[{"id": 11011563, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Be still my heart. Alubeam over red / black interior. Nearly went underwater on the silver over brown leather just finished. This another going to end around original sticker. Appreciate that it has a few miles. \n\nNot much undisturbed sleep this week. MacM", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1679441778, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11011571, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 100000, "content": "$100,000 bid placed by m0nitor", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679441797, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11011595, "authorName": "bry4nt", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bry4nt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This one's a slightly better spec but with more miles and mild history. A good driver's example compared to the imola/saddle.\n\nGLWTA!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679442056, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11011674, "authorName": "1996MBZ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1996mbz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "An appealing configuration and a popular one as well. It's getting hard to get use to all these hybrid powertrains and all-electric powertrains on newer vehicles which is a big shame.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1679442723, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11012010, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bry4nt , good assessment. Rough and repainted but ok driver. It is what it is.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679446125, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11012053, "authorName": "bry4nt", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bry4nt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@m0nitor it's definitely not a short term investment. But in 50 years no one's going to care.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679446498, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11012900, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good evening all!\r\n\r\nI think it is useful to add some clarity before the imagination wanders too far afield. \r\n\r\nThe \u201cminor damages\u201d reported by CarFax in Jan2023 are pebble dents (over the course of 12 years) to a portion of the front plastic grill (parts 150-170 in the attached photo). This plastic grill cost less than $100. Indeed, if you are lucky you can get one off Amazon for less:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=mercedes+grill+emblem&crid=TLIO8BAJGQLY&sprefix=mercedes+grill+emblem%2Caps%2C153&ref=nb_sb_noss_1\r\n\r\nThis is listed as the last item on the invoice from Jan 2023. \r\n\r\nI then had the clear coat re-applied to protect this plastic grill. \r\n\r\nCheers!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679459243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11013005, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@m0nitor : \"ok driver\"? I should like to think that I am an excellent driver! ;-)\r\n\r\nWould you care to elaborate for the group what is meant by \"rough\"?\r\n\r\nYou will note that the 2011 re-paint is not mentioned in the CarFax report. Why then would I list it knowing the implicit bias that buyers have with a repaint? \r\n\r\nSimple!\r\n\r\nEveryone (myself, and Mercedes of SF) agreed with the presenter at the end of the video (embedded above and below)--the repaint was better than the original!\r\n\r\nhttps://www.facebook.com/EuropeanCollisionCenter/videos/246413286536657\r\n\r\nThe reason for this is simple: \r\n\r\nMercedes of Germany only had to put the car on the boat and it would sell. Indeed, I paid a premium over the sticker price in 2011 for this color! In contrast, the Mercedes-Benz certified body shop had to ensure that it truly looked like one glistening piece of molten lead, as it was meant to, which it now does!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1679463854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11013219, "authorName": "Rbcj50cal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rbcj50cal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Excellent video as it relates to the repaint. Thanks for sharing! Other then the optional ceramic brakes, this SLS appears to have every available option including the presentation book. Beautiful car!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679485066, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11013769, "authorName": "jboat10", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jboat10/", "bidAmount": 101000, "content": "$101,000 bid placed by jboat10", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679493144, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11014819, "authorName": "Hunta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hunta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is it the Sellers or Buyers responsibility to get the car from San Fran to where ever the buyer is located?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679501156, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11015244, "authorName": "Jackson1938", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jackson1938/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Was the entire car repainted or just the new grille area?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679503881, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11015395, "authorName": "Jackson1938", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jackson1938/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry for the paint question. The bill indicates the entire car was repainted but I am wondering why that was necessary. The car looks very nice.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679504474, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11017597, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jackson1938\r\n\r\nThe entire car was painted at the same time to create the sense of one glistening piece of molten lead. See my post below, as well as this link of the car getting painted, which I post here again:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.facebook.com/EuropeanCollisionCenter/videos/246413286536657\r\n\r\nIf you have never seen a car with alubeam silver, I would recommend that you do so, if you can, both in natural and artificial light. \r\n\r\n\u201c Each car is painstakingly coated with extra reduced paint that contains super-small aluminum flakes. The flakes in the standard metallic paint measure from 100 to 300 nanometers and this special paint has flakes that measure from 30 to 50 nanometers. It's like spraying liquid metal.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cThe most important task for the painter is to make sure that all the aluminum flakes lay down flat so when the light hits the car's body it will reflect uniformly creating a mirror like effect. \r\n\r\nAs shown in the image below, the flakes in the standard paint end up randomly bunched up on the car surface which is why the light gets scattered around and the paint has a look of brushed or dull silver color. \r\n\r\nIn [alubeam paint] the flakes lay down flat and reflect the light evenly.