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Old Feb 2, 2021 | 02:53 PM
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Greetings from Germany

Hi my name is Yohan and i'm from Germany.
My father drove several W124 and W202 when i was growing up so naturally i followed his path. The first car i bought in 2017 was a W203 C220, which i had for a bit less than a year. I took good care of it, but sold it in 2018 to buy a W211 E220 (2008) which i still drive today. I got the car in May 2018 with 205000km and full service history. The car is currently at 310000km and still performs excelent. I drive a good bit and love how reliable it is. In 2019 i kind of missed the W203 and decided to get a fun weekend car, so i imported a C32 with 72000km from Japan. The car arrived in Germany in April and i did quite a bit of work on it before registering it. Besides getting it to EU spec, i also changed all filters, fluids and worn out bushings, control arms, brakes and suspension. To preserve the rust free condition i did a cavity seal. However after 8 months i noticed an itching for a bit more emotional 8 cylinder car. I decided to put the car up for sale and see, if anyone would take it for a decent price. Luckily a decent buyer showed up and took the car for a very fair price in January 2020. At that time i was looking for an C55, since i liked the W203 and the M113+ 722.6 5G were a reliable combo. My dream car however was a W211 E55, but the upkeep cost kept me from looking at them. The market price difference between C55 and E55 wasn't that much, so i thought "what the hell" and went for an E55. After scouting for a bit i bought one in January 2020, a few weeks after selling the C32. It's a 2005 E55 in 960 Alabaster white imported from Japan (ironic buying a german car from Japan which has been imported to Germany). Car had 101000 km when i got it. Ever since i spent a good bit of time working on it. Like on the C32 i changed all fluids and filters and some worn items. The Bosch IC pump broke pretty quickly, so i replaced it with a Pierburg CWA100 (W211 E63s pump). That's where the mod bug hit me. Since then i've changed some things on the car. I wired the IC pump to start running on ignition and will be replacing the water heat exchanger for a bigger one. The stock manifolds on the M113k are crap, so i seized the opportunity to get Renntech midtube headers with an oem E63 exhaust system. Interiorwise i changed the steering wheel to the P30 CLK 63 Black Series steering wheel and swapped in the facelift shifter trim along with a CLS 219 shifter knob.I swapped the whole japanese radio system to a German ECE oem Harman Kardon system. Exteriorwise i have the facelift boot lid and E63 trunk spoiler, which i will install after getting them painted, along with facelift rear lights. The stock rims have been replaced with 19" BBS CH-R, so enough room for the 380mm PP brake that will be installed this year as well. I hope this wasn't too much text, to make up for it, here are some pics.

My first daily driver 2002 C220

My current daily driver 2008 E220, now at 310000km

My first AMG

M112 ML after a good engine bay cleaning

Yin & Yang

After 6 days of cleaning and detailing


P30 wheel+ facelift shifter trim and CLS shifter knob

E55 vs Nordschleife
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Old Feb 2, 2021 | 04:09 PM
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Welcome Yohan!

Thank you for the wonderful introduction and photos!

Excellent fleet!

Bob
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Welcome! Great story and nice looking MBs.
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Hi Yohan and welcome to MBWorld. Thanks for the fascinating introduction and the pics. Love your M-B fleet! Thanks for sharing with us
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