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SL/R230: A retractable hardtop wold have been nice today!

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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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A retractable hardtop wold have been nice today!

In Vancouver today, we had one our first real nice weekend days in the past three months. Sunney, fairly warm ... it felt like spring.

It sure would have been nice to have the retratable hardtop of a R129. You lucky buggers!

We had to be satified with driving arround with the panorama roof on. I can't wait till spring really arives.

I did notice a few soft tops ... a CLK, a Boxster, and others out enjoying their cars on a nice day. To few and far between to ditch the hard top yet.
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 03:36 AM
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retractable hardtop of a R129?

Did you mean retractable hardtop of a R230?
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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He said it would have been nice to have it on the R129
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 10:07 PM
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Ooops. I did mean to type:

It sure would have been nice to have a retratable hardtop like a R230. You lucky buggers!

I wouldn't mind the R230 to go with it!
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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Yes

Yes we are very lucky. SL's are tight whatever the model, especially the R230's. I LOVE THEM
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