.... I'm enjoying Sue's diesel SLK so much more than the petrol SLC that I've just sold the SLC and not sure what I will get next.
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I've recently been looking at SLK/SLC's.
The diesel SLK's look remarkable value for money, not to mention £30 road tax and stellar economy. Why is it you enjoy driving it more than the SLC though ? Which SLC did you have ?
We would have bought 2 x SLCs a 200 and 250d but Sue preferred the styling of the SLK so she got the last of the 250d SLKs. The SLC 250d ceased production just a few few years later although the petrol versions continued until 2020, I hope Mercedes reintroduce a new version at some point. The SLC is basically an updated SLK body , same interior, with updated command system and for the higher spec'd and AMG cars has an adaptive suspension settings as standard that was optional on the SLK but rarely spec'd, other than that the cars are basically exactly the same inside.
I had the SLC200 basically 180bhp, a nicely spec'd version with rare electric memory seats. Nice car that did everything well but a bit gutless by comparison. The wife's SLK is the euro 6 250d AMG with the 9 g auto box and 369 ft lbs of torque, amazingly quick for a diesel, its the torquey engine that really makes for a quick good handling car, the AMG spec is slightly lowered, taller alloys and body kit. You have to be aware of the potential for the DPF (diesel particle filter) to soot up if used regularly for short journeys, I just add a DPF cleaner every 3 tank fulls and a good fast motorway run every month or so. Best mpg we have seen so far is a 250 mile motorway run at the speed limit and above and it did 61.5 mpg roof down including the last 20 miles or so in commuter traffic. It has doubled the wife's mpg for commuter driving compared with her petrol Mercedes cabriolet. The SLK feels that it has power on tap from almost tick over by comparison to the SLC than needs to be rev'd, it's staggering to be doing only 1400rpm at 70mph, which makes for a very quiet cruising capability.
Hope this helps.
