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#563 of 766 The Waiting Game by mpyles1 Mar 11, 2004 (11:03 am)
I just found the "Automobile" article on Timothy Ferris' multi-year attempt to buy a new SL55. It's a depressingly familiar story. But it also ends by making the point why one should never buy one of these cars with mileage on them unless one doesn't care how they are broken in. After a 2-year wait, Ferris could no longer curb his enthusiasm. He met the car at the pier at 11pm one night and, climbing into it, the first thing he did was floor the accelerator and bounce the tach needle off the pins on the first three upshifts -- despite a very prominent sticker in the windshield saying to limit revs to 4500, limit top speed to 85mph, and avoid transmission kickdowns for the first 1000 miles. Maybe the factory is just bluffing . . . but I don't want someone else betting my money on it. I hope when the white smoke from his tires clears he's not finding blue smoke from his brand new oil burner.
#564 of 766 mpyles1 by merc1 Mar 12, 2004 (1:21 pm)
Ok thats what I thought. I actually got a chance to meet George Loeber back in the 90's. Nice older guy, the calculationg business type. That dealership had been in their family since the 1930s. He has a brother that still (I think) owns their other store in Lincolnwood IL, north of the city on the Edens expressway, also Loeber Motors. This was the dealership I first got to see Mercedes' at when I was in high school, somewhat of a while ago.   The dealership in Westmont - Laurel Motors is one the largest volume Mercedes dealers in the country, so that Maybach situation makes sense. Holy checkwriting...five Maybachs!!!! Gee moe netty.   The area on and around Ogden ave in which all these dealerships and private lots have so many Mercedes' and other high-end cars for sale is amazing.   M
#565 of 766 by merc1 Mar 16, 2004 (4:54 am)
On a different note...I'm really impressed with the new SLK.   From it's 268hp V6, 6/7 speed trannies, mini-SLR styling, and the much better looking and higher quality interior, it seems Mercedes really put some effort into this car.   The interior alone is a night and day difference from the old car.   What y'all think?   M Replies to this message: dwcolt (Apr 27, 2004 1:10 pm)
#566 of 766 New SLK by ed_scott0013 Mar 16, 2004 (9:48 am)
I wasn't a fan of the new nose when I first saw it, but it's started to grow on me. It seems like one of those things that looks better and better the more you see it.
#567 of 766 by sphinx99 Mar 16, 2004 (8:48 pm)
I think it looks great. Compact and athletic, which is what a performance roadster should be. I'm interested in what the resale value for the first two years' of SLKs will be like now, as the new SLK trickles into the market. 3000GT Spyders never were plentiful enough to offer much of a choice among lower-cost used hardtop convertibles, but the SLK is a higher volume offering whose first year models are just starting to move into old age.
#568 of 766 The SL/SLK is underpowered and slow. by sphinx99 Mar 17, 2004 (4:32 pm)
Get this instead.
#569 of 766 by hgiles Mar 17, 2004 (6:34 pm)
I absolutely love the new SLK. With the sports suspension, 6 speed manual and 3.5 L V6 , I am hoping it will be a worthy comptetitor to the Boxster and Z4. If Mercedes can deliver on the performance potential then they will sell a lot of cars to people like me who would never have considered them otherwise.
#570 of 766 by merc1 Mar 17, 2004 (10:04 pm)
Ahh...the CLK-GTR....ahh to be rich.   M
#571 of 766 The CLK-GTR and other mods by mpyles1 Mar 18, 2004 (7:02 am)
Remember how Harold in "Harold and Maude" turned his Jaguar XKE into a hearse? The possiblities of money combined with taste are apparently endless.   Here's a question about less-extreme mods. My SL55 has a black AMG steering wheel (the only wheel that comes on this car, and a strange design choice for a convertible). I haven't driven it with the top down yet, but I suspect the black wheel will get very hot in the summer.   I seem to have a choice -- get a regular Mercedes SL500 wheel in light ash (and thereby lose the gearshift buttons) or try the Renntech wood and leather wheel, which retains the shift buttons. Renntech says they build their wheels on the Mercedes/AMG wheel carcass and claims they are perfect fits. (They do require that I trade them my existing wheel as part of the deal). My dealer says he has never seen or put one on, but he is willing to give it a go.   Has anyone had experience with the Renntech steering wheels? Do they work well?
#572 of 766 If you think the steering wheel gets hot... by shoes Mar 19, 2004 (7:57 am)
If you think your black steering wheel gets hot when the top is down, wait until you feel the aluminum center of your gear shift knob after it bakes in the sun. Remember the scene in "Raiders of the Lost Art" when the nazi grabs the amulet that has been sitting in the fire and it sears his hand? Same thing.

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