\u201d\r\n\r\nhttps://www.mirru.com/alubeam_chrome_paint_mercedes-benz_cl-65.htm", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679509892, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11017680, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jackson1938\r\n\r\nThe new replaced grill area is plastic with a chrome finish (this was perplexing to me for a car like this, but hey...), so it does not get painted.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679510254, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11017844, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Hunta\r\n\r\nhttps://bringatrialer.com/faq/\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019ve just won an auction and want to ship the vehicle. Now what?\u201d", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679510841, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11017914, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "AMG Alumbeam is the most impressive silver paint I have seen on any car including top Ferrari and Lambo or RR / Bently... IMHO.\n\nAgree also with the point about complete repaint. With this paint any partial paint job would make for / result in visual variations the owner could not unsee. IYKYK.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1679511228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11019944, "authorName": "ClayMan28", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clayman28/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SalsaMD why did you claim insurance for a $100 grill? Isn't your deductible more than that?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679519535, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11020180, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ClayMan28\r\n\r\n\u201cCustomer Pay\u201d\r\n\r\nSee the top right of the 2023 invoice, reattached here:", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679520452, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11021153, "authorName": "6TVRs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/6tvrs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So unusual that the latest invoice added lists the car as \"Gold\". I then thought the car had it's color changed and I had to search around to see that it appears the car was always silver and it looks like an error on the invoice. Beautiful and I hope to own one.. but need to work on space for it first. :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679523854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11021531, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@6TVRs\r\n\r\nGood catch! \r\nOdd clerical error, but \u201cDesert Gold\u201d is an SLS color out there:", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679527137, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11022696, "authorName": "JSInternational", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jsinternational/", "bidAmount": 102000, "content": "$102,000 bid placed by JSInternational", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679540759, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11023508, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What is it with these A-Rod dealership delivered SLS Coupes in Alubeam..? This is the 2nd to be listed that has had repaint. Previous one was \"keyed\", now this. \r\nNice spec., CCB only major option missing.\r\nBest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679576100, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11025573, "authorName": "benzman1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/benzman1/", "bidAmount": 103000, "content": "$103,000 bid placed by benzman1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679591613, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11028733, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Geez ladies, at this rate it is going to take a long time to get to the $250K range this car will ultimately attract. I doubt the good Dr is giving out participation trophies nor should he.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679602540, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11031446, "authorName": "e-rox", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e-rox/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@300GWRO , I thought this was one and the same as the previously listed keyed car. I was assuming it didn\u2019t sell/close last auction.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679620235, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11032329, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@e-rox, \r\n@300GWRO\r\n\r\nYes!\r\n\r\nThe vehicle was neither optimally presented, nor faithfully represented during that auction. \r\n\r\nHere now, the stage is properly and thoroughly set!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679637126, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11032330, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have been remiss in not uploading this glorious photograph of the car, which was fortuitously taken exactly one year prior to the opening of this auction!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679637181, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11032387, "authorName": "Kamben", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kamben/", "bidAmount": 105000, "content": "$105,000 bid placed by Kamben", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679641523, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11032990, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SalsaMD....yes, Cars & Bids is not yet the platform that is BaT (imo). Car stalled & is now presented here. Regardless, car , again imo, unfortunately has had a respray by other than factory & that could be primary to previous No Sale. As mentioned, this is a very highly optioned SLS in desirable colors....if not The Best. \r\n\r\nTo clarify....entire car has been resprayed & not \"blown-in\" over damaged areas?\r\nThanks & continued success with sale.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679664415, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11033112, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SalsaMD, That is one great picture. MacM", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679665604, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11033356, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@300GWRO\r\n\r\nYes, not by Salieri, but rather by Mozart!\r\n\r\nSee my post below. \r\n\r\nThe car was fully repainted (all at the same time) by European Collision Center, a Mercedes Benz Certified Collision Center in San Francisco, using the factory Alubeam Silver (047) paint.\r\n\r\nYou may find the listing for European Collision Center under the Mercedes Benz website here :\r\n\r\nhttps://www.mbusa.com/en/certified-collision-repair-center\r\n\r\nI post again the video of the car being painted by Mercedes Benz expertly trained technicians :\r\n\r\nhttps://fb.watch/jegLJot-H8/?mibextid=vTn5qL\r\n\r\nAccordingly, investors can feel confident that that are getting an Alubeam silver (047) car painted to Mercedes Benz specifications, without a \u201crepaint\u201d listed on the Carfax report.