Show us your Mercedes!

[ScottJB]

PD9 said:

Car looks clean!

Tempted by the single slat grille

[ScottJB]

vinnie83 said:

Remap, pulley, cat delete - you won't be sorry!

Haha. I think its inevitable at some point.

[P2DJX]

Was going to put this in parked like a kn0b , but its mine and it just didn't fit.

[Bagpuss2012]

This also dosnt fit in most car park spaces ! I get in trouble for parking in the extra wide family spaces but I dont want any 'Dings' !!

[orbtar]

James_P said:

Our number plates are pretty close..

Picked up my first mercedes yesterday and drove to suffolk for the weekend, absolutely epic!!

Edited by James_P on Saturday 29th August 10:54

Wow, they're very close. Hope you're enjoying the car, it looks great.

[lostkiwi]

thepanays said:

My 107

My 129

My Pagoda

They are just lovely....

[carcrazypop]

I've been a great Porsche fan and owner over the years and have owned several 911's of various vintages as well as a recent Cayman-S. In the end, I started to feel Porsche'd out and decided I needed a change; the stance from Porsche and their rigid rules concerning extended warranties also started to irritate me.

I'd sold my 997 and decided I wanted to spend significantly less than I had previously on what was essentially a weekend/sunny days toy, and my wife had expressed a yearning for a convertible; I really don't like ragtops so the search was beginning to narrow. We started to look at Mercedes SLK's & SL's in the sub-£16k bracket, and as the car was to be 'our' car, I really discounted SLK's apart from SLK55's, which were outside our budget for R172's and decent low mileage R171's.

The search had narrowed to R230 SL's and having travelled many wasted miles viewing so called immaculate cars, I eventually found an early private sale 2006 SL350 3.7 with just 14k miles from new. The car is immaculate and everything seems to work as it should, including the roof/bootlid seals with no leaks.

I love the car and although not a true out & out sports car, more a GT, I can't believe how cheap they can be bought for; mine certainly wasn't the cheapest at £15k, but the best examples rarely are.

Compared to some of the silly prices the older Porsches are going for, surely these SL's represent an absolute bargain if you're patient and wait for one of the decent examples. I guess I'm now an SL convert, well until the slk55/R172 depreciates a fair bit more.

[BIRMA]

carcrazypop said:

I've been a great Porsche fan and owner over the years and have owned several 911's of various vintages as well as a recent Cayman-S. In the end, I started to feel Porsche'd out and decided I needed a change; the stance from Porsche and their rigid rules concerning extended warranties also started to irritate me.

I'd sold my 997 and decided I wanted to spend significantly less than I had previously on what was essentially a weekend/sunny days toy, and my wife had expressed a yearning for a convertible; I really don't like ragtops so the search was beginning to narrow. We started to look at Mercedes SLK's & SL's in the sub-£16k bracket, and as the car was to be 'our' car, I really discounted SLK's apart from SLK55's, which were outside our budget for R172's and decent low mileage R171's.

The search had narrowed to R230 SL's and having travelled many wasted miles viewing so called immaculate cars, I eventually found an early private sale 2006 SL350 3.7 with just 14k miles from new. The car is immaculate and everything seems to work as it should, including the roof/bootlid seals with no leaks.

I love the car and although not a true out & out sports car, more a GT, I can't believe how cheap they can be bought for; mine certainly wasn't the cheapest at £15k, but the best examples rarely are.

Compared to some of the silly prices the older Porsches are going for, surely these SL's represent an absolute bargain if you're patient and wait for one of the decent examples. I guess I'm now an SL convert, well until the slk55/R172 depreciates a fair bit more.

I don't quite know how Mercedes have done it but compared to my Boxster the SL seems to be a much less 'blowy' roof down experience in fact with the rear net its positively civilised then there's the roof OK you gain a bit of weight but with it up its saloon car quiet much more civilised and I am sure will extend the period before I put the car away for the winter. Nice looking car I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[ATTAK Z]

BIRMA said:

....... Nice looking car I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

I'm afraid the roof line spoils it for me

[DB7 pilot]

First outing after months of work. '65 220SEb.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

That SEb is lovely. Great job.

[carcrazypop]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That SEb is lovely. Great job.

+1
Don't make them like that nowadays, beautiful.

[TheBix]

[url]

So that is my Mercedes. She has spent the last 3 months with Merc waiting for a new hydraulic pump as the ABC st the bed.

[Kmoosa]

ScottJB said:

Bought my first Mercedes over the weekend. Over the moon with it.

You have the same car combo as me

Edited by Kmoosa on Tuesday 29th September 17:24

[lesstatt]

Bought this very nice 350 slk, with about every toy you can think of and only 23,000 miles, pick it up on Monday

[dinkel]

Not mine. Obviously.

[Captain Smerc]

Courtesy of Mark at Attention To Detail.

[rsv696]

lowdrag said:

Hitby said:

Here's my new (old) C class load lugger. My first Mercedes and so far she's great, made up with her!

Been driving mine, bought "pre-owned" (how I hate that expression!) two years back and it does what it says on the tin. 50,000 miles so far, 45 mpg, good aircon, lifeless steering, but as a daily it ticks every box. Just another 200,000 to go before I sell it.

That's encouraging chaps! Picked up my C180K Sport estate yesterday & I'm very pleased with it so far. My first ever Merc. Part-exed my E92 Bmw coupe against it as we've just bought a new puppy. Car's surprisingly low & looks quite small next to the wife's Zafira. Contemplating a three pointed star on the bonnet as it's all part of the Mercedes charm for me, but may not look right with the sport grille

Edited by rsv696 on Sunday 4th October 13:33

[Bradders901]

My new C63S:

[Moe Kayani]

I searched and searched for something different and then i remembered something of the 80s poster cars. I finally decided to purchase a Koenig Special 560sec. These cars we known as the bahn stormers and were the best cars built to be driven in super comfort. Koenig just managed to make them look a bit outrageous. I was nuts about the Koenig Version II body kit as it did not have the ugly Testarossa like strakes. After a lot of hunting I finally managed a friend to dig me out an ex Yakuza car, that was being shown the door as the man just did not have enough space in his garage. The car had about 17500kms on the clock and had hardly been driven. I had a proper scrutiniering session done on the car even though the original seat leather and carpets clearly showed authentic mileage. Finally I paid up and the car arrived, It was in perfect shape but had suffered due to lack of usage! Had to update the suspensions, fuel tank, and the gasket. A new exhaust system is due along with a complete new paint show-car paint job. I ordered a company to commission me a new set of larger OZ Futura wheels as these have been out of production for some time now. Car came with 17s i just updated them to a deep dish 18. Interior just needs a new wooden paneling as the present stuff although perfectly fine looks terribly faded. That simply wont do. Hopefully things will be ready by December! Cant wait to enjoy this baby. Getting offers for it also... tempting ones as this is supposedly the cleanest and least used 560SEC (and a Koenig Special) in existence! So might just let it go... who knows...but not until its done!

Edited by Moe Kayani on Thursday 8th October 13:12