LOLOL.....The SLK was fun, but like yours it was mainly "her" car....the SL just feels so solid like my SD just more so....I was really pleased by how quiet it is with the hardtop on. I think the SD has a long term roommate in the garage...Welcome to the 129 lunatic asylum ! I admire your choice of color combo. You are obviously a man of taste and distinction :thumbsup:
PS, I see you had a go cart (SLK) like my wife's ! Howz it feel to drive a real car?
I am fortunate that all the above was already done. This was the last of a fleet of 13 cars owned by one gentleman. My shop checked all on the pre purchase inspection as well....even some of the bolts and fittings underneath were still shiny.
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Funny, I was thinking the same thing.......can't imagine why???
I too used to own an SLK (a 2000 Limited Edition). As far as Roadsters / Sports Cars go, it was the most boring car I ever owned. What a snooze! I think I kept it for about six months and ditched it.I see you had a go cart (SLK) like my wife's ! Howz it feel to drive a real car?
I personally never understood the whole 'gay car' thing. People should drive what they love and to hell with anything or anyone else. I suppose when my husband and I take the R129 out for a spin (despite that he loathes the SL) it becomes a gay car eh? lol. All of my friends are straight and none of them ever seem to worry that cruising around with me in a little convertible (SL or any of the others) will make it appear that we are a couple. The like riding around in fun sports cars and that's all they care about. OK, philosophy lecture over. Lets talk cars!!
i cant think of one reason why any straight male would buy an slk.The SLK's are a fun little car with the supercharger, and the Vario room is pretty damn handy and amazing, but even though I am altitude challenged at 5'8", the wind coming over the windshield was annoying. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the SL wind in my hair while I still have it experience, but the fact that the SLK's visors don't flip up and act as spoilers is a design defect for me. One thing that I do find interesting is that the entry and exit on my 107 and 129 are more abusive to the seat bolster than the SLK. I'm not sure about the geometry, but my hip does not seem to hit that seat bolster for some reason. consequently there is no wear on that car and my phone isn't constantly on the floor ! All that said, the 129 is a much more solid platform. The car is much quieter in all situations. Less road noise and vibration, less wind in the cockpit at 80 mph. As much as I like the wife having the SLK, It just isn't a manly car. As a matter of fact I will NOT take another dude anywhere in it ! Driving the wife is one thing, 2 dudes in a SLK scream "DATE" Like a miata. I know this is the eternal debate on the SLK site, but it is what it is. I don't mind driving the 600 with a buddy. There isn't a gay bone in a 129's body ! IMHO !
You're one of those people who cant even eat a banana in public, arent you?
Sure, but then they see a man in a perfectly stitched, perfectly ironed suit step out, they're like 'Ahhhh......'
Here is more polite way to state this. Does the car look like you purchased it for yourself, or someone else purchased it for you so you would look cute in it? Call it "kept men/women" car.
OK, that one made me crack-up. Well played sir.
