Finally......my very own SL55 AMG.

[8003px]

Wanted one of these for a long time since first hearing one overtake me at full warp speed when I was driving along with my window down!
Picked it up yesterday, and have done about £80 of fuel already, but who cares your only here once.

I will have it all checked over soon, but the engine sounds as good as new to me. I just intend to keep it standard and in the best condition possible, it will be nice and cosy in my garage most of the time with a weekend blast with the roof of when possible, no more than 3,000 miles a year.

Full spec is

197U OBSIDIAN BLACK
205 OWNERS MANUAL AND SERVICE RECORD - ENGLISH
219 PROXIMITY-CONTROLLED CRUISE CONTROL
220 PARKTRONIC SYSTEM (PTS)
230B CUSTOMER SERVICE - STATION EUROPE
231 GARAGE DOOR OPENER
250B MOBILO LIFE/EUROPE SERVICE PACKAGE
2XXL FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
352 COMAND
390 LINGUATRONIC-ENGLICH(BRITISH)
401 FRONT SEAT CLIMATE CONTROL
404 MULTI-CONTOUR SEAT, FRONT LEFT
405 MULTI-CONTOUR SEAT, FRONT RIGHT
415 GLASS ROOF (ROADSTER)
423 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
461 INSTRUMENT WITH MILES IND. AND ENGLISH LEGEND
475 TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR (TPM) HIGH LINE/MID LINE
481 UNDERSHIELDS
487 ABC SUSPENSION (ACTIVE BODY CONTROL)
500 OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR LH AND RH FOLDING
524 PRODUCT PROT. F.PAINT - TRANSPORT VEH.PRESERVATION
588A EXCLUSIVE LEATHER - GRAY
618 BI-XENON HEADLAMPS FOR LEFT-HAND TRAFFIC
668 PRODUCT PROT.F.TRANSPORT VEH. W/ TIE-DOWN HOOKS
673 HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY
772 AMG STYLING PACKAGE-FRONT SPOILER, SIDE SKIRT
790 18" AMG SPOKED WHEELS WITH MIXED TIRES
803 YOM 12/1
810 SOUND SYSTEM
819 CD CHANGER
854 TELEPHONE "CELL PHONE", NOKIA 6210/6310I
860 TV-TUNER ANALOG
882 INTERIOR SAFEGUARD
889 KEYLESS - GO
984 COC DOC., DELETION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION DOC.
F230 SERIES PRODUCTION 230
GA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HA REAR AXLE
M001 ENGINES WITH SUPERCHARGER
M113 V8-GASOLINE ENGINE M113
M55 CAPACITY 5,5 LITRE
N63 CONTROL CODE BREMEN PLANT
N67 CONTROL CODE BREMEN PLANT
N91 CONTROL CODE BREMEN PLANT
R RIGHT-HAND STEERING
U12 FLOOR MATS - VELOUR
U23 REAR BAG
U44 LUGGAGE NET SET IN LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT (3-PIECE)
VL FRONT AXLE HALF, LEFT
VR FRONT AXLE HALF, RIGHT
Y85 DESIGNO ALCANTARA ALPACA GRAY ROOF INTERIOR TRIM

Alloys have been changed to Carlsson, CR1/16 which I really like but may try and get some 19” amg’s at some stage.

So quite a nice spec, at the moment I could not be happier, hope you enjoy the pics.

Edited by 8003px on Saturday 14th June 16:30

Edited by 8003px on Saturday 14th June 19:02

[sshenton1975]

Lovely car OP. The V8 supercharged engine is a peach and they make a great news!
Not a great fan of the wheels but thats just my taste. Think id be looking for some AmG wheels if i were you. Maybe keep the Carlsons for the winter?

Has the ABC suspension been sorted? Same as my CL- fortunately someone else had had the large bills already when i got mine

Enjoy it!

[ambuletz]

Nice car, the wheels look rather bad IMO. Looks like the generic multi-fit alloys so many youth seem to get. Get something OEM!
Otherwise lovely car.

