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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: My silver SL65 arrived

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Old 07-11-2004, 04:02 PM
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Talking My silver SL65 arrived

Hello guys

I am happy about the delivery of my new silver SL, last week Friday. After driving two days - there are 800 km on the clock. The sound is incredible even at low revs. Driving comfort is better than expected - even with the 19 inch wheels. Consumtion is about 14 liters / 100 km (running in period on National roads - cruising only).

I am sure to be one of the first happy owners here in France

here are some pics ..........





and here the "old one" with the new one



wish you all a nice Sunday evening

kind regards from France

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oh wow wow wow

where are you in france? im coming to paris in about 2 weeks, wanna take me for a spin? LOL
Old 07-11-2004, 04:29 PM
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Meeting in Paris ......

hello

In two weeks I will be in Paris - no prob. My arrival is 24.07, departure 27.07 - staying next to Place Vendome in the 1st district of Paris.

See you there .

kind regards from France

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Thumbs up Congrats

Walter,

Congrats on the car.
I know how I felt when I picked up my 55 so I know how oyu feel.
Enjoy and please post your comments as you get to enjoy this great car.
Mags look great.

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Walter, I'm soooooooooooo jealous! CONGRATS!!! I can't stop drooling.....
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Congratulations. It's beautiful!!! I can't wait for delivery of my SL55. Is that the Silver Arrow or Brilliant Silver color?

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How is the ride compared to your other SL?
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Red face Firs kilometers after delivery

Thanks to all of you for the nice congrats to my new SL.

Here are some new - about how the car is, in general.....

The colour is the same as I had on my SL500 (silver #744) with the new Nano painting so it is shown as "C744". Inside leather #581. So nobody in my neighborhood is able to recognise the change of the SL :p

Interiour is of higher quality than my "old" SL ... Alcantara on the roof, leather almost everywhere. Engine is awesome, exiting, cool .... ( i do not know enough English words to describe this - it's like 10 :v starting to shout).

Ride-comfort; is better than expected, even there are 19 inch rims with /35 and /30 tyres on it. It is really smoother and less noisy than the SL500. The only changings which have to be done fast are:

1) steering wheel - to Soft-touch AMG wheel
2) carbon trim parts - cause the original are looking really cheap
3) V-max delimiter.... (even I am not driving very fast - but this limiter is )

The rest of the car, will remain original - I love to drive original cars. I do not know anything about lowering - but it should be "useable for everyday".

Videos will be made on the next weekend, when I will join our club at SPA (Belgium) and then they should be available on our website.

Kind regards from France
(no I am not of French origin)

Walter
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mes compliments !!
cette voiture est superbe !!

take care of it...
I wish i had one of the 65 models some day :/
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Congrats! Just curious how much did you pay for the SL65 and how long did you wait for the arrival?
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03 CLK500, 04 X3, No 07 GT3RS :(
I was planning on showing pics of Shank's SL with the Kleemann lowering module (which has a perfect drop to me), but I couldn't find the pics so here's a pic of a Kleemann CL instead (which presumably also has the lowering module; at least it looks like it from the pic)

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nice ride, u one lucky owner
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03 CLK500, 04 X3, No 07 GT3RS :(
sorry, I found the pic.This is the car I meant to show as an example of the lowering module...



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