SandyinMiami

Been hunting for a SL600 for about 4 months now. Was originally gonna buy it for my BF, but he says he doesn't want it. So I guess I'll keep the '97 I'm picking up in about 2 weeks. I'm 39.

I've always loved MBs, and owned a 190D about 10 years ago. Talk about leaving a bad taste!! Have had Cadillacs since. I've loved the 600s for a long time but have never been able to afford one. So here I go!

Bigdot

awsome! why did he not want it!!! weeeiirrrddd



makr

SandyinMiami

He doesn't want it cuz he doesn't like it when I give him expensive gifts. It makes him "uncomfortable".

Shoot, if someone wanted to give me a MB I'd say BRING IT! And make it SHINY!

mebeJOE

This is a guy thing. It probably means he doesn't like you (NO, just kidding -- he probably feels insecure around all those cigars ).

Just keep it and have fun! You will love the car so much. Read some of the posts about how in-love we all are with our R129's. Please post pictures and details after you pick it up (mileage, options, etc.). Welcome to the forum.

SandyinMiami

Well hell, if he doesn't like me, then we shouldn't be engaged....

He's a major cigar smoker and has 3 55 gal coolerdors under his bed....not that I had anything to do with that. His loss is my gain, the way I see it. I'm sure I'll be in love with the car - best I've , or he, have ever had. I've been doing lots of reading, y'all are sick with it, and I expect I will be too.

Thanks for the welcome. And sorry for the thread hijack.

sanyata

SandyinMiami:
If you're takin' applications for backup BF let me know. I'd have no problem accepting such tokens of appreciation. You gotta be a gem with such generosity!

:v

ChrisB

Adding the last four respondents (up to 89 total respondents now):

HLG600 @ 17, Heavy Metal @ 47, bradmg @ 41, drags1998 @ 50 and SandyinMiami @ 39 (presuming she will buy that car she is looking at) ...

the current average age = 37.0 years.

nimski62

I just turned 16 in DEC.. and my dad (car dealer) gave me a 1992 sl500.. Thats my summer driver i guess.. i usualy drive a E320 or a lexus SC300.. BUT the SL is still mine personally.. wasnt really that much money but its an awesome car 80k

ChrisB

With 90 respondents ... the average age now stands at 36.8 years old.

jjay911

I have been looking for mine for 6 years. I am 32 years old I have a collection of cars that would boggle the mind. I currently have 11. The SL has always appealed to me accept I dont drive automatic transmissions in sports cars. So after 6 years of searching I find a 91 300sl 24v in Minneapolis. I Fly up there from Texas To inspect the car. See there is something very special about this car. IT has the Rare 5 speed manual tranmission. Getrag with first in the dog leg left position. It also has that perfect interior color Black dash with cream leather. The car is a cream puff 2 owner with73000 miles. I am flying back to Minneapolis to pick up the car from my Dads house on the 21st of March. THen I am driving the car To Los Angeles arriving the 24th friday. I meet my Fiancee there. On monday and tuesday the car is getting 6000 dollars worth of Suspension and wheels and tires. The wheels are 3 piece forged billet aluminum racing wheels. THey are 20 inch rims 10.5 wide in the rear and 9.5 wide in the front. Then on Wed and THurs My girl and I are doing a 2300 dollar photo SHoot with the car for Our pre wedding photos. I have a link to some pics of some of the cars I own I will attach. If anyone has an official number of 129s that came here with the 5 speed Im interested. I here numbers like 166 or 200. Jeff Johnson Corpus Christi, Tx
jjay911@yahoo.com

http://www.benzworld.org/gallery/sho...,SE,SEC,SD,SDL

http://www.serpentautosport.com/type...milano_164.htm

The red ALfa is mine. JJ

gdmarques@cox.n

I just bought my first R129 after owning v12 Jags for the past 5 years. I am 39 years old.

HLG600

A manual R129? Was that a custom job?

jjay911

No. They apparently imported somewhere between 160 and 200 officially. I will send detailed pictures at a later date. Jeff

luvmy95sl500

I bought my 95 SL500 a month ago and I noticed that I get two kinds of reactions...apreciation and jealousy. I get appreciative nods and glances often but I also get many people that feel they have to challange me, like cutting me off or passing me only to swoop in front and slow down. Hicks mostly....

I am 41 and I can honestly say, the younger ladies DO appreciate it so it must be hip again.

ChrisB

93 respondents

Average age 36.8 years.

cozmo1

Bought my 99 sl500 3 years ago, i am 38

pbw252

reading the entries of how old are current SL500 owners I feel rather old here...59yrs old and this is my first MB ( "Merc" as I used to call them as a kid in the UK ) I think I have found the perfect car....great looks but not too flashy, powerful but easy to control and I hope relaible for many years to come. I bought a 1998 model, smoked silver with the panorama roof with a measly 17000 miles only on it driven in the summer by a Catholic priest...really. I think this will be a classic car for many years to come. I will be tempted to add a 2005 model in 5 years or so as I really like the concept of the retractable hardtop. I actually have not driven the car with the roof off yet.
I think this format for sharing info, useful and useless is a fine idea.

97slsix

I'm 29. My 70 year old neighbor sold it to me.

silver500

I'm 30. Just got a 2000 CPO SL500 with 30,000 miles from MB of SF.

ridin18s

21

scorpian

I looked at the Only America Sports car, the Corvette, ( Junk) Nissan 350Z, too cheap, and came back to the SL-500. After much research I found a 97 reasonably priced with low miles and hence I now have the car of my Dreams.

These are so affordable compare a late 90's SL. Low miles to a new car...no choice buy the SL!

I am 50 and hope to push the average back to where it should be,this is not a kids car!

sanyata

I am 50 and hope to push the average back to where it should be,this is not a kids car![/QUOTE]


Scorpian, with the average age in the mid to upper 30's I don't think there are too many "kids" here. I expected the average age to be much older but found it pretty cool that so many younger folks appreciate this fine automobile. I would venture a guess that the average age of SL owners is much older than this forum indicates because forum users are generally a younger crowd.

Whatever the average is, it's "where it should be." I say sit back and enjoy the ride young and old alike! We're all in this together.......

Doug
56

bosbaird

I'm 42 and have owned my 99 SL500 for 4 years now. I have thought of purchasing a 2003 for the updated look, usually when I get bored during the winter, then spring comes, I put back on the summer AMG 18" rims, detail it, take off the hard top, and get excited all over again every time I drive the car.

J.Oli

A 2 1/2 year thread must be some kind of a record .

Put me in with a 90 500SL and 37 years old.

What about a new thread for the oldest car around?

scorpian

Waited a long time for a nice SL-500. 50 Years old, checked corvettes and 350-Zs, got the SL-500. The newer 230 style does not appeal to me. Looks too cheap , ala Chrysler-ish.

Warm here this week, almost time to get in back on the road and enjoy!