RacerX0911

For salvage titles I cut 10K right off of MMR... even then salvage titles arnt fun to buy.

emoving

+1 But as this ad shows, a nice clean good mileage 03 is still gonna bring @$25000. You will never find an W211 E55 that is worth a shiat for $18000. Don't let the jaded people on here taint you head. Find a good clean one with good history and pay the xtra cash or you will be sorry during your first service visit!

citylightva

I would think so...Not having seen the car or anything I can't say hell yes, but that price isn't bad...I'd imagine it's not a great Canada car 5 moths out of the year :-P. What province are you in..?

citylightva

EXACTLY..!! There's no guarantees buying used out of warranty, but you can sure make it a lot easier on yourself...

emoving

Hey city, thinking about dumping my E55 and CLS55 to get an 08 E63, hoe do you like it? Have you driven a 55 to compare? I have not driven a 63.

citylightva

I love it E...They are honestly almost completely different to drive. The 6.2 is a beautiful thing when you wind it out. It obviously doesn't grunt right off the line as hard, but it'll pull a stock 55 on the top end. I've never run it at the strip with a stock 55, but everyone says it can nip them in the quarter. It handles a lot better than the 2 E55's I've driven (04 and 06), and having 7 gears and paddles is never a bad thing. I've got 36K on mine and it's been rock solid. The only thing I can say, is if you can hold out or pinch a couple more bucks, the Comand system on the 09's is SSOOO much better than the 07-08's...If you've ever got a specific question feel free to PM me, but man I love this thing...and totally ha
So there you go Wasa, get a 63 LOL...

emoving

Thanks, just started thinking about it. Sorry about the hijack wasa!

citylightva

Rest assured they did not make a worse car, and back under the warranty umbrella.!!

Wasa_88

Lol, I wish I can afford 09 .

Back to the topic, should I pull the trigger on this one if he's willing to sell it for 25k? I will have the car checked out before purchasing and the guy can provide all the service record from MB dealer .

Oh, anyone know any good website to check vin number

emoving

Give me the vin and I can run you an Autocheck. Is this car in the states?

citylightva

It's definitely not a bad deal...Wish I could afford an 09 or 2010 right now too..haha..Dunno if carfax.com works in Canada too..?? Might want to just check their site...

Wasa_88

There you go: WDBUF76J03A310199

it's Canadian car

Thx

emoving

Its a clean CarFax. Give me your email and I will shoot you a copy. It was owned in Toronto until 06 and then Langley, BC from then till current. Looks like a 2 owner maybe. But shows no accidents, flood, fire or theft.

Wasa_88

Pm sent!!

Thx

citylightva

No wonder it's got 77K, that's like a 2K mile drive from Ontario to BC.... Highway miles...wooossshhh

emoving

Email sent!

Wasa_88

ok , no luck yet .

The seller doesn't want to go lower than 28k right now . See if he will change his mind after few days .

thx for all the help guys . Hopefully i can join you guys soon .

itsmeek

Emoving- the days of using manheim prices to compare car prices are DONE imo, the internet in general undersells Manheim auctions very often now. I was a dealer for over 6 years and have noticed the difference. One can EASILY find that car for 18k. I paid 23k for my '05 almost 2 years ago w/49k miles. I have had 3 friends and one family member that has purchased e55's and cl55's for JUST AS LOW w/out looking around much. Don't mislead this guy into buying a car that isn't worth the price.

emoving

I would agree with you on average cars like Mazda 6s, Ford Tarus's, and cars like that. But not the specality cars like Z06's, E55s and M5's ect. Do a nationwide search for an 03 E55 and the lowest one is 100k for $19000. Find the guy a 03 in good condition with below 80k for $18000. Won't happen.

emoving

$28,000 for a 75k 03...hmmmmmmm PM sent!

kurtwz

Hey, for what it’s worth I did some analysis on this a couple months back that you may get some use out of. I economically modeled values of E55s using asking price as a proxy for selling price. I queried all 2003+ E55s for sale within a 500 mile radius of St. Louis. Taking into consideration ONLY make, model, year, miles and color and completely ignoring condition and options, I would estimate they should be asking $22,400 to be right at market average (as of a few months ago).

Pluses/Advantages: Kelley Blue Book is too rigid to be a dependable source of information in times of rapid economic expansion/contraction. Within the last 12+ months the market for used cars has sharply contracted and KBB values are inflated relative to the market.

Limitations/Risks:
1) That ignores some very important considerations such condition and option
2) Geographic influences could distort this estimate.
3) Uses old data. Market conditions could have changed by now.

FYI, using this approach I bought car that was modeled to be the second best deal on an E55. The best deal sold within a day to a guy who drove to Chicago from Maryland to pick it up without seeing any pictures! :-O

Let me know if you want me to refresh this. Maybe I’ll do it tonight if I’m bored and the wife is dominating the tube with f-ing “the Best Dress” or “Yes Dress” or whatever the hell that worthless show is.