rossyboy

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I think this looks fantastic and seems a bargain. But could a bloke get away with driving around in it? I'm not talking about posing around town with the roof down and shades on, more like runs on country lanes type stuff.

What are people's thoughts?

Mercedes R129 SL280 Convertible Auto, FSH, No PX/Swap on eBay, also, Mercedes-Benz, Classic Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 06-Jul-08 11:00:00 BST)

Seems to be very few convertibles that us blokes can drive without having people question our sexuality

Jamo

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I certianly would, I have bought a car from carlos in the past, hes a great bloke

rossyboy

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He certainly seems to know how to write up a good advert. Never seen one as comprehensive as this before. I note that he has a few others the same, must take him ages!

Jamo

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every advert he writes looks the same, I got an impreza from him some years ago now, we actually swapped cars. hes on my favourite sellers list.

Jamo

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that pillarless coupe he has is very nice too, specially at that price!

Freak

A bloke could get away with it.....if it was not lipstick red.
Wrong color!

David Lock

Well I'd love to drive around in it.

But if I had any money left I would paint it Black or Ivory and convert it to LPG. dl

J4CKO

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I would say yes, that one is mint and these were the best built Mercs ever.

Ok, not the fastest but it would be quick enough and as he says, comparatively less ruinous on fuel.

That advert is an example of how things should be done, detailed without waffling, good English and spelt correctly, brilliant photos and its clear he doesnt deal in rubbish.

Car even seems well priced. That is tempting, I am not doing much driving these days and dont need something that economical, and I love old Mercs.

Anyway, who cares what anyone else thinks if you are enjoying driving it.

Sti_Prodrive

Sorry to say pal, u should really get a slap for asking such a silly Q!!

These are a "MANS" car.

just need's 2 changes..

The AMG alloys on them with the low profiles & that cherry red needs to go!

Gray or Black then we r talkin...


Over all one of the best

Shark Man

Its fine as long as you dress accordingly:

Ray bans, and white/beige creased thin cotton suit.


Deck shoes optional

HankScorpio

Exactly.
Looks cracking.
Only thing I'd like to see would like to see a pic with the softop up.

j4ckos mate

does look like its been cherished, bey you will look forward to gettin bummed in it.

nah serioulsy looks very nice, get it for the nice weather and get shot around may next year bet you will get what you paid for it

rossyboy

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Totally agree re the AMG alloys, I was thinking that myself. I've never had a red car and its not my favourite colour, but I reckon it doesn't look too bad at all.

Dont know if they did silver as an option, but that would definitely be preferable for me.

Anyone want to buy my scooby?!

rossyboy

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I seriously like that aswell, but a 5 litre V8 in the current climate wouldn't be an option even as my second car

Shark Man

And you think a 280SL is going to be good on fuel

The 6pot SLs can barely drag their own weight...consequentally can drink it down almost as well as the v8s

5speed autobox on the newer models did help make things better though

rossyboy

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Has to be better that the 15 mpg my scooby gets . As a second car, it would only do a max of 4-5k miles a year.

Its not just the fuel though, aren't the 500s horrendously expensive to fix if they go wrong?

Jamo

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ive just asked him if hes interested in a swap for the pillarless with my porsche, why dont you see if hes interested in a swap with your scooby rossy?

rossyboy

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Sadly my scooby is currently immobile due to no mot and the need of a TB change. I'm not in a position to move quickly if I decided to change it

I've kind of lost interest in it, hence I couldn't be bothered to re-commission it after the winter lay up.

Good luck with that coupe, looks superb

Sbradley

Beautifully constructed and written advert, which makes a change

No, they're OK cars. Not my bag, and, as has been pointed out already, the wrong colour, but they're not really that gay.

Just a bit

SB

Spoon

If you're man enough to begin with the colour makes no real difference. The only thing that would stop me is the engine. It has to be at least the 500 before I'd give it a second thought.

fatherpierre

You'd be lucky to get over 20mpg from it. I've had loads of mercs with that engine and they all guzzled. The V8s are usually similar in MPG returns.

Beautiful car though.

Luan Pra bang

Seems at least a grand overpriced to me.

ScoobyWon't

I'd go for the shape previous to that one

Olly

Used to have this 500SL a few years back.

Bit of a ***** magnet.



Get the V8, sounds glorious, goes like stink. Fuel is ridiculous in anything these days, may as well be hung for sheep as for a lamb.

Spoon

There is stink and there's stink but the 500 does at least pull the car where as the 280 car pulls at the engine.

I tried the 500 new against a 928S4 and chose the latter but at 25 the Porsche also had the edge at the time.

rossyboy

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Is the 320 any better as a middle of the road option? I admit the 280 does look a bit limp at 140-150 bhp.

Spoon

With prices as they are and with really little difference in fuel consumption between all 3 in the real world, I'd always have to plump for the 500 and never contemplate smaller, though the 320 has to be a step up from the 280.

Shark Man

Me too. The boxy ones really did have an air of tankmanship about them

I had a hard top off one of them fall on top of me (was propped against a wall)....I was trapped underneath it until two guys managed to lift off me (it really is that heavy ).

Plus never like the matt/gloss two tone jobs on the mid 90's mercs ...first thing I'd do is get the sills done in gloss to match the upper body.

The Zohan

Great modern(ish) classic and deffo a chaps car. the best thing is you could be a millionairre or a office worker, who would know unless parked outside your council flat or it had been drug dealer specced with chrome arches (to cover up the rust).

I would have one, these days - only thing that would put me off would be the MPG. Might get one as a second car when we move.

ScooByer Trade

The 2.8 only produces 150 bhp, you need at least the 3.2 and that would be slow.You had a look at the Bmw cabriolets of similar age yet ?. The 328 is much faster than the Merc and buy the manual version ( more mpg ), if you want a cabrio.

Nathan