FASN8N

A mercedes dealer should be able to pull a VMI report for you....

FASN8N

Alright everyone, I am officially going to try and keep a log of these cars. If you find one for sale please list or PM me the following information. Thanks
Model
Year
VIN
Mileage
State or Country
Price
Exterior Paint
Interior color
Seller
Carfax or Autocheck status if known

I have info on 13 cars so far.

Thanks

gedelea

Can you post what you have thus far? It might keep resubmissions down a bit.

BobbyMerc

Great idea! Yes, please post info on the ones you have.

Bobby

FASN8N

I don't know how to post this with the spreadsheet formatting, but at least the info is here...

Model Year VIN Mileage State Price Exterior Interior Seller Notes Date
E55 2004 WDB2112761A641312 99000 km Japan 32718 Silver Black Japanese Car Trade Aug 16, 2011
E55 2005 WDBUH76J05A788538 55000 NY Auction Silver Black goingtogetya ebay 3/1/07 Right Rear Damage Autocheck Oct 15, 2011
E55 2005 WDBUH76J15A756472 64938 CT 36495 Grey Black Coventry Motorcars
E55 2005 WDBUH76J35A771880 54000 MD White Black Clean Carfax/Autocheck Nov 10, 2010
E55 2005 WDBUH76J35A788551 27500 CO 37000 Black black Dupont Reg.com Oct 15, 2011
E55 2005 63000 AZ 34000 Grey Black Classic Sports Cars & Trucks
E55 2005 WDBUH76J85A771812 40988 Fletcher Jones Lawsuit Misrepresentation CPO Aug 6, 2009
E55 2006 WDBUH76J36A920595 59277 CA 40000 Pewter Char San Fran Sports Cars
E55 2006 WDBUH76J46A844613 52000 GA 38900 Black Char RBM Atl Sep 29, 2011
E63 2007 WDBUH77X67B139343 29000 NY 40000 Black black Private Clean Autocheck
E63 2007 WDBUH77X87B067416 49200 FL 47900 Black Black Private Oct 15, 2011
E63 2008 WDBUH77X28B315936 36595 FL 38999 Black Black Off Lease Only 10/18/08 Hit another vehicle Carfax Oct 15, 2011
E63 2009 WDBUH77X19B373635 34150 CA 49999 Black black Southern CA Auto Sales Fullerton Supposed clean carfax Oct 16, 2011

bigwinner

E63 07 WDBUH77X17B037951 38400 NY $39990 Black Black Meccanic Shop-North Salem Clean Carfax Oct 17, 2011
www.AutoTrader.com/ATCarID/AT-12668854

gedelea

E55 2006 WDBUH76J36A952379 37,800 Silver Black Exotic Motors Ju;ly, 20, 2009 Lemon Buyback

E55 2006 WDBUH76J36A854212 25,339 Capri Blue Black Arena Motors November 17, 2009 $36.9k

E63 2007 WDBUH77X27B028353 Black Black Fletcher Jones November 1, 2009


E63 2007 WDBUH77X67B139343 29000 Black Black Private October 6, 2011 Accident Deer

E63 2007 WDBUH77X87B063169 10,700 Flnt Gray Nappa Auto Brokers September 7, 2007 Accident

gedelea

This is my dream car....whomever owns it please sell it!

E63 2007 WDBUH77X07A998725 12,000 Capri Blue Nappa Private May 31, 2008 $69.9k

BobbyMerc

That one is very close to my dream e63 wagon. It even has distronic!! If it only had cashmere interior, then it would be my dream wagon.

I realize that I am in the minority here (based on the number of charcoal mb interiors, especially in AMGs), but I don't see the appeal of black interiors. For my taste, the only way to go for any MB interior is tan. I realize that is going to make my E63 Wagon search and long and painful one.

gedelea

How can you tell it has distronic?

TonyC

Thank you!!!

Uhm, how about add "$" in front of the price? Make perusal quicker.

BobbyMerc

It's in the description. Plus you can see in the photos that show the front grille. If there is a solid piece of plastic over the lower center of the grille, then it has distronic. See here.

http://web.mac.com/rv_pilot/Site/Photos.html#2

Although there are no pictures of the interior of this car, you can also spot distronic on W211s (and W219 CLSs) by looking at the controls around the gear shift lever. If there is a black roller dial to the left of the shifter, it has distronic.

