Time to buy the right car at the wrong time?
, so this one is completing the set. But while our previous R230s have been tempting, none has managed to look as tidy as this one, while being offered with an enticing £12,995 asking price.
On a dull, rational level, that’s entirely understandable. Even a lovingly cherished SL 55 AMG is always likely to turn into a financial minefield, with one misstep potentially landing you with a bill worth a substantial percentage of the car’s value. The ‘55 frequently went expensively wrong when it was new and covered by a warranty, but now the most recent examples of the R230 are at least 11 years old so the risk has grown exponentially.
The most feared of these are the ABC Active Body Control and SBC Sensotronic Braking System, both famed for causing frequently terrifying bills when they check out. But there are plenty of other things to go wrong, too – and getting a neglected SL55 AMG back into order is going to be a slow, frustrating and undoubtedly very pricey process.
Our Pill’s 88,000 miles certainly aren’t scary for a car entering its third decade, nor is the MOT history. Granted, there have been some bad years, with a couple of failures that were seemingly caused by electrical issues of various sorts. The most recent of these was an SRS failure light indicating an airbag fault in March this year, although the SL got a clean pass the following week.
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