Looking to buy a clk 55
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Looking to buy a clk 55
I've been car shopping for about a month or so. I've seen that the price has really started to come down on the clk 55s, with what i consider to be fair mileage between 55000 and 65000. My questions are about the cars reliability going into the 50-100k range. How do they hold up? what generally starts to go and what are the average maintenance costs involved with these cars. I am asking around my town to find a good certified mercedes mechanic. I wont buy a car if i dont have somewhere good to go with it besides the dealership. But im curious what your advice would be as far as buying a 55 in the 2005-6 range with 55k plus on the odometer. all info and stories are greatly appreciated.
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I've been car shopping for about a month or so. I've seen that the price has really started to come down on the clk 55s, with what i consider to be fair mileage between 55000 and 65000. My questions are about the cars reliability going into the 50-100k range. How do they hold up? what generally starts to go and what are the average maintenance costs involved with these cars. I am asking around my town to find a good certified mercedes mechanic. I wont buy a car if i dont have somewhere good to go with it besides the dealership. But im curious what your advice would be as far as buying a 55 in the 2005-6 range with 55k plus on the odometer. all info and stories are greatly appreciated.
The M113 55 is rock solid. If you've ever owned a 911, a CLK55 is as solid as the moon. As dependable as the tide. 100K is nothing on a well maintained M113. The key is 'well maintained'.
The plugs should have been changed at the 5 year mark ($75 in parts), the transmission fluid should have been changed at least once (my local dealer charges under $300), motor mounts are normal wear items (and yes if they are original, they are due by now - $160 for OEM parts, $65 for aftermarket), MAFs are not so normal - but they wear out too ($150 part), the o-rings on the oil cooler eventually will start to weep and the valve cover gaskets will eventually need replacing. If you know how to do the work yourself, none of this is expensive. If you drop it at a good indy, it's still pretty inexpensive. In fact, one set of factory front brake discs may be more expensive than all the parts previously listed. Brakes and tires will probably be your two most expensive maintenance items - especially the front brakes.
It sounds like you're interested in a cab (no US spec coupes were imported in 2006). If so, the cab guys will have to talk to you about the dependability of the roof hydraulics. Being a coupe guy, I honestly have no idea how the cab roof holds up
I hope that helps.
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I have 67k miles on my clock and personaly I wouldnt buy a used car with more than 60-65k but as they said if well maintained there should be a problem.
Here is the link to a thread with a good tune up list
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk55-amg...e-up-list.html
Here is the link to a thread with a good tune up list
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk55-amg...e-up-list.html