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679667472, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11034058, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It does seem some auctions even at BAT attract some Salieri Syndrome would be buyers or tire kickers.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679672571, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11034062, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 120000, "content": "$120,000 bid placed by m0nitor", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679672594, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11034129, "authorName": "jboat10", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jboat10/", "bidAmount": 121000, "content": "$121,000 bid placed by jboat10", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679673032, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11034348, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jboat10 , good to see you in the house. Best luck. Mac.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679674591, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11035090, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jboat10, @Kamben, expectations are probably reasonable but https://carsandbids.com/auctions/30Da2eXL/2011-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-coupe not a steal.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679678005, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11035102, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 140000, "content": "$140,000 bid placed by m0nitor", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679678038, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11038848, "authorName": "jboat10", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jboat10/", "bidAmount": 141000, "content": "$141,000 bid placed by jboat10", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679692996, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11049722, "authorName": "Jack-Porsche", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack-porsche/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Why a respray?? I realize this car is more of a driver than a garage piece, but I think the resorts makes a big difference in terms of willing bid number.\r\nThese are great cars, assuming the reserve is reasonable, should do well", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679833559, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11050109, "authorName": "Jcquicker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcquicker/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the spoiler work as it should? It appears to be extended in all photos. Also do the door handles and doors work properly?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679838912, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11050544, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jack-Porsche\r\n\r\nSee my previous posts herein, and this video, which I post again here:\r\n\r\nhttps://fb.watch/jegLJot-H8/?mibextid=vTn5qL", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679843281, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11051354, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jack-Porsche , I too am a Porsche guy, race cars and street cars. And I also am nervous about repaints versus proper factory process. That said with a 12 year old car, a repaint by a first class manufacturer-grade / qualified shop I would see as a neutral factor or even a plus since all paints even in good storage conditions lose plasticizers in a decade thus fresh, full car, properly done more than likely is a good thing. My opinion, many may disagree. MacM\n\nFor sure let your value equation be what guides you and by all means do a personal or independent PPI since it is a car that has been used, not a collector queen by any stretch... IRL.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679850036, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11051412, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jcquicker \r\n\r\nIt would be dishonorable to auction this car and conceal mechanical deficits such as that...\r\n\r\nThat said, \"In God we Trust. Everyone else must show data...\"\r\n\r\nWill upload some pictures later today...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679850072, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11052734, "authorName": "Jack-Porsche", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack-porsche/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@m0nitor\r\nI respect your position but completely disagree that the new paint is a good thing. If properly cared for, a factory original paint job like this should last several decades and add to the appeal.\r\nI recognize that this is a 12 year old car and isn\u2019t perfect by any stretch, so that makes it a good choice for someone looking to take one and actually drive it. For that buyer, the respray and miles might be a \"good thing\" because it keeps the collectors out of the bidding and makes the car more affordable.\r\nGood luck to you, awesome cars.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679855536, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11052940, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jack-Porsche, I am sure you are right.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679856535, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11053180, "authorName": "Viper17", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viper17/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ Jack-Porsche It may keep the \"Collectors\" out but I don't see it selling for a bargain judging by the Cars and Bids non sale. Paint job wouldn't bother me as long as I knew the car wasn't involved in a serious accident and painted at Macco. I guess we will see what bidders want to pay for a driver in 2 days...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679857456, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11054171, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jcquicker\r\n\r\nAs you know, the wing defaults to flush with the trunk lid. It automatically raises (at 75 mph I think). But you can also manually raise it with a switch on the console.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679862231, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11054444, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jack-Porsche\r\n@mOnitor\r\n\r\nOn a sunny Sunday afternoon in San Francisco, in advance of this auction close, why not engage in some philosophy!\r\n\r\nIn Latin:\r\n\"\u00a0De gustibus non est disputandum. \"\r\n\r\n\"In matters of taste, there can be no dispute\"\r\n\r\nThat is to say, one has absolutely no control over how one feels at an instantaneous moment of time.