What Sl should I Buy

[Chrishazle]

COckpit MANagament - can't remember what the D is for.

 

[NJS5]

Only Audio 20 in that one - no Comand (note only 1 "M" in Comand - for reasons best known to Mercedes...)

One can, of course, upgrade.

NJSS

 

[SL63 Mark]

OP seems to have disappeared. Meanwhile, we have decided on SLK55, problem sorted.

 

[NJS5]

I thought we had decided on an R230 SL350 without ABC suspension , but with full Comand.

 

[Blobcat]

OP seems to have disappeared. Meanwhile, we have decided on SLK55, problem sorted.

I thought we had decided on an R230 SL350 without ABC suspension , but with full Comand.

Democracy doesn't work...

R172 350 I'd recommend or a R231 SL350

 

[SL63 Mark]

Democracy doesn't work...

R172 350 I'd recommend or a R231 SL350

Yes, but then JBell found a 55 in budget, and we went off down that route. You know it makes sense.

I would love one to run around in, values can only go one way, (up).

Maybe if the OP returns, he can give us a steer.

 

[Blobcat]

Yes, but then JBell found a 55 in budget, and we went off down that route. You know it makes sense.

I would love one to run around in, values can only go one way, (up).

Maybe if the OP returns, he can give us a steer.

All good apart from the below from the OP…

I do not have deep pockets for repairs.

 

[NJS5]

R172 350 I'd recommend or a R231 SL350

Why not an R230 please? For his figures he could get a reasonable R230, or possibly a high mileage, low spec. R231 although I confess I haven't seen one for £14k or less.
NJSS

 

[Blobcat]

Why not an R230 please? For his figures he could get a reasonable R230, or possibly a high mileage, low spec. R231 although I confess I haven't seen one for £14k or less.
NJSS

Because of…

I do not have deep pockets for repairs.

R230’s can be expensive to keep going - SBC braking and swimming pools in the boot leading to serious water damage.

 

[LostKiwi]

Because of…



R230’s can be expensive to keep going - SBC braking and swimming pools in the boot leading to serious water damage.

Such a hater of the R230 BC!

 

[Blobcat]

Such a hater of the R230 BC!

I’m not, I like them a lot.

Just not as a daily or something to own with limited funds…

 

[SL63 Mark]

Why not an R230 please? For his figures he could get a reasonable R230, or possibly a high mileage, low spec. R231 although I confess I haven't seen one for £14k or less.
NJSS

I think a 231 would be pushing the budget a bit ? Lovely cars, though.

 

[Craiglxviii]

Such a hater of the R230 BC!

“if they worked every time, it would be no fun”…

 

[peterws1957]

Because of…



R230’s can be expensive to keep going - SBC braking and swimming pools in the boot leading to serious water damage.

As long as they're not used as a daily and you choose carefully, they don't need to be expensive. Ours is garaged though and doesn't get rained on cos its a wimp.

 

[ajlsl600]

Such a hater of the R230 BC!

R230 far better lookin than 231

 

[00slk]

I used my r230 SL55 as my daily for nearly 4 years added 35,000 odd miles to her, not much difference in cost to the 2 r230 500's we had.
SLK, buy and forget, you don't even need pockets to run these, had 320, 350 and the current 250. Cheap, economical and reliable

 

[Flyinspanner]

I think now that I’d rather have one without Comand.
Its old tech (hardware and software).
The optic system makes it hard to upgrade.

id rather have standard Audio - much easier to swap to a modern headunit which will have functionality streets ahead.

 

[00slk]

I think now that I’d rather have one without Comand.
Its old tech (hardware and software).
The optic system makes it hard to upgrade.

id rather have standard Audio - much easier to swap to a modern headunit which will have functionality streets ahead.

I think our SLK is Audio 20 as it is Pilot Sat Nav?

 

[NJS5]

I thought that we had seen this before.

OP seems to have disappeared from both threads !

 

[Craiglxviii]

I thought that we had seen this before.

OP seems to have disappeared from both threads !

Not for the first time either! Why people do this is beyond me.