SLK/R171: No Yellow?
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From: Vancouver, Canada
2005 SLK55 2003 Acura MDX
Originally posted by dinko
I have a yellow SLK
I have a yellow SLK
I can not take it again! I bought a C36 and MB came out with the C43 six month later!
COLOUR OR COLOR (US): I am getting the silver as well; same as my C36; Vancouver weather - no choice! But as for the interior, I have no clue! Black is very easy to care for but does not match the SLK 55 image! Blue/Black and Black/blue is also unexciting/dull! I like the red thing but which one? Solid red? Red/black? Black/Red? In any case the red colour is not very easy to keep clean!
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2002 SLK 320 Silver with AMG exterior package, black & BLUE leather interior
Originally posted by Teufel
I am first on the list for a SLK 55 as well. But I don't if that is a good thing. Because I am afraid MB will put their new 410 bhp 5.5L V8 in the SLK within a year or so!
I can not take it again! I bought a C36 and MB came out with the C43 six month later!
COLOUR OR COLOR (US): I am getting the silver as well; same as my C36; Vancouver weather - no choice! But as for the interior, I have no clue! Black is very easy to care for but does not match the SLK 55 image! Blue/Black and Black/blue is also unexciting/dull! I like the red thing but which one? Solid red? Red/black? Black/Red? In any case the red colour is not very easy to keep clean!
I am first on the list for a SLK 55 as well. But I don't if that is a good thing. Because I am afraid MB will put their new 410 bhp 5.5L V8 in the SLK within a year or so!
I can not take it again! I bought a C36 and MB came out with the C43 six month later!
COLOUR OR COLOR (US): I am getting the silver as well; same as my C36; Vancouver weather - no choice! But as for the interior, I have no clue! Black is very easy to care for but does not match the SLK 55 image! Blue/Black and Black/blue is also unexciting/dull! I like the red thing but which one? Solid red? Red/black? Black/Red? In any case the red colour is not very easy to keep clean!
When I got an SLK during its first-year release in 1997, it had over 30 different problems over my 4-year lease period (no joke!). It was in the MB shop so often that the MB dealership people didn't bother asking for my ID when I went to pick up my car from its seemingly "weekly" dealership "visits." (sigh)
After that bad 4-year experience, I ended up buying a 2002 SLK320 in November 2001 after MB made me an offer I couldn't refuse to make up for all the crap I dealt with in my first SLK -- and my 2nd/current SLK has been a totally opposite experience, really great car, no problems
-Sam
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2005 SLK55 2003 Acura MDX
Originally posted by SLKfan
I understand your concern -- that's partially why I have put myself on a wait list for the 2007 SLK55 AMG when it's released in the Fall of 2006 with the new more powerful v-8 with 400 horsepower (an online article I read specifically about the new V-8 engine states that the 400hp v-8 is supposed to be released around the Summer or Fall of 2006). Besides the engine concern, I also would prefer to NOT have a first-year model of the new SLK since Mercedes doesn't exactly have a great track record with reliability in first-year models.
When I got an SLK during its first-year release in 1997, it had over 30 different problems over my 4-year lease period (no joke!). It was in the MB shop so often that the MB dealership people didn't bother asking for my ID when I went to pick up my car from its seemingly "weekly" dealership "visits." (sigh)
After that bad 4-year experience, I ended up buying a 2002 SLK320 in November 2001 after MB made me an offer I couldn't refuse to make up for all the crap I dealt with in my first SLK -- and my 2nd/current SLK has been a totally opposite experience, really great car, no problems
-Sam
I understand your concern -- that's partially why I have put myself on a wait list for the 2007 SLK55 AMG when it's released in the Fall of 2006 with the new more powerful v-8 with 400 horsepower (an online article I read specifically about the new V-8 engine states that the 400hp v-8 is supposed to be released around the Summer or Fall of 2006). Besides the engine concern, I also would prefer to NOT have a first-year model of the new SLK since Mercedes doesn't exactly have a great track record with reliability in first-year models.
