toro4me

i always thought Porsche resale value is ****. and vouched to never buy a new porsche. (well although the new 997GT3 looks super fly)

but just checked out on the trade-in on my '05 E55 fully loaded, they say low 50's?? wtf???

L8Apex

Yep it's BS. Don't know what pcar you had but mine held it's value very well.


Off topic. Do you miss the 355? Can you post a few pics? I almost bought one a few years ago but was afraid of the price of ownership. One of my favorite Fcars not to mention the sound. How does it compare to the 360?

toro4me

f355 is a great car, miss it very much.
many f-car owners consider it to be the last true ferrari made, i agree.
if u park a F355 next to a 360, the F355 looks WAY MORE exotic, can't compare.
the big factor of fcars is sound, a F355 de-cat, with tubi exhaust and header, is the best sounding v8 ferrari, period. 360's with capristo level 3 and other mods can be loud, but doesn't sound as nice as a F355, f355 is got the high pitch f1 sound.

performance compared to a regular 360, the difference is rather minimal, my car was modded and its a '95 ODB1 car, so it had more power.
compared to my stradale, its night and day of performance difference.

the only concern on f355, is the maintainese cost. header, valve are known to have issues. engine always need to come out for major, electronics might have issues ... etc. i would love to have a f355 and keep forever if there is not maintainese issue. but logically, buy a late model ferrari with factory warranty is the smart way to go.

sprins

Short version? It sucks!

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E55_POWER

Well BMW nor Audi is immune to this. Had I kept my M5 I believe today it would be worth 75K or so on trade and the damn car stickered at 96K. My RS6 after 3 months had lost 16K in value. I think F-Car is about the only safe bet if you don't want to lose money.

toro4me

well thats the initial depreciation that all cars suffer.
u drive it off the dealer showroom floor, u already down 5k.
but for it to continue to drop like a rock, its crazy. a '05 is already 2 yrs old, it STILL drops more than 2k per month, thats pretty bad. compared to audi or bmw or whateva.

E55_POWER

I think it's sorta on par with the other super sedans. For example, the M5 is now 1 year old and it lost approx. 25% of its value. Next year I believe the M5 will be worth approx.$60K neighborhood so the rate is sorta the same IMO. Maybe the 55's depreciation is due to the 63 being out?

Alexbenz

so sad.......i've been looking at a 03-04 clk55 and there about half the price when it was brand new just 3 years ago........

JLP

MB-BMW and Honda have consistently been the top non-exotic brands for resale value for many years. Jaguar-SAAB and Audi have been the bottom 3 for the last few years.
Just remember that the Dealer is going to try and rip the car from you so it can turn around and try to make some money on it...........thats why they are called "Dealers".

Fast55

Resale? what resale?

machz990

One thing I don't understand is how the 01-03 M5's keep such a high resale. I see a lot of used 03's going for around $50K.

the yellow man

Everyone just gets so scared when the Mercs come out of warranty...

medici78

Does anybody have current Mannheim numbers for W211 E55's?

glennbaz

When anyone talks resale value, be sure to look at actual sales transaction prices, not listed or book values. BIG differences. The dollars changing hands are sure to be much lower.
Glenn

E55Freak

There are 2 in Denver. Both 03's. One is at $49K(50K mileage) and the other is at $53K (27K mileage) with about 7 months on the warranty.

vixapphire

this is true, but is it really warranted, i wonder?

i had a 2001 slk 320 that i really wish i'd kept. it was solid as a rock, and when i see the odd slk of that era that's still around (i.e. hasn't been traded in and wholesaled off to brazil or something), they still look great, everything seems to be in working order, and unlike some cars (corvettes of the 90's, for example), the plastic bodyparts and interior parts retain their integrity and don't warp and/or get discolored. seems like a good out-of-warranty deal to me.

as for the e55, i'm not as sure because of all the extra electronics: the air suspension is an area of concern, but then again there are 70's benzes out there whose air suspensions are still operating fine. on the other hand, the brakes make me wonder, but then what on earth could happen out of warranty that wouldn't happen within the warranty, right? the braking circuitry isn't a mean-time-before-failure thing because it's electronic; the physical hardware moving parts are similar wear 'n tear whether you've got an '05 or an '01, right?

as for the interior nav/radio thing and hvac controls, the hvac can't be worse than the 80's e class hvac controller, but i wonder how that "comand" thing will hold up over the next several years.

i wouldn't have spent this kind of dough had i not meant to keep this car until it's like the old diesel 300 wagons that you sometimes see on the road nowadays - an old hellish warrior car that's just indestructable. but if it's gonna cost thousands to maintain beyond ordinary high-end car standard payouts, i've gotta rethink my strategy while it's still worth something. at least i could trade it for a g55, right?

pas

For week ending Nov. 2 Manheim Market report National numbers

2003: 9 sold
Above Average Below
$53,775 $46,512 $39,249
Mileage16,206 32,411 48,617

2004: 6 sold
$59,942 $52,913 $45,884
13,333 26,665 39,998

2005: 6 sold
$66,396 $56,828 $47,260
7,803 15,605 23,408

2006: 10 sold
$70,520 $63,577 $56,634
1,318 2,636 3,954

Sorry for the messy format it doesn't cut and paste well.