My Birthday Present to Myself - AMG Content!

[BigDaveRotary]

So I have been hunting around for an SLK55 for a while now test drove one back in the summer and wanted one.

I resigned myself to waiting to next year to find one, until a lovely looking example popped up barely 20 miles from where the old man lived. The temptation was too much and went along to have a look, and it was the ideal spec and condition I was looking for.

So the haggling happened and a few days later I popped a deposit down, and yesterday I picked her up.

What a lovely piece of kit she is, the engine is a fantastic piece of work and sounds fantastic. Having to use the paddles to get the most out of her but that is part of the fun.

The brakes are seriously impressive, lovely and progressive and have huge bite.

She feels heavy, plenty of grip available and obviously at the moment I have not got the stones to turn the ESP off!

Air scarf and Harmon Kardon are lovely and I couldn't be happier.

I do still have the Trophy as my daily hack

 

[Stefan.]

Awesome!!!

 

[Dafthead]

Nice one

 

[Fred@BTM]

the esp is crap on them, it simply doesn't work LOL!

 

[Mr R.]

And theres me looking at a Canon camera for mine next month...lol

Looks great, enjoy matey.

 

[ben_p]

Loving the AMG club on here now! Sub forum sub forum

 

[CSMatt]

I had my eye on one of these, insurance cheaper then a 172cup

 

[Gally]

Ffs! Thanks mate! You've just ruined my Saturday!

/Jealous

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

That is awesome!!!

So much love for these!

 

[Matt W]

After hearing the one at css this year, they are a proper car. Do want.

 

[Waitey]

It's a shame they never put the charger on them, the one I tested felt a bit wet, it was just all noise.

 

[Munson]

Free membership into Club-dk.

Perhaps oddly, I don't really have any love for these, but I can see why people like them. No doubt an awesome car.

 

[MaLicE]

ha another amg owner looks good mate as fred said even the esp on my e55 amg doesn't really do anything, apart from stop you doing a burnout lol it will still slide easy lol

 

[daydotz]

 

[BigDaveRotary]

Thanks for the comments! Gally pop down to Kent and you can be jealous as you experience the noise!

//Munson you may call me pauper spec dk

The best bit is, it is only £225 to tax for the year. Which was a pleasant surprise when the dealer told me.

 

[dk]

Nice car, although personally it needs the multispokes on the silver car.

you are even showing you are in the club with the registration plate

i do have some bad news for you though, I believe it's in the £490 a year to tax......mine is the one with the reduced tax which is £260 a year, but yours is much higher emissions.

oh and esp on mine is brilliant, it's saved me a few times and sometimes is the only thing keeping me on the road with all that power on greasy roads. Be careful in the winter too, they are manageable, but you need to be light with the right foot.

 

[imprezaworks]

Great car

 

[Paul.M]

Nice to see you doing things properly birthday present wise! best of luck with it, fantastic looking car!

 

[Chi]

Great looking motor, happy birthday mate

 

[roberto.]

Looks excellent, apart from the wheels and the long aerial.

 

[DB.]

Very nice, Mercedes are growing on me all the time. It's just the RWD that puts me off for some stupid reason. I still think a Merc will be my next though!

Will you get winter tyres?

 

[Jonnio]

The best bit is, it is only £225 to tax for the year. Which was a pleasant surprise when the dealer told me.

 

[BigDaveRotary]

i do have some bad news for you though, I believe it's in the £490 a year to tax......mine is the one with the reduced tax which is £260 a year, but yours is much higher emissions..

No bad news pal, mine was registered as a PLG (Private / Light Goods Vehicle ) and not under emissions on the V5 therefore cheap road tax!

 

[BigDaveRotary]

Very nice, Mercedes are growing on me all the time. It's just the RWD that puts me off for some stupid reason. I still think a Merc will be my next though!

Will you get winter tyres?

No no she will be tucked up and the Trophy will be used to run around in the pap weather

 

[dk]

No bad news pal, mine was registered as a PLG (Private / Light Goods Vehicle ) and not under emissions on the V5 therefore cheap road tax!

I'm not even sure what that means and how it's even possible.

 

[dk]

No no she will be tucked up and the Trophy will be used to run around in the pap weather

The merc was better in the snow than any Renault I've owned last winter.

 

[scotty2hotty81]

The merc was better in the snow than any Renault I've owned last winter.

Srs?

 

[BigDaveRotary]

I'm not even sure what that means and how it's even possible.

Apparently registered abroad, maybe someone in the forces...I have photo evidence haha!

 

[dk]

Srs?

Yep, had no trouble with it whatsoever, and it had less issues getting up the slope from my carpark than the 250 had. The R26 and 250 both had the disadvantage of the LSD though, seemed to get really confused by snow.

being an automatic made it easier too, more control over starting off, in normal mode it pulls off in 2nd anyway.

The only bad point was being scared of some other tw*t driving too fast ploughing into me.

 

[Gareth]

Mine is terrible in the snow, couldn't even get it from the garage (would go out but then not turn)

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

These are an absolute hoon to drive although a little scary on the edge! I had one sideways at about 70/80!

Get the secondary cat removed! Sounds ludicrous!

 

[Sir_Dave]

I love these, except the stupid arch spats on the rear bumper. Why oh why did they not just re-design the bumper slightly to accomodate them?!?!

 

[Sam@NP]

epic, has it got a warranty or not?

 

[jamier27]

Lovely...

am am going to spend the next few months debating what to get for my Le Mans/ Europe trip next summer... SL55 maybe a better but more risky choice for me

 

[BigDaveRotary]

epic, has it got a warranty or not?

Comes with 6 months warrenty from the garage.

To be honest I am not overly worried, they are pretty reliable and I checked all the common bits when I looked at the car.

 

[Sam@NP]

Comes with 6 months warrenty from the garage.

To be honest I am not overly worried, they are pretty reliable and I checked all the common bits when I looked at the car.

It's the electrics that would concern me but not enough to stop me buying one. Ace little hot rod, managed over 25mpg yet?

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

These have a great bhp/tonne figure as well - circa 220bhp?

Thats going to upset a lot of folk when rolling!

 

[BigDaveRotary]

The electrics are not too bad by all accounts. The major concern was that both heated seats worked ok, which they did! I think that was the major electrics fault with the `55.

I actually managed 27mpg on the cruise home M3/M25/M20. But when I got off the motorway and used the loud pedal it dropped to 16 bwahahaha

 

[Midnight]

Really nice, I think the wheels let it down slightly. May look nicer in person as some wheels do!

Lovely machine you have there. AMG certainly know how to go fast in a straight line!

 

[ben_p]

Is this 7 speed? Is it the usual AMG clutch instead of a torque converter setup? That the one thing I'm not overly keen on is the 'box. Even the latest MCT fitted to the 12-> cars is slow slow to react in manual!