Hey stuarthw, my last motor was an SLK (230) too, bit of a change to the 5 eh?

How bloody ridiculous!

I'm glad that i live quite near to my dealership!

Hi Browellm.
I had expected to kind of miss the SLK 320 . But so far - I'm absolutely thrilled with the 530 D . It's far better than I expected ( and I had pretty high expectations after reading and digesting every test on the planet!)
I previously owned new Mercs ( C and E ) new BM 5 series ( 7 years ago0 , 3 series etc - and would have bought a Boxster - but Son Ben was born 11 weeks ago - so ..
See thread above ( wish I had BTooth though).