I got in the Banana this morning to run an errand and meet a friend for lunch. I started it up and immediately pulled out of the garage, as my mother-in-law is staying in the apartment above it and she complains that the engine makes it shake.
I went to drop the top (as it wasn’t raining) and the screen popped up the with the “close the trunk partition” error.
Continue readingOkay, look, I know that high-end sports cars can require a lot of maintenance, but I can honestly say I was really disappointed when my mechanic sent me a list of things that need to be done to The Banana.
I’m not going to do all of them at once, but here are some things I have to do now.
That last one is a doozy, as it is mainly labor and requires removing the differential from the car. I’ve asked about Limited Slip Differential options as it should be almost no extra label to install it during this process.
Continue readingOne problem with getting a new SL55 is that now I have to go through all the other things I had to fix on the old SL55.
A common issue seems to be that the trunk lift supports start to fail. In both the service records for The Shark and The Banana I saw that they had been replaced, but when I got both cars the trunk lid struggled to stay open.
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