New user - just purchased an SL55!

[Londonscottish]

Looks great - one of the finest car rses ever IMO.

Totally agree. Absolutely beautiful from all angles but rear 3/4 maybe the best. Or maybe the view from the rear as it lays sticky 11's ;-)

And then there's the noise....even as standard it's bombastic.

That's one of my ultimate cars.

One day I really really really want to run a 55K.

 

[vinnie83]

Totally agree. Absolutely beautiful from all angles but rear 3/4 maybe the best. Or maybe the view from the rear as it lays sticky 11's ;-)

And then there's the noise....even as standard it's bombastic.

That's one of my ultimate cars.

One day I really really really want to run a 55K.

Thanks I'm fortunate enough that this is my 2nd 55K (E55 back in 2006).

If any of you are interested in my comparison between the SL and my 997 turbo, check :

SL55 vs. 997 turbo - PistonHeads

I hope I've not broken any rules by linking that.

 

[John]

Totally agree. Absolutely beautiful from all angles but rear 3/4 maybe the best. Or maybe the view from the rear as it lays sticky 11's ;-)

And then there's the noise....even as standard it's bombastic.

That's one of my ultimate cars.

One day I really really really want to run a 55K.

When I bought mine, a 54 SL55 was £10k more and I just couldn't justify it.

I would have loved one though - I took a shine to them in early 2002 when I lived in Herts and often saw a black one.

Just glad they shoved the same engine in something else!

 

[vinnie83]

When I bought mine, a 54 SL55 was £10k more and I just couldn't justify it.

I would have loved one though - I took a shine to them in early 2002 when I lived in Herts and often saw a black one.

Just glad they shoved the same engine in something else!

Quite the same reason I got the E55 back in 2006 - SL's were about £20k more!

Still my favourite engine, and I've driven numerous impressive machines!

 

[essel]

Any update on the doorcard, Vinnie? I have a broken clip in one of mine, and the side pockets could be tighter...

I'm in Letchworth - if you're close by it would be fun to have a meetup. I may take mine down to Eurocharged one day - feels fast enough to me at the moment though

 

[vinnie83]

Essel, sorry for not replying, I kind of forgot about this thread!

The car was unfortunately written off about 4-5 months ago when parked in a side street in Richmond and a rare high tide caused the thames to flood.

Now in an Aston so won't be posting on here for a while

Sold the salvage to a chap wanting to fix it up so hopefully L55 SSP will live again!