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Local dealer sends a letter telling me I'm eligible for a $10k discount and a great trade in on a AMG SL55 with an MSRP of $145k.
Poppycock! These R232s are experiencing numerous issues and the depreciation is staggering. Owners are dumping them and losing up to 40% in 1-2 years.
I'll keep my 10 year old SL and smile all the way to the bank.
Local dealer sends a letter telling me I'm eligible for a $10k discount and a great trade in on a AMG SL55 with an MSRP of $145k.
Poppycock! These R232s are experiencing numerous issues and the depreciation is staggering. Owners are dumping them and losing up to 40% in 1-2 years.
I'll keep my 10 year old SL and smile all the way to the bank.
Agree. If you love your car why sell it? You really don't want to deal with buyer's remorse or seller's remorse or both, trust me, I gone through several and it is a pain. Why spend money to buy something you hate?
Read the posts on the R232 forum. Owners very upset with their cars. MB really screwed up this model IMHO. The reliability is down across many MB models. EVs aren't selling either. It's a mess.
Read the posts on the R232 forum. Owners very upset with their cars. MB really screwed up this model IMHO. The reliability is down across many MB models. EVs aren't selling either. It's a mess.
I did, I have been subscribed to that thread, to be frank it breaks my heart hearing all this as an MB fan.
2015 SL400 (M276 Turbo), 2014 C350 Sport (M276 NA), 2004 SL500 (M113), 2004 Audi TT225 (BEA)
I feel the same way with both my 2014 C350 and my 2015 SL400. I have absolutely zero interest in getting a new car or anything after 2017 unless it has an M276 engine.
I feel the same way with both my 2014 C350 and my 2015 SL400. I have absolutely zero interest in getting a new car or anything after 2017 unless it has an M276 engine.
Thankfully the M256 inline 6 is pretty reliable in general nowhere close to M276 but I don't hear much problems. It will be nice if it ever comes in non 48V form but pipedream it is.
2015 SL400 (M276 Turbo), 2014 C350 Sport (M276 NA), 2004 SL500 (M113), 2004 Audi TT225 (BEA)
The other thing that discourages me from getting something newer is the 9G tranny. Servicing it is almost a mandatory dealership visit; nothing at all like the 7G. (But I'm probably an outlier on that issue.) I'm also more of a physical knobs and controls guy. I was able to add CarPlay to my SL (and C-Class), so I'm happy.
The other thing that discourages me from getting something newer is the 9G tranny. Servicing it is almost a mandatory dealership visit; nothing at all like the 7G. (But I'm probably an outlier on that issue.) I'm also more of a physical knobs and controls guy. I was able to add CarPlay to my SL (and C-Class), so I'm happy.
I see, yup I understand where you are coming from, FWIW the price was 450+13% tax CAD to service at an MB dealership for the 7G+, but 950+13% tax CAD for my 2017 C 43 transmission, this was pricing for 2023, I had this service done in 2023, I want to try DIYing at some point though.
Local dealer sends a letter telling me I'm eligible for a $10k discount and a great trade in on a AMG SL55 with an MSRP of $145k.
Poppycock! These R232s are experiencing numerous issues and the depreciation is staggering. Owners are dumping them and losing up to 40% in 1-2 years.
I'll keep my 10 year old SL and smile all the way to the bank.
With only 18,000 miles on my beautiful 2017, I'm looking to get another 20 years out of it. If I keep averaging the same number of miles per year, it should have about 50,000 miles on the clock by 2044. I will love every beautiful mile of it.
2015 SL400 (M276 Turbo), 2014 C350 Sport (M276 NA), 2004 SL500 (M113), 2004 Audi TT225 (BEA)
Originally Posted by fun33
With only 18,000 miles on my beautiful 2017, I'm looking to get another 20 years out of it. If I keep averaging the same number of miles per year, it should have about 50,000 miles on the clock by 2044. I will love every beautiful mile of it.
I will likely be too old to drive in 2044, if I'm still vertical at that time. I think finding fuel 20 years from now will be the challenge. Hard to imagine, isn't it?
I received the same letter more, or less and they have sent the letter twice over almost 1.5 years. They should at least change up the wording, so it doesn't seem like a chain letter, or something. I haven’t heard of many issues with the R232, but I have been a little busy to search for them, or too busy to care. TBH I like the R232, but just not better than are hard top R231.
Originally Posted by rmorin49
Local dealer sends a letter telling me I'm eligible for a $10k discount and a great trade in on a AMG SL55 with an MSRP of $145k.
Poppycock! These R232s are experiencing numerous issues and the depreciation is staggering. Owners are dumping them and losing up to 40% in 1-2 years.
I'll keep my 10 year old SL and smile all the way to the bank.
I received the same letter more, or less and they have sent the letter twice over almost 1.5 years. They should at least change up the wording, so it doesn't seem like a chain letter, or something. I haven’t heard of many issues with the R232, but I have been a little busy to search for them, or too busy to care. TBH I like the R232, but just not better than are hard top R231.
Take a few minutes and peruse the R232 forum. Problems abound and the drop in value is HUGE.
It seems like I get a letter from a local dealer every month wanting me to "upgrade", but I'm not convinced it would be an upgrade and I love my 2019 SL 550.
It seems like I get a letter from a local dealer every month wanting me to "upgrade", but I'm not convinced it would be an upgrade and I love my 2019 SL 550.
That spec is nice and rather rare from what I seen, seems to me it is a keeper : )
2019 SL450, 2019 E450 Luxury Trim Wagon, 2024 BMW I7 xDrive60
If they offered to trade me a brand new SL63AMG, straight across—and I wasn’t allowed to sell it—I’d turn them down flat!
The new “SL” is a 911 wannabe and suffering from several issues. Thanks, but NO THANKS!
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—I’d turn them down flat!
