SL-Class (R230) 2003 -- 2012: Discussion on the SL500, SL550, SL600

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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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Sorry all i had was my Cell Phone

Went in for an oil change and next to my lift was a beast resting and waiting to have the front carbon fiber lip change due to a 1" scratch at the bottom . The cost easily over $10k WOW

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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Btw, those are actually pretty good pics for a cell phone. What do you have?
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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Good lord. Changing a $10K part because of a single small scratch? And on the front spoiler lip at that. Even if I were rich enough to not care, I still don't think I'd do that.

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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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Good lord. Changing a $10K part because of a single small scratch? And on the front spoiler lip at that. Even if I were rich enough to not care, I still don't think I'd do that.

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Man yo should of seeing it , it's actually at the bottom and the only way to see it is on the lift !!!! I guess paying that much money they want to satisfy the costumer .
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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lol. i wonder what kind of rental car he got
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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lol. i wonder what kind of rental car he got
Ford Taurus.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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Seriously, though, those are great pictures. Not many chances to see for real the underside paneling on these things! Pretty amazing.

It's kind of a shame, though -- seems like the only time you see these outside the showroom is in the repair center. It's like they don't exist anywhere else.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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Damn he needs to lower that thing. It looks like an SUV.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Man yo should of seeing it , it's actually at the bottom and the only way to see it is on the lift !!!! I guess paying that much money they want to satisfy the costumer .
Sh*t, I'd just take a black and a gray permanent marker to it and pocket the friggin ten g's. Anyway, the bottom's gonna get scratched up the first time the poser takes it to the track and spins it.

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// wants to turn the car over and run Matchbox cars along the flat underside body panels... *vroom vroom*
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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There are no plates on it. Maybe it's a showroom car that caught the scratch on a demo drive.


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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 01:43 AM
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There are no plates on it. Maybe it's a showroom car that caught the scratch on a demo drive.
If that were the case I wouldn't want to be that guy who brings it back that way. Just trying to imagine the guy and the salesman's face when they hear the dreaded spoiler scrape sound.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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It's kind of a shame, though -- seems like the only time you see these outside the showroom is in the repair center. It's like they don't exist anywhere else.
I saw two, yes two, in service at MBZ of Beverly Hills a couple weeks ago.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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I actually saw one parked outside a nightclub once. I guess I'm special.

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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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I guess in my country I'll never see SLR, maybe after 20 years when the price will be low, but it seems that it's price will be high always
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