SLK – Day 2
Today the weather started off perfect. In the morning I went riding with Marzouq on my bike and then in the afternoon drove around in the SLK with the roof down. Its a lot of fun driving around in a roadster convertible, so fun that I didn’t want to even park the car somewhere so I could take shots for the blog.
I was cruising on the Gulf Road with Nat by my side when I spotted k.thekuwaitis car on the other side of the road heading the opposite way. He then called me up and we decided to meet up on the side of the road. Thats when I took the camera out to take shots of the car or else I would have kept on driving.
The SLK although having the small 1.8 liter engine doesn’t feel too slow on the road. The acceleration feels fast and I thought the car was actually faster then my beemer but to my surprise when I checked the stats online turns out the SLK actually is 1.1 seconds slower from 0-100. I guess with the roof down and the sound of the engine blasting it exaggerates the impression of speed.
So far I am really enjoying the car. Its both compact and a convertible so its a lot of fun. Best thing of course is the hard top. Once the weather got really dusty it took a click of a button to put the top back up and just like that its not a convertible anymore, it was a coupe with a hard roof.
Very nice! I was happy as hell we got to go riding early when the weather was nice!
Ok you have the coolest job ever!!! I wish my job allowed me to try out dream cars. Hope u and Nat had a great weekend cruising around…
hey there,
thats sweet, but i was just wondering in future car reviews or maybe in a part 3 if you could tell us some more of its features :D
thanks, enjoy the wind in ur hair ;)
the SLK is such a homo-mobile, like the SL’s retarded little sister. and you got one in bright girly red LOL.
Holla because of that comment you wont be riding shotgun tomorrow.
Mark .. what kind of beemer u got ?
I bet .. its a 1997 BMW 3-series coupe , and convertable .. or sometimes not .. and in Green color..
thats the Lebanese dream car :p
nope, a 2001 330ci coupe. and its blue lol
http://www.unex-t.com/bmw330ci/images/car6.jpg
still.. very lebanese ;p BMW & Land Rover are lebanon’s favorite
You have to admit you’re not going to be a man’s man driving around in that, it’s girly. Anyway, about the acceleration and such, I really don’t care about the figures. If it feels fast and you like it then screw the figures..
And damn, it was dusty. It sucked..
the new SLK looks amazing and its quick when u have the big engine its super fast :)
but mark how is it from the inside do u have enough legg room?
i wish it had the bigger engine, i wish it was the AMG version or even better Bin Sulayems SLK with the SLR engine
http://jalopnik.com/cars/slr/more-on-the-slrpowered-mercedes-slk-out-of-the-mouths-of-mechanics-122019.php
The legroom isnt bad, dont have an issue with it and I am 186cm tall. Nat says the car looks small on me but I think she is just saying that so she could drive it
dude i am so rough and manly, my dick wouldn’t fit through the door. lol.
(Giggling) chick car. Sorry. It is. It is only one tiny step up from the Cabriolet on the gay men’s all-time favorite car list. And red!