When Mercedes Made Cars With N/A V12"s | 1999 SL 600 Review
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- In the 90's when you bought the top of the line Mercedes it would have a naturally aspirated V12 under the hood! Today we experience the SL 600 which was Mercedes top dog roadster!
Thanks to LW Automotive for letting me film their car! It is currently for sale:
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Now you need to find a SL73... just a little more ultimate me thinks. 😊
Effspot Gordon’s maniacal laugh over the $12,000 exhaust will never get old. 😂
I still remember when I saw Princess Diana driving past my late father's restaurant back in the early 90s in a maroon SL.
This needs to be a series. Review the 90s/00s nostalgia cars.
What a beautiful car. You are right, they do not make Mercedes cars like that anymore and that's a shame.
This car is mint "slams trunks"
That second button is for when the car needs towing somewhere.
Hell yeah!!! The day finally comes, the day when Mike brings an old car to the channel, loved it ❤
The M120 engine was a masterpiece. Renntech have made an SL74 and SL76 with the M120. The latter iteration with 575hp. That was monstrous back then but it set you back $200k with all the upgrades in the engine, brakes and suspension.
I remember Ludacris having on of these in his "Roll Out" video
This is my definitive favorite SL generation! Currently have an active search for SL600s here in Sweden to see if anything interesting poppes up! 😊
Love the 4K quality yess
As a young boy my dreamcar was the Opel Senator. Later on the Audi 80 was the most beautyful car like the Mercedes in early 90’ts. And now I know…. Cars looking better until now 😀
Absolutely beautiful, a timeless classic work of art! I bet that V12 with a tune and full exaust upgrade could push out another 100 HP NA!
For me personaly, this is, the best looking car that i have ever seen. For my taste, these SL's are magic. I would put some Lorinser wheels and just take a ride.
Mike getting hench all that training is paying off 😂 👊🏽
You should buy one. Standing out from the crowd of UA-camrs!
Outstanding car.Thanks for sharing and taking us along.They don't make them like they once did
Keep it up Mike, more modern classic reviews!
Autovlog Great Video I think it's awesome that you got to Drive that awesome Mercedes SL 600 and I think it's awesome that it has an N/A V12 and I can't wait to see what you'll review next
So awesome reminds me of seeing these in car and driver or motortrend definitely my favorite years
This is nice content, Mike 🤗
“That switch is the “anti tow away” alarm, it’s not sport mode it’s a summer and winter switch “W” prevents wheel spin in winter conditions
Great video!!
This is a cool car today as it was cool in 1999. Thank you for showing this beautiful thing. I hope the new owner admire thi vehicle, not just the investment.
Thank you, I had a good time watching this video.
R129's are renowned for their build quality and craftsmanship. All R129 V12's came with Mercedes ADS hydraulic suspension. On vehicles equipped with an Adaptive Damping System the driver can select the suspension ride quality at the push of a button. Mercedes with ADS has a button on the center console that allows them to select the stiffness of the suspension. Typically, you have three settings.
You need to get into a classic like that , you would love it !
KEEP THESE CARS COMING
I did a lot of miles in an SL600 back in the 90s. Amazing car. And actually it was a 600 SL. Same model but they changed the order of the type on the later ones.
Coolest Mercedes ever!
For those that grew up watching Sopranos!
Cool video also
This is a yrue SL!! Always loved the R129. 😛😛 Going up in sales real fast!!!
A key and a shifter? Amazing! :D
Beautiful car 😻
Second button is to DE-activate the anti-tow alarm... for when you genuinely need to have it towed.
Great video
Honestly it sounds like a vacuum cleaner!
I always liked the 2005 SL55🤘
Hi Mike great video great car 😀
great video.. awesome car too
I had sl320 back then it was dream car sure 500 was better but 600 was a rocket man and so expensive like double price of 320 .....what a car
Too damn good
This is great content, maybe some classic car reviews
Nice video👍🏻
This is my dream car !!!!
Lmao the hood part 0:40 I just did that today looking at a gt63 while my CLS is getting serviced 😂
Used to work as a mechanic at Mercedes back in the day, and oh boy, that generation, the R129 was top notch build quality! The metal wasn't that thin piece of sh** like it is on modern cars, the paint quality was great, the Interior ... you could feel it was made with the goal to be durable, the engine, well, 200.000km were nothing to those power trains! Too bad Mercedes did go downhill with their quality! I would chose an R129, W140 or W124 over EVERY modern Mercedes!
I like the look of the R129 over the R230 chassis
Wanted one of these sooo bad
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Damn Bro u really looking good in this video, ❤
The ride wasn't too shabby either...
