OT: Any experience with the 1996 Mercedes SL 500?

[likebikes]

nice car, horrible wheels

[glepore]

Those seats are very rare-the rear ones.

Found my 600 sitting fenders on tire tops today, ads check valve or strut failure, no leaks...off to the indy on a flatbed.

[redir]

I thought the roll bar only came up when the car was rolling over? Anyway... Fine looking SL congrats.

[RFC]

Originally Posted by redir

I thought the roll bar only came up when the car was rolling over? Anyway... Fine looking SL congrats.

There is a system to raise and lower the roll bar. I took off the screen because I couldn't see. I'm still playing with the various functions.

[RFC]

I've been driving the SL500 for about two weeks and want to report back.

The Z4 was a great little sports car and I may look for a used one sometime, but for now, I'm not missing it. Actually, it is lying dead in my driveway.

The SL500 is a highway monster. It is a rush to be purring along at 85 mph, then hit the accelerator and about a second later be going 20 mph faster.

Last Sunday I drove it down from Scottsdale to Tucson to pick up one of my sons. He is a PhD student. Both he and his brother are molecular biologists. It's my fault. When they were younger and living with me, I encouraged them to turn the kitchen counters into lab space. There would be 4-5 experiments going on at any given time.

It was a beautiful day and we drove the SL up Mount Lemon for lunch. 320 miles that day. I am really enjoying this machine. Thanks for all of the advice. I learned a lot.

IMG_2392 by Robert Copple, on Flickr

[BikeNY]

Agree, it's a nice looking car, but I also don't like the wheels much...

Concerning the roll bar, if it's down, yes it will pop up instantly if the car senses an impending rollover. But you can also manually put it up if wanted, for instance to attach the windscreen that limits the buffeting when driving fast with the top down. And yes, best to make sure whomever is sitting in the back clears the rollbar!

I've actually never seen one with seats back there, I thought they all just had storage bins back there?

[coreyaugustus]

Originally Posted by RFC

The SL500 is a highway monster. It is a rush to be purring along at 85 mph, then hit the accelerator and about a second later be going 20 mph faster.

It's absolutely the best part of the car. It might not beat a new Camry in a drag race, but it will definitely pull away easily at highway speed.

Now if only I could find a way to get ventilated seats in mine. Seems like every time I take it out, I come home with a sweaty back.

[redir]

Nice! And the wheels look fine to me

[glepore]

The seats are a rare eu option


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