Used 2000 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Supercharged for Sale Nationwide

Needs more HP... about 150 more. I guess I should have bought the AMG 32 version.

This is such a great little car. I never wanted a convertible due to the soft top, but retractible hardtops have swayed me. This car hugs every corner and blisters any highway you can throw at it. It just wont stop! It fits me fine (with the top up it's too tight for every single day, but I'm not complaining) with my 6'8" tall frame. For the money, it's a great little sports car and a Benz to boot. But, being a Mercedes-Benz, it can get pricey to maintain. With repair costs on a single job reaching up to $2000, it's not a car you want to drive every single day unless you can afford it.

Having owned 3 of these spaceships on wheels, my advice to you thinking about buying a used one is DON T. Do not buy a used MB that is out of factory warranty, because there is only 1 type of MB repair: EXPENSIVE. From simple engine oil changes that cost $100 to transmission oil and filter changes with these sealed for life transmissions that do not have a fill tube - they are filled though the DRAIN hole using a special tool. To computers and sensors and relays and modules and fuses for every electric device on this car (is is 99% electronic) which require a special MB scanner ($$) to pull codes that tell you what is broken - and then find out from the local dealer how much that repair will cost. These V6 engine are INFAMOUS for having a balance shaft problem where the soft metal of the gears wear down and loosen the timing chain that can cause catastrophic engine failure. The excessive use of CHEAP PLASTIC in these cars is not warranted - no excuse for it. Computer controlled climate control AC systems that are hideously expensive to fix. Then the intake manifold that has PLASTIC shaft parts that break used for flapper values to open and close at different engine speeds which get clogged up with oil gunk from the EGR valve. To wheel speed sensors at each wheel that must speak with the main computer to get car speed - and if 1 wheel sensor goes bad, it has a domino effect with the ABS and ESP computer systems causing them to fail - and it even stops the hard top from working..... The computer thinks the car is moving when it is parked because of the bad wheel sensor, causing the hard top to stop working. Cascade effect which results in a LOT of your $$$ leaving your bank account to fox. Only buy these cars if still under factory warranty. The hard and soft tops comes with 5 to 7 hydraulic cylinders and micro-switches and computers which MUST work perfectly in sequence for the top to work. The Oil hydraulic pump is a $1000 item itself. The cylinders are prone to leak with age - because of the cheap quality oil rings used by the factory. When the cylinders leak the oil reservoir runs dry and the cylinders cost $500-$1000 to fix - EACH. Electronic repairs are nasty. Circuit boards and especially capacitors dry out and short out. The AC can stop blowing cold air because of a fuse box module with parts drying out. The SLK-280-350 cars have an idiot battery design that lets leafs and gunk to clog up the small plastic ware drain,which then allows the water level to raise up high enough to spill though the hole in the firewall onto the fan circuit board and carpet. All because of a hole drain made out of plastic clogged with leaves. Right where the battery box is. Paying to fix these spaceships out of warranty is horrendously expensive - you have been warned.

Bought new in 2000 'X' plate X267 HLM.Silver. Also it had the 3.2 wheels from factory.Got some flack it being called a hairdressers car by my mates. Mid life crisis car that only made things worse between myself and my ex. Kept it for 18 months and got rid of it. Kept the wife until March 2003 and got rid of her too.

cool car that gives and takes what you through at it. the looks the style = sex if you cant get laid in this see a doctor or call me and ill help as much as possible. loved this car oxoxo