one word....BORING. for 180,000 i would be ____ed. it looks just like the lesser SL but with bigger wheels and some badges. totally under whelmed me. MB needs to get there heads out of there ___ and either get serious about there sports car or just concentrate on making the rest of there cars better. it didn’t even sound good when the guy pulled away.

For that much money you could buy a Porsche GT3 and a well optioned Caymen S.

 

wtf please tell me your joking

 

not at all. i completly understand the perfromance of the car and i respect that. but i see SL500 at least once a day. and this one just blends in with the rest.

 

You obviously don't understand one of the major concepts behind BMW and Mercedes.

 

i understand it just fine. i guess for a 180k there are ALOT of other cars out there i would b interested in.

 

Well, you're complaining that it blends in with all the other SLs, when that's what BMW and Mercedes have been doing for all of their existence. Understated performance is the underlying theme in all of them, until recently. Ms and AMGs just blend in with the rest of the cars, unless you're someone that knows the car and can tell the difference.

 

i understand that just fine. but once your spending $180,000 don’t ya want everyone to know? Is that not the point of a sports car like this? Every review of MB "sports cars" say they are to heavy and to softly sprung. They are for retired dentists to get to the country club real fast. i have never been a fan of MB, they need to bring some style into there line up. everything looks so similar.

 

Try this one on for size: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...leId=103165#12

 

Trust me people know when they see SL65 AMG if they are car guys what it can do and whats its worth!!! Plus Mercedes has always been about clean,simple,and Luxury. Look at a Lexus They are very nice cars but last time I got in one I thought I was gona Fly a plane there was so many buttons. ____ I wish I had a Benz!!!

 

im not saying its a bad car. but i wouldnt by one...lots of othere better choices out there for 180k

 

I know U didn't I wouldnt either I dont like convertibles and I would rather get The big S65 or a used Ferrari!!

 

i would buy a fleet of Miatas and rent a race track for a weekend ang go nuts with a bunch of friends

 

I'd rather drive my box than own a Mercedes. At least I have good reliability, and don't look like a yuppie while driving it.


Oh, and SL65 is going to be owned by young blonde trophy wives.

 

Trust me Mercedes are really reliable cars they are built like rocks My dad has owned 9 Mercedes and has never had major problems he has one with 460,000 miles and still runs like new never rebuilt or anything!!!!! I heard Bmws have alot of electrical problems.

 

I was just checking out MB's reliability ratings in consumer reports....alot of black...no bueno.

No German car really has good reliability...well, Porsche is about it, but it's with select models, like other manufactures.

 

dont belive those stupid reliablity ratings. They make no sence. in the JD Power survey Scion was ranked very low while Toyota and Lexus where at the top...explain that to me?!?

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1592 - all about the JD Power BS
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1719 - read this, its why CR is useless

 

JD power is about quality, and well, scion doesn't ahve the best quality out there. according to jd power, scions are average, not the best, not the worst.

 

I dont know about all the new ones but I'll tell u this like my grandpa says ''They dont build them like they used to"

 

My dads 99 S500 has 290 thousand something miles and the only thing that went bad was the A/C and damn was that expensive!!! Other than that nothing just maintance which me and my dad do to all are cars. Except my TC cause one of my friends changed his own oil and his motor got messed up so they voided his warranty cause he didnt have proof of changing the oil.

 

Fixed your post for you.