New SLK-Class (R171) Picture Thread - Page 2

Duo-Art · 02-18-2005, 10:32 AM

Brilliant Silver? Do you mean Diamond Silver?

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BostonSLK350 · 02-18-2005, 10:56 AM

I am 99% sure it is Brilliant Silver, however i may be wrong. It looks like Diamond Silver with the blue hue because I was parked next to my Blue GMC Sierra

Duo-Art · 02-18-2005, 11:05 AM

The two silver colors that the SLK is available in the U.S. are Iridium Silver and Diamond Silver. The Diamond Silver has a slight blue tint.

AMGFUN · 02-18-2005, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BostonSLK350

As promised here are some pictures of the SLK

Correction from previous post, the car is Brilliant Silver not Irridium I got confused as to the Silver.

Pictures are at

http://slk.emchotline.com/

Someone lovers their new car!!

BostonSLK350 · 02-18-2005, 11:18 AM

True, I do LOVE my new car!

The website is a fringe benifit of running the website for my company so I used a little space and a subdomain.

bloflin · 02-19-2005, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BostonSLK350

As promised here are some pictures of the SLK

Correction from previous post, the car is Brilliant Silver not Irridium I got confused as to the Silver.

Pictures are at

http://slk.emchotline.com/

Boston, thx for all the pics on your website. But, the white balance appears way off. Every picture has a blue cast/hue on it. Look at the snow in some of the backgrounds. Here is one pic with a quick 1 second white balance adjustment. (Maybe, I'm not sure how to insert/attach pics

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BostonSLK350 · 02-19-2005, 04:12 PM

Wow that makes a big difference, I will have to check my camera settings too. I think also part of it was that I did not have very good lighting the day I took them. Thanks for the help.

didu · 02-22-2005, 02:42 AM

Hi,

Finally, I got mine, silver/red, sorry for the bad quality of the pictures:

didu · 02-22-2005, 02:43 AM

more pictures:

didu · 02-22-2005, 02:45 AM

still more pictures:

MASA · 02-22-2005, 02:55 AM

Didu, I'm lovin' the red interior. I got the White/Ash combination, but Silver/Berry or Red was one of my top choices as well.

didu · 02-22-2005, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MASA

Didu, I'm lovin' the red interior. I got the White/Ash combination, but Silver/Berry was one of my top choices as well.

Thanks!!! The specs of my car is almost exactly the same as the silver one on the SLK product brochure,
except that mine doesn't have the airscarf, the heated seats and the folding mirror.

I'm actually really surprised by how difficult this car is to drive (maybe because I've always been driving a
toyota), the brakes and accelerator are not as responsive as my toyota, so when you press them lightly,
they don't seem to do anything, but if you apply a bit more pressure, the car just jumps off. I drove the
car around my streets for about 20 minutes to get a feel of the brakes and the accelerator, and I am still
not very used to it. The engine sound is also very loud, much louder than my toyota sedan at similar
speeds, if I didn't know the SLK 350 was made to have that kind of sound, I'd think there was something
wrong with the transmission.

The brakes also squeak a lot at very low speeds. The dealer says it's because the car is still very new.
Did you guys also have the similar problem?

Duo-Art · 02-22-2005, 10:00 AM

Didu, I like the European wheels with the tapered spokes much more than the 5 spoke AMG wheels that are offered in the U.S. PLease add your location to your profile.

didu · 02-22-2005, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duo-Art

Didu, I like the European wheels with the tapered spokes much more than the 5 spoke AMG wheels that are offered in the U.S. PLease add your location to your profile.

Thanks!! I got the 5-spoke 17'' pirelli tires with sports suspension. the
pirelli tires look so much better than the default 17'' tires. I saw them on
the product brochure and decided to have them.

didu

Xenon350 · 02-25-2005, 09:28 PM

Well done didu. Mine looks exactly the same as yours, but I have the default 17 inch alloys. Now that you've posted yours, I might as well post my pics.

Xenon350 · 02-25-2005, 09:34 PM

Here's some pics. I have the dusky red interior just like the brochure too. Where abouts in Melbourne are you?

didu · 02-26-2005, 10:38 PM

Nice!! I like that rainbow too!! (your lawn needs a bit work though :p ).

didu

Xenon350 · 02-27-2005, 01:59 AM

Yeah, I've cut the lawn since then. That was during those record rain days in Melbourne.

You use the Camry as a 2nd car? I use the Astra as a 2nd car. I find that you have to just feather the accelerator in the SLK to get it to take off smoothly. If you step on it like in the Astra or Camry I suspect, it will just jerk forward. Takes a bit of getting used to.

Catch you around didu!

didu · 02-27-2005, 02:33 AM

Actually, I find the differences between the SLK and my Camery a bit
difficult to adjust. I find the brakes and the accelerator of the Camery a lot
more linear in terms how much force you have to apply to the
brakes/accelerator to get the car to start to stop/go faster. In the Camery,
as soon as you apply a bit force to the brakes, the car starts to slow down
significantly, but in the SLK, you have to apply a lot more force to the
brakes to get the same amout of initial slowing-down as the Camery, the
differences between the accelerators are similar. When I first got the SLK,
the car kept jerking off from stops because I wasn't very used to the
accelerator.

