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bolidemichael said:
Chris that's rather rare and also looks very tidy -- share more info? Mileage, rust, reliability?
I've had it for 6 years. It's on 75k miles now and I'm only the 2nd owner (or 3rd if you include MB themselves, to whom it was first registered for a short time). There's no rust, the facelift cars are sooo much better in this respect. It's been pretty reliable, it's only left me 'stranded' once (fuel pump failed) but I was at home at the time so not really stranded - just got recovered to a local Indy. Total maintenance bill over the 6 years is just under £10k...ChrisHampshire said:
bolidemichael said:
Chris that's rather rare and also looks very tidy -- share more info? Mileage, rust, reliability?
I've had it for 6 years. It's on 75k miles now and I'm only the 2nd owner (or 3rd if you include MB themselves, to whom it was first registered for a short time). There's no rust, the facelift cars are sooo much better in this respect. It's been pretty reliable, it's only left me 'stranded' once (fuel pump failed) but I was at home at the time so not really stranded - just got recovered to a local Indy. Total maintenance bill over the 6 years is just under £10k...bolidemichael said:
How many miles have you covered in that time, however? Also, how are you finding parts availability -- any NLA items?
I've only done 11k miles - no NLA items so far but, unsurprisingly, some have been quite expensive, e.g. £650 for a new 'EIS' (ignition switch), £750 for a new crank pulley, £700 for a new ac compressor, £600 for new bushes, £800 for new pulsation damper and engine+trans mounts....plus numerous sub £500 bills. It's pretty sorted now though and have not had to spend much on it at all in the last 18 months.ChrisHampshire said:
bolidemichael said:
How many miles have you covered in that time, however? Also, how are you finding parts availability -- any NLA items?
I've only done 11k miles - no NLA items so far but, unsurprisingly, some have been quite expensive, e.g. £650 for a new 'EIS' (ignition switch), £750 for a new crank pulley, £700 for a new ac compressor, £600 for new bushes, £800 for new pulsation damper and engine+trans mounts....plus numerous sub £500 bills. It's pretty sorted now though and have not had to spend much on it at all in the last 18 months.
joshcowin said:
Is this a black series one?
Looks great on those BBS
No previous owner put the badge on, still still haven't got round to taking it off....Better get my arse in gear and order a new AMG badge up !Looks great on those BBS
Edited to add : Thank you for reminding me - just ordered one
Edited by juice on Sunday 7th November 11:06
Late Life Crisis
Mrs C has had her SLK230 since 2002 and I grew to really like it. The trouble is, she hasn't driven anything else for so long my late life crisis needed to be something of a similar size and shape with similar controls. The answer was the SLK32; it's the same size and has identical controls. The joke - that you will all have heard - is that AMG took the SLK and threw everything away except the body. (And the controls. Luckily.) It's a gem of a car. Holy moly it's quick. I took it to Santa Pod for a Run-What-You-Brung and it ran the quarter mile in 13.55.* My original plan was to make it into a Q Car. I bought bumpers from a scrap black SLK Ordinaire. They're behind the shed. I didn't need to convert it into a Q Car, even most car enthusiasts see 'just' an elderly SLK.
*I once saw a 7 litre V8 Aston Zagato run a quarter mile in 13.4. Due to me not thinking, for my four runs I had 3/4 of a tank of fuel. I may try again with a lot less fuel on board and see if I can match 13.4. I'd be pleased with that.
Mrs C has had her SLK230 since 2002 and I grew to really like it. The trouble is, she hasn't driven anything else for so long my late life crisis needed to be something of a similar size and shape with similar controls. The answer was the SLK32; it's the same size and has identical controls. The joke - that you will all have heard - is that AMG took the SLK and threw everything away except the body. (And the controls. Luckily.) It's a gem of a car. Holy moly it's quick. I took it to Santa Pod for a Run-What-You-Brung and it ran the quarter mile in 13.55.* My original plan was to make it into a Q Car. I bought bumpers from a scrap black SLK Ordinaire. They're behind the shed. I didn't need to convert it into a Q Car, even most car enthusiasts see 'just' an elderly SLK.
*I once saw a 7 litre V8 Aston Zagato run a quarter mile in 13.4. Due to me not thinking, for my four runs I had 3/4 of a tank of fuel. I may try again with a lot less fuel on board and see if I can match 13.4. I'd be pleased with that.
bolidemichael said:
I understand that these are quite rare, too.
yep, rare and going up in price hard, also a tune can give a good extra performance on such engine, so then maybe under 13sec. said:
-The SLK 32 AMG features a more angular steering wheel, AMG instrument dials, an updated front and rear bumper with larger air intakes,
and larger brakes; from 300 mm (12 in), upgraded to 334 mm (13 in) in diameter.
-SLK 32 production started from January 2001, to March 2004. A total of 4,333 were produced; 979 were sold in Germany, 2,056 were imported to the US, and 263 to the UK.
and larger brakes; from 300 mm (12 in), upgraded to 334 mm (13 in) in diameter.
-SLK 32 production started from January 2001, to March 2004. A total of 4,333 were produced; 979 were sold in Germany, 2,056 were imported to the US, and 263 to the UK.
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