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Nuke - I went the other way. While in Sindelfingen I took a tour of the Benz factory, went crazy when I saw the SLK and ordered one when I got back to the US. This was in 1999. I had to wait for 8 months because I wanted a stick in it but the Germans don't believe Americans can drive them! I just sold that SLK to buy my Cobra! Here's the real rub....you are going to take a bath.
I lost over half the car's value in less than 4 years and only put 30K miles on it. Also, it was cool at first but got real BORING towards the end. Good luck anyway. There really is no substitute for cubic inches!