RE: Tell Me I'm Wrong: Mercedes SLR McLaren

[Harry H]

Dagnut said:

Noise, anyone who has heard it knows.

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That....Couple of summers back there was one regularly used round our way and by golly there is nothing like it.

An SLR on full chat is without doubt the worlds greatest sound. Ranks above an F1 motor for me.

Personally love the looks and is right at the top of my lottery garage list.... Mind you looking at the prices these days w'ere not necessarily talking lottery any more

[DavidWearsPrada]

A subject discussed a lot recently and mentioned on Top Gear this has to be one of those cars that will appreciate in value, i think they'll drop slightly further for a couple of years then zoom up, their rarity will help see to this.

Possibly a bit of a marmite car but in the metal these are really imposing - I live near MB World and when one of these zooms up behind you, you know about it.

Edited by DavidWearsPrada on Friday 15th February 14:14

[Studio117]

Lovely cars, the 722's have massive road presence. A real wtf is that moment when you first see them.

[KaraK]

I've always rather liked them.. in my (subjective) opinion I think they are fantastic looking and have great presence.

[edo]

Here's one with only 2,700 miles on... About half price?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[m444ttb]

I wasn't a fan of these at launch, particularly in silver. In black i'd definitely have one now. It looks a bit like the Batmobile so a big tick right there!

[edo]

Anything with a flip start button on the gear leaver is good with me!

[patmahe]

Its not a bad supercar, its just a different flavour of supercar, some people like apple juice, some like orange juice. Personally the older I get, the more I appreciate the qualities of a great GT.

Still want an Aventador Roadster based at my (imaginary) alpine home. When I win Euromillions, I'll just buy both

[neil-f]

I beleive that you have to stick with MB to service as the parts are not available for any indi to do work on them, so even an oil filter change is not possible!
Plus the price of any part is prohibitive.
Many on the market (outside of MB) will have very sparse service book entries I suspect!

[Vetteran]

Ok SL55 AMG is a V8 but surely the SL65 AMG of the same era is more of a comparison. I have owned an SL55 pace car version and now own a 65. The 65 would give the Mclaren a real run for its money 211 mph (derestricted) and 11.9 quarter mile. I love the 65 and wish I could afford the new one circa £200,000. At around £38 - £40,000 a 2004/2006 65 is in my view a bargain, if you can find one. The running costs are not cheap but certainly not SLR money.

[Guvernator]

Tuvra said:

Have you seen what other cars she has owned? All of which were standard:

• Ferrari 360
• Ferrari Cali
• RR Ghost
• Lexus LFA etc

Lets take your original argument? Let me guess, this was based on the pink Bentley yes? That would be the pink Bentley that WCC built for her, the same Bentley she had for free and probably got paid to drive round in. Its probably the most famous Bentley GT in the world, like it or hate it, the car served its purpose as a marketing tool (for PH & WCC) unbelievably well.

Paris Hilton could be a bigger petrol head than you and I, nobody actually knows

Someone actually defending that vapid non-person Paris Hilton and her taste in cars?? LOL now I really have heard it all. Thanks, you've made me laugh. This is the reason why I love Pistonheads.

[LongLiveTazio]

Guvernator said:

Someone actually defending that vapid non-person Paris Hilton and her taste in cars?? LOL now I really have heard it all. Thanks, you've made me laugh. This is the reason why I love Pistonheads.

Someone else brought her up in an LFA thread recently and I don't understand it. Would you not buy a McLaren F1 because Wyclef Jean owned one? Or that bloke ragging his round with the shrieking wife? Or the guy who owned his via fraudulent enterprise? How about the one who killed himself and his passengers?

Nah, I think you'd still have one. If you wanted a unique car you could have one built, but seeing as plenty of supercars are owned by not-very-nice-people I would suggest it's a bit rich to bring up someone who is at worst airhead as a reason to dislike a car...

[Guvernator]

LongLiveTazio said:

Someone else brought her up in an LFA thread recently and I don't understand it. Would you not buy a McLaren F1 because Wyclef Jean owned one? Or that bloke ragging his round with the shrieking wife? Or the guy who owned his via fraudulent enterprise? How about the one who killed himself and his passengers?

