Once you have got used to this you should be ok, but it took me spinning my little car a few times before I learned my lesson! As far as rust is concerned it's not bad, but I have noticed a bit of bubbling around the passenger door handle which will need attention and a few tiny spots here and there that need touching up.
The car is at best terrifying in the wet and in wintry conditions, be very careful especially turning right on roundabouts. The brake lights keep going off, think there is a dodgy connection somewhere and the light on the dashboard which illuminates when there is a bulb out doesn't always go out when you replace the faulty bulb. The only other thing that went wrong was a stud which snapped on the exhaust and was duly replaced, but with my habit of parking on curbs, in fields and on top of traffic islands (I'm a journalist and often need to abandon my car in the most unlikely of places) this isn't surprising! Ok, then so what don't I like about my car? The remote locking is very temperamental - it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I've only needed new tyres and pads to get it through MOTs. I love the power of it, but it was a bit of a shock after my 589cc smart car, which was my first car after passing my test. These cars aren't as good quality as they used to be!īought my little silver SLK for GBP6,800 two years ago which is about the prize of a new Corsa! Ok, it's now 12 years old, but still looks great and turns heads. It would be interesting to find out how many Mercs are scrapped early because they're now too expensive to keep running. The car has been regularly serviced, I have found it to be a great expense and disappointment. I don't dare take it out again because I fear that it might break down at the side of the road. Recently driving from London to Bristol on M4 started to loose power, obviously running only on 3 cylinders, after a bit longer got worse now down to two, but managed to limp home, awaiting mobile mechanic to fix. MB wanted to fit a new hydraulic pump, megabucks (cost represented about a quarter of the vehicle's value). Had it repaired by a local mobile mechanic, it now works but makes a terrible bang when it goes up and locks into position on the w/screen. Big prob! Solution brute force and ignorance, I enlisted the help of 2 French guys and we physically lifted the roof up and forced it up into position and attempted to lock it into position at the top of the W/screen. On holiday in France one day the retractable roof failed to lift back up. MB solution a new £600 printed circuit board. First the indicators until someone told me that you can extract a printed circuit board and tap the flasher relay to get it working again. My car(SLK230Kompressor) has been bedevilled with electrical faults.
I marked practicality low as lets face it, you can get much in the boot and only a 2 seater but even so after 10 years, this style and model is still my number 1! Get a C180 estate as a second car to take the kids and rubbish to the dump!
#MERCEDES BENZ SLK 230 KOMPRESSOR 2000 FULL#
On that subject, full beam (even without the condensation) is average and greatly improved by fitting HID units. A couple of blown indicator fuses and some condensation in the headlights. To be critical there has been a slight rattle somewhere in the lid which merc spent 1500 pds not finding! One anoyance is with the exhaust which is SS and still original, but you just have to change the ordinary steel connecting bolts when they rust away. Realiability is second to none, not a single serious problem in 10 years. The ability to raise and lower the lid has never lost its appeal. Performance is great and the traction control can really come in useful some time when pushing it too hard round bends.
I was six months old and I have had it for 10 enjoyable years.
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