Erstes AutoMercedes SLK 200 Kompressor?

The base is a solid old C-class (W202), on which I had driven 287,000 kilometers on it until sale two weeks ago, without great problems and which is generally considered a permanent runner. With the W202, the old SLK also shares its vulnerabilities: He likes to rust and much, with the good care of the small roadsters often holding the fresco in the tide, to this end the track rod heads are all 90.-100.000 kilometers; Keys and locks are occasionally broken (e.g. 300 euros), and the differential likes to lose oil and the brake lines. All typical deficiencies of older Mercedes, nothing serious. The compressors are inconspicuous: I was much on the road in the Alt-Mercedes area and knows about the years of two compressor damage; one was a failure of the workshop and once it was a weathered CLK with over 350,000 kilometers, where it can happen from the age.

The M111 engine is technically very solid and digested with the highest running performance in normal maintenance, but with more than 200,000 kilometers a cylinder head seal can become leaky. Conceptual weaknesses are not technically possible, the hand circuits at Mercedes are a matter of taste – I have always liked automatic. In the old gears one has the feeling of constantly driving in the wrong gear; once the engine trembles in front of itself and then you miss the sixth gear on the road or highway, because the speed curve is too high and the engine is “singed” unpleasantly.

The entertainment is very costly within the framework of: Over the years, my average consumption was 8.33 liters of Super (E5) at 100 kilometers in the C-Class W202 from 1997, the SLK has the same technique and is similar. Spare parts are not expensive for Mercedes except for sheet metal parts.

Finally, I do not know why the old SLK should not be recommended for entry – if you find a good one and the price fits, it is worth considering. The used car prices are not expensive.