My new SL

[Deneals]

Because of this:
http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/PhotoAlbum54.html

I just got this:
http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm

I spent a month looking for the right car. Thanks to several Mercedesshop forum members for their help.

[G-Benz]

Congrats!

The best part is that your old SL protected you in that accident so that you could live to get another one!

[Bruce Hat]

Nice looking SL. Congrats and good luck. Let us know how you like the difference from a v6 to the v8.

[Deneals]

Originally posted by Bruce Hat
Nice looking SL. Congrats and good luck. Let us know how you like the difference from a v6 to the v8.

The truth is, I LOVE IT!!
I was quite surprised that I got about the same highway mpg with the V8, 26.4. I haven't had it long enough to check city mpg yet.

With the 320, you put your right foot to the floor and you get decent acceleration. With the V8, you get a rocket ship!

Only problem is that after I got it home, the soft top would not raise. I'm having my mechanic look at it this afternoon.

BTW EVERYONE:
I have a white hardtop available for an R129 with a gray headliner available!

[BobK]

OMG that's a pretty car. Love the dark colors on them.
Yeah, the kids get big in a hurry.

[Gilly]

Bruce: The SL320 is an inline 6 (M104) not a V6, they didn't put the V6 in a US version 129.

Deneals, I liked your aircraft pictures, in that one picture from Denver, is that plane your company had 33 of, is that an MU2?
I worked part-time at MSN from about 85 to 90 roughly on the line, had one customer with an Moo-2, hated that sum-buck I'll tell ya.

Gilly

[Deneals]

Originally posted by Gilly

Deneals, I liked your aircraft pictures, in that one picture from Denver, is that plane your company had 33 of, is that an MU2?
I worked part-time at MSN from about 85 to 90 roughly on the line, had one customer with an Moo-2, hated that sum-buck I'll tell ya.

Gilly

Yes the last company I worked for had 8 MU2s. The 33 planes were a different company, also high wing but piston Aero Commanders.

If you worked the line around MU2s you might be hard of hearing. I know of two line attendants who literally lost their heads to MU2s.

But from the inside, its a great airplane.

[Gilly]

As a matter of fact I am down about 30ish percent on my hearing and can barely pass a class 3 flight phys because of it (without a flight test for the problem). I do attribute alot of it to KVA's, and that damn ugly BLACK MU2. Oh, did I mention stupidity too? I didn't think so.
Yes, they are quite fast as I remember hearing (back when I could hear ), but known to be, I guess the proper term is "Dr Killer", like the V tails.
I was thinking that picture may have been a Commander, was that picture I saw a MU2 or a Commander?
But YES you develop a healthy respect for ground-handling it, I can see where an inattentive line crew may not have the brightest outlook towards a natural death, shall we say?
Been out of the flight-thing for I guess over 10 yrs now, even my wife bugs me to get current again.