\u00a0\r\n\r\nAn excellent book that you both might enjoy on the neuroscience of art is:\r\n \"How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration\"\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/How-Art-Works-Psychological-Exploration/dp/0190863358\r\n\r\nIf I have taken great pleasure from the Picasso in my home for 10 years, then learn that it was instead painted by his more talented student, the painting instantaneously loses its appeal to me. Why? In part because my brain for the prior ten years thought that it could commune with the mind of Picasso each time I looked at the painting.\u00a0 When reality strikes, that delusion is lost.\r\n\r\nIn a similar vein, if I have a sculpture by Richard MacDonald which I believed was one of only two releases of this sculpture, then learn that hundreds were produced, it too rapidly loses it appeal, even though it remains the same magnificent piece of art. Why? Because the brain has a programming glitch forged during the pre-Pleistocene era of adversity wherein in which scarcity carries augmented value...", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1679863654, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11055152, "authorName": "Jack-Porsche", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack-porsche/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller\r\nSounds to me like you\u2019re saying the original paint is more important than whether or not the new paint is as good or even better, because knowing it\u2019s original is where the value is\u2026.much like the Picasso you mention.\r\nIt is for this reason that a reproduction Shelby Cobra, or Porsche 904, or Ferrari 250 GTO, is worth a small fraction of an original. The reproduction looks the part and is likely built even better, but people pay for originality! \r\nGood luck to you", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679866401, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11055226, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jack-Porsche\r\n\r\nHAMLET ACT 2, SCENE 2, 239-251\r\n\r\n\u201cThere is nothing either good or\u2028 bad, but thinking only makes it so.\u201d\r\n\r\n\ud83d\ude09", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1679866852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11055518, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I must say, I have enjoyed this auction group much more than the previous one!\r\n\r\nIf I may, let me add a bit of nuanced clarity to the pure collector vs buyer dichotomy:\r\n\r\nThis car deserves great deference as a magnificent piece of mechanical and structural engineering. On this we all can agree.\r\n\r\nAt the same it is (by most accounts) a supercar. \r\n\r\n\u201cA ship in port is safe, but that\u2019s not what ships are built for.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2014John A. Shedd\r\n\r\nThus, it absolutely needs to be driven...\r\n\r\n...but infrequently...\r\n\r\n...such that each time the owner slowly removes the soft cover and beholds the glorious exterior of this car, he/she experiences anew a skin frisson (a tingling), and a quickening of the heart rate as he/she steps into the car's cabin and attempts to tame this beast...\r\n\r\n\"The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.\"\r\n\r\n\u2013 S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1679869896, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11056742, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Viper17\r\n\r\nWhen, I wonder does a \u201cdriver\u201d transcend the weight of varied human perception and categorically transform into a \u201ccollector\u201d?\r\n\r\nhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-mercedes-benz-300sl-roadster-3/", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679885580, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11056828, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Or perhaps Watson, this is a more apt example upon which to make this inquiry:\r\n\r\nhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-mercedes-benz-300sl-gullwing-9/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679887630, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11057398, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One should not wrestle swine because they enjoy it and you get dirty. Jean-Paul Sartre.\r\n\r\nCertainly if one is to be accepted by the GWC, the https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-mercedes-benz-300sl-gullwing-9/ would be the letter of introduction.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679919536, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11061467, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "24 little hours...\r\n\r\nTo the unasked question of:\r\n\r\n\"Why am I selling this gorgeous car???\"\r\n\r\nThe answer is this:\u00a0\r\n\r\nI will borrow the metaphor of \"romance\".\u00a0\r\n\r\nThose who are seasoned in the realm of romance will understand it well; those who have scarcely roamed in this realm would do well to give this sustained consideration:\r\n\r\nThere are 3 main pillars that bolster passionate romance:\r\n\r\n1. Mystery\r\n2. Uncertainty\r\n3. Space (physical separation)-desire grows in space.\r\n\r\nWithout these pillars, true passion at best erodes, or at worse, completely collapses.\u00a0\r\n\r\nFor those who would dispute this, one only need turn to the overwhelming rate of divorce in marriage (and that number is a large underrepresentation of the loss of true passion...).\u00a0\r\n\r\nI love-bombed this car:\u00a0 I learned everything about its design and mechanical engineering, and drove it often...too often, and for mundane tasks, rather than trips of glory and adventure.\u00a0\r\n\r\nAt length, there was no longer any \"mystery\", or \"uncertainty\", and \"space\" alone cannot now re-kindle the former ardent passion once held...\r\n\r\nBut this car needs, nay begs to be admired...desired...and enjoyed...not warehoused alone for the future...\r\n\r\nThis mantle I shall proudly pass on shortly to whomever next proudly embraces it!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1679946240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11062250, "authorName": "relYear", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/relyear/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Perhaps I'm late to some party, but since it doesn't look like it's been asked in this thread: what exactly does a Doctor of Salsa practice, @SalsaMD? The dance? The sauce?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1679949747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11062547, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@relYear\r\n\r\nDance (specifically Latin dance and West Coast Swing) are amongst my hobbies.\u00a0 \u00a0\r\n\r\nI have left a sufficient number of clues in this auction for you to speculate on my professional medical career. ;-)\r\n\r\nDance is fun, once one learns to \"speak\" it well..