Mike5215

I not secretly want to.

F1BHP

If you told me it wouldn't be a secret.

DaveW68

He's just trying to justify it to himself of buying the lesser car.

mnje350

This has been a very entertaining thread. Congrats to the OP on his new purchase. You should feel good about the buy and I hope that the care delivers all you expect. I recently joined the S class club and love the car. Three months ago I bought an '11 S550, CPO with three years of warranty 40k service completed, new brakes & tires and a few other extras and have no regrets. It is truly an amazing car.

None of this dialog had told me that a 600 or 63 is out of reach for me. None of this dialog has encouraged me go go beyond a 550 either. For me, a quicker faster car, would cost me more in legal fees than repair costs.

Mike5215

Even worse, my lesser car coat $18,000 more than yours. I could have just gotten a 7 year old S600 and then spent another twenty grand on a new Civic to drive when the 600 is in the shop.

What do S600 owners call their spare car?

"Daily Driver"

Get it?!

DaveW68

^^^ LOL!!! Love ya brother!

F1BHP

Mine has never been in the shop but it has little use and only 5 years old. My DD is a BMW 750 hybrid or an Audi Q7

Nuru

I would rather have a 2012 +Jeep Grand Cherokee, very low maintenance, great in snow with Goodyear Armor Tracs, only recalls and oil changes LOL!

Mike5215

How can you let the S Class sit and drive the Q7 instead? That's some will power, man. We have a new Q7 and the only time I can bring myself to take it anywhere vs the S is when I have to haul something that won't fit in the S, and trust me, I've gotten really good at getting stuff to fit in the S.

F1BHP

Mine is an sl600 so a little more difficult to fit stuff

Nuru

Me too! I am even retrofitting the through holding option so I can place longer objects into the trunk! and also retrofit the Fridge option too.

Frizbeez

I also would love to retrofit the fridge option. My car does have the opening into the trunk already, so that is the first of many steps haha. Do you have a estimated cost on what it is going to cost you?
Thanks

Mike5215

Ahhh, Didn't catch that. I can almost fit an SL in my S Class as well.

Nuru

~$3500 US. If you have the through holding/Ski Bag option already, then all you need is the fridge - ~$2800 US.

DaveW68

My stainless steel 28 cubic ft Samsung fridge with French doors, bottom freezer, built-in ice-maker, and purified water cost a lot less than that fridge. Seems silly to me to spend that kind of money on something that only holds a few cans, only works when the car is running, and is well out of reach of the driver.

mnje350

I am thinking that if you are using the car as a limo, then the fridge might have some value otherwise I agree with DaveW68

Jason B

The coolness factor, no pun intended. but, yes expensive.

snovvman

Question re CPO. AFAIK, CPO is one additional year (from the factory 4 year) for a total of five years from the original in-service date. CPO now offers unlimited mileage coverage. One can also purchase the "Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned Extended Limited Warranty". It is an additional 12 to 24 months of warranty coverage (from the expiration of the M-B CPO warranty, within 100,000 total vehicle-accumulated miles).

For an S550, I think it retails for $4k. Question is, *when* can one buy this warranty? Any time during the CPO period? Any time before 100K miles? Is the unused/prorated portion refundable to the purchaser?

Thanks.

DaveW68

Mike should be around to answer that question soon. He LOVES CPO!!

Mike5215

Dave's not a fan of CPO because of the cost. Instead he got a million-mile one-hundred-year service contract by Warranties-R-Us for .25 cents out of a vending machine in the lobby of a WalMart.

If the car was sold as CPO, it includes 12 additional months of factory warranty that start immediately if the car has no existing original warranty in effect. Otherwise the 12 months start when the original expires. At purchase you can buy an additional year for $2300 or so, or two additional years for $4500. I believe you can add additional years of CPO at any point when the car is covered under a current CPO policy. CPO is transferable, or they will refund any unused portion. The max CPO is always 3 years total regardless of when you buy it.

You cannot buy a used MB that's not CPO and then go back and buy the coverage.

Nuru

Of course if you are patient, you can get the fridge online for far less. I was quoting the cost from the dealers. Also your large fridge only works when the house power is on, and is really not very portable and does not support the car at all. So in the case of a significant power outage, your fridge won't be useable. Also my passengers will pass the food and water up to me , so I am fine with it. LOL!

Additionally, the money I save on lower maintenance costs vs a s600, I could afford the dealer price

Nuru

The fridge works for long trips too. Regardless of limo or not if you want to have access to chilled drinks or food in the car without having to stop, it works very well.

Nuru

+1

vettebk

I have had my 2007 S600 with 55K miles for about 16 months. It has been simply fabulous to drive especially on several long trips to FL in excess of 1000 miles each way. It is finicky about only top quality high octane fuel but gives me 22 mpg at 65 mph on cruise control. Smooth and powerful like the proverbial locomotive. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. Prefer low mileage examples but well maintained is more important. Next one will be an S65.

DaleB

My God, man, how can you stand to set the cruise at 65?

One of the things I really love is that, unlike my F150, there's really not much penalty for going faster. At 80 I still get about 21 MPG, which I can live with. I'll be driving on the Interstate for a couple of hours this afternoon, and I'm actually looking forward to it.