundation license plate holder.
Pure gold, baby. As we said before having one of these license plate holders is perceived by some to be just the ticket to getting out of getting a ticket. Of course, it's difficult to know for sure how an individual peace officer will react to seeing the magic numbers "11-99" on a car with a driver rolling fast through a stop sign. But having these magic numbers can't hurt, right?
2. Honorary Consul Corps license plate.
What cop needs the hassle of dealing with this? This plate is worth its weight in gold.
3. 507 horsepower, 6.2 litre E63 V8 engine from AMG.
This car, part of the E Class "executive" line of mid-size cars from MBZ, is practically invisible. You see this kind of vehicle everywhere in the Richmond and the Sunset as well as San Francisco. It's relatively discreet for a car that can outrun the current version of the Tesla Roadster supercar.
4. Sadly, this vehicle isn't quite the perfect San Francisco Q-ship. Those badges simply must be removed. Instead of E63 and Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach why not label it an E320 Diesel? Or better yet, why not add your own home-made E280 badge? Mercedes has lots of models with smaller engines made for the Euro market (like the big S280 Lady Diana passed away in) that aren't sold to Americans. That would give it even more diplomatic immunity street cred, as it were.
We didn't see this particular car going fast (or slow for that matter, as it was parked at the time). But we'll be keeping our eyes out. Zoom zoom.