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Buy a CLS63 that's had a harder than normal life?

Old Aug 14, 2019 | 09:26 PM
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Buy a CLS63 that's had a harder than normal life?

I'm new to the MB world but not to high performance. I'm looking at a 2012 CLS63 that has less than 35k miles. The car has some nice mods already done as well. My concern is I've found videos and posts about the car online. It's been down the strip many times and dounut videos etc. Would you not worry or pass on it? Thanks for the input.
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 10:51 PM
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I mean if the fluids and maintenance were done on time, there should be no issue.
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 07:17 PM
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can you post links to the videos? anecdotally, my range rovers did better when offroaded. They did not want to be babied all the time... Lots of little issues, when she was flexing the suspension using low range and lockers they were happiest.
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 07:36 PM
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The cars absolutely like to be driven hard, I'd much rather have one that was used than one that was babied or sat, those cars tend to act up the first time you push them, cars that only know how to be driven hard have no issue with it.
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Old Aug 20, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Travis Boling
I'm new to the MB world but not to high performance. I'm looking at a 2012 CLS63 that has less than 35k miles. The car has some nice mods already done as well. My concern is I've found videos and posts about the car online. It's been down the strip many times and dounut videos etc. Would you not worry or pass on it? Thanks for the input.
Those cars were meant to drive hard. That's why they are the performance version of the cls550. As long as it has had regular service and you have a mechanic check the drivetrain (including motor, transmission and suspension) you should be good to go
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Old Aug 21, 2019 | 04:44 PM
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I'm a service schedule fanatic! Just had brakes flushed today Car is great! It's also a 2012.
Now....lets see those videos
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