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Went with a mate to Aberdeen to look at this



Which was duly purchased and then driven back home by me!

V8 oooft. Sounds amazing. And bloody quick. I like!

Haha, brilliant purchase

Not much of a dog wagon though, is it?!?

They make quite a nice noise, don't they?

Nice

Oh btw it’s nit for me it was for my mate!

Nefarious wrote: Tue May 15, 2018 6:31 am They make quite a nice noise, don't they?

Spectacular

Shirley you managed a quick e-start vid though?

mik wrote: Tue May 15, 2018 8:44 am Shirley you managed a quick e-start vid though?

Not so much. I did leave a set of 11's though....

Lovely I think these will be classics.

Prices have ben static since 2011

I used to see one of these every day where I used to work. Lovely excessive engine to bodywork ratio.

I really enjoyed mine - the TC isn't totally switchoffable (you can only turn off the ASR) but it allows more slip in sport mode and with gearbox in manual. It's also a shame there's no rev-matching on the downchanges.

Just make sure the gearbox has it's 40k/80k changes, get it to a reputable specialist and they're very reliable.

Hearing that V8 with the roof down is awesome

When does your mate open his salon?

Seriously though, I think I'd go for an SL63 given the SLK's are not really schporty handling wise. No idea what the price differential is to that one but this facelift for 29k looks good value for 500+hp

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... 006&page=1

ETA: ok so on checking the SLs are a lot more, even if you went for the older SL55 which is pretty ancient.

an SL55 wouldnt fit in his garage. Too long.

Yes and to be honest if I had to choose between an older design SL55 and an SLK55 I'd go for the SLK too, garages aside.

Burble

I'm afraid the cock nose styling and auto box mean it's a big fat no from me, but I do admire the silliness of them.