Spudgun GTR

a few months back i bought an sl55 over a 996 turbo. and, to be honest, i got it wrong!

turns out the sl55 is not what i thought it would be. what it is, is a great engine in a poorly built heavy car!
this car spent more time in the dealers getting a multitude of problems fixed, from faulty central locking, to abc and intercooler pumps failing, you name it, it went wrong. so i got the car sorted on warranty (thank god, because a new abc pump alone is £1700 fitted at merc!) and traded it in.
when it was working, it felt very heavy, had dodgy handling, drank fuel, sounded gorgeous, was quite huge in size,and near lethal in the wet driving fast.

got myself a 996 turbo, tiptronic( i love autos), with all the nice toys.
wish id saved a load of time and money wasted over the years and got myself one of these cars years ago!! wow! ive had plenty of tuned jap metal and some lovely tuned german stuff, but none of them seem as rapid as this thing! its standard, yet the acceleration is unbelievable,its beautifully composed at all times, has fantastic brakes, good solid(if a little uninspired) interior, and nothings broke so far! i adore it!


so im eating humble pie, and hindsight is a wonderful thing. i was initially taken with the sl, but soon enough its shortcomings were exposed, whereas the 911 seems to make me fall for it more, everytime im anywhere near it.

thanks for reading


p.s, heres the original thread if you wanna read.

https://www.scoobynet.com/other-marq...hose-merc.html

Spooky Mulder

Good choice

It has only taken me a 993, a BMW 3 series coupe and a brand new Spec C to make it to my ultimate Porsche

Hoppy

Bit of a shock this Spudders, but glad to read of a happy ending

All else aside, an unreliable car is an absolute nightmare. It ruins even the finest driving experience. It killed TVR. If I could run to a decent 911 Turbo, I'm pretty sure there'd be no looking back.

Those Mercs have plenty to go wrong, and that's really what put me off. They do have a bad rep these days. Porsche, and the Japanese in general, see reliability as a key performance feature.

Janspeed

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It seems that Porkers are "Bulletproof", and you can take it to work too!

stilover

I said get the 911.

Listen next time.

Spooky Mulder

But if it was last week wouldn't you have told him to get a Focus RS

sandycam

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glad you get there in the end

Jamescsti

Fair play to you mate, takes ***** to come on here and admit you got it wrong, hope you enjoy the new car, good choice

Spudgun GTR

cheers mate. i thought it was important that i do, coz i dunno about other people, but when it comes to car changing time, i often do a search here for other peoples experiences of a car i may be interested in. i wouldnt want to be partly responsible for anyone buying a lemon car. sl55 is like a beautiful model with herpes gagging for it, looks great, will probably go great, but you know your gonna suffer with it eventually!

sandycam

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lol

MJW

Lol great analogy - very accurate too. Mercedes dropped the ball with quality control about 20 years ago unfortunately. My mum runs an old 1989 500SL which has never missed a beat, shame that the modern cars aren't as reliable.

hodgy0_2

20 years ago Mercs were built by the engineers who then told the bean counters what to sell them at

now the bean counters tell the engineers how much its going to cost

apperently it all went wrong with the change of ashtray design!!!

andys

that's why I got an SLK 55 AMG. Much more nibble.

billythekid

Welcome to the fold, if its your first 911 its a great car to start with!! Just does not leave many options in terms of where you go next other than the GT2, GT3/RS etal which are not really every day cars. Anyway, enjoy - see you on PH Porsche forum?

Spudgun GTR

im on there now mate, asking dumb questions ha ha!

Jamescsti

So any pics of the new car?

Jer

As I said on your original thread your big mistake was not test driving one. Ive had mine for a year now and sill love it. Good choice any pics.