1999 MERCEDES SL 500 FLA CREAM PUFF

1999 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL500 Description

WELL LETS TALK ABOUT ONE WONDERFUL SL 500 FOR THE PAST YEAR I HAVE HAD THE PRIVALEGE OF BEING THIS CARS CARETAKER YES I SAID CARETAKER,LETS START FROM THE BEGINING I WAS JUST 20 SOMETHING YEARS OLD WHEN I LAYED EYES ON THIS BEAUTIFUL CAR AND I KNEW IT WAS A BUCKET LIST CAR FOR SURE BUT IN 99 82000 WAS A LOT OF MONEY AND THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GETTING ONE ANY TIME SOON BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CARS I NEVER GOT OUT OF MY MIND IVE HAD HUNDREDS OF CARS THAT COST TWICE AS MUCH BUT THE OLD SL JUST NEVER LEFT MY MIND PURE SEXYINESS MY WIFE SAYS DON JOHNSON STYLE YOU KNOW MIAMI VICE LOl.ANYHOW FAST FORWARD I AM NOW 46 YEARS YOUNG AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I RAN ACROSS THIS CAR IT BELONGED TO AN OLDER GENTLEMAN DOWN THE STREET FROM ME AND HAD BOUGHT IT FOR HIS WIFE TO ENJOY ON THE WEEKENDS BUT THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING SHE WOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR SAYING IT HAD TO MUCH POWER OR SHE COULD NOT SEE SO THERE SHE SAT IN THE CARPORT AND FOR THREE YEARS I FOLLOWED IT AROUND AND I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE IT IT WOULD MAKE MY SON A PERFECT 1ST CAR ATLEAST THATS WHAT I TOLD MY WIFE.FAST FORWARD A COUPLE YEARS AND WALLA HE DECIDED TO SELL IT TO ME AND WAS I JUST OVERWELMED ONE OF MY BUCKET LIST CARS I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA GET WHAT I CALL ONE OF THE MISSING PUZZLE PEICES IVE HAD MOST OF WHAT I WANTED AND COULD HAVE BOUGHT A NEW SL FIRST STARTED WITH THE 80S SL AND QUICKLY FOUND OUT THEY WHERE NOT FOR ME BUT THIS CAR WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CAR IT HAD STYLE COMFORT SPEED IT WAS PERFECT AND I FIGURED I HAD A YEAR AND A HALF TO ENJOY OR SO I THOUGHT. TURNS OUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE COOLEST CAR EVER MY SON JUST DOESNT LIKE TALK ABOUT LET DOWN I TRIED EVERYTHING BUT HE WOUDNT BUDGE IT WAS A CORVETTE OR NOTHING AND I PROMISED STRAIGHT As AND A VETTE WOULD BE HIS NOT A NEW ONE MIND A NICE OLDER ONE SOOOOO THE MERC HAS GOT TO GO BECAUSE THE GREEN LT4 CORVETTE IS ON ITS WAY HOME BOO DONT GET ME WRONG I OWN SEVERAL VETTES OF VINTAGE ERA AND CORVETTES ARE MY PASSION BUT AN SL IS A CAR ALL BY ITSELF.LETS START WITH MECHANICAL I SERVICED IT TWICE SINCE IVE HAD IT AND IT HAS RUN PERFECT FOR THE LAST 5 THOUSAND MILES MOTOR RUNS SMOOTH AND USES NO OIL,TRANS SHIFT NICE AND CRISP,FRONT SUSPENSION WORKS AS IF NEW WITH NO POPS OR BANGS,AC BLOWS ICE COLD BUT OCCASIONALLY IT WILL ONLY BLOW OUT THE CENTER VENTS AND THEN THE NEXT DAY BLOWS OUT OF ALL THE VENTS IVE BEEN TOLD ITS CONTROLLED BY VACUM BUT IVE NEVER LOOKED INTO IT,STEREO IS ALL ORIGINAL AND TAPE DECK EVEN WORKS BUT HAS NO CD CHANGER,POWER ANT. IS NEW AND WORKS LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO,TIRES HAVE ABOUT 90 PERCENT TREAD ON THEM THEY ARE NOT MY CHOICE BUT SEEM TO HANDLE WELL IN THE RAIN AND ARE EXTREMELY QUIET.NEXT LETS TALK INTERIOR IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF I DONT NEED TO SELL YOU ON THAT EVEN THE PHONE WORKS I LEFT IT IN THERE FOR LAUGHS,CONVERTIBLE TOP I HAVE A RECIEPT FOR 3300 FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL CYLINDERS IN THE TOP SO IT WORKS AS NEW THERE IS A HARDTOP I PUT ON IT WHEN ITS EXTREMELY HOT BUT IVE YET TO HAVE A DAY WHERE ITS BEEN TO HOT TO NOT PUT THE TOP DOWN THE HARDTOP NEEDED TO BE RESTORED WITH NEW LINING AND SEALS WITCH I HAVE ALREADY DONE IF YOU WANT A PICTURE OF THE HARDTOP JUST GIVE ME A CALL AS YOU CAN SEE I REALLY LOVE THIS CAR AND JUST LIKE THE LAST SIX CARS THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO OWN ILL MISS HER PLEASE CALL ME AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CAR AS YOU CAN SEE ITS WELL DOCUMENTED AND PERSERVED ITS NOT PERFECT BUT CLOSE TO IT CALL ME THANKS FOR LOOKING RUSSELL 863-797-7188