Confessions of a Car Addict: Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor

About this episode

Richard Bremner discusses his unexpected purchase of the Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor despite its lack of entertainment value.

Richard Bremner would be the first to say the SLK was among the least entertaining cars in its class when new. So why on earth did he buy one?

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Prosser, Andrew Frankel

Guest: Richard Bremner

Topics covered

• car addiction
• automotive history
• Mercedes SLK
• personal stories
• car reviews

Keywords

• Mercedes
• SLK 230
• car addict
• Richard Bremner
• automotive
• car reviews
• Kompressor

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor

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