\r\n\r\n...and, as Plato once said:\r\n\r\n\u201cYou can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. \u201c", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1679951079, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11064109, "authorName": "dtmangano", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dtmangano/", "bidAmount": 145000, "content": "$145,000 bid placed by dtmangano", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1679962112, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11065886, "authorName": "Askyosi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/askyosi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow this is a sick spec. Also rare has the carbon Sport package.. this is a keeper and one that x very soon very rare and also stunning looking forward to this activity", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680008675, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11065968, "authorName": "Cordelia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cordelia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I ordered and received in 2011 an Alunbeam/red, and in 2012, a red/tan SLS. I am still driving them. Simply put, they are great cars. This auction is quite amusing on several fronts, but the bottom line is that SLSs are a pleasure to look at, to drive, and to own. What this one brings will be interesting, but it will not be a benchmark for future owners.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680009762, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11066466, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good morning to you all on this last day of the auction!\r\n\r\nOnline auctions have inherent shortcomings...\r\n\r\nOne has to one's avail only digitized photos, and idle words on a page...\r\n\r\nWould that each of you could see this car and behold its beauty under different light conditions, and drive this car to experience the exhilaration of its performance!\u00a0 This is where a car's true benchmarks lay...with reality.\r\n\r\nGood luck!\r\n\r\nOn a side note: I think I'd better re-schedule the car's detailing to another day...yet another rainstorm in San Francisco!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680014704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11066609, "authorName": "mayart", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mayart/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@seller I have read online about the DCT (double clutch transmission) on these cars and the fact that some of them might need an expensive repair/replacement of the DCT. Have you experienced any issues with your transmission?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680015923, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11066694, "authorName": "89lincolntc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/89lincolntc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't know what I expected when I clicked on this listing but it certainly was not the veritable vichyssoises of verbose verbiage verily stated by the seller, the level of intellectual stimulation to be had here is as lofty as can be and totally lacking any trace of pomposity with which one might be tempted to label such. Impressive writing, some it worth reading twice, or even three times. This is what sets BAT apart from other selling venues. Not that stimulating me or entertaining me was your goal but thank you just the same. I feel like my brain was woken from a long slumber. Best of luck to the seller and the buyer.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1680016730, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11067001, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ mayart\r\n\r\nEvery SLS AMG from 2009-2014 has the same Dual Clutch 7-speed Gear box (as do the Ferrari 458 and the Ford GT with different aspect ratios). \r\n\r\nThese dual clutch gear boxes have been reported to be compromised if owners do not keep up with periodic transmission fluid services NOT because of a mechanic issues.\r\n\r\nThe transmission fluids in this car were replaced in 2021. The actuation unit of the DCT was also replaced at that time to optimize performance.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680019134, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11067002, "authorName": "m0nitor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m0nitor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@89lincolntc, sorry to hear it. A blinding flash of the obvious. Hunter T.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680019210, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11067413, "authorName": "Denisxhari", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/denisxhari/", "bidAmount": 147000, "content": "$147,000 bid placed by Denisxhari", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680021975, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11067505, "authorName": "clintonmomo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clintonmomo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SalsaMD what a beautiful car. I too would love bomb it as you did. Unfortunately way over my budget so I am just going to be stuck with Mystery, uncertainty and, lots of space.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680022419, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11067515, "authorName": "6TVRs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/6tvrs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Truly a welcome respite from the de rigueur of the day and the times.\r\n\r\nWhere we, as a collective mass of critics and supporters, of essentially an exquisite and exotic maiden seeking a new suitor, gather to toast and praise the occasion. This maiden will become a bride most immediately.\r\n\r\nThe \"father\" as such, looks on lovingly and answers questions about the bride as this is more of a wedding of Love with a Dowry attached than a Dowry wedding with some Love to come.\r\n\r\nLike any public gathering, the single lorn for the beautiful, the promise of happiness, enjoyment, and a reason to greet the dawn every morn. \r\n\r\nI, like any wistful suitor know, or must know, my limitations. To bring a worthy Dowry, provide care and comfort for my new maiden and cherish her for years to come. Alas, I may have an adequate Dowry, I have not currently a worthy castle for such a beautiful and exotic maiden. \r\n\r\nThus, as any worth their mettle, I will raise a glass and toast the Maiden, the Father, the new Suitor and wish them the best on their glorious future I am sure they will enjoy with a smile upon their lips, lust in their heart and only a deeper Joy to experience as the years commence!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1680022476, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11068511, "authorName": "BarnyTrouble", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/barnytrouble/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@6TVRs. Great poetry worthy of the seller\u2019s Salsa words. In a few decades this car will be equally as valuable as a mid-195x\u2019s MB 300, but with more modern technology and a better than factory paint job. And we will tell our grandchildren that we witnessed this amazing event in person and live.