Category: Mercedes SL Forum

Have you pics of well tuned Slk ́s so not so a cheap amg style but already bitl fast&furious moderate!post here just a few horny pieces in! best would be if you would also post the address where you found them!

What do you all do professionally and how old are you that you can afford such beautiful cars???

Hello , have a 500SL 1982 , this has now stood beaten 5 years , only 70,000 km on the clock , if you have times of some dampness entrances at the heatable rear windshield aside an almost impeccable light blue dream …… have filled the cylinders after screwing out the candles with WD40 , and that in small quantities but several times within 4 days , . after then I began to turn it slightly by hand . everything perfectly expired . then I renewed fuel , fuel pump and fuel filter. Battery logically also, as well as motoroel+filter. the engine jumped already after few turns, great aggregate!! sounds clean, however it goes out after a few seconds again – after a pressure measurement on the volume divider I had to determine that the pump first took relatively long to produce the operating pressure, then after starting the pressure drops to 2.5 bar, which naturally does not encourage the nozzles to open. after some staretning the motor jumps again, however only for this short period. the pressure of the pump itself exceeds the 6 bar. is I correctly in the assumption that it can be a pressure loss in the volume divider which can be caused by one or more defective O-rings ??? should I perform other tests before disassembly ?? many greetings chris

moin was just on the mercedes homepage.. there is the SLK 350 with the 7speed automatic is faster than with the manual transmission?? how can that be? sg: 5.6s 0-100kmh ag: 5.5s 0-200kmh normal is the manual transmission ever faster, and even DSG at VW and SMG at BMW bring only extremely small advantages…what to build such transmissions then if ne automatic with 7speeds is already faster?? can actually only n typos be or wat at the SLK 200 with 6speed automatic is the switching gear be also faster according to mercedes.de..

my tyre dealer wants to buy me the MAE Jewel 2 pieces with the set 8.5 x 18 with 225 / 40 and rear 10.18 with 255/35 for 2800,00 Vekaufen – problem is it would be AVON mature – knows the someone, are the o,k to drive, wouldn’t want to buy new tires after 10 000 km ?g

Hello SL friends, who has experiences on the topic of wintering of seasonal vehicles? Mine has to be in the garage in 4 weeks for 5 months, what should I consider? Battery I don’t really want to disconnect, because I have concerns about various ECUs. Who has experiences with charge maintenance devices, where the battery remains on it (brand, model, price,etc.) The topic tires, so picking up also does not really work. For constructive tips and experiences I would be very grateful. Thank you.

Hello dear people, I am looking for someone who says to me: “This can only be a small thing…” 😉 Yesterday I was at my parents’ weekend home, so you have to cross a non-paved road. So I set the ABC chassis to the highest level and when driving down the road I somehow felt like a short brake test for inexplicable reasons (wheels blocked also briefly on the gravel). There sounded a small signal and at the instrument cluster was read “ABC – Werks I thought only “Sch….” – that will be expensive. (The connection with the braking was perhaps no one at all, but a pure coincidence!) So, after I had then turned off the car and drove back home an hour later, the error message was no longer detectable. “No faults”. Also this morning no more, nothing. I should perhaps say that everything was completely wrong” (but not in red, as I found it in my Internet search, but “very normal). normal worked, i.e. the car could be driven up and down completely normally without abnormalities, there was no “misfunction” on the part of ABC to notice, as far as I can judge and feel this as layman. Couldn’t that have been just a “harmless” message, because maybe the oil level is a nuance too low (no idea what causes this could have) or must I be prepared for the worst? (Wednesday I have a workshop appointment, for safety reasons). Request for reviews/opinions. LG, Jonny

Hello, I inspected a R230 (SL500) yesterday before the purchase, but offered me the following insights (see photos) – I then got stuck on the gearbox, which was covered by the disguise. However, I could take a few photos. Car is BJ 2003 and has 80 TKM. Is this a sweating or is it already a licking ? What would cost me here the repair and what is the problem, how would the cost for the repair be for the friendly ? demand already a similar picture of his – for me the question arises whether I should buy the car and if so whether the seller must therefore reduce the purchase price !!

