![]() But the supercharged four is quite satisfying, especially when it sends up a throaty howl during acceleration, and will be even more so once it has a stick shift backing it up. The four-cylinder engine has been criticized as not being up to snuff for a $40,000, luxury-oriented automobile. It is blunted, though, by the automatic transmission, which fails to take best advantage of the engine’s high-revving power. ![]() But this is now, and the SLK engine is a silky-smooth supercharged version with 185 horsepower that makes angry snarls while pulling like a bulldog. Like the 190, the SLK is powered by a four-banger. It’ s like a wedge-shaped sample of Mercedes’ sports-car history, harking back to the 190SL of the 1950s, which was an affordable four-cylinder alternative to the mighty 300SL roadsters and gull-wing coupes. Whatever you call it, the SLK is a sharp little automobile. The suspension tuning is a compromise, and one that helps erode the vision of SLK as a bona fide sports car. But many drivers will appreciate the extra comfort and long-legged touring-car abilities, while still being able to handle crisply with poise and precision. Personally, I’d like a slightly stiffer ride to enhance the sports-car allure. This is either good or bad, depending on your personal preferences. The ride is relatively soft, for a sports car, but good suspension geometry and a well-engineered rear setup make the SLK plenty of fun to throw around curves. The gauges are attractive but seem out of tune with the overall theme. But then, the gauges are vintage-looking, with parchment backgrounds and stylized type. The styling, by and large, is strongly postmodern, with industrial-type styles and textures throughout the appealing design. This is neither good nor bad, just interesting. In its interior styling, SLK seems unresolved in whether to be retro or postmodern. This was a big mistake, one that undoubtedly has caused prospective buyers to step into Porsche Boxsters and BMW Z3s instead of SLKs.Īs a result, the automaker has changed its mind, and stick-shift SLKs will be making their way to our shores later this year. drivers want automatic in Mercedes-Benz cars, so the decision was made not to offer stick shift in any of them, including SLK. The automaker says its market studies show U.S. ![]() ![]() In Europe, one can buy most Mercedes cars with stick shift, but not here. But this type of car cries out for stick shift. For an automatic, it works well enough, even downshifting electronically for braking and shifting manually, to a degree. Top down, SLK looks sleek and aggressive.įor ’98, SLK comes only with an automatic transmission. When up, the top looks kind of ungainly and too small for the body. Like most sports cars, the SLK looks better with its top down. It’s a marvel of engineering, a ballet of moving parts that open, close and fold away with the touch of a button. No one else has created a hardtop/convertible anywhere near as functional as this one. It folds away quickly, easily and completely, providing a true roadster experience. The hardtop provides a snug, quiet, weather-resistant cabin for two, eliminating the inevitable flapping, fading, tearing, vandalizing, etc., associated with cloth tops. In doing so, the two-seater makes compromises – some good, some not so good. The baby Benz complements Mercedes’ more expensive SL roadsters, and manages to combine the vibrant personality of a sports car with the stolid practicality of corporate Mercedes. No one disputes the fact that SLK is fun to drive and great to be seen in. In the motoring media, the question keeps being asked: Is the new Mercedes-Benz SLK230 really a sports car?
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![]() I want to create a fade in, fade out and a cross fade between the two regions. Ok so let’s go ahead tick the boxes and check out how this can help save you time. Now I’m sure you know this but by going to Preferences>General>Editing it allows you to select the mouse click and track pad behaviours but I want to show you the additional click zones that you can set up.īy ticking the Fade Tool click zones and Marquee Tool click zones in the preferences panel you can change how the pointer behaves further when in the arrange page. Ghost copies are created by hovering the pointer tool around the right edge of a region so that you can easily drag out duplicate copies of the region you’re workign with. So we have the regular zones such as changing the region length by clicking the bottom left and right corners of the region and dragging it the to the desired length. Click ZonesĬlick Zones allow you set how the pointer behaves when around Track areas in the arrange page, especially around regions. This is useful for a tool that you use the most after the pointer. The command assign on the right allows you to select a tool that is activated when you pressing the cmd key. ![]() Selecting the left assign tool allows you to choose a tool that you need, do what ever it is you need to do and then to get back to the pointer you can simply press the T key twice. At the top of the arrange window is the left assign and command assign options. So the first thing to look at before I get to click zones is the general Assign Tools. So I thought for this LPX Quick Tips I’d go over the very useful Click Zones that have literally saved me hours in time, I’ll show you how to set them up, how to use them and how easy it is. I created a really quick video to show them how I do it and to date it’s one of the most liked responses I’ve had on Facebook and it got me thinking that maybe something that is obvious to me might not be to others. I recently responded to someone on Facebook asking about how to speed up their workflow using the Fade Tool. No nonsense random tips that I think you might find useful? Maybe. Work Smarter In Logic With The Assign Tool and Click Zones |