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CarlJ · 08-23-2002, 07:14 AM

out of warranty. I recently picked my 32 up and love it and while the SLK320 is a wonderful automobile, it is not an AMG car. If you want a wild machine, buy the 32. If you want one of the best roadsters made but don't want to bend the horizon, buy a 320.

The 32 is most certainly going to be less reliable both long and short term but Mercedes tends to build a reliable product even in their performance model so I wouldn't be too concerned. Honestly, the vario-roof scares me(in terms of reliability) more than any AMG component on the 32 and it is a well proven technology. There is also the option of an extended warranty which you can get a reasonabnle deal on before the factory warranty expires. This will cost a bit but can be worth it! My C36 AMG had a warranty gold extended plan that covered the car bumper to bumper with no deductible out to 9 years and a total of 100K miles. THis cost me about $1700 and they were as easy to deal with as the factory warranty. I had actually purchased the warranty for resale and only kept the car for one year past the factory warranty so it really didn't pay off as the car only needed about $500-600 worth of repaires but if I had kept it...you do the math!

Good luck!

08-23-2002, 07:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
CarlJ BenzWorld Member Date registered: Aug 2002 Vehicle: C32, '02 M Roadster Location: Colorado Posts: 239	I would not hesitate to own the SLK32.... out of warranty. I recently picked my 32 up and love it and while the SLK320 is a wonderful automobile, it is not an AMG car. If you want a wild machine, buy the 32. If you want one of the best roadsters made but don't want to bend the horizon, buy a 320. The 32 is most certainly going to be less reliable both long and short term but Mercedes tends to build a reliable product even in their performance model so I wouldn't be too concerned. Honestly, the vario-roof scares me(in terms of reliability) more than any AMG component on the 32 and it is a well proven technology. There is also the option of an extended warranty which you can get a reasonabnle deal on before the factory warranty expires. This will cost a bit but can be worth it! My C36 AMG had a warranty gold extended plan that covered the car bumper to bumper with no deductible out to 9 years and a total of 100K miles. THis cost me about $1700 and they were as easy to deal with as the factory warranty. I had actually purchased the warranty for resale and only kept the car for one year past the factory warranty so it really didn't pay off as the car only needed about $500-600 worth of repaires but if I had kept it...you do the math! Good luck!