I own a SLK 350 since 2006. Now it is showing almost 6600 miles.
It is not my main driver. It is only been used when I’m not working in my company.
The car is fully loaded and never had any problems at all.
This is not my first and not my last MB. I drove many other cars and my first choice will be always MB.
Thank you all for your replies. As long as the price of gas doesn't pass CAN$1.60, the SLK 350 is my first choice. For me, it will be a daily driver only during the summer, and only until I have the car paid off. That way, I can maximize the amount of time I have the car. It is nice to see that many of you have little-to-no issues with your SLK's.
SLKDawg, I understand and totally agree that if the only thing people posted was praise for their car, it would be boring, for sure. The only reason I started this thread is, I am interested in an SLK. After reading post after post of people complaining about the minor-to-major issues they have encoutered, if it wasn't for this post, I would more than likely have been scared off.
I was going through this entire website and noticed something every thread had in common. Almost every post is about a problem someone is having with their car.
This is true for EVERY single car forum out there. People are much more likely to voice their concern when something doesn't work.
Do you ever have forums where every message is a "today I took my car out, everything worked fine, it was great!"
No, you won't, because a) that makes boring chat, and b) driving a car around and having it work is something you expect it to do. When it doesn't work as it should, people post about it and either slam the car, or try to find out how to fix the issue.
Even very reliable roadsters like the MX5/Miata and S2000 forums are full of people saying "my aircon stopped working, my radiator is leaking, my engine doesn't crank..." and yet these cars are supposed to be twice as reliable as the SLK.
In fact, I see a little less people moaning about problems on this forum then on some other automotive forums, and most of the problems are usually in the very beginning anyway when companies try to fix out kinks in their new cars.
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New car: 2004 SLK 55 AMG, Iridium silver.
Additional: Chrome door lock pins, K&N Performance Filters, Piecha roof control module
Sold: 1998 SLK 230K, Linarite blue.
Brabus: Front spoiler, side skirts, rear apron, exhaust, gear shift + hand brake, 17" Monoblock IV, hubcaps/wheel locks, Aluminium doorlock pins, polished safety roll bars, Brabus logo
Digit-Power: 30bhp + 50nm torque
Additional: Chrome side indicator frames, Chrome SRS badges, CLK grill, Lorinser Wing, Rieger headlight covers
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