Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Mildly interesting cars parked in Evanston 1

In this pilot issue of Mildly interesting cars parked in Evanston, we
have what appears to be a 2006 or 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL 550 (feel free
to correct me if I'm wrong). All I know about this car is that it has
a big engine - great for getting around Chicagoland's tiny roads in
the winter when you can't get any traction anyhow - and that it was
pretty common for a piece of metal to fall into the fuel tank, causing
a mystery clanking doing until you write the Germans a check and they
replace your whole fuel tank. Also a seal failure in the rear window
would sometimes cause the roof retractor electronics to fail, which
was also not cheap to replace. Other than that however, the SL class
is not that bad looking, especially in this picture where you can't
really see it.

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