I've read and heard a lot of good things about them (generally more reliable and better built than many of their peers among the recent batch of MBs), and they look like they'd be a blast to drive.

Consumer Reports (if you put any creedence in what they say) has generally been positive about the SLKs whereas they have not been on any of the other post-2000 MBs.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles