SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: In the flesh...
06-13-2002, 06:39 PM
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In the flesh...
...my very first real live SL55 spotted today - valet parked (out front - of course!) at the Center Club in Santa Ana, California. I was able to stand within touching distance of this beauty.
Clear the decks, drop dead, mind-numbingly, now-I'm-gonna-drool-in-front-of-everyone gorgeous. Dark blue (Capri?), top down, turbine style wheels. I am a changed man. As much as I have lusted after this piece of rolling art over the past ~2yrs, as completely as I thought I had reconciled myself to never owning one, I am now done for. I want one. Bad. But there is simply no way that I can get one (hey! things change. I knew when I recalled my deposit last year, it was for good reasons).
My CLK55 is going to have to work awfully hard to soothe my ache. I'll just have to get by
Clear the decks, drop dead, mind-numbingly, now-I'm-gonna-drool-in-front-of-everyone gorgeous. Dark blue (Capri?), top down, turbine style wheels. I am a changed man. As much as I have lusted after this piece of rolling art over the past ~2yrs, as completely as I thought I had reconciled myself to never owning one, I am now done for. I want one. Bad. But there is simply no way that I can get one (hey! things change. I knew when I recalled my deposit last year, it was for good reasons).
My CLK55 is going to have to work awfully hard to soothe my ache. I'll just have to get by
06-14-2002, 08:56 AM
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My guess would be it was a SL500 with SL55 badges.
06-14-2002, 09:26 AM
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Originally posted by Accord
My guess would be it was a SL500 with SL55 badges.
My guess would be it was a SL500 with SL55 badges.
06-14-2002, 11:33 AM
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The interior was charcoal, and I was ill prepared for the photo op (heading into lunch with customers, no camera on hand). I did put my Nikon in the car this morning though, just in case!
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06-14-2002, 11:52 AM
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Sweet. I have seen 3 SL55's... 1 was a REAL US Spec that some customer got an early US delivery on. I don't know how, the other 2 were Euro imports.
Very nice indeed.
Very nice indeed.
06-14-2002, 11:56 AM
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Originally posted by jkelley
Not unless they went to the trouble of adding the Kompressor badges (easy "upgrade") as well as the four pipe exhust & corresponding rear skirt of the SL55.......
Not unless they went to the trouble of adding the Kompressor badges (easy "upgrade") as well as the four pipe exhust & corresponding rear skirt of the SL55.......
06-14-2002, 12:59 PM
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Sweet. I have seen 3 SL55's... 1 was a REAL US Spec that some customer got an early US delivery on. I don't know how, the other 2 were Euro imports.
Very nice indeed.
Sweet. I have seen 3 SL55's... 1 was a REAL US Spec that some customer got an early US delivery on. I don't know how, the other 2 were Euro imports.
Very nice indeed.
06-14-2002, 01:00 PM
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Originally posted by Accord
Wow, I guess you're right. Didn't even know they were available in the USA yet.
Wow, I guess you're right. Didn't even know they were available in the USA yet.
06-14-2002, 02:44 PM
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Originally posted by SL55AMG
I would like to see the VIN's of those "US Spec" SL55's!!
I would like to see the VIN's of those "US Spec" SL55's!!
I checked the VIN to verify that it was indeed a US Spec car. I couldn't beleive it. This was back in March !
06-14-2002, 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by SL55AMG
They are not...
They are not...
