I alternated my 05 CL55 with my Ferrari as my daily driver. I had my CL for 10 years and never had any issues or problems, just normal maintenance. Best car I ever owned and I would highly recommend it as a daily driver.

I put 80K on my CL55 and averaged 13 miles to the gallon over that time span (according to the trip meter). Around town I would get 9 miles to the gallon. I would also need a new set of tires every 12000 miles and I used Michelin Super Sports. So in terms of gasoline and tires it is not cheap. Brakes and rotors also often require replacement and they are not cheap either. But those are small prices to pay for an E ticket ride at Disneyland.

Have fun.

I drive my 03 CL55 everyday, from MA to PA and back each week for work, over 800 miles a week. Bought it 4 months ago with 57K and already have almost 68K on it, so ~10k in miles in 4 months. Spent the last few months bringing it up to service (new tires, new accumulators, new rotors and new trans mount and flex disc, Service B). Outside of the air locking system not working when the temps hit single digits, dead reliable. Still do to is an ABC flush, trans service and restore the headlights. It’s gets almost 22 mpg on the highway...amazing. Love this V2 missile!

Sorry, i dont agree.

I have owned 6 Mercedes and currently own a Ferrari. There is absolutely no comparison in terms of the cost of maintenance and parts. A Ferrari is on a different planet in a galaxy far far away.

Try $1800 for a mirror adjuster knob on a Ferrari 612. Try ball joints and shocks that need to be replaced after 10,000 miles with a cost of shocks at $3000 per shock (not per set!). Many Ferraris require their timing belts to be replaced ever 4 years and you have to pull the engine to do it.

I am not complaining mind you, you just have to understand that there is no comparing the vehicles in terms of these costs. One is a high end production car with readily available parts while the other is a hand built exotic with a very limited supply of parts. Better to compare the costs of Toyota and Mercedes parts, with the Mercedes being only somewhat more expensive.

Also, my CL55 cost over 10 years of ownership probably about $3000 per year on average for parts and maintenance. About the cost of 1 Ferrari shock.

One last point that anyone who is thinking of buying a CL must consider. While i found the CL to be highly reliable over 10 years of ownership, all of these cars are now 15 to 20 years old. They were highly engineered and had many, many parts that could break. They were not just an econo box with an engine, transmission, and rear end. So obviously over time they will cost more to maintain than an entry level Toyota because there are simply many more things to break.

Also, rubber and plastic degrade over time. So you have to expect that these items will need to be replaced due to age. In the last 10 years of my ownership i did find that more of these items did need to be replaced more than at the outset of ownership.

So if you are going to buy a CL do expect to have to replace things that wear and degrade over time. However, since it is a production car, these parts are readily available and I never found the costs to be that prohibitive. Also, for the cost of increased maintenance over a new car and at the price of an econobox, you are getting a car that the equivalent vehicle today can top out at over $200K. Also, the CL handles far better than today’s current S class, so that is an added plus.

However, if all you are looking for is a “reliable” car then this is not the car for you and you should buy a new Hyundai. My son has had one for 5 years. Extremely reliable and very cheap to maintain.