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680026173, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11069486, "authorName": "sirhankbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sirhankbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@6TVRs I have not the patience to read all of that but I gave you a thumbs up to at least reward you for the apparent effort and time you invested on that comment", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680029541, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11069669, "authorName": "danthewino", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danthewino/", "bidAmount": 148000, "content": "$148,000 bid placed by danthewino", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680030171, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11069699, "authorName": "Andrews56", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andrews56/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think the good doctor has it nailed, that is how I ended up with two Ferraris, two Mercedes, a Jag XK8, a Super Turbo Diesel Suburban build, and most recently a Porsche 964 911 CAB. He has shown me the way to let go, The \"Burb\" is headed toward the block!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680030271, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070085, "authorName": "Usmotoreum", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/usmotoreum/", "bidAmount": 150000, "content": "$150,000 bid placed by Usmotoreum", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680031852, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070128, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A THANKS TO THE SELLER FOR THE EARNEST AND FORTHRIGHT PRESENTATION OF THIS WORK OF ART, THIS AMG. GOOD JOB....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032076, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070138, "authorName": "Worst.Spec", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/worst.spec/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "why are you yelling", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1680032108, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070160, "authorName": "Superbeeandy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/superbeeandy/", "bidAmount": 155000, "content": "$155,000 bid placed by Superbeeandy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032189, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070178, "authorName": "HuskerEric", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/huskereric/", "bidAmount": 156000, "content": "$156,000 bid placed by HuskerEric", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032280, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070184, "authorName": "dagauto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dagauto/", "bidAmount": 157000, "content": "$157,000 bid placed by dagauto", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032302, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070192, "authorName": "GalleryJunction", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/galleryjunction/", "bidAmount": 158000, "content": "$158,000 bid placed by GalleryJunction", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032325, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070197, "authorName": "HuskerEric", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/huskereric/", "bidAmount": 160000, "content": "$160,000 bid placed by HuskerEric", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032343, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070204, "authorName": "GalleryJunction", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/galleryjunction/", "bidAmount": 161000, "content": "$161,000 bid placed by GalleryJunction", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032366, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070206, "authorName": "Superbeeandy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/superbeeandy/", "bidAmount": 165000, "content": "$165,000 bid placed by Superbeeandy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032370, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070212, "authorName": "HuskerEric", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/huskereric/", "bidAmount": 166000, "content": "$166,000 bid placed by HuskerEric", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032388, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070208, "authorName": "Worst.Spec", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/worst.spec/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Everyone is starting to show their cards.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032389, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070226, "authorName": "Superbeeandy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/superbeeandy/", "bidAmount": 170000, "content": "$170,000 bid placed by Superbeeandy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032438, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070230, "authorName": "HuskerEric", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/huskereric/", "bidAmount": 171000, "content": "$171,000 bid placed by HuskerEric", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032461, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070237, "authorName": "MJSFRX", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjsfrx/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car deserves a $200k+ value", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032486, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070238, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "COME NOW WORST, PUT SOME MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS !", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032499, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070243, "authorName": "Superbeeandy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/superbeeandy/", "bidAmount": 172000, "content": "$172,000 bid placed by Superbeeandy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032522, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070246, "authorName": "Gbakker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gbakker/", "bidAmount": 173000, "content": "$173,000 bid placed by Gbakker", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032542, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070247, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 175000, "content": "$175,000 bid placed by PALADON", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032555, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070253, "authorName": "Actfsu", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/actfsu/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "already better than Cars and Bids results.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032573, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070254, "authorName": "Last_Roadster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/last_roadster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Having owned an Alubeam/Red SLS Roadster for 4 1/2 years, this is a fabulous color combination & a great buy at this price!!