[sparks_E39]

Have to echo the wheel comments, otherwise awesome car.

[Mastodon2]

A lovely car apart from those wheels which do look a bit Ripspeed.

[8003px]

Thanks for the comments, people seem to either love or hate the wheels it would seem.

The manufacturer of them is a well know German tuning house, see quote from Wiki.

"Carlsson is a German car tuning manufacturer specialising in Mercedes-Benz cars. The Carlsson tuning house was founded by brothers Rolf and Andreas Hartge in 1989. Carlsson's products are available for the entire current range of Mercedes-Benz models including the R-Class [1], SL-Class [2], C-Class [3] and the GL-Class [4] along with many others. The company is most popular for its range of alloy wheels."

As I said, I will try to find some AMG's I think and will possibly sell the Carlsson"s as I have no need of winter wheels as the car will not be used then.

[WojaWabbit]

Love car OP, looks great with the grey contrast against the black.

Not much love for the wheels so far! For what it's worth I think they look miles better than the usual 'turbines'. Period Amg styling IVs would be my personal preference though.

Hope the electrical gremlins don't come visiting in the night!

[mwstewart]

Great car (wheels aside). I was following one of these back when they were the current model, and I've not seen anything since that managed to safely overtake five vehicles with a car on coming in to view on the horizon - staggering performance!

[jackh707]

I usually hate all things after-market, particularly wheels, but I really like those, they look like they could have been specced from the showroom to me.
Nice car.

[Megaflow]

Fabulous car! I'd like one myself at some point.

Wheels are not to my taste, but it takes all sorts to make the world go round.

[8003px]

sshenton1975 said:

Lovely car OP. The V8 supercharged engine is a peach and they make a great news!
Not a great fan of the wheels but thats just my taste. Think id be looking for some AmG wheels if i were you. Maybe keep the Carlsons for the winter?

Has the ABC suspension been sorted? Same as my CL- fortunately someone else had had the large bills already when i got mine

Enjoy it!

Hi, thanks for the interest
Got a huge file of stuff going back to when it was new, lots of stuff done under warranty it would seem, over the last few years some of the suspension has been replaced when MB have suggested it at service and in my opinion just well looked after.
When I first saw the car it was in a lovely big double garage, covered in a fitted car cover and when it was removed I just knew it was the one for me!
TBH I think a lot of these issues seem to be caused by not using the car much and skimping on fluid/filter changes which I intend to do every year whether I do any miles in it or not, for me this could be a long term keeper as I think we have seen the last of these type of engines, but thats just my opinion.
Might have a different view after a few big bills but lets see.

[S800VXR]

Lovely. Had an SL500 for a while for a big euro trip we did. Great bits of kit but they can empty yr bank account easily too. Wheels are different... For god sake lower it as they look sooooooooo much better. I made up my own lowering links, easy peavey to do.

[rehab71]

Lovely OP, although I'll echo what others have said, crying out for proper MB wheels IMO

[slippery]

One of my all time favourite cars OP. If I hadn't scratched the TVR itch, I'd probably have one too! Congratulations.

[slippery]

If only the PH mobile site allowed you to delete your multiple posts!

Edited by slippery on Saturday 14th June 23:28

[slippery]

Edited for smartphone treble post!

[neejah]

I've always liked these - one of the performance bargains! (So long as they don't stray into borkage)

Regarding the wheels - I actually like them, they're Carlson....which a lot of people fitted, give it 10 years and people will be chasing them like aftermarket BBS.

[Baryonyx]

Lovely car. My favourite generation of SL. The wheels, even for genuine Carlssons, do look a little hokey to my eyes. Some AMG specific wheels would look fantastic.

[slippery]

The wheels don't offend me in the slightest. Come on you lot, talk about that glorious supercharged hand built V8, not the bloody wheels!

[Stu R]

Cracking cars, looks a peach too!

Enjoy it in good health OP