preston27

Just a question? What would you guys think I might ask for my car.
2006 E55 Amg 25500 miles, RennTech stage one, New I/C pump, New S/C clutch, New Eurotech front lip and rear diffuser. New tires Nitto Invo's. The car is perfect.

lauer87

I would ASK high 30's to low 40's, the question you have to ask yourself is what are you WILLING to sell for.

emoving

What color and options?

preston27

The car is Pewter with dark charcoal interior, Dynamic seats, Harman Cardon sound system, It has everything but no telephone or the optional panorama roof, 18inch wheels,
rear shade, front and rear climate control, Navigation, and the optional lights, and is still under warranty until the end of March 2010

E55Bullet

36k to the right buyer

emoving

The color is gonna hurt it.

emoving

Not to hijak the post but do you have a sound clip of your exhaust? Any dronning?

RacerX0911

mid to low 30's would be a quick sale.

2gns4me

perston send me info...and pics. krazden@hotmail.com

preston27

WOW!!! I will not ask this anymore thought you guy's loved your cars. Mid 30's Low 30's? Guess that's what you get when asking armchair E guy's. I hope your not driving in this state of mind it's illegal. I think this is what you guys hope to spend. I spent $47k back in August. I'm in the car for $55K. It had 18K miles on it then. I have spent $8K on upgrades. I guess I paid 12 grand too much and the upgrades are worthless?

220S

Prices keep dropping. Same with 996s/997s, etc.. People still don't have a lot of ready cash to spend on unnecessary commodities.

An unmodded low mileage E55 is actually worth more. Anyway, the formula for upgrades is around only a 10% return. In the Porsche world, buying stock is considered a better buy. Mods are kinda subjective and also might be problem areas. Means you have to find the right buyer.

Plus you can still get new 2009 left over E63s heavily discounted.

Lots of things going on out there that keep pushing prices down these days.

dgreen1069

I think you've made some good and bad points. I would think your car would be in the upper 30's to very low 40's. Low 30's for a clean car with low mileage is a joke (unless you are buying from an auction).

With that said, for the most part any money you put into mods is lost as soon as it's spent. The used market for these cars (and all other upper end cars) is fairly small. There are a lot more people interested in stock vehicles than modified vehicles. For me, I wouldn't consider a modified car.....to me it means the car was probably driven hard.....harder than an average owner in a stock car. AMG cars start off as niche vehicles.....take a used one and start modifying it and you have a much smaller niche. Just my opinion.

emoving

A pewter car is never gonna sell in the low 40s. He will be lucky to get high 30s. There is one on Ebay here in Cin. Oh at a dealer with 28k that has ran for 3 months and $37900 and no bites.

novae500

looking at 06/05 e55s at dealerships around here w/mileage in the 25-30k range asking for high $30s.

E_Five_Five

just got mine in september from a dealer for $40k after taxes, title, and fees. 06 with pano roof and 29k miles under warranty til march 2010 also. i would expect to pay a little less from a private seller (especially one that put 7k miles on in less than 3 months and is looking to sell, no offense)

i'd say $35-36k

JoelE55

+1 ...It's hard to sell if you are asking to get every pennies back...

bigswin

You just have to decide how much you are willing to lose. You will never get back what you have into it. I agree with the guys here that 35-36k is probably as good as you're going to do right now.

Mamba003

I just picked one up. This market is great for buyers and crappy for sellers.

Uber Wagon

So - you spent $12K in 3 months, put 7500 miles on it - between modding and driving, did you sleep????

You simply won't get money back on mods. Unless someone knows someone - your mods will likely wreak havoc on the remaining warranty - so they cold easily be considered a detriment. You also took a low mileage car and turned it into an average mileage car in that time period.

How do you go from modding the heck out of something to selling it in 90 days?

I know some people are finicky - but - honestly- finicky ain't cheap.... and I think you are finding that out.

Despite what the White House says - I don't think the news about 'recovery' has hit the used luxury car market yet.....

socali.luv

I agree with Mamba- I picked an 03 E55 stock, with 48K miles on it for 20k flat sale. They wanted money quick. Lucky me :-)
PS- stickered at 96K back in 03- every option on the car.

Eraser-X

I think you also have to look at options and really your car does not have many at all your list reads like Premium package and Lightiing package.

Here is an idea of the options availibe on our cars

220S

And "fully loaded" doesn't usually mean much anymore anyway, except in M$RP cost when buying new. It's hard to jack the price up on a used car just because of the options on it. Mileage, condition, and warranty are way more important.

In the end it's only worth what somebody is willing to pay for it. And these days buyers are out looking for deals.... if they're going to spend any money at all.

izzynyc

I just picked up my 06 for $36,500 with 26k on the odometer. Still under factory warranty. Dealer had it listed for $40,900

madgoat

I picked up my 06 with 48k mint condition for 33k

madgoat

The only way you are going to get your $$ out of the mods is someone has the cash.
I had a 25k mile GTO with 6k paintjob, $10k built motor, 800 hp, Everyone wanted it but no one could get financed for the extras. I was only asking 4k over what a non built one would go for. I wound up selling all the performance stuff. Don't really expect a return on investment on performance mods. You will get 50% of value at best unless you get an impulse buyer.