2011 E550 or 2012 E550?
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2011 E550 or 2012 E550?
Hey guys so i'm back again. The AMG I was looking at didn't workout the way I wanted so now i'm back in the market for a 550.
Currently I have 2 options: 2011 E550 with 55k fully loaded for 29k out the door from a dealer.
Then I found a 2012 E550: This has 85k miles also fully loaded for 23-25k private seller. Which I will take to a Mercedes pre purchase inspection. The person is claiming all the miles are highway miles from Florida to Cali during season. All service records are at an MB dealer. My problem is this one is located in Florida and won't be able to inspect it myself.
I plan on getting warranty for both cars and not keeping the car longer than 2 years. If anyone has any good warranty companies let me know.
Would've went with the 2011 but I wanted the Bi-turbo engine that the post 2011 models offer. Plan on getting it tuned (Probably Renntech) as well.
Anyone have any input on either which offer is better? I plan on pulling the trigger within the next 2 days. If you guys need any other info on either cars for better input feel free to let me know.
Currently I have 2 options: 2011 E550 with 55k fully loaded for 29k out the door from a dealer.
Then I found a 2012 E550: This has 85k miles also fully loaded for 23-25k private seller. Which I will take to a Mercedes pre purchase inspection. The person is claiming all the miles are highway miles from Florida to Cali during season. All service records are at an MB dealer. My problem is this one is located in Florida and won't be able to inspect it myself.
I plan on getting warranty for both cars and not keeping the car longer than 2 years. If anyone has any good warranty companies let me know.
Would've went with the 2011 but I wanted the Bi-turbo engine that the post 2011 models offer. Plan on getting it tuned (Probably Renntech) as well.
Anyone have any input on either which offer is better? I plan on pulling the trigger within the next 2 days. If you guys need any other info on either cars for better input feel free to let me know.
Last edited by Calvin0433; Sep 12, 2016 at 03:24 AM.
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2015 GL550 4matic
If you're talking about the 2012 in Orlando, then I could go look at it. Right down the street from me.
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
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If you're talking about the 2012 in Orlando, then I could go look at it. Right down the street from me.
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
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If you're talking about the 2012 in Orlando, then I could go look at it. Right down the street from me.
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
This nice 2012 just popped up in CO as well, nice colors, only 60K miles.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
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I believe airmatic was standard in 2011 and an option in 2012. I'd never trust what the dealer says though, you wouldn't believe how many dealers say MB-Tex is real leather. In the case of the E550, they all had real leather though. Run the VIN through a decoder or EPC-net.
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2015 GL550 4matic
2010-2011 E550 sedan had the N/A 5.5L V8, Airmatic standard, 4matic was an option
2012-2014 E550 sedan had the new Biturbo 4.6L V8, 4matic standard, Airmatic was an option, but very rare from my findings.
All E550 come with real leather seating, 2014 was the only year for facelifted sedan in E550.
2012-2014 E550 sedan had the new Biturbo 4.6L V8, 4matic standard, Airmatic was an option, but very rare from my findings.
All E550 come with real leather seating, 2014 was the only year for facelifted sedan in E550.
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I purposely went for a 2011 to avoid the turbo's since I planned on keeping it for a while and dont much care for turbo lag. The thing is build like a tank and the 5.5l v8 really packs a nice linear punch.
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If you're a white on beige kind of person (I'm not) then this is a pretty good price on a 2013 model in ATL area.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
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If you're a white on beige kind of person (I'm not) then this is a pretty good price on a 2013 model in ATL area.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
but for 27K i dont know... seems a bit high
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That applies to the 2010 and 2011 models. I believe 2012+ models are not affected. You can check the VIN and the list at:
https://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/recall
https://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/recall
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2010 E550, 273 Engine: 2012 S550, 278 Engine
If you're a white on beige kind of person (I'm not) then this is a pretty good price on a 2013 model in ATL area.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...CALERTSEMLSRCH
The biturbo engine does not suffer from any turbo lag. Anyone who thinks so has not driven one. 0-60 is half a second faster by published testing. That's more than 10% on a sub 5 second run.
No turbo is one bunch less items to fail on the car and I have not seen real reason to go with turbo other than there is no NA engine available anymore. I love my real 5.5 L engine as the number on the trunk lid shows.
The turbo engine cars should state the number as the engine volume really is perhaps with a "T" at the end of it.
