rguy

It isn't whether you could; it is whether you should.

Fikse

maybe they make a hitch for the SLR?

rguy

That would be swell!

Saprissa

this is it !!



what do you think engineers ?

Mr.PS

Cant wait to point and laugh at your boss when his ABC fails and Mercedes refuse's to fix it under warranty when they see the trailor hitch. Totally stupid idea not even worth the hassle of causing damage to the car or paying money to get a custom hitch.

Tell him to get a G500 or a nice luxury SUV IE Navigator,Escalade,Range Rover or something of that nature not a S55. What is he thinking. ?

ViKTORiOUS

get some matching AMG's kid!

aries palmiotto

My boss does not care about warranty (or the car for that matter). He also owns 3 Mercedes Benz dealerships in the United States!

As a matter of fact, my wife's C240 was a "loyal employee" gift from him earlier three years ago... and my W211 was a bonus that I got for a project we did for his other line of business.

IluvS500

this thread is so full of bs.

aries palmiotto

You haven't seen an S-Class with a tow hitch?

Saprissa

hey, lookie at this one....

IluvS500

who in gods name buys an S55 with plans to tow stuff with it?!? wtf heres one that has a hitch on it but its not an S55 and you would have to be crazy to tow anythign with an S Class anyways. Its just not something you do. And if your boss has so much money he would be smarter than that. To me he sounds like an idiot

cdiken

Its one more cyliner of motor than the strongest Sprinter van....

But I still wouldn't want to risk a jackknife, etc. A car is just too light in the rear to tell a trailer where to go when things get hectic.

Get a damn 1995 Suburban for 1/4 the cost of fixing the AMG after the first jackknife incident.

mbman002

This is our tow hitch, fully original (option code 550, not available on the AMG's or with AMG-package). It's pneumatic.

foto1: hitch not visible:


foto2: pull this stick to retract the hitch:


foto3: Visible tow hitch

S55inPA

hi guys,

what a strange thread.
if the guy owns 3 MB dealerships what the hell is he
doing having his assistant asking questions on a forum?
plus....why not just use common sense and add a G55
to his stable to pull his motorcycles?
also...aries palmiotto...you seem intent on putting a hitch
on the S55 regardless of what the members of these forums
recommend. so i guess you should just do it and let us
know the outcome.

Saprissa

umm, I think he did. Look at post # 29. That's a picture of the finished project.

02S430

i seen a s500 with a tow hitch and i was like wtf is that i just started laughing, mind u the rear bumper was chiped scratched and discusting, mind u the car was black and the bumper was white pretty much

Barry G. Camp

i have a little 215 horse 3 liter lexus is 300 sport cross wagon i tow 2 motorcycles each around 600 lbs wet on a hitch rated for 2000 lbs. that mercedes probably weighs more than a lot of trucks and more horsepower than most trucks and i believe any qualified engineer could beef of the unibody and attach a hitch that would drive as good or better than my little lexus which does just fine. in the old days when cars had frames the olds, buicks, pontiacs, cadilacks, were towing good sized travel trailers more than trucks. i made one long trip towing a bike, and a few trips to the dealer with a broke bike. i think it would look impressive to see a limousine towing a motorcycle.

wfooshee

His very first post, and he dredges up a 15-year-old thread with a completely irrelevant and almost illiterate reply. His momma so proud!

GrepAwk

Have you moved from a Lexus to an S55?

Josh Matthews

I’d like to know how this turned out. As is sit here and ponder adding a hitch to my w221 s63 I can’t help but wonder the ultimate fate of this s55.

GrepAwk

Love this old thread.

I occasionally think about buying roof cargo bars. They were an option. Peek under the rubber strip along where the doors close and you will find pairs of pan head bolts where they would fasten.