Nah, I think you'd still have one. If you wanted a unique car you could have one built, but seeing as plenty of supercars are owned by not-very-nice-people I would suggest it's a bit rich to bring up someone who is at worst airhead as a reason to dislike a car...

To be honest the comment was a bit of a tongue in cheek stab at the type of owner this car was really designed for but I am amused that people seem to have taken it to heart. Who knew Paris had so many fans? (probably as a result of her video I suspect ).

[LongLiveTazio]

Guvernator said:

To be honest the comment was a bit of a tongue in cheek stab at the type of owner this car was really designed for but I am amused that people seem to have taken it to heart. Who knew Paris had so many fans? (probably as a result of her video I suspect ).

I just find it weird judging someone's personality based on their car, then flipping it round to say that all owners must be the same. It's nonsensical and always will be.

If it was a boulevard cruiser the engine wouldn't be mid-mounted, it wouldn't be supercharged, wouldn't sound, go or grip like it does, would have been made more economically, etc. Yes it can be used everyday but that doesn't mean it isn't a 'proper' supercar, it's more impressive that it has such a breadth of talent.

[Guvernator]

LongLiveTazio said:

I just find it weird judging someone's personality based on their car, then flipping it round to say that all owners must be the same. It's nonsensical and always will be.

If it was a boulevard cruiser the engine wouldn't be mid-mounted, it wouldn't be supercharged, wouldn't sound, go or grip like it does, would have been made more economically, etc. Yes it can be used everyday but that doesn't mean it isn't a 'proper' supercar, it's more impressive that it has such a breadth of talent.

Fair enough, putting aside Ms Hilton's dubious charms they are valid enough points. However to me, making a hypercar "every day" usable wouldn't be that high on the list of priorities for what I want in a hypercar but strangely enough it seems other people seem to rate this as a highly important factor.

If I were in a lucky position to afford a hypercar, first and foremost I'd want it to thrill me and set my pants on fire and feel like it was going to rip my head off when I got in and the SLR just does't do that for me I'm afraid so saying "oh but it's designed so that can you can drive it to the shops" is something the aforementioned Ms Hilton would be more interested in, not I.

[krallicious]

Heard one of these drive by my old uni entrance in 2005. Since then I have want one.

[WCZ]

krallicious said:

Since then I have want one.

for some reason this confused me lots :S

[will_]

Guvernator said:

Fair enough, putting aside Ms Hilton's dubious charms they are valid enough points. However to me, making a hypercar "every day" usable wouldn't be that high on the list of priorities for what I want in a hypercar but strangely enough it seems other people seem to rate this as a highly important factor.

If I were in a lucky position to afford a hypercar, first and foremost I'd want it to thrill me and set my pants on fire and feel like it was going to rip my head off when I got in and the SLR just does't do that for me I'm afraid so saying "oh but it's designed so that can you can drive it to the shops" is something the aforementioned Ms Hilton would be more interested in, not I.

But when you are actually in a position to buy such a car, actually being able to use it is quite an important factor! Wanting to, perhaps even more so.

[Guvernator]

will_ said:

But when you are actually in a position to buy such a car, actually being able to use it is quite an important factor! Wanting to, perhaps even more so.

Again where you in such a position you'd have plenty of other cars for day to day use. I don't know, perhaps when you have millions your priorities change but I'd still like to think that if I were in that situation I'd still want my hypercar\s to feel special and be a thrill ride. I just don't see the point of a "sensible" hypercar I'm afraid.

[will_]

Guvernator said:

will_ said:

But when you are actually in a position to buy such a car, actually being able to use it is quite an important factor! Wanting to, perhaps even more so.

Again where you in such a position you'd have plenty of other cars for day to day use. I don't know, perhaps when you have millions your priorities change but I'd still like to think that if I were in that situation I'd still want my hypercar\s to feel special and be a thrill ride. I just don't see the point of a "sensible" hypercar I'm afraid.

Because, as it was explained to me, when you decide to do an impromptu blast cross-country to the South of France with the wife, you can get her luggage into the SLR but not the Enzo (and you don't need to wear ear defenders).