How many miles on your W211?
2) 280,822 Miles as of today. (It had 279,365 miles and new tires on it when I bought it).
3) Everything works. I bought it knowing there is this one issue. It has a little engine vibration at idle speed. What is going on is the engine shudders a bit when it is shut down. Also a noticeable vibration is felt when engine idles below 800 rpm. Not a big issue. Just time to change the 2 motor mounts and the rear engine transmission mount. About $260 for the three parts and $180 for labor at an indy shop to fix it. Will be fixing it this weekend and it will feel like new after that. Other than that, car has been well taken care of and in excellent shape, inside and out. Engine spins silky smooth and feels like it has just been broken in. Original owner’s purchase date is 8/26/2005 in Augusta, GA. It has a clean Carfax and has 36 service records. It has been maintained by the local MB dealer throughout and has had oil/filter changes done close to the recommended 13,000 mile intervals. I will be obtaining all the 36 service details from the dealer soon to get the full history.
A phot of my 2006 E320 CDI with 280K+ miles.
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90,000k miles
aux battery, main battery, front right air strut, tranny mount, serpentine & supercharger belt replaced, Bosch 010 pump installed (OEM was failing), and of course normal oil change.
Other than that, love this E55! I have also raced a couple cars C63, 2014 STi, Evo 10, Cobalt SS, 2012 Mustang 5.0 bolt ons, 2013 Focus ST, SRT4, and pulled them all.
Homestead speedway MY e55 vs White C63 he got late reaction time but claimed to be tuned by Renntech.
All I ever did was K&N drop ins which i dont even think
helped or made a difference.
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
Milage 166500
Since ive owned car
New Power Steering Box & Pump
New Sat Nav Aerial
New Drivers Door Mirror
New Front Discs & Pads
Front Suspension Bushes
Serviced since new by Mercedes
And passenger door mirror now intermittent on indicators told by Mercedes usual problem is broken wires due to folding of mirror a new power frame fitted by Mercedes is £350.00
But the car is a joy to drive so it gets whatever is needed done to it.
Last edited by Trooper2196; Sep 1, 2014 at 02:52 AM.
78K
Thank God for extended warranties:
Both front struts
Front arms and ball joints - both sides
Nav system and COMAND ring (persistent problem for first 5K, then fixed)
Fuel sending unit and pump
Passenger seat track (disabled airbags until fix - mechanic could find nothing wrong with old one but new one fixed it)
Coil spring (again, disabled airbags until fix)
Passenger headlight motor
Motor mounts
Drive shaft broke at flex point




158,000 KM
Engine ,engine Mount ,Transmission mount, Radiator Fan, rear airmatic balloon, SBC pump,master cylinder,ac compressor , water pump,alternator (3x),Front SAM (ongoing waiting for delivery ). all these problems in 5months. (DPF is waiting).




