Running a summer plaything cheap SL for virtually nothing

[Jez]

Yeah there was an SL67 iirc Thinking it would be fairl;y good for le mans and road trips in the sun to southern france/spain etc too.

 

[theNude]

i really like these cars, i tried to get the mrs interested but she said it was old and boxy

 

[RoboCod]

I'd have one, it looks great - top down in summer would be brilliant, however, if I had £6k to throw at a second car there are several other options I'd consider that would probably be more fun too.

 

[Jez]

there are several other options I'd consider that would probably be more fun too.

Go on...

 

[Marf]

I think its bargetastic. Go for it.

 

[RoboCod]

Go on...

Speaking strictly for fun here: Westfield,MX5,Z3, even an EVO GSR

 

[Dogbreath]

For me a summer play thing is parking by the river in Henley, doing a bit of boating and then going for a quick spin around the local roads to a friends house/local pub etc.

SL fits the bill perfectly.

I prefer the driving aspect to the posing one, but each to their own

 

[[TW]Fox]

What on earth is a Mitsubishi Evo doing in an SL thread?

 

[RoboCod]

Fun cars

 

[djbenjo]

Mum wants one of these - I'm going to buy her one as a retirement present... but shhhh don't tell her

 

[Scania]

What on earth is a Mitsubishi Evo doing in an SL thread?

Oc/UK mate - you really had to ask?

Mum wants one of these - I'm going to buy her one as a retirement present... but shhhh don't tell her

So does my Mum, funnily enough, she'll get hers, when I retire.

 

[Jez]

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for actual alternatives, cost to buy doesnt matter whatsoever, its the residuals which do.

I am thinking an R230 still has a long way to fall and thus isnt the same prospect.

 

[Scania]

I'd have thought you'd struggle to better the car in your OP tbh mate.

 

[PiKe]

Plaything = MX2, S2000 or Caterham, not a soft-top tank.

 

[RoboCod]

Oc/UK mate - you really had to ask?

Yeah, the opinion of the OcUK motors resident pubescent-looking nerd is the only correct one here.

I'd have thought you'd struggle to better the car in your OP tbh mate.

Why? What if you're looking for something more than a pose-mobile?

 

[RoboCod]

Plaything = MX2, S2000 or Caterham, not a soft-top tank.

Agreed, but not MX2, MX5

 

[Jez]

Plaything = MX2, S2000 or Caterham, not a soft-top tank.

Had an S2000, not a patch on an SL, not even an old one. But i am talking road trips around europe and wafting through country lanes on a summers day, which is what the SL is virtually unbeatable at.

 

[PiKe]

Agreed, but not MX2, MX5

I meant mx5, mx2 is a shop

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Yeah, the opinion of the OcUK motors resident pubescent-looking nerd is the only correct one here.

LOL.

Personally I'd rather have something a bit more fun. I have visions of some rapper and his homies cruising in that draped in "bling". I'll appreciate it is a nice car for the cash though.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

For the record I have a Westfield as a play car - BUT I'd also love that Merc SL - I could see both being perfect for a "play" but in different ways and depending on what mood I was in.

Westfield: Perfect for a sunny day out DRIVING but not actually going anywhere specific - I'd be paranoid parking up and leaving it.

MERC: Perfect for a relaxing waft up to the lakes with the wife, top down, park up in Windermere, have a hugely over indulgent lunch and waft back the early evening.

Horses for course an' all that.

I also don't understand people saying because it's big it'll be no fun to drive on country lanes - they've obviously never been in a well sorted big car. My Cosworth is a riot on the country lanes and that weighs 1700kg.