My wife and I are British in our 70's, retired and live in Spain

Bazza 7

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Hi, So we have been living in Spain on and off for 12 years now, the 'off' was when we used to 'winter' in Florida where we owned a condo.......a Camaro Z28 and a BMW 3.2 Z3 however last year we sold up in Florida and now live full time in Murcia Spain, and have recently acquired a 1999 SLK 230 K . It's a bit short on horses compared to the state side 'toys' but nonetheless fun to drive and the roof operation is 'fascinating' !
So far I have no issues, but it is good to hopefully have the support of this forum should things go wrong . New Toy.jpg MB SLK (2).jpg
 

John Laidlaw

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Welcome, lovely colour that!
(and at least it will go round corners...:rolleyes:)
 

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Welcome, Bazza, nice motor.
:D
 

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Hi Bazza, welcome to the forum :)
 

jonnymerc

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Nice car And (colour) and nice place to live Welcome Bazza :)
 

McDonald

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Welcome Bazza, you don't need too many horses to enjoy driving in Spain, I'm sure. Always nice to have the optional roof. I hope your air-con works nicely. Mine does and I'm often glad of it. You'll find this a friendly and informative forum.
 

RhodieBill

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Hello and welcome!

I see you have the first gen R170 230K. They updated the 230K motor in 2000/2001 (?) that had a few more "horses" to play with. That one also got indicators in the side mirrors, colour-coded sills and improved the finish on the interior. They also changed the front bumper/foglights.

But I do like that colour, mine was a plain silver - a "default" Merc colour.... :rolleyes:

And an awesome backdrop!!! :cool::cool::cool:

NB. Keep an eye on the inside of your front tyres - they are susceptible of premature wear - on cursory inspection they can look absolutely fine!

As I found out only after getting under the car to drain the sump - I damn near shatt myself!!!

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Hi Bazza and welcome to the forum
 

flowrider

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Welcome to the forum. My mum lives nearby in Guardamar del Segura.
 

AMGeed

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Welcome to the forum Bazza.
That is a nice looking SLK you have found and a lovely colour too.
 

davemercedes

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Hello and welcome Bazza.

My wife would happily steal your car for the colour! As commented above that’s a terrific backdrop for a “hello” snap!
 

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