This car belongs to a family's friend (the previous owner of the 350Z) and I drove it in a couple of occasion, even though it never happened on a racetrack ... but that's not really the natural territory of a SLK, is it?

Anyway, this SLK is a 280 with a V6 producing up to 231hp, and it was coupled with a 6 speed manual gearbox.
A very nice engine. It's just a bit hard to live with the fact that exactly the same engine now gives 305hp ... but I'm not the owner, so I'm not supposed to be bothered about that.

So, a nice engine. And a nice gearbox, as good as on my Mini at least: not a bad reference!
It's also very, very, very confortable. You sit low, like in any proper roadster, but you just wouldn't believe how smooth this car is.
Then, there's the look and c'mon, isn't it one of the best looking cars ever? I love this SLR-nose and the whole design of the bonnet ... some disagree and called it the SL-Gay, but plainly, they're wrong: the SL is gay(ish), not the SLK.
Others said it is a girlie car ... well, they say it about my Mini too, and again, they're wrong.

Eventually, there's the folding metal roof, which is just brilliant. In the coupe version, you do feel like in a well-made, confortable, quite fast GT. Press a button and it becomes a convertible, letting you enjoy the sound of its V6 with a quite fun driving experience.

Bottom line? A nice car. A very nice one.