Now that I've had the car for almost two months I still get an amazing buzz every time I look at it and and even bigger one when I press that start button and the engine fires up. Everything in the car is controlled electrically and automatically and the only things I need to be concerned with are pointing it, powering it, and stopping it. Wipers, lights, mirrors, steering wheel and seat adjustment all spring into action on their own as needed and just take car of business in the background. The bi-xenon lights turn night into day, and the command system lets me control every imaginable parameter within the car.
The performance is staggering. This is a much bigger car than the SLK but it's acceleration is about 20% quicker and yet at the same time there is hardly a whisper from the engine. The car is very quiet and incredibly smooth on all but the very roughest road surfaces and even with the roof down it's possible to talk to each other in perfectly normal voices at 75 mph - in the SLK you'd be yelling at anything above 50!
Every time I park the SL I have to keep looking back to remind myself that it's actually mine and I think the novelty is going to last for some considerable time. I think I'm very lucky to finally own the car I've wanted more than any other for so long. Next week I'll be taking it over to France for two weeks and I'm really looking forward to racking up quite a few miles on those creamily smooth French roads. Hopefully we'll get some nice sunny days and can get that roof down...
