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Just bought this 2010 ML550 from Carvana! Delivered it to my house not unlike a pizza. It's a California car and it's in really nice shape. Took it to my local German Car shop and they found some things needing attention. Carvana has a 100 day warranty and they stepped up to the plate and dropped $3,618.13
* All new brakes and fluid flush
* New left strut ( I paid to replace the right side one )
* New Battery
* Fixed the drivers side turn signal in the mirror
* 4 wheel alignment
* Fixed the sunroof and a rear headrest
I had them flush and fill every fluid which wasn't cheap either... I had to personalize my new ride with a GT style grill, Lamin-X smoked headlight film, amg center caps, I had a custom "Carl Benz" signature decal made ( i have extra's for sale on eBay) and a dash designs dash cover because that is waaaaay too much plastic to be staring at. Maison Berger Heavenly Sun for some exotic aroma Waiting for my tune from OE.
Love the back road, Mud and snow never let me down.
Regular road snow up hill = Great
Regular Road down hill = ok. I can feel the car slide sometimes..
Love the back road, Mud and snow never let me down.
Regular road snow up hill = Great
Regular Road down hill = ok. I can feel the car slide sometimes..
me: 2015 SL400 & 2015 ML400; wife: 2022 GLC Coupe kid: 2017 GLC SUV
Originally Posted by Joe Meatball
Just bought this 2010 ML550 from Carvana! Delivered it to my house not unlike a pizza. It's a California car and it's in really nice shape. Took it to my local German Car shop and they found some things needing attention. Carvana has a 100 day warranty and they stepped up to the plate and dropped $3,618.13
* All new brakes and fluid flush
* New left strut ( I paid to replace the right side one )
* New Battery
* Fixed the drivers side turn signal in the mirror
* 4 wheel alignment
* Fixed the sunroof and a rear headrest
I had them flush and fill every fluid which wasn't cheap either.
@Joe Meatball So they just cut a check to the repair shop of your choice? Nice!
Originally Posted by Joe Meatball
... I had to personalize my new ride with a GT style grill.....and a dash designs dash cover because that is waaaaay too much plastic to be staring at.....
@Joe Meatball I've seen the grille on eBay for about $200; easy install? Would love to see pics of the dash cover.
Needs the front bumper resprayed and the headlights detailed...so here's a creepin' shot behind the pretty cars.
2010 ML350 base, lowered, AFE filters, Bilsteins, wheel studs and 12.5/18mm spacers to make it look less pigeon toed. Wheels when I find a good deal on a set of 63 takeoffs. Only pending addition is a tow hitch/rear SAM. 185k and flawless other than the bottom driver seat cushion splitting. I'll drive it until it crumbles into the ground, I love it so much
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me: 2015 SL400 & 2015 ML400; wife: 2022 GLC Coupe kid: 2017 GLC SUV
Originally Posted by HPDECLK55
Needs the front bumper resprayed and the headlights detailed...so here's a creepin' shot behind the pretty cars.
2010 ML350 base, lowered, AFE filters, Bilsteins, wheel studs and 12.5/18mm spacers to make it look less pigeon toed. Wheels when I find a good deal on a set of 63 takeoffs. Only pending addition is a tow hitch/rear SAM. 185k and flawless other than the bottom driver seat cushion splitting. I'll drive it until it crumbles into the ground, I love it so much
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Wanted a cheap car to throw my work stuff in and maximize my monthly stipend, so picked it up from my buddy for $4k early last year (had 165k then) with a radiator leak he believed would be around $2k to fix. Took it to my local Indy shop and out the door for $177 repaired.
1 owner, Physician/pilot. (Maintenance records were precise and complete) only driven to/from hospital and kept indoors. It has been flawless.
On the flip side, at the same time I picked up a 2005 C230K sedan for my son, also a 1 owner, 145k mile car, (albeit with lots of deferred maintenance) for $3800. It has been an unmitigated nightmare. Thought we'd be ahead by doing a total service and suspension overhaul when I bought it but we've been fighting the thing ever since. SO. MUCH. DEFERRED. MAINTENANCE.
Lesson: maintenance is important...documentation of said maintenance can keep you from finding the bottom of a money pit.
Last edited by HPDECLK55; 06-10-2022 at 11:31 AM.
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me: 2015 SL400 & 2015 ML400; wife: 2022 GLC Coupe kid: 2017 GLC SUV
Originally Posted by HPDECLK55
Wanted a cheap car to throw my work stuff in and maximize my monthly stipend, so picked it up from my buddy for $4k early last year (had 165k then) with a radiator leak he believed would be around $2k to fix. Took it to my local Indy shop and out the door for $177 repaired.
1 owner, Physician/pilot. (Maintenance records were precise and complete) only driven to/from hospital and kept indoors. It has been flawless.
On the flip side, at the same time I picked up a 2005 C230K sedan for my son, also a 1 owner, 145k mile car, (albeit with lots of deferred maintenance) for $3800. It has been an unmitigated nightmare. Thought we'd be ahead by doing a total service and suspension overhaul when I bought it but we've been fighting the thing ever since.
Lesson: maintenance is important...documentation of said maintenance can keep you from finding the bottom of a money pit.
That's a good lesson, and there's a second one in there for me: I had originally wanted to keep my daughter's old 2010 ML350 (123,000 miles) and trade a 2006 Lexus RX330 for a "new" car for her (the Lexus serves as an "extra" car for me: beach wagon in summer, winter car when I take the SL off the road). Instead, I decided I would look for a newer ML with fewer miles. Took $6200 in trade for hers toward a beautiful 2017 GLC300 (in my sig pic) and traded the Lexus for a 2014 ML350 with <73,000 miles. Bought it for about $17,000 + trade then I bragged about to a couple of car wholesalers I know. One of them had seen it at the auction repeatedly over the previous weeks and convinced me that it was trouble so I backed out of the deal. That same wholesaler offered me cash for the Lexus: the same $6200 I took for my daughter's ML350, which I now wish I had just kept.
Needs the front bumper resprayed and the headlights detailed...so here's a creepin' shot behind the pretty cars.
2010 ML350 base, lowered, AFE filters, Bilsteins, wheel studs and 12.5/18mm spacers to make it look less pigeon toed. Wheels when I find a good deal on a set of 63 takeoffs. Only pending addition is a tow hitch/rear SAM. 185k and flawless other than the bottom driver seat cushion splitting. I'll drive it until it crumbles into the ground, I love it so much
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Nice selection of cars! We have bespoke BBSs if you want that extra oomph on your Bimmer!
09-22-2019, 03:51 AM
MY WIFE'S BABY
Waiting for my tune from OE.
