What's your age, SL owner?

[sbeemish]

41--1st mb; having a great time.

I'm 50, bought my 560SL at 49.....

Jim

[tawom]

38 when I bought my sl600. Love it even with its quriks........

Hi all,

First SL 1977 350sl purchased when I was 23 years old. Still have this car, see picture.

Purchased 190SL 1960 & 280sl 1970 age 33, currently in restoration.

Every day car is a SL320 now that I am 40 years old.

Parry

[scotts560]

46 and just got my first in November.

44 years old, first MB. I went thru muscle cars, Mustangs, a Jag, and still have e34 and e30 Bimmers, but the Merc is the class ride of the bunch. I hope to be a good steward of the car, and pass it along to the next owner with good taste after i'm gone....

[Boudreaux]

I was 39 when I purchase "Dieter" with funds from selling my business. It was bought at such a bargain price that I was going fix the necessary items then flip it for a profit. Now I can't imagine my life without the car. It still has a few minor problems but DOES THIS CAR TURN HEADS!!! The gleaming tourmaline paint and the chrome wheels add that little bit of WOW!!

[Pili380SL]

I'm 46 years old. My wife drives ours most of the time, so I'm in the early stages of finding an SL for myself. We've had ours about a year.

[TClanton]

40 this month...bought the SL four years ago. Got the MB virus and then bought a 1980 300SD. I'm not sure which I like better, but now I'm keeping my eyes open for the perfect 126 560SEL...:p

Still, there's nothing quite like an open top day in your SL!

i must be the youngest here then am 21 but turning 22 this

march 1. I got my 1992 all black 300 SL with blue interior

yesterday, a friend gave it to my family in payment for a debt and

my dad in turn gave it to me on the same day he got it since hes

not into sportscars. So now i got my first sports car never did i

dream of owning an SL.

The car seems to be a supercar in my eyes...is it??

P.S.: How "exotic" is an SL anyhow? I am still in shock regarding

my new car. Im fron the philippines btw. I have NEVER seen an SL

of this type on the road. and i have only seen a couple of the

newer SL55's but on extremely rare occasions (i.e. once a year).

The SLK's seem to be more common though and used to be my

first dream car until i got this

[jjrodger]

Originally posted by SLeeper
P.S.: How "exotic" is an SL anyhow?

It is not very rare: a little over 200,000 r129 SLs were built. But when it was first released and for most of its model life, it was undoubtedly a supercar, just as the R230 is today. Remember, the SL was never cheap: it was much more expensive new than a 911 Porsche or most Ferraris. And the chassis and performance were the best of their day.

wow well i havent taken the car around yet...im trying to do as much research as i could before i even touch it. i need to get a feel for the car since im so used to jap cars and this is my first euro car and a supercar to boot

[msar]

Good question. Figured I'd buy a Mercedes someday. Been test driving the for the past 15 years (I'm 41 by the way) but never pulled the trigger. The cars I was driving were generally too slow. Great ride but lethargic. My mind has changed since buying a 560sl. Really enjoying having the car shift out of second at 75. (Still a kid a heart).

I'm 33.

Bought my first Benz, an E420, when I was 27. Since then, I've bought and sold an '02 C230 Sport Coupe. What's left in the garage today is an '89 560SEC, an '00 E320 Wagon kid-hauler, and a sunny-day '69 280SL.

dorian | sl-129.com | pagoda113.com | sl107.com

[mySL]

Originally posted by jjrodger
It is not very rare: a little over 200,000 r129 SLs were built. But when it was first released and for most of its model life, it was undoubtedly a supercar, just as the R230 is today. Remember, the SL was never cheap: it was much more expensive new than a 911 Porsche or most Ferraris. And the chassis and performance were the best of their day.

Ah, but how many of those are 600s and 320s? I'm say 90% were 500s, making the other 2 pretty rare. Actually, I would really like to know how many 600 were built (I got a used 96 6 months ago). The MB history page only gives the production amount for a few of the years.

Thanks in advance