Bobby

gedelea

Thanks...Yes this was the site it was on when I saw it...Good catch! I thought you were able to define it from the VIN or were pulling the VMI.

BobbyMerc

Here's a picture of the dial I was referring to.


image from European Car

E55 Bulldog

FOOOOOOCK. They have already taken a deposit on this car.

Shadow5501

Here's a new one:

Model Year VIN Mileage State Price Exterior Interior Seller Notes Date
E55 2005 WDBUH76J05A788538 55,000 NY TBD Flint Grey Black Ebay Accident Damage Opening bid $31K Oct 18, 2011

FASN8N

Added to the list, thank you!

Done!

Good looking car at the right price too!

That was the second car on my list, thanks for posting though

Shadow5501

My bad, I had jetlag...

TonyC

So gents, I've spoken to the seller, who's s'posely dumping this for the 2012 E63 wagon

He's waiting for the auction to finish, claiming there are quite a few watchers.

Shadow5501

OK, I signed up as a watcher just to tease him.

Thoughts. How the car drives in the snow is totally dependent on the tires it is wearing. Typical summer tires (stock Continentals, Michelin PS2, etc.) will render it essentially undriveable in any amount of snow. It's fine with a decent all season. I had Conti DWS on my E55 sedan and it just motored through 6 inches of snow with no problem. The traction and stability control on these cars works really well. So the answer is, it depends.

The car has only been through 2 NY winters, so there is limited opportunity for rust problems. Three Stars car has a lot of miles put on in snow country, so you might ask him (?) how the car is faring. IIRC, that car spent its entire life in the salt belt.

I tend to agree that putting on 14K miles/yr while parking the car for ~4months/yr is a bit hard to believe.

3etoiles

Good luck Tony. Sounds like the car was in CA for about half of its life and mileage so it couldnt have been exposed to Northeast winters for long. I agree with the above poster though that with the right tires, the car will be fine in the snow. A good added feature is that you can increase ground clearance a little when needed which is the main reason most sedans get stuck in the snow.

Otherwise, reagrding MB paint and undercoat, my car has spent its whole 6 year life in the Northeast between Boston and NY and now back to Boston and it is in great shape. The underbody looks pretty much spotless even after all that, and I have 71k miles so you know it was driven year round. Hope that gives you some piece of mind.

BobbyMerc

I'm not sure exactly what the "NY" above means, but if it means its for sale in NY, that is no longer correct. The car is for sale at Euro Motorcars, a big MB dealer in a swanky suburb of D.C.

Link to Autotrader Listing

TonyC

he was SHOCKED the car didn't sell.

If this doesn't go through by next weekend someone's gonna force me into a TSX wagon.

etoile, thanks for the snow feedback. I have 0 interest in ever driving it in snow (Cali'er for life). Hope yours is holding up well!

shadow, take some awesome photos of the car enroute home this wknd!

gedelea

Both my M5 and E63 have been driven in the snow with no problems. I agree its down to the tires. I put some Nokian Hakkapeliitta in a -1 configuration on steel rims with my M5 and had no problems with snow up to around 6 inches. I run Michelin Pilot Alplin PA3 on my E63 and have passed many a 4x4 in the ditch. Half of driving in snow is physics management and the other half is having the right tools (tires) to do the job safely.

When I lived in Germany I noticed that the Germans would religiously switch from their low profile summer tires to winters as soon as the evenings started getting cold. They looked at me like I was speaking Chinese when I asked about all season tires..lol! The only all-seasons that I found were on Allrad (all wheel drive) vehicles at the rental car facilities. I also found out that you really don't want to drive the original Blizzaks on the autobahn or anywhere you might get up over 80 mph and be called on for a hard stop.

gedelea

E63 2009 WDBUH77X19B373635 34150 CA 49999 Black black Southern CA Auto Sales Fullerton Supposed clean carfax Oct 16, 2011 (SOLD)

I possess the unique ability to start checking out a car and then it sells when I try to make a move on it!