This car is as old as I am

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/02/2015 at 10:44 • Filed to: None

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1996 Mercedes 320SL. In my opinion, one of the best looking Mercedes-Benz ever made.

Party-vi > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 10:49

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I saw a gorgeous 300SL Tuesday night. I definitely would not mind having an R129 to drive.

EL_ULY > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 10:49

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we have a suuuuuuuuuuper clean one here at my dealer right now. I’ll try to take a pic.

Also, 2 SL’s the year I was born

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 10:50

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You young as haaaaaeeellll .

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 10:59

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Agreed - probably the best looking SL IMHO. I don’t know if I’d want the I6 (with manuel transmission, although past experience tells me MB MTs are horrendous in the feel department) or that big, stonking V12.

Zohaibman72 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 11:00

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wow its old as me too

1996 ftw

Alfalfa Romeo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 11:01

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It’s pretty cool, but I still like the R107/C107 more.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Alfalfa Romeo 07/02/2015 at 11:13

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oooh, that is pretty.

For Sweden > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/02/2015 at 11:22

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I think I hear Chris Hansen knocking at my door

Alfalfa Romeo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 11:26

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It’s on my list of ‘cars I WILL own at some point in my life’.

Also for the sake of continuity, they were still making them the year I was born, so I could get one as old as I am.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 12:24

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That is a handsome car. I think of this sort of styling, not new M-B stuff, when I think of handsome Benzes.

I once came across a picture online of what I think was a W124 e-class coupe, with the SL front bodywork grafted on... it was kind of cool.

I would consider a car like an R129... if it had a permanently fixed hard top, no soft top and commensurately less weight, with a nice, butter-smooth inline-6 and a manual gearbox, with a limited slip rear diff, and maybe a few AMG appearance and handling upgrades. A V12 is nice... but again, the weight... Besides, the old 300SL was a killer with a straight-6.1

And by less weight, I truly mean LESS WEIGHT, which is what Sport Leicht is supposed to stand for. No power top, and no roll bar, or at least a fixed roll bar, without the deployment mechanisms, and some other simplifications might help that significantly.

Somehow, SLK is nice, but just doesn’t have the low, long, and sleek look of these R129 SLs. I am a bit too young to be impressed by the ‘pagoda’ R107 SL series, and the SLs after R129, the R230 and R231, are not as handsome, either.

The only other modern Merc that captures that... is the SLR-McLaren roadster. (and I specifically mean the roadster, as the coupe’s roofline is not attractive, the roadster looks great with the top down, and still has those fantastic butterfly doors.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/02/2015 at 13:07

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There was a time when I wanted a ‘94 Impala instead of a ‘96, even though the ‘96 is the better option. Simply because I was born in ‘94 and thought it would be cool :)

QCGoose > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/03/2015 at 22:25

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Agreed. The R129 SL's are pretty much my favorite Benzes. Such a clean and classically beautiful design.