BRABUS R230
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- Your Mercedes
- BRABUS SL55 K8 (R230), SL500 (R129), B Class B200 CDi, VW T5 Transporter.
Hi all,
over the last few months I have been trying make a post on this site without any joy so i have had to start over again with a new user name, I had not posted previously as I was not able to for some reason, so I used to just view other posts without being able to make a comment or introduce myself to all you MERC Lovers, anyway.... about 6 months ago I was fortunate to come across a very rare beast for sale, it was a fully converted (from new) 2003 BRABUS SL55 K8, it has BRABUS 20" Monoblock VI with Continental Contisport 225/30/ZR at the front and 305/25/20ZR at the rear, it has the BRABUS Sports Catalitic Converters, BRABUS twin Chrome pipe exhaust, BRABUS recalibrated speedo with 220MPH on the dial, 0-60 time (depending on where you read it) is between 4.0 and 4.4 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJmYCLg_gF4
from what I understand there were only around 8 made for UK!!!
I fell in love with it the moment I saw it and when you see my video that I made and the pictures that I have taken you will see why!!
My BRABUS SL has had many modification by BRABUS including the removal of the speed limiter! the top speed it projected to be over 200MPH, it has 550BHP, 780Nm of Torque, BRABUS Reprogrammed ABC Sport for a lower riding height and many more changes have been made including the interior such as the BRABUS re leathered interior and more!!
As you can tell I am very passionate about this car and I also other Mercedes models, I would like to comunicate with other like minded people, I had joined other mercedes owners forums but they were american but I wanted to be part of the MB Owners forum which appears to be based where I live so I can possibly come to some of the meets.
I also have a 1991 500SL (R230) which I have had for 6 years which is still a great car to drive, it on has 60,000 miles on it, when I bought it it had 30,000 miles on it, it's so smooth compared to the BRABUS, the BRABUS has a very potent (and addictive) power delivery, i would actualy say agressive but smooth at the same time. The problem is that I often have people in othe fast cars trying to test me such as Audi R8, Porsche 997 Carrera 2S, Carrera 4S, 996 Carrera TURBO and of course I leave them looking at my exhaust pipes (if you know what I mean)
I hope to post some of my pictures of my car on this site also.
BRABUS:razz:
over the last few months I have been trying make a post on this site without any joy so i have had to start over again with a new user name, I had not posted previously as I was not able to for some reason, so I used to just view other posts without being able to make a comment or introduce myself to all you MERC Lovers, anyway.... about 6 months ago I was fortunate to come across a very rare beast for sale, it was a fully converted (from new) 2003 BRABUS SL55 K8, it has BRABUS 20" Monoblock VI with Continental Contisport 225/30/ZR at the front and 305/25/20ZR at the rear, it has the BRABUS Sports Catalitic Converters, BRABUS twin Chrome pipe exhaust, BRABUS recalibrated speedo with 220MPH on the dial, 0-60 time (depending on where you read it) is between 4.0 and 4.4 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJmYCLg_gF4
from what I understand there were only around 8 made for UK!!!
I fell in love with it the moment I saw it and when you see my video that I made and the pictures that I have taken you will see why!!
My BRABUS SL has had many modification by BRABUS including the removal of the speed limiter! the top speed it projected to be over 200MPH, it has 550BHP, 780Nm of Torque, BRABUS Reprogrammed ABC Sport for a lower riding height and many more changes have been made including the interior such as the BRABUS re leathered interior and more!!
As you can tell I am very passionate about this car and I also other Mercedes models, I would like to comunicate with other like minded people, I had joined other mercedes owners forums but they were american but I wanted to be part of the MB Owners forum which appears to be based where I live so I can possibly come to some of the meets.
I also have a 1991 500SL (R230) which I have had for 6 years which is still a great car to drive, it on has 60,000 miles on it, when I bought it it had 30,000 miles on it, it's so smooth compared to the BRABUS, the BRABUS has a very potent (and addictive) power delivery, i would actualy say agressive but smooth at the same time. The problem is that I often have people in othe fast cars trying to test me such as Audi R8, Porsche 997 Carrera 2S, Carrera 4S, 996 Carrera TURBO and of course I leave them looking at my exhaust pipes (if you know what I mean)
I hope to post some of my pictures of my car on this site also.
BRABUS:razz: