SL/R231 SL550 owner age - Page 2

Feb 23, 2017 | 01:34 PM

#26

chromJ

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2017/sl-400

jetjok

I like this kind of spirit.

Feb 23, 2017 | 03:35 PM

#27

TennesseeZ4

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From: Franklin, TN

2019 E450 wagon: 2019 BMW 430i: 2013 Chevy Traverse: (departed)2013 SL550 & 2019 E450 cab

Age 65; top speed classified: first car, '54 Chevy Belaire. As Jimmy Buffett says, 'kids today pay more for a pair of sneakers than I paid for my first car'.

It's an old thread, but a good thread!

Feb 23, 2017 | 07:42 PM

#28

Utopia Texas

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From: Brookshire, Texas & Cat Spring, Texas

2019 SL550/2023 EQS 580 SUV

Age 63. First car was a VW Beetle with auto electric clutch.
They only made them for 2 years for some reason.
Consider the SL as my personal time machine.

Feb 24, 2017 | 04:05 AM

#29

Daytona-flyer

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AMG SLS & S coupe

I'll turn 70 this summer. Two years ago I traded my SL for an AMG SLS. My daily driver is an S Coupe. The last time I posted here, I was 66.

Feb 24, 2017 | 10:05 AM

#30

tandan

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From: san diego

2001 viper rt-10, 2007 SL65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daytona-flyer

I'll turn 70 this summer. Two years ago I traded my SL for an AMG SLS. My daily driver is an S Coupe. The last time I posted here, I was 66.

My first car was a 52 Ford. You do the math.

Feb 24, 2017 | 11:13 AM

#31

jmeyersnv

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From: Las Vegas

2017 SL450; 2012 Porsche Cayenne Turbo; 2005 Lexus SC430

I bought my 2017 SL450 to celebrate my 70th birthday.

Feb 24, 2017 | 02:53 PM

#32

gkgeiger

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From: Ohio/Florida

'10 C300, '15 ML250BT, '22 M850i Vert

73 here.

Feb 24, 2017 | 03:02 PM

#33

Daytona-flyer

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AMG SLS & S coupe

I don't feel so old anymore.

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Feb 24, 2017 | 03:41 PM

#34

jetjok

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From: Connecticut, USA

2017 SL450

Quote:

Originally Posted by tandan

My first car was a 52 Ford. You do the math.

Were you 40 or 50 back when you got that 52 Ford? As well, did you buy it new, or was it 40 years old at the time and you're really only 24 years old?

Feb 25, 2017 | 01:45 AM

#35

chromJ

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2017/sl-400

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetjok

Were you 40 or 50 back when you got that 52 Ford? As well, did you buy it new, or was it 40 years old at the time and you're really only 24 years old?

Lol

Feb 26, 2017 | 09:58 AM

#36

tandan

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From: san diego

2001 viper rt-10, 2007 SL65

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetjok

Were you 40 or 50 back when you got that 52 Ford? As well, did you buy it new, or was it 40 years old at the time and you're really only 24 years old?

Sorry. It was a trick question. Just turned the big 70 in February.

Feb 26, 2017 | 05:29 PM

#37

Hans_ACS

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From: Belgium

SL500 R231 - S400D W222 - C63S

44 (bought it when i was 42)

Feb 26, 2017 | 10:21 PM

#38

HAILERS2

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From: North Texas

Presently 19 S560 SEDAN, 2014 XK, SOLD GLE 450e

74. What are you going to ask for next? My Social Security number? Pin number to my bank account?

Signed: paranoid in TX

Feb 28, 2017 | 06:21 AM

#39

rorywquin

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From: God's County (Yorkshire)

Shanks’s Pony

64

SLK 350 (r172) @ 60
MGB GT @ 30 ish
Morris Mini 850 ('66 model) was my first car @ 18 & is still the car I had the most fun with so far.
Many others in between!

Feb 28, 2017 | 06:30 AM

#40

chromJ

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2017/sl-400

Quote:

Originally Posted by rorywquin

64

SLK 350 (r172) @ 60
MGB GT @ 30 ish
Morris Mini 850 ('66 model) was my first car @ 18 & is still the car I had the most fun with so far.
Many others in between!

This was your 64th post

Feb 28, 2017 | 07:29 AM

#41

rorywquin

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From: God's County (Yorkshire)

Shanks’s Pony

Quote:

Originally Posted by chromJ

This was your 64th post

Maybe I should get a lotto ticket!!!

Mar 18, 2017 | 10:19 PM

#42

Road Trip

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2005 CLK500, 1996 SL600

Ok, I'm 53. My wife is the driving force behind the Mercedes convertibles, but I do enjoy the feeling with the top down and your left hand up on the side of the windshield frame. The coolest one was a 96 SL600 but her current ride is a 2005 CLK500.

My first "car" was a '71 Chevy Cheyenne and my second was a '72 GTO, so you get the difference in our tastes...

Mar 19, 2017 | 05:18 PM

#43

CCOOK

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R231 SL550

Turned 30 last month got a 2013 CPO SL550 on February 25th of this year.

Mar 27, 2017 | 05:30 PM

#44

Johnrb3

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From: Texas

2015 - S550(traded in), 2017 - GLE350, 2017 - SL550

44 and just bought my first SL. So far out of all the Benzs I've had this is my favorite. Although, my S is a close second place with all the gadgets it had. 😀

Apr 10, 2017 | 10:33 AM

#45

heynow

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From: SF Peninsula

2007 Mercedes-Benz SL550

I'm 56

Long time VW fan and come from a Golf GTI. I always wanted an SL so a few months ago I just decided to get one. Found a fantastic 07 SL550 with 22,000 miles on it.
When the top is down and my cigar is lit I feel like a million bucks.

Apr 11, 2017 | 11:05 AM

#46

tandan

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From: san diego

2001 viper rt-10, 2007 SL65

Quote:

Originally Posted by heynow

Enjoy young man.

Apr 21, 2017 | 07:05 AM

#47

Donjo

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From: Texas

GLE 43, SL500, AMG GT-S, S65

I'm 51. Turned in my SL550 last year when the lease was up. Now in an AMG GTS. I think I preferred the SL to be honest. Almost as fast and more refined.

Apr 21, 2017 | 09:26 AM

#48

BigHat

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From: Arlington VA

'24 CLE 53

Not to mention much smaller inside. 6'3" and not enough leg room in the GTS for me. That REALLY disappointed me as I doubt the vert will be any better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donjo

I'm 51. Turned in my SL550 last year when the lease was up. Now in an AMG GTS. I think I preferred the SL to be honest. Almost as fast and more refined.

Apr 21, 2017 | 10:35 PM

#49

tandan

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From: san diego

2001 viper rt-10, 2007 SL65

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigHat

Not to mention much smaller inside. 6'3" and not enough leg room in the GTS for me. That REALLY disappointed me as I doubt the vert will be any better.

All I had to do was sit in one (AMG-GTS) in the dealer showroom to know it wasn't for me. The owners confirm the ride is also harsher than the SL.