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07-13-2003, 10:02 PM
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We are number 1 at our local dealer for the CLK 55Cab. Wife really wants a cab. Wants to trade in the ML320. Just received brochure, the option that I would select are;
Active Ventilated front seats
6-disc changer
Lighting package
Everything else is not necessary.
Since MBUSA has not upgraged their "build your own" feature, I built a coupe CLK55, with comprable specs and it came out to about $72K.
How much do more do you think the cab will be? I am assuming between $5k and $7k.
Now the real dilemna.
I also built an E55 and it ran aout $82k for what I would want. To me that seems a difference of about $5k.
For this extra amount I feel the E55 is a much more substantial car. Should I start lobying the wife to change her mind? This will be our first CLK, so all those with prevous CLK experience please chime in. One argument that I can use against the CLK, is our two kids 3.5 and 4.5 (in booster seats) may be a pain to get them in an out of the back seats.
Active Ventilated front seats
6-disc changer
Lighting package
Everything else is not necessary.
Since MBUSA has not upgraged their "build your own" feature, I built a coupe CLK55, with comprable specs and it came out to about $72K.
How much do more do you think the cab will be? I am assuming between $5k and $7k.
Now the real dilemna.
I also built an E55 and it ran aout $82k for what I would want. To me that seems a difference of about $5k.
For this extra amount I feel the E55 is a much more substantial car. Should I start lobying the wife to change her mind? This will be our first CLK, so all those with prevous CLK experience please chime in. One argument that I can use against the CLK, is our two kids 3.5 and 4.5 (in booster seats) may be a pain to get them in an out of the back seats.
07-27-2003, 11:32 PM
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'02 CLK 55 cabrio (sold), '03 C32 (sold), '04 R32 (sold), '04 911/X-51 (keeper)
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Not sure if this helps...but my 208 55 cab stickered at 82k w/o command, but I was able to get close to $5k off. Bought in January in Sioux Falls, SD off of Ebay from the MBZ dealer there. I was waitlisted at my local dealer for the new e55, and was intending to do a trade in, but while waiting drove an 03 C32, and decided to buy that one instead, and kept the 55 cab. The c32 gave me 95% of the e55 performance, and I still have the cab to enjoy on sunny days! My cab just turned over 20k miles; took my 10 year old daughter on a 1,800 mile, ten day road trip and we never put the top up. The c32 is one heck of a car, too.
07-27-2003, 11:52 PM
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3.5 and 4.5 years old AND boster seats? Go with the E class. Aside from being a huge difference in performance, your back will thank you later! I have both a 210 and a 208 cab as well as 2 kids (11 and 14). I'm 6'03" which makes the seat behind me useless. My wife drives the cab as a secondary car and the only time we take it on a trip is if the wife and I are going alone. The kids hate the back seat. Getting kids buckled in and out of the back is going to be a nightmare.
Either way, go with the charcoal interior. The kids will make a mess of the ash.
Either way, go with the charcoal interior. The kids will make a mess of the ash.
07-28-2003, 03:11 PM
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All of the above
E55 vs. CLK55 cab?
Decisions, decisions.
First of all:
Base price of 2004 CLK55 cab = base, $79,500 + $720 D&D + $1,300 gas guzzler = $81,520
Base price of E55 = $76,000 + $720 D&D + $1700 = $78,420
If performance is your priority then the E55 provides much more HP for less $.
If a convertible is a priority then the CLK55 is the fastest MB Cab. made and is no slouch with 362 HP (although it gives up 100HP to the E55)
2 doors, plenty of performance and a drop top
VS.
4 doors and over the top performance
I personally like performance over style (E55)
If style and "convertibleness" are important than the CLK55 is the one.
2 very different animals, you can't go wrong either way.
P.S. I see so many people buy cabs that are not really "convertible people". If you are going to buy the cab and then drive around with the top up and the A/C blowing all summer do us a favor and get the E. There's nothing that irks me more than seeing a beautiful cab/conv. on a beautiful day with the top up. Has your wife had a conv. before? Will she be OK with her hair being "messed up". If not don't waste the 10K on a cab that will not get used. (Sorry, one of my peaves, nothing personal)
First of all:
Base price of 2004 CLK55 cab = base, $79,500 + $720 D&D + $1,300 gas guzzler = $81,520
Base price of E55 = $76,000 + $720 D&D + $1700 = $78,420
If performance is your priority then the E55 provides much more HP for less $.
If a convertible is a priority then the CLK55 is the fastest MB Cab. made and is no slouch with 362 HP (although it gives up 100HP to the E55)
2 doors, plenty of performance and a drop top
VS.
4 doors and over the top performance
I personally like performance over style (E55)
If style and "convertibleness" are important than the CLK55 is the one.
2 very different animals, you can't go wrong either way.
P.S. I see so many people buy cabs that are not really "convertible people". If you are going to buy the cab and then drive around with the top up and the A/C blowing all summer do us a favor and get the E. There's nothing that irks me more than seeing a beautiful cab/conv. on a beautiful day with the top up. Has your wife had a conv. before? Will she be OK with her hair being "messed up". If not don't waste the 10K on a cab that will not get used. (Sorry, one of my peaves, nothing personal)
07-28-2003, 05:43 PM
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I agree. When I bought my 430 cab I thought I would use it all the time. But with the midwest weather, lots of highway driving, etc., I don't drive with the top down nearly as much as I thought i would. And, if you or your wife are a "hate squeaks and rattles" person, don't get the cab. Even though its an MB, the diminished structural rigidity of the cab makes them unavoidable. I was surprised at how many mine had. That's one of the reasons why I'm getting rid of my cab for the E55.
08-19-2003, 05:33 AM
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Clk 55 AMG Cabriolet
hey this is my first post. i think the E55 AMG has more bang for your bucks but the CLK55 AMG has more street cred-and who can not love the wind in your hair. cant you get childrens seats ?????? as an opion?
