Popo Here

Here it is, I lost the district plus and heated steering but I gained the TT engine. CPO with less than 9k miles

just1time

congrats...enjoy the car. Basically a brand new car at that mileage.

mrbobby

Looks like a beauty, congratulations.

1bad540

Not bad, some nice amg wheels would really jazz it up.

jahquan3

Very nice. Did they tell you how the kept it with such low mileage? That's very impressive.

dbldpr

Nice looking ride Enjoy

bzliteyear

congrats.
would love some of your thoughts on the "new" S550 versus your prior.
i just test drove 2008 yday and i really did not like the seats - shaped poorly, like my old W220 S600.
plus, the side mirrors seem small - the 2010+ seem much nicer.
PL

Awrryan

Very elegant. It looks great. Use it well

jmacdonald03

Very nice sir

DaveW68

You are the very first person I've heard make that kind of comment about the seats. IMO, they are the most comfortable seats of any car on the market. Perhaps I'm spoiled by the Napa leather and massage feature. I have a feeling your body is misshapen if you can't find a super comfortable position.

Popo Here

The 2008 was a good car but the 13 is a far better, well rounded car. First, the TT engine is amazing, it's fast when needed and smooth when required. The lighting package is a nice feature. Adaptive lighting makes night time driving in the country just fun. The headrests are a little more tolerable. I've also changed all the interior lighting with leds so it's different. The telematics are different from the 2008. Far more detail and with 3D maps. Overall it's just a far better car even though it looks the same

Nuru

Congrats on the new to you car, too bad about the Distronic Plus and Heated Steering (I use it and it is still fun observing how it works on different roads) wheel (I still have not used mine).

mrbobby

When I first got the heated steering wheel in my '05 S500 4Matic, I thought what a gimmick. Now a few cars later (Even my wife's '11 Lincoln MKX has it), I love it every time the temp gets under 30 degrees and I get into a cold car and I think "AAAAH".

BenzoBoi

Congrats! Now get a tune in it and really open her up!

BenzV12

What a car, more photos please when you have spare time

DaveW68

If you're talking S550 vs S550, your statements are somewhat true. It really depends on the options the '08 car had vs the '13. For sure the motor is a huge improvement and much more tunable with the turbos. The '08 can get the 3D maps with the telematics/COMAND software update that came out in I believe 2009. Other things like blind spot detection and lane departure I believe were options sometime in 2008, but standard by 2013. A fully optioned '08 is almost identical to the '13, except for the motor, facelift, and a few options not available back in '08.

PelicanParts.com

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Popo Here

As far as the telematics update for the 08 it doesn't give you 3D mapping. All it did was add the birds eye view but no 3D mapping. The 08 suspension did not have spot so that's a plus for me. 4matic, I've lost that but I live in the south so it's not such a big deal to me.

Popo Here

MY2008

Mike5215

In 08, the active/massage seats were in the relatively expensive P3 package in the 550. (The 600 of course got the good seats standard)

Otherwise the car came with seats that look identical to the active/massage but instead of the adjustable air bladders it had solid foam in the bolsters, seat bottom and seat back. It did have a bladder for lumbar only, but unless you loved the contour and firmness of the seats overall, you were stuck.

In 2010+ the massage/active seats came with the basic P1 so virtually all 2010 and up got them.

wilassasin

Nice car Popo, congrats. Question, how come you didn't get the w222 being that going from the 08' to the 13' are so similar?

KNBS550

Nice iridium silver! The wheels make the car look tough IMO.

pleeson

Beautiful car.
2012 is when the W221 really came together.

wilassasin

I would say 2010 is actually when the W221 really came together because even though MB didn't add the twin turbo engine at that time, there were some significant changes that really made the difference.

Popo Here

Simple, there was about a $40,000 difference.