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Hello To All Out There, I am new to the AMG forum - This is my first CLK55 AMG, I was a former Porsche Owner (986S, 993, 996) one of my friend bought a 55AMG which i drove one long weekend and quickly feel in love with the BEAST - after my last lease with my 986S i found myself at a MB dealership - Apparently a doctor ordered a 02 with every option available, he never came to pcik up the car - I walked in and found myself drawn to it - the dealership was eager to get the BEAST out of their showroom so I worked out a great deal and drove her home two days later - Well it's been 600 miles later and I must say DAM - I love this car - My brother just got a 2003 M5 which is beautiful, we perform high speed roll ons all most nightly - from 80 - 155mph the AMG sticks with the M5 side by side - no kidding, most of our friend thought the M5 would kill me, I knew the BEAST would not be slaughtered easily. The car came with the following options
K1, K2, Timeport phone, CD-Changer, Command System, Voice Command - Sometime I feel like James Bond - "Next CD Please" and It really works :-) I attached pics of the BEAST for your viewing pleasure - hope to share information and insight with you all

burat

you drove it all the way to 155!! Well, I guess it's ok because AMG already broke it in the dyno. So the M5 didn't hose you. Tell me more about the race.


02 CLK55
Black Opal
All standard option plus Navigation

Stiggs

was it hard "working out a deal" at the dealership? I figured they would've charged you full sticker....nothing less for the beast!

Stiggs

P.S. Darn nice car!!! I really envy you. One day I will be one of the lucky ones!!!

Chappy

Very nice.....


Stiggs,

Dealers are discounting CLK55's as well as E55's right now. Go and get one!

Chappy

2002 CLK55
Silver w Charcoal
CD
(no COMAND, no phone....adds weight):p

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Amigo's I Work With 18 Gents Who All Love High Performance Cars - In The Bunch We Have Two CLK 430's - My CLK55, My Brothers 03 BMW M5 and 02 M3's One Lotus S4 And Two Audi S4 - We Often Perform Roll On And 0-60 Sprits Near An Closed Truckers Stop Behind A Major Highway Near The Job - I Call It The Marrero Proving Grounds (Nice Ring - Don't Ya Think :-) ) To Date The AMG In Coming In A Strong Second To The M5 In Most Of The Test We Set Up - I Use A APM To Monitor My 0-60 Speeds, Roll Ons, Yaw Rate - Corner Etc - My Best Times Were Two Weeks Ago On A Perfect 57c Day 0-60 = 4.94 sec - My Brother Mike And I Race Often - Yesterday Evening We Had Another High Speed Roll On, We Started At 80mph - 155 Again The Rev Limiter Kicked Into The Both Of us (M5 Also Has 155 Rev Lit) It's Amazing How The AMG Stays With The M5 - I Tired Various Tactics - Working The Auto Trans In Manual Mode And Just simply Leaving It In Drive - In Manual Mode I Can Stay With Him As He Shifts Through His Gears - Most People On The BMW M5 Forum Don't Believe Us - As I Tell My Brother What Do I Have To Lose - I'm Racing Against The Best Sedan Made Today - As We Say The NYC "How Ya Like Me Now"

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1200 miles and still burning the tires - Here's the deal that I got
The MSRP was 83498.00 the dealer dropped it to 76897.35 (don't ask me where they got the .35cents from) I have both my PORSCHE from the associated dealer - Ray Catena - So My old PORSCHE sales person talked to the mgmt and that's the deal they worked out for me. I drive my cars very, very hard almost daily (that is if my wife is not in the car with me) so I'm hoping the AMG can hang with that - so far so very, very good -

JamE55

Is it me or does that picture look very familiar kind of like this one...



Looks like this pic was taken from the home page of the mbworld gallery? Like this link https://mbworld.org/gallery/clkclass/index.shtml

click on Rear, left angle (800x600, 69KB)

So where's the real pic??

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Dam i Posted the wrong one - Sorry guys here's my car and got the jpg mixed up - I really need to label them better

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Now I Got It Right - Sorry Again Gents :p

JamE55

Now that's what what i'm talkin bout! Awsome pics my friend! Are you going to be doing some upgrades in the near future? Like the usual wheels, tires, suspension or just leave it stock?

Thanks!

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1st I'll Start With Wheels (Not Sure Yet Which Ones) Any Recommendations ? What Else is there to upgrade ? What is the proven standard with the CLK 55 ?

JamE55

Well what size of wheels are you looking to get 18"s or 19"s? Would probably recommend mesh type for that racing look like the BBS LM's. After that you should get the kleemann suspension for solid handling. And then add 1 tblspn of kleemann supercharger for added umph! That'll give you approximately 550hp! That's to start it off. And then get some cams and headers by MKB!

burat

What do you guys think of OZ superlegarra 2. It's a two piece design. 18' weighs lbs. The 19' only weighs 23 lbs. And it's a forged design. I was planning this. Any comments.


02 CLK 55
Black Opal / Charcoal
Castro Valley, CA

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Got Any Pictures Of Them ?

Chappy

I don't get it. MSRP of $83.5K?

I see you have all options, but $14K worth?

Are you adding in sales tax?

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Sales Tax Are Added In -

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80,416.35 - My wife just faxed me the window sticker
there must be an inflation from the dealership somewhere in this price - For some reason I feel like the sucker sign is hanging over my office - tell me it isn't so
The packages are as follows:

K2a
trucnk mounted CD
Command system
Voice control
Illuminated Door Sills
Chrome Head Lamp Rings
AMG Style I
Trunk Cargo Tray With Dividers

Plus a couple of shirts, hats, mugs etc - which I probably paid for anyway

WindForce

Nice car, very nice

Chappy

I'm sure you are fine You got a lot of "extras" I didn't add.

I didn't get the COMAND or phone, but have the CD changer.

Blue Benz

Nice CLK! Welcome to the forum. Once your CLK55 has at least 5000 miles on, it should be faster since it will be fully broken in.

karl k

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I feel your pain.

The CLK55 AMG is the best car manufactured on this planet, since Karl Benz patented the first automobile on January 29, 1886.

techbike

and congratulations on acquiring a fine automobile.
Although I agree, it can be a beast, it's still a fine automobile and that swayed me against the M5. Don't you just LOVE the solid chug when you close the door?
Anyway, once you put 19's and good rubber on your toy, I think you'll post better slalom runs against your bro.
FWIW, here's a pix of 19" SSR GT3s on my 55. I like them but probably should have gone with Brabus or AMG 18s on hindsight.