W113 (1963-1971) are my favorites. manual transmission.
that button is for the alarm system to switch it off. with the rollbar down is much nicer btw if you do the top down it wil sence if the bar is up and or the top will clear it mercedes have toucht about that. a w140 s class olso a icon.
Great car! The S and W on the transmission means, S - Summer,(starts in 1st gear), and W - Winter,(starts in 2nd gear).
Mike secretly works for LW automotive 😅😅
My mother still has hers a 1996 SL600 with a carlsson wheels
Mike you need this car for the channel! I would love to see you mod the shit out of it!
I own the slk230 amg.i love it its 1999.
Shoutout Effspot
This is exactly what I would want too bad no manual
Nothing like a V12 stuffed into an SL! Mine is an ‘18 SL 65 AMG!
@AndersonDick parece muito com a sua!! Carro incrível
I think you should buy it Mike...
You could do a lot of comparison videos with this and the S65
Zonda exhaust sound
God damm Mike 💪🏼🙏🏼 buy it .. they will raise in value soon a lot more than 38 K 😉 .. it’s really a cool and nice car 👍🏼 the only thing that is bothering me is the wood trim they mostly had back then , this is typical German thing with wood , also their furniture is big and heavy wood .. at least it was back then . And so cool it comes with a hardtop so you can drive it in the winter as well 👌🏻But buy it , if not this then another one .. you’re right about the generations .
Black series SL
Duuuude!! What a car buy it lol
The last real, over-engineered Benz.
No air suspension on these, pure hydraulics (SLS)
What a BEAUTIFUL car...& with the top down *you* don't have to worry about messing up your hair. ;)
It’s crazy to me that my moms 2021 Honda accord 2.0L turbo will take this v12 off the line.
Biffig!!! My dad have this car. I think that button u didnt know what is was is for towing so the alarm dont go on, I think.
They knew what they were doing back then
there was any of those v12 with manual transmission?
Lifted spec!
When Mercedes was about Quality. I remember in the 90s seeing Michael Jordan driving vehicles like these on the News.
Legendary exhaust mod by Effspot. That was awesome
mint condition as the seat trim falls apart lol
Yes completely irrelevant in a 25 year old car lol. Most cars have a bit more problems at that age. Enough to be at the junk yard by now..
do you know what a car is?
What's that song name ij the beginning need it for when I'm driving through town in the merc
azucares - quavi
I thought 99-02 all got sport package body kit and Amg wheels. I looked at 1996 one time it had to many problems to buy tough.
Suspension is hydraulic and adaptable.
I own a 2003 R230 SL500
You need to get one of these and put that exhaust that effspot had on it! That'll be one to keep forever! I've always been a fan of the R230 myself, and I don't mind the look of the new AMG SL that came out recently (actually prefer that to the new AMG GT), but this era of Mercedes (particularly the W140 S600) has seriously won me over simply because of that N/A V12 sound!
Where are you in PA? I am also in PA, about ten minutes from LW automotive. I have an SL 600 that is cat delete. It sounds very good,but not obtrusive.
560SL Roadster
I really don't know why UA-cam don't show me any of your new episodes. damn UA-cam.
R129 but I am bias as I have one in my garage
That V-12 was designed for smoothness not really 0-60 and most people that bought them prefer the silky-smooth ride and power delivery over a tire smoking 700 hp, a beautiful day for a relaxing drive suits that car perfectly. Yeah but a Volvo or ANY new fast car are twin turbo and look at Toyota and their Tundra disaster, HP means nothing if it costs 75 grand and its broken beyond repair with 5000 miles.
Is it just me, or did you also record parts of this video with a 1999 camera?
Totally agree that design from 2012 is hideous
Mike you need this car, trade the Audi for this car please.
Mercedes Benz, not just Mercedes’
oddly I am ocd with the 1998 sl 600's, those are my fave r129, prob because it was the first one I ever saw, but yeah r129 600's are tough the beat in general, the first two years are garbage though of the sl600, we all know it.
And LOL they want 386 for this??? yeah, over priced, get a r230 and get a folding roof.
Rule number one. Stop leaning your greasy hands and arms on a freshly detailed black car. 😂😂
Don’t be hatin on Volvos….😎
It's not a 500, but man, can't help scream 2pac!
R129
Find a renntech SL74
Hello, my friend, hope you doing well.👍 If you get a chance YOU MUST SEE what a channel by the name (CAS TV) you have got to see what they did last week on their SL. Airlift suspension and custom wheels.👍🌟💯
Yep,they don't make cars like they used to ,now the make Tablets on wheels !
r129's get a little annoying though with the headlights and removable hard top, why I went for a r230 LCI.
So I’m guess car is an about 15,000?
$38,000