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Sounds lovely. In may last year as I was taking the SL to get MOT'd I noticed a rattle from the exhaust. It seems the cat's have gone, but it passed the omissions test, which surprised both the testers and myself. Since then I've just left it but the rattle is annoying and MOT time is here...

Same here, hence the question. Should probably check the handbook. Though I always assumed the SL60 had the 155mph limiter removed also. Is this the case?

Ah, thanks for that. Thought he was referring to the 155mph limiter.

looks lovely regardless of mileage, if it were nearer I'd go and have a look, and possibly be talked into the grey leather. If it were mushroom leather, it would be perfect. One query though, what's the "speed limiter" that's working still?

Can anybody tell me whether any of these wheels will fit a 1996 R129 SL500? I've looked in the guide but struggle to work out if these will fit straight on or not? Thanks in advance. 17" 7.5J ET35 Mercedes 17" AMG Alloys & Continental Tyres - Set Of 4 | eBay UK 18" 8J ET31 Genuine Mercedes...

Love that colour, would certainly pick that over another identical car in silver and possibly black too. That car looks a tad overpriced to me.

Likewise, I keep looking at R230's but I'm waiting for prices to drop further on 55's and 600's. With regards to practicality, I agree the R129 is great, we have managed to get a whole weeks of camping gear in ours for a trip to the Highlands, including food, firewood, cooking gear, tent...

This is the reason I would never use the AA, the audacity of thinking they were the fourth emergency service really rankled me. I much prefer the RAC who I'm with. They've been great.

There's a black one on AT for just shy of £30k iirc.. Here it is; 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL Class 5.5 litre SL55 AMG F1 PACE CAR.VERY RARE CAR

In fact, in respect of all the above, I've just realised yours is a seven blade grille and mine is only a six blade! Terribly sorry, I've no idea if they're compatible.

Had a look at mine and can confirm that the long top one is in good condition, as are the next two down on either side, except the 3rd down on RH side has a wee bend in it that could possibly be straightened out. I will sort out a picture later today and post it so you can have a look and decide...

I've got an old R129 grille sitting in the cupboard which is the tarnished bronze colour. Some of the slats are damaged but the top 3 are in pretty good undamaged condition iirc. When I had a wee bump I just replaced the whole grille so this one is gathering dust. Could sort you put a picture...

Hey folks, Was out today and was heading home so we decided to drop the soft top as it was lovely. So the windows dropped, roof stows, and windows go back up, all as per normal, lovely, but as we were crawling along through traffic (immediately after dropping the roof) we decided to drop the...

It really does, possibly my favourite, though Designo Red as per this one is just stunning and so rare. J & F Group : Mercedes SL55 AMG F1 Performance Package Designo Red If I had £40k odd for one, I'd have that one.

Thanks for that, very helpful. I'm trying to push the current one for as long as possible before renewing it, there's no rips or tears but it is looking faded and shabby particularly round the edges (which tend to rub when it's stowing/unfolding) so it's a matter of which comes first, necessity...