I'm not sure about the layout of the instrument cluster of Holden cars,
in Camery, the directional indicators are on the right hand side, but in the
SLK, all the controls are on the left hand side, the first time I drove the SLK,
I kept turning on the rain swiper when I wanted to use the directional
indicator.

didu

cjmegha · 03-12-2005, 12:09 AM

Anyone have the Designo actual pics....?

Phoebusvh · 03-29-2005, 07:49 PM

So hot!

arevee · 04-12-2005, 12:22 PM

i just like flashy colors! mins a 2003 slk320 yellow!
i like the red and metallic green (see the post of the car with a bow on it) the best!

NeilC123 · 04-12-2005, 03:46 PM

hi cjmegha - is that a SLK 55 AMG? at the front and sides look different from the normal new SLKs.

ed424 · 04-16-2005, 01:46 PM

Its an AMG.

Look at the door sill.

CP1 · 04-18-2005, 08:59 AM

Doesn't look like he got his AMG floor mats!

04-12-2005, 12:22 PM	#47
arevee Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 13	no yellow :-( too bad! i just like flashy colors! mins a 2003 slk320 yellow! i like the red and metallic green (see the post of the car with a bow on it) the best!

04-12-2005, 03:46 PM	#48
NeilC123 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 291 Drives: SLK 230	cjmegha which model is that? hi cjmegha - is that a SLK 55 AMG? at the front and sides look different from the normal new SLKs.

04-16-2005, 01:46 PM	#49
ed424 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7	Hey Neil Its an AMG. Look at the door sill.

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02-18-2005, 10:56 AM	#27
BostonSLK350 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Concord, MA Posts: 84 Drives: 2005 SLK350 Silver w/ Black; 2004 GMC Sierra 2500	I am 99% sure it is Brilliant Silver, however i may be wrong. It looks like Diamond Silver with the blue hue because I was parked next to my Blue GMC Sierra

02-18-2005, 11:05 AM	#28
Duo-Art Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Skokie, Illinois Posts: 301	The two silver colors that the SLK is available in the U.S. are Iridium Silver and Diamond Silver. The Diamond Silver has a slight blue tint.

02-18-2005, 11:18 AM	#30
BostonSLK350 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Concord, MA Posts: 84 Drives: 2005 SLK350 Silver w/ Black; 2004 GMC Sierra 2500	True, I do LOVE my new car! The website is a fringe benifit of running the website for my company so I used a little space and a subdomain.

02-19-2005, 04:12 PM	#32
BostonSLK350 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Concord, MA Posts: 84 Drives: 2005 SLK350 Silver w/ Black; 2004 GMC Sierra 2500	Wow that makes a big difference, I will have to check my camera settings too. I think also part of it was that I did not have very good lighting the day I took them. Thanks for the help.

02-22-2005, 02:55 AM	#36
MASA Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 158 Drives: 06' CLS 500	Didu, I'm lovin' the red interior. I got the White/Ash combination, but Silver/Berry or Red was one of my top choices as well.

02-22-2005, 10:00 AM	#38
Duo-Art Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Skokie, Illinois Posts: 301	Didu, I like the European wheels with the tapered spokes much more than the 5 spoke AMG wheels that are offered in the U.S. PLease add your location to your profile.

02-25-2005, 09:28 PM	#40
Xenon350 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10 Drives: 2005 SLK350, 2004 Astra CD	Well done didu. Mine looks exactly the same as yours, but I have the default 17 inch alloys. Now that you've posted yours, I might as well post my pics.

02-26-2005, 10:38 PM	#42
didu Almost a Member! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rooland Posts: 70 Drives: slk 350	Nice!! I like that rainbow too!! (your lawn needs a bit work though :p ). didu

02-27-2005, 01:59 AM	#43
Xenon350 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10 Drives: 2005 SLK350, 2004 Astra CD	Yeah, I've cut the lawn since then. That was during those record rain days in Melbourne. You use the Camry as a 2nd car? I use the Astra as a 2nd car. I find that you have to just feather the accelerator in the SLK to get it to take off smoothly. If you step on it like in the Astra or Camry I suspect, it will just jerk forward. Takes a bit of getting used to. Catch you around didu!

02-27-2005, 02:33 AM	#44
didu Almost a Member! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rooland Posts: 70 Drives: slk 350	Actually, I find the differences between the SLK and my Camery a bit difficult to adjust. I find the brakes and the accelerator of the Camery a lot more linear in terms how much force you have to apply to the brakes/accelerator to get the car to start to stop/go faster. In the Camery, as soon as you apply a bit force to the brakes, the car starts to slow down significantly, but in the SLK, you have to apply a lot more force to the brakes to get the same amout of initial slowing-down as the Camery, the differences between the accelerators are similar. When I first got the SLK, the car kept jerking off from stops because I wasn't very used to the accelerator. I'm not sure about the layout of the instrument cluster of Holden cars, in Camery, the directional indicators are on the right hand side, but in the SLK, all the controls are on the left hand side, the first time I drove the SLK, I kept turning on the rain swiper when I wanted to use the directional indicator. didu

03-29-2005, 07:49 PM	#46
Phoebusvh Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 23	So hot!

04-18-2005, 08:59 AM	#50
CP1 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spring, in the Republic of Texas Posts: 151 Drives: SLK 55 AMG	Doesn't look like he got his AMG floor mats!

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