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Did you guys ever experience this? When you tell your friends you want to buy W210 the first thing they will tell you is why do you want that car, thats for old people. Is that a W210 reputation? I usually tell them maybe but not the W210 E55 AMG. Maybe today I will be a E55 owner, I cant wait to pick it up . My first project is to lower her I already ordered the H&R springs so hopefully this weekend I can install it.
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2011 GL550, 2004 Audi S4 v8
Well, no one I know even knows what a W210 is...as for the reputation of being an "old man's" car, well, most people consider all Mercedes to be "old man" cars. Although mine looks far from this, I get a lot of truck that try to race me. They have no idea what an E55 is.
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From: Houston TX
2003 E46 M3 1982 308GTSi 1972 P1800 1970 Charger 500
E55
We shouldn't give a rat's a$$ to what people say about our cars....whether it's an E55 or a P1800. If they know what it is and what it means in automobile history, great...if they don't explain it to them...and if they are smart they will understand....
#6
This old man!
This old man was just sitting at a stop light minding his own business when another old man came up in his shiny new Lexus IS F.
I was just trying to get to the bottleneck before he did!
He was able to keep up!
Must be the AMG torque! He had more horses!
I was just trying to get to the bottleneck before he did!
He was able to keep up!
Must be the AMG torque! He had more horses!
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you make it sound like the IS-F is the slower car. No insult to anyone, but it will poop on any N/A m113 that's not heavily modded.
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From: Houston TX
2003 E46 M3 1982 308GTSi 1972 P1800 1970 Charger 500
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Check the for sale forums here or eBay. Normally you have to buy the whole set, which is in the $200 to $300 range from the dealer, I think. If you just need one disc, you can find them online for much better.
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From: Huntington Beach, CA
2002 E55 040 2000 E320 Wagon 199 2004 Ford F550
Congratulations on a fine purchase!
Found you a Comand CD of Cali on Ebay for $79.95. Search for it. There are a few listed for sale.
Enjoy the new ride.
Found you a Comand CD of Cali on Ebay for $79.95. Search for it. There are a few listed for sale.
Enjoy the new ride.
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@mtnhouse - I guess our cars are considered "old man" types, but I specifically bought mine for its "sleeper" appeal. I bought mine in 2005 and most everything new that went fast had huge wings etc which I can't stand. I had all the Honda stuff early on etc, but could afford something with a good ride and great performance. I also didn't have to spend a ton on aftermarket stuff to make it do what ours (and way more) can do from the factory. I also didn't have to worry about warranty squabbles due to chips/exhaust or whatever else was altered. Depending on how you drive it, you really only take a few mpg penalty to have a ton of torque and great power also. All while enjoying heated leather seats, Bose stereo and "bulletproof" reliability.
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2001 E55 - 2008 CLS63 -2016 F-150
Been driving mine for a year and Have yet to have or hear anyone call my car an old mans car .. Its my daily driver and sun,or snow i get compliments on it daily no matter what age the guys are . good feeling it gives for 10 yr old benz with 125K on the clock and under $10k purchase .. IMHO probably best purchase/price that I ever made .
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2001 E320 Wagon, 2006 LBZ Silverado, 2007 E63 (sold), 2001 E55 (sold)
i went and looked at a '00 E55 today that looked good in the pictures. drove 45 minutes to the place, walked around it and left. the paint was in bad shape and it needs tires. the dealership was pretty shady looking once we got there, so i didn't really want to buy from them anyways.
http://www.sprintautosalesonline.com...-CA-94578.aspx
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2001 E55 - 2008 CLS63 -2016 F-150
dammit. i was going to go look at that car and they said it sold the day before i could make it out there.
i went and looked at a '00 E55 today that looked good in the pictures. drove 45 minutes to the place, walked around it and left. the paint was in bad shape and it needs tires. the dealership was pretty shady looking once we got there, so i didn't really want to buy from them anyways.
http://www.sprintautosalesonline.com...-CA-94578.aspx
i went and looked at a '00 E55 today that looked good in the pictures. drove 45 minutes to the place, walked around it and left. the paint was in bad shape and it needs tires. the dealership was pretty shady looking once we got there, so i didn't really want to buy from them anyways.
http://www.sprintautosalesonline.com...-CA-94578.aspx
Those rims woulda threw me off the getgo .. The paint dont look to bad in the pics , . Was it rusted or chipped? or just swirled to hell .. Should of atleast test drive it ? LoL Why drive out there for nothing get a feel for what your looking for . Unless you had one before .