Houston, We have an SLK! **UPDATED 1.22.2011**
12-31-2009, 12:14 AM
#1
Houston, We have an SLK! **UPDATED 1.22.2011**
Houston, we have an SLK...
... Hi yall,
... just scored a '99 Silver ext / Black / Red int SLK from my Father in Law...
... I pick it up in a few days, so pics are pending... I know....
... All of you here know I love to work on my own car, within reason... I have owned lots of different kinds of cars, but never a German one, so please forgive my crazy comments / questions while I adjust to having a new car around... my CLS will be going to my son this summer...
Have a blessed night!
Rick / Sith
PS: I am DarkSithSLK on the slkworld.com site
... Hi yall,
... just scored a '99 Silver ext / Black / Red int SLK from my Father in Law...
... I pick it up in a few days, so pics are pending... I know....
... All of you here know I love to work on my own car, within reason... I have owned lots of different kinds of cars, but never a German one, so please forgive my crazy comments / questions while I adjust to having a new car around... my CLS will be going to my son this summer...
Have a blessed night!
Rick / Sith
PS: I am DarkSithSLK on the slkworld.com site
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12-31-2009, 02:11 AM
#14
Congrats Rick!
Terry
Terry
12-31-2009, 07:02 AM
#15
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Nice pickup.
Top always down!
Just be glad you live someplace you won't have to garage that little guy for five months of the year.
Top always down!
Just be glad you live someplace you won't have to garage that little guy for five months of the year.
mine is taking a long winter nap too.
12-31-2009, 09:56 AM
#19
Thanks for all the well wishes yall!!!
I cannot wait to go get it... and put the top back! .... and of course MOAR pics to come!
...and YES I am very blessed to be here in the south.... even though its raining here rite now!
I cannot wait to go get it... and put the top back! .... and of course MOAR pics to come!
...and YES I am very blessed to be here in the south.... even though its raining here rite now!
12-31-2009, 07:22 PM
#30
Thanks so very much again to everyone... I will have to wait until next weekend to pick her up due to some previous travel plans and the New Year... but in the mean time my Bro-N-Law will hopefully get her detailed for me so I will be one shiny fool rolling back to H-town... I really need to call him tomorrow about that...
12-31-2009, 08:14 PM
#32
Go to Slkworld.com and check it out.... they have some specific things that go wrong...mostly from not being maintained properly....
... I was not looking at the 32AMG, so I dont know the skinny on them...
... someone put it very well when they said a Mercedes is an investment...
most of the peeps state that for the r170 chassis, they spend about $500 to $1000 per year in maintenance costs... and those are at a dealership or specialty shops... I plan on working on my own as much as possible, like I have done with my Acura
Edmunds.com has a bunch of reviews... the vast majority of them are glowing!
Last edited by DarkSithCL; 12-31-2009 at 08:18 PM.
01-01-2010, 09:43 PM
#33
Pick up is scheduled for next weekend... I will be turning this into the Merc SLK build / mod / detail / repair thread, so I will be updating with pics and info as I get them... stay tuned... and enjoy this learning process with me....
Rick
Rick
01-03-2010, 04:17 PM
#38
She's just a click over 100k... my FIL was the second owner... its been well maintained which I am super excited about... I cannot think of anything that really major she needs, mostly very minor cosmetic stuff... I drive about 10 to 15 k a year, so I think as a 3rd car she will fare pretty well!
Have you owned one of these before or know anyone who has had one?
Have you owned one of these before or know anyone who has had one?
