Vehicle Description
The Mercedes SL series is quite likely the very finest automobile
ever made.The SL500 engine runs without sound or vibration at idle
and normal speeds. It has more power than even the largest military
Hummer, yet when pushed merely makes a slight whooshing sound while
objects from afar get very big very fast and evaporate in your rear
view mirror almost instantly. Shifting through the gears the SL500
gives no jerking forward and back, but instead offers continuous,
unbroken smooth acceleration more like a silent turbine jet engine.
The SL500's ground speed exceeds the speed at which aircraft lift
off, and ten SL500s have more power than a locomotive with a lot
less weight and noise.While moving the SL500 reminds one that it
costs over five times what a normal car does not by excess, but by
the absence of all the little noises, inconveniences and
compromises of lesser cars. As many world religions have noted,
pleasure and Heaven are not obvious pleasures, but the complete
lack of unpleasantness.The SL500 is a masterpiece of beauty, power,
smoothness, safety and convenience which cannot be put into words
by any living poet. The rest of this is all technical. Other cars
occasionally can offer better performance on paper in one aspect or
another, but always at the expense of something else at which the
SL continues to excel. The rest of this cannot possibly convey the
pleasure received from owning an SL500. There were 5,632 model year
1997 Mercedes SL500s sold in the USA. The engine is a V-8 5.0L, 304
CID, DOHC, 32 valves, four cams, Variable Valve Timing (VVT) with
347 ft-lbs torque @ 3,900 RPM, 315 Horsepower @ 5,600 RPM. She laps
the Quarter Mile in 14.5 seconds at 99.2 mph. This particular
example has only 64,157 miles from new and is in outstanding
condition. Also, please note that the soft top is in-operable.
Projecting perfect proportions from every angle, the R129 SL500 is
the crown jewel of the automotive designers' art. Designed with
passion and vision, the R129 SL500 looks as astonishing today as
when it was introduced. For more informatin on this beauty and
others, give Austin a call at 863-226-8590.
