Used CLS55 vs new CLS550?
11-24-2006, 07:00 PM
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Had a CLS500, bought a CLS550. The "trip" from one car to the next cost $8,500 out-of-pocket BUT we got to go back to europe and drive around for three weeks...priceless.
The only disappointment with the 550 is apparently slightly lower gas mileage but it did come with factory Michelins instead of Continentals which I consider a plus.
The only disappointment with the 550 is apparently slightly lower gas mileage but it did come with factory Michelins instead of Continentals which I consider a plus.
11-24-2006, 08:23 PM
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Had a CLS500, bought a CLS550. The "trip" from one car to the next cost $8,500 out-of-pocket BUT we got to go back to europe and drive around for three weeks...priceless.
The only disappointment with the 550 is apparently slightly lower gas mileage but it did come with factory Michelins instead of Continentals which I consider a plus.
The only disappointment with the 550 is apparently slightly lower gas mileage but it did come with factory Michelins instead of Continentals which I consider a plus.
12-05-2006, 04:18 PM
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12-05-2006, 11:38 PM
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Unless you are aversed to tons of torque fun...the 55 trumps the 550.
12-06-2006, 10:48 AM
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Are you guys unhappy with the speed of the 550?
Anyone have a tested 0-60 time?
Is an AMG package available for the 550? How much does it cost and what does it include? I am guessing jus body stuff.
Has anyone installed a sprintbooster on their 550? Any difference?
I am really torn between this same decision (63 vs 550), I just don't think I would use the 63/55 to it's full extent unless I hit the track (which I won't) and end up spending an additional $40K on a car I am not going to use fully.
Then there is that whole living below your means thing I have a thing about.
Anyone have a tested 0-60 time?
Is an AMG package available for the 550? How much does it cost and what does it include? I am guessing jus body stuff.
Has anyone installed a sprintbooster on their 550? Any difference?
I am really torn between this same decision (63 vs 550), I just don't think I would use the 63/55 to it's full extent unless I hit the track (which I won't) and end up spending an additional $40K on a car I am not going to use fully.
Then there is that whole living below your means thing I have a thing about.
12-06-2006, 11:51 AM
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If I were buying new I'd get the 550 over the 63 for my daily driver.
The 550 is fast enough around town - you can't launch WOT on dry without wheel spin.
But the issue is that 06 CLS55's have depreciated so much in one year that the price is right on top of a new CLS550!
The 550 is fast enough around town - you can't launch WOT on dry without wheel spin.
But the issue is that 06 CLS55's have depreciated so much in one year that the price is right on top of a new CLS550!
12-06-2006, 05:46 PM
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Are you guys unhappy with the speed of the 550?
Anyone have a tested 0-60 time?
Is an AMG package available for the 550? How much does it cost and what does it include? I am guessing jus body stuff.
Has anyone installed a sprintbooster on their 550? Any difference?
I am really torn between this same decision (63 vs 550), I just don't think I would use the 63/55 to it's full extent unless I hit the track (which I won't) and end up spending an additional $40K on a car I am not going to use fully.
Then there is that whole living below your means thing I have a thing about.
Anyone have a tested 0-60 time?
Is an AMG package available for the 550? How much does it cost and what does it include? I am guessing jus body stuff.
Has anyone installed a sprintbooster on their 550? Any difference?
I am really torn between this same decision (63 vs 550), I just don't think I would use the 63/55 to it's full extent unless I hit the track (which I won't) and end up spending an additional $40K on a car I am not going to use fully.
Then there is that whole living below your means thing I have a thing about.
Last edited by Special_K; 12-06-2006 at 05:54 PM.