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032581, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070260, "authorName": "Gbakker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gbakker/", "bidAmount": 176000, "content": "$176,000 bid placed by Gbakker", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032603, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070289, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 180000, "content": "$180,000 bid placed by PALADON", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032717, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11070310, "authorName": "jeffcap64", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffcap64/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't think PALADON is yelling, I think his CapsLock key is stuck.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032778, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070329, "authorName": "BarnyTrouble", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/barnytrouble/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Previous comments weren\u2019t capslocked. He\u2019s just happy to meet this car!!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032825, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070334, "authorName": "Carhappy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carhappy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "He is screaming to the finish line.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1680032833, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070336, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 3/28/23 for $180,000 to PALADON", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032838, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 11070342, "authorName": "Branthunter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/branthunter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As someone who has a 55 300 SL sitting next to a 2011 SLS coupe, I can tell you both elicit the lust and excitement by visitors. The big difference is the age in terms of which they spend more time with. One of the top 300 SL restorers in the world told me years ago that I should buy a \u201cdriver\u201d and have a blast, and then restore when I was ready to drive something new. He said it costs the same to restore the babied or the driven hard, so why not have fun along the way? It was, for me, an insightful perspective. This beautiful SLS is one you could drive the pants off and in 20 years bring it back to showroom condition if you wanted.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1680032852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070343, "authorName": "corvettom9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/corvettom9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good Deal!!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032855, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070346, "authorName": "jeffcap64", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffcap64/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "GREAT BUY :-)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032859, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070347, "authorName": "HomersCousinMike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/homerscousinmike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "YAY PALADON!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070348, "authorName": "Carhappy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carhappy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well done. Nice example.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032866, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070350, "authorName": "Sgonzo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgonzo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats PALADON", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032875, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070370, "authorName": "MJSFRX", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjsfrx/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "congrats! good price for buyer", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680032931, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070373, "authorName": "jizjizjiz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jizjizjiz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "CONGRATS @PALADON!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680032934, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070380, "authorName": "SalsaMD (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salsamd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ PALADON\r\nCongratulations! ...a well played poker match and \"Prisoner's Dilemma\"!\r\n\r\nAnd, to you all who indulged me during this auction, I say \"Thank you!\"", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1680032981, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070385, "authorName": "jeffcap64", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffcap64/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And congrats to our good Doctor. I think you've made some new friends along the way.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680033023, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070369, "authorName": "6TVRs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/6tvrs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful! Congrats to @PALADON I must prepare a castle for the next maiden I hope to see.\n\nALSO, QUITE THE STABLE YOU HAVE ACQUIRED SIR !!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680033136, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11070514, "authorName": "PALADON", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paladon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "MY THANKS TO DR. DR. SALSA FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY DRIVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAUNS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE WISHED US WELL GUIDEING ME WITH THEIR COMMENTS AND INSIGHT TODAY,", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1680033467, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11071188, "authorName": "Buzzy1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/buzzy1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For those of you who remember...Paladon...\"Have Car, Will Travel\"", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1680035933, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11072920, "authorName": "lutzrj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lutzrj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Paladon If you ever tire of this car, let me know. I have an SL600, an S65 & a GL320. Even though they are 15 to 18 years old, I never tired of them. I have a model of an SLS on my desk at my home office and one day hope to own one. I don't have the space and don't want to give up any of existing cars. Need to look for an extra garage.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1680044855, "type": "comment"}]