1990 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

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GARAGE KEPT, SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT CALL Raimund 951-990-1075 This is my personal car, it was used as a Sunday Driver by a old man (myself) Garaged kept. Extremely well taken care of. Never put away dirty. Black/black no rips or tears everything in excellent condition NO OIL LEAKS, no leaks of any king. Professionally serviced by M-B Mercedes calls the 500 a sports car. With a 0-to-60-mile-per-hour time of 6.3 seconds and top speed of 155 m.p.h., it would be hard to dispute that. But first and foremost the500SL is a luxury machine, a toy for the rich. It`s truly a car that can be enjoyed standing still, because that`s when you can play with the convertible top . Unlike the Cadillac Allante which required a call to Detroit to figure out the manual top operation, the 500SL power ragtop is the epitome of simplicity. The top fools you at first. You look for latches above the windshield that must be unfastened to lower the top. Not so with an $84,500 machine. You need both hands free to handle the phone. Instead, you turn the key to ``on`` and press a console button. The side windows lower, the top lifts from the fasteners in the windshield, the plastic rear window separates from the top, the rear compartment lid raises, the rear plastic window folds into the compartment, the soft-top folds into the compartment, the plastic compartment lid lowers to cover the hardware and software and secures itself. The task takes about 30 seconds. There`s also a roll bar that raises the safety device to a new plateau. Push a console button and the power-operated bar lifts for protection. Push the button again and it retracts to hide along the rear ledge. If you`re driving and lose control and are in danger of rolling, the bar automatically lifts-in about 0.3 second. Other toys include a key fob that resembles a switch-blade knife. Press the little red button and the key blade pops out from its holder. The key fob need only be aimed at a sensor on the door or deck lid and pressed to lock or unlock the machine. A blinking red or green light from the sensor tells you what you did. Then there`s the spring-loaded ashtray. Rather than fumble and fight to dispose of butts, you press a button and it pops from its holder into your hand. And the headlamps have wipers. Before you ask what vile being would desecrate an $84,500 machine with foul smoke-this loathsome scribe among the desecraters-keep in mind that the automatic climate control system has an electronic filter to trap tobacco impurities, along with dust and pollen. Standard amenities include power brakes and steering; air conditioning; leather upholstery, including steering wheel and shift handle; 10-way power seats; power mirrors (outside heated); power adjustable steering wheel; cruise control; AM/FM stereo with cassette and power antenna; power windows/door locks; antitheft alarm; and rear-window defroster for the hardtop. The 500SL is more than a car, it`s an experience. Adding to the prestige image, if not snob appeal, is the fact production is extremely limited-only 20,000 will be built this year and 60 percent of those, or roughly 12,000, will be sold in the U.S. Chicagoans will purchase 10 percent of the total. But will the public accept an $84,500 SL replacement for a $64,230 machine? The wait for delivery in the U.S. is six to nine months for the 500SL, three to six months for a 300SL, a fraction of the time those in Germany (six years) or Great Britain (four years) must cool their flat or spiked heels waiting for one. So why bother? Why not just grab an Allante and save $30,000? Only if you hang paint-by-number sets on your den wall. The 500SL is a car, Allante is a concept. For the 1991 model year, Mercedes is developing an adaptive damping system for the SL that automatically adjusts shock absorber firmness to match the road surface-soft on straight, smooth roads, firmer in corners and turns. It also is developing a version of that system, which automatically would raise or lower the car based on vehicle speed to improve aerodynamics-lower at high speeds, higher at low speeds. Federal regulations regarding bumper heights probably will keep the latter off any U.S. Mercedes. 1990 Mercedes Benz 500SL Wheelbase: 99 inches. Length: 176 inches. Engine: 5-liter, 322 hip., 32-valve V-8. Transmission: 4 speed automatic. Fuel economy: 14/18m.p.g. Strong point: Performance, safety, convertible operation, prestige image. Weak point: Mileage, price. Front suspension Independent damper struts with separate coil springs and gas-pressurized shock absorbers, triangular lower control arms with antidive geometry and stabilizer bar. Rear suspension Independent 5-arm multilink with separate single-tube gas-pressurized shock absorbers and coil springs, geometry for antilift, antisquat and alignment control, stabilizer bar. . Brakes 2-circuit hydraulic power-assisted 4-wheel discs. Antilock Braking System (ABS). 500SL Wheelbase 99.0 in Curb weight 1989: 4,145 lb 1993: 4,165 lb 1999: 4,670 lb Trunk capacity 7.9 cu ft Fuel capacity 21.1 gal Automatic climate control. Automatic day/night rearview mirror (1993). Seating and trim Leather upholstery. 10-way power seats with 3-position memory. Audio, navigation and communication Restraint system SRS with driver air bag. AMG offerings AMG had already offered an SL version while still independent, the AMG 500 SL 6.0 of 1991. After being taken over by Daimler-Benz, there were several AMG SL-models available through D-B dealers.