280 SL

I have a bit less than ten dream cars: The Ferrari 246 Dino, the Alpine A110, the Volvo P1800, the Jaguar E Type, curiously the Alfa Montreal, a good old Mercedes Pagoda 280 SL and... The Porsche 911. Porsche 911, you will ask me which one, as since 1963,

The first Pagoda was the 230 SL in late 1963 - so it couldn't be a 1962 - followed by the 250 SL and the 280 SL as latest version. Here's a full view of the dash dash

Maybe a 280 SL (that I love too) is easier to drive in modern cities, but if I had to choose I would not hesitate and take the 190 SL. Beauty and love are the criteria for me, not practicity. Would you prefer any quartz watch because practical more than a

There's room to smouch at the back as a preliminary for a hot date. The 280 sl would be 2nd , it really is a sexy car. A chicks magnet. Cheers Alkiro , for sharing this three nice cars. Geross.

Hi all, I saw three special cars today and I would like to know which one do you prefer? After a victory by KO between the BMW 3.0 CSI and the Jeep recently (link to the thread below), what is your new favourite cars among the three following beauties? ww

The 280 SL was the pinnacle. As a young Snak in the early 70s, I had a job as locksmith at a shop on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. I often used to go out to pick the locks on the trunks of these when the "ladies who lunch" accidentally locked their keys i

. . . but ended up with a Chevy Caprice instead, mostly because the service costs for Mercedes then were so much higher than for domestics. I vividly recall poring over a '68 M-B catalog, and imploring him to buy a 280 SL. Indeed, there's something specia

My Answer to the Question - feather the throttle and pray, and if you don't have lots of seat time in your car, and don't know the road well, don't push so hard. Riding with a friend at a Silverstone track day in his dad's 1992 911, we got into a corner a

Interesting is what Paul Brac told me duriing my internship at Peugeot. The wide track look was a communication mistake between design/construcion and was roo late to solve before the motor show. Decision was taken to correct the too wide track after but

just amaaaaaing pics i like the older car, but the white over the red pagoda is to die for, the color combo is very nice and i prefer having the 280 sl over the 230 or 250... i cant wait to get my 3.5 coupe its gold color over dark brown i would have pref