My brother has just collected his brand new SL500. It is black over graphite with walnut. It is pretty loaded, with a panoramic roof, COMAND, parktronic, 18" alloys, telephone prep, and all that sort of stuff. Most significantly it has the new 7-speed 7G-tronic gearbox.

I will post pictures when I can (I had my digital camera picked from my pocket while in St Petersburg at the weekend--bloody Russians). I like the car; the gearbox feels great. However I am not sure I like it any more than my 129... I am not convinced it has that last-forever feeling. Also, it feels too much like other cars; it lacks that unique feeling you used to get only in a Merc.

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JJ Rodger
2013 G350 Bluetec
1999 SL 500
1993 E300 diesel T
1990 190