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Old 03-18-2009, 03:17 PM
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Looking to buy a 2000, 2001, 2002 SLK with the 6 cylinder and automatic, any pros or cons for the vehicle. It will be for my 23 year old daughter
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Old 03-18-2009, 05:09 PM
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Looking to buy a 2000, 2001, 2002 SLK with the 6 cylinder and automatic, any pros or cons for the vehicle. It will be for my 23 year old daughter
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If you want the 6 cylinder, then you will be looking at 2001 and 2002's, since 2001 was the first year for the SLK320. I purchased a 2001 SLK230 new and have been very satisfied with the 4 cyl...plenty of power for me.
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Old 03-19-2009, 11:20 AM
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My friend has one, owned from new - it has 80K. For some reason, the SLKs don't suffer from the reliability problems that other MB models have. The SLKs are actually well-built vehicles that serve their owners well. This is not just personal experience, but if you go to the SLK forums, other owners say the same thing.
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Old 03-19-2009, 12:15 PM
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I recommend the '73 Volvo station wagon for daughters: slow, unsexy, safe - to keep her out of trouble. Plus, with it's unreliability it will keep you involved in her life.
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Old 03-26-2009, 02:08 PM
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I have a 99 4 cylinder compressor. Plenty of power and outside of a leaky Roof hydraulic cylinder and a wet control module that had to be protected and dried out and cleaned the thing has been perfectly reliable.
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Old 03-26-2009, 02:15 PM
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My friend has one, owned from new - it has 80K. For some reason, the SLKs don't suffer from the reliability problems that other MB models have. The SLKs are actually well-built vehicles that serve their owners well. This is not just personal experience, but if you go to the SLK forums, other owners say the same thing.
I've heard that from a lot of people. Are they all supercharged? I went with a friend recently to test drive one of the 4 cylinder models and it was a kompressor.
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Old 03-26-2009, 02:26 PM
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Before I decided on the SL I drove the 230 slk kompressor and loved it. Plenty of power and the fact that the roof retracts with just the push of a button was great. But alas what killed the deal were the rock hard seats....so SL500 was my choice. Kchemers your an awfully nice dad.
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Old 03-26-2009, 02:30 PM
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Yeah, it was a wee bit hard on me bum . . . .
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Old 03-26-2009, 04:36 PM
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The 230 is a 4-cyl kompressor. My friend has the 320 V-6 (a non-kompressor), a very popular engine across many mercedes model lines. Most of the SLKs are 230. I think only 10% to 20% of the SLKs are 320.
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Is there a kompressor version of the 320?
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Old 03-26-2009, 05:04 PM
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Is there a kompressor version of the 320?
Sho' is - the AMG version.

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