When I got an SLK during its first-year release in 1997, it had over 30 different problems over my 4-year lease period (no joke!). It was in the MB shop so often that the MB dealership people didn't bother asking for my ID when I went to pick up my car from its seemingly "weekly" dealership "visits." (sigh)
After that bad 4-year experience, I ended up buying a 2002 SLK320 in November 2001 after MB made me an offer I couldn't refuse to make up for all the crap I dealt with in my first SLK -- and my 2nd/current SLK has been a totally opposite experience, really great car, no problems
-Sam
I had and I still have a lot of problems with my C36 as well and it is very very expensive to fix the problems! I have an Acura MDX and I had a Lexus SC400 as well. Both are/were riduculously reliable and very very cheap to maintain. They have/had almost no problem! I don't understand why MB is well below industry average when it comes to dependability ( J.D. Power and Associates 2003 VDS)>
The problem I have with waiting is "model change". The new SLK came out this year, 2004. MB will most likely change this model by 2009. Therefore if I buy it in 2007, I only have two years to really enjoy it! But I know that's the name of the game!
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Re: Dinko!
Originally posted by SLK55_AMG
you got an old slk, the guy meant new slk with yellow paint , my friend!
you got an old slk, the guy meant new slk with yellow paint , my friend!
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2002 SLK 320 Silver with AMG exterior package, black & BLUE leather interior
Originally posted by Teufel
What is the website address?
I had and I still have a lot of problems with my C36 as well and it is very very expensive to fix the problems! I have an Acura MDX and I had a Lexus SC400 as well. Both are/were riduculously reliable and very very cheap to maintain. They have/had almost no problem! I don't understand why MB is well below industry average when it comes to dependability ( J.D. Power and Associates 2003 VDS)>
The problem I have with waiting is "model change". The new SLK came out this year, 2004. MB will most likely change this model by 2009. Therefore if I buy it in 2007, I only have two years to really enjoy it! But I know that's the name of the game!
What is the website address?
I had and I still have a lot of problems with my C36 as well and it is very very expensive to fix the problems! I have an Acura MDX and I had a Lexus SC400 as well. Both are/were riduculously reliable and very very cheap to maintain. They have/had almost no problem! I don't understand why MB is well below industry average when it comes to dependability ( J.D. Power and Associates 2003 VDS)>
The problem I have with waiting is "model change". The new SLK came out this year, 2004. MB will most likely change this model by 2009. Therefore if I buy it in 2007, I only have two years to really enjoy it! But I know that's the name of the game!
"CLS will be available in the United States in early 2005, with the familiar three-valve-per-cylinder 24-valve 306-hp 5.0-liter V8 in the CLS500. About 18 months after CLS goes on sale, two new 32-valve V8 engines will join the lineup: a 350-hp 4.6-liter and a 400-hp 5.5-liter. When they arrive, the existing 5.0-liter V8 will be phased out of production."
Full article is at:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=00689032
-Sam
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2005 SLK55 2003 Acura MDX
Originally posted by SLKfan
Teufel, here is a blurb about the new 400hp V-8 engine that will eventually be in the SLK55 AMG sometime in the Summer or Fall of 2006 (with a link to the full article below it):
"CLS will be available in the United States in early 2005, with the familiar three-valve-per-cylinder 24-valve 306-hp 5.0-liter V8 in the CLS500. About 18 months after CLS goes on sale, two new 32-valve V8 engines will join the lineup: a 350-hp 4.6-liter and a 400-hp 5.5-liter. When they arrive, the existing 5.0-liter V8 will be phased out of production."
Full article is at:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=00689032
-Sam
Teufel, here is a blurb about the new 400hp V-8 engine that will eventually be in the SLK55 AMG sometime in the Summer or Fall of 2006 (with a link to the full article below it):
"CLS will be available in the United States in early 2005, with the familiar three-valve-per-cylinder 24-valve 306-hp 5.0-liter V8 in the CLS500. About 18 months after CLS goes on sale, two new 32-valve V8 engines will join the lineup: a 350-hp 4.6-liter and a 400-hp 5.5-liter. When they arrive, the existing 5.0-liter V8 will be phased out of production."
Full article is at:
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=00689032
-Sam
Things used to be so easy! Just buy any car and you don't have to worry about any changes until the next eight years!
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From: Orlando
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I honestly don't even believe that the SLK will be the one that will get the change. Buy the car, have fun, and if worse comes to worst, all you're losing is about 40hp... People on the street wont even know the difference.