Hello, General: have my first SL R230 year 06/06 1st hand and only 61 ́Km all service at MB, picked up only 200 KM. Highway with gradients up to 160 kmh consumption 9.1 L/ 100 Km top. In the garage followed now 2 days car maintenance although it was clean. Now he shines the leather is like new everything to my satisfaction. . Command APS DVD: The IPhon 6+ I could unfortunately with the adapter B 6788000 couplings the phonebook entries are not taken over correctly. Do you have the same condition? With which mobile phone (brand) can I use everything the command gives? (Handy charging tray instead of Bluetooth) I would then buy a “Autohandy” and order a second Sim card. Or does an update on the command help? With which key combination can I determine the firmware version of the command? Key Les Go. I think the door handle driver side is def. If I want to open or close the car with Key Les Go it only goes from the passenger side. (Fig. closed handle goes up. small button push goes to only passenger side) With the driver side everything is dead. I have read nothing about it yet. Am I right and a visit at the friendly is imminent? The FB is OK. Thanks for the help

After 5x SL I decided not to read more here in the forum and extensive test rides against the R232 and for the white/blue camp. Who thinks this is in the SL forum OT. For all those who love the R232 in a similar situation but have not yet decided, here my motivation for the M850i, or against the SL: A) The R232 is only available as an AMG variant. After a long back/back and many test rides he was too hard for me, respectively. mfortabel. Where the SL opens the spread towards 911, the 8-series is more like an S-Class convertible. Is more like mine. B) The 8-series has been on the market since 2019 and has its childhood diseases behind it. Mine is an LCI (“MoPf”-model of which I hope it will go on as unproblematic as I should have seen for 4 weeks now. No mucken of any kind. Drives easily and does what it should. C) Interior concept: BMW has buttons! Everything important can be operated via buttons. Many DANK!!! Most of it also via touchscreen. But I don’t. I touch the monitor almost never. Nevertheless, since the 2022er facelift you have a nice large monitor in the middle and everything looks tidy and modern. D) Actually belongs to C: So silly stories like touch slide in the steering wheel or retractable door handles one searches in the 8er God-sei-thanks in vain. Hopefully all this is only a mistake on the part of MB, which corrects in the next generation E) Price: If, then I would have decided for a SL55. In comparison, the M850i is not only visually more impressive (485cm outer length vs 470cm), but also 20k cheaper and m.E. better equipped. The pricing of the SL is overall a joke and by nothing to justify. It will prevent the broad success of the R232. My opinion. Simply because there are so good, cheaper alternatives that are better specialized. From the R232 than 4-cylinder (and its price) wi F) Practicality: Relayable and better usable rear seats (thanks to 12cm more wheelbase), larger boot volume and a really well-functioning app, with which many functions can be remotely operated. However, I don’t know how good the SL is at this last point. Thanks to the digital key, I don’t need to take any more keys with me if I have the phone with me. Works perfectly and is easy to set up. G) Design: The 8-piece is optically smooth. One might think of the current generation of BMW, what you want, but they still missed a classic kidney for the 8-man, which runs wide across the front, but does not come to the ugly beaver teeth, which BMW seems to have closed into the heart at the moment. The rest of the line is also a dream for me. The width and length, spread over stretched, classic proportions, are optically a poem. Don’t understand why many other BMWs are currently so powerful. H) Gimmick: Since the 2022er Facelift the 8er has a bright kidney. BMW calls this “Iconic Glow”. I initially dismissed it as meaningless gimmicks. But it looks damn awesome. BMW has taken over the top of Rolls Royce. Makes for a present at night. Maybe many don’t care, but I like that. So much on the subject. If there are things to complain about in the future, I will also write them in here to give an objective impression. W if someone wants to read a “professional” comparison: Here’s a report that I found quite exciting and which brings it to the point: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/…/…s-bmw-m850i-2023-twin-test-review