Not quite a Feeler - '03 E500 Sport

Sep 29, 2012 | 02:00 PM

tbone

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E500 Sport

Not quite a Feeler - '03 E500 Sport

Just picked up an M3, and not sure how much I'll be driving the W211. Unsure if I want to sell the E yet so wanted to gauge the market and see what you guys would pay for my car

2003 E500 - Original Owner
Sport Package
142K freeway miles - Strictly a daily driver. No track time, etc.
Garage parked (both at home and at work)
Dealer serviced its entire life

Mods:
OEM E55 front bumper and side skirts
OEM E63 rear bumper
OEM E55 BBK
OEM CLS55 exhaust w/ resonator delete
OEM navigation retrofitted
OEM voice-control stalk retrofitted
20" HRE's
Rentech ELM V2
DCT Motorsports steering wheel

Oct 3, 2012 | 06:40 PM

SurgeSi

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2005 E

WOW i love the wheels
car looks great
im hoping you get $15k+

Oct 3, 2012 | 07:35 PM

a100steaksauce

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W218

pure beauty

GLWS

Oct 4, 2012 | 10:44 AM

tbone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by a100steaksauce

pure beauty

GLWS

Thank you sir

Quote:

Originally Posted by SurgeSi

WOW i love the wheels
car looks great
im hoping you get $15k+

Thank you

Come on guys, give me an idea of what the market will pay for this car

Oct 4, 2012 | 01:04 PM

djrabbi

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EQS AMG, E53 AMG, GLE63s

sell me the HREs...Thanks!

Oct 4, 2012 | 01:37 PM

ferrariyellow44

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2012 C63 AMG edition 1

You need to keep that car...it looks too good lol

Oct 5, 2012 | 01:40 AM

spinn

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2004 E500

nice...wish I had a dash clock.

Unfortunately, with the amount of miles on it, it might be a tough sale at $15K.

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Oct 5, 2012 | 10:54 AM

Flash Gordon

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2003 E500, 2004 G35X

I traded mine in for about 10K with 75K miles. Mods are fine but would not really increase resale value. They make it easier to sell to certain persons who like your mods. Yours is a beauty!

Oct 5, 2012 | 01:22 PM

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tbone

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E500 Sport

Thanks for the input guys. Keep it coming!

Oct 7, 2012 | 12:00 AM

#11

Jmorlan

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E500

I just bought my 03 E500 for 13k. Granted it was all stock, but only had 60k miles.
(13k includes tax, reg, complete total)

Oct 9, 2012 | 12:47 PM

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PortAxePlayer1

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'97 E200, '06 E350 & '23 E350

Why do you have the headlight cleaning button but not the opening on the bumper ?

Oct 9, 2012 | 01:19 PM

#13

spinn

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2004 E500

Quote:

Originally Posted by PortAxePlayer1

Why do you have the headlight cleaning button but not the opening on the bumper ?

I would guess that he added the AMG bumper w/o headlight washers, while his orig bumper had them.

Oct 9, 2012 | 01:20 PM

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djrabbi

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EQS AMG, E53 AMG, GLE63s

Sell me HREs? please?

Oct 9, 2012 | 01:22 PM

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PortAxePlayer1

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Yea i figured, but he could have found an AMG bumper that had them, anyway, what happens if the button is pressed ?:p

Oct 9, 2012 | 01:23 PM

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djrabbi

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Nothing. He disconnected it from inside the bumper so it won't go up.

Oct 9, 2012 | 11:42 PM

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tbone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmorlan

I just bought my 03 E500 for 13k. Granted it was all stock, but only had 60k miles.
(13k includes tax, reg, complete total)

Thanks for that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PortAxePlayer1

Why do you have the headlight cleaning button but not the opening on the bumper ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by spinn

I would guess that he added the AMG bumper w/o headlight washers, while his orig bumper had them.

I never use the cleaning button and so when I bought the bumper I purposely bought a bumper w/o the cutout for a cleaner look. I didn't disable it. I thought about it, but when I talked to my shop, they said if I accidentally pressed the button, it would just retract after hitting the button.

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrabbi

Sell me HREs? please?

LOL, thanks for the interest, but I'm not even close to selling the car. I'm not even close to listing the car as a feeler...hence my thread title. I want to gauge the market to see what I can get before I decide what I want to do. Until I decide, car's staying as is

Dec 11, 2012 | 04:23 PM

#18

tbone

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Car is now for sale:

https://mbworld.org/forums/mercedes-...nal-owner.html

Dec 11, 2012 | 08:49 PM

#19

tbone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lopeolinda

Mods are fine but would not really increase resale value.

I'm not looking to increase resale value. As stated in my thread, it's priced for those who are looking to mod. Those ppl will see the value. And those not looking to mod will not, as reflected in your statement.