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Old 01-09-2007, 03:10 PM
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2005 SL55, 2000 CL500
Looks like a SL ?

This car got cooked in the Malibu fire yesterday.
Looks like a SL500.
Cant belive how much of it burned off.
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Old 01-09-2007, 03:14 PM
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Damn, I caught a glimpse of an SL in front of a burning house as I was watching the news last night. It wasn't on fire at that time; wonder if that was it
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2005 SL55, 2000 CL500
It was a SL500

Here is another pic before the FD gave up on the car.

What a bummer.
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Could it be a CLK?


Edit: I just saw the pic Bltserv posted on post #3

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2005 SL55, 2000 CL500
Malibu SL`s

Looks like there were 2 cars.
Maybe the one SL made it.

Still looks like the one that died is a SL
Hard to tell. Could be a CLK.
And these cars were parked on PCH in front of the houses.
Thats one damn hot fire.
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Judging by the wheels and fragments of the retractable metal top, it's an R230.
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sl...... look at the exhaust....... sl have an exhaust system on both side...... clk only have exhaust on one side......
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Originally Posted by HLG600
Judging by the wheels and fragments of the retractable metal top, it's an R230.
I see fragments of the retractable top, not sure if it's a hardtop. You sure those are R230 wheels? You could be right, I'm just curious.
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I see fragments of the retractable top, not sure if it's a hardtop. You sure those are R230 wheels? You could be right, I'm just curious.
It appears to have had a panorama roof. As for the wheels, the SLK (which can be confused with the SL) has narrower spokes, and the rear lights are a different style. I am positive it is not an R129, and said it was an R230 based on the roof, wheels, and lights. Man, what a waste of such a fine-looking automobile.
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Originally Posted by HLG600
It appears to have had a panorama roof. As for the wheels, the SLK (which can be confused with the SL) has narrower spokes, and the rear lights are a different style. I am positive it is not an R129, and said it was an R230 based on the roof, wheels, and lights. Man, what a waste of such a fine-looking automobile.
I, too, am sure it's not an R129 and it's probably not an SLK either. Was thinking it could be a CLK cabrio (W209), but yeah it's probably an R230.
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Judging by the indents where the tail lights should be, it looks to me like an R230. The SL tail light is "sharper" toward the trunk, and the top part of the tail light cuts off earlier.



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Yup. They both have the triangular tail-light cluster but you're right, the R230's angle is sharper.

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