55fanatic

Bought my M3 sight unseen, bought my A4 Avant sight unseen, will probably buy my E55 sight unseen.

Do actual research, and don't ask opinions. I will have full service history of the car I buy before I leave a deposit. Will fly to where ever the car is, and drive it back to Boston(hopefully not too far)

Benz-O-Rama

It's not that many of us make a significant more amount of money than you....well maybe some do, but that's probably not the reason. I do ok financially, but we're not rich by any means. If I were rich, I wouldn't have mortgage. We keep the lights and heat on, but I'm not living the baller lifestyle as many on here do. But, for me personally, the only cars I ever purchase, are only a couple years old, with low mileage. I pay extra for that, but I'm normally assured of a clean example that's still under factory warranty. So really, as long as the car is cosmetically sound, there's not much of a risk. I mean, sure, the seller could lie about brakes and tires, but anything that's not a normal wear item would be covered under the factory warranty.

My E500 I purchased 2 years old with 27K miles....
My R500 I purchased 1 year old with 4K miles...
My Range Rover I purchased 3 years old with 27K miles....
My SL600 I purchased 4 years old with 11K miles, and it already had an extended warranty until 10/2013 or 82K miles, which ever comes first.
My Caddy CTS Swaggerwagon, I just purchased. It's a 2010 with 27K miles, and I purchased a full GM 100K mile bumper to bumper on top. That was a local car, as 3.6L AWD wagons are rare.

But ask emoving, I've had him help me with my last 2 cars in 1 way or another. Had he been able to locate exactly what I (or my wife really) wanted, I'd have pulled the trigger on his word that it was a clean car.

But purchasing a high mile, 5-6 year old e55, with the maintenance costs associated with these vehicles, probably just isn't something I'd ever do.

AKnight55

So back to the E now huh, no more CLS?

Helli217

Thanks for asking-in fact I do. I would post up some new pics but I am deployed till spring. This is my car in this thread.

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...r-restore.html

55fanatic

I really am going back and forth, this time last year I was dead set on an E cause I didn't want to spend CLS money. This year the CLS is in the Price range I want to spend but after looking at the E55 market on Autotrader I can get so much more car for the money. Last week when I looked there were several E55s on autotrader in the 30-45k mile club. I really am thinking a low mileage E might be better than a mid 50k mileage CLS55.

I'm also trying to decide what look I want more once the visual mods are completed. Considering performance is the same between the two cars it comes down to what look I like better. When I modded my M3 I went through 3 visual changes before I had what I wanted... I don't want to do that again

AKnight55

It's a no brainier man. E55 with E63 front end

Although I didn't get the color I wanted, the mileage was huge. Mine had 39,000 when I picked it up. Go for the E and soon already

justinwrock

I have a feeling he is going to buy one.

55fanatic

Haha, color isn't a deal breaker for me... I am looking at anything in gray scale. Preference is flint or tectite. There are several options I want but again, deal breaker is is premium 1 and ventilated seats(I think it's part of premium 1) but would like Pano roof and keyless go.

If I go with a CLS I will order Vossen CV3s and lower it.

If I buy an E... 63 front end, lip, 3 blade diffuser, lower it, and not sure about wheels...

Both will get yellow calipers, ss lines, secondary cat delete, resonator delete and X-pipe, oe tune, 168/175 pulley, heat exchanger and Johnson pump

BenzoDoc

How is the S4 treating him? Was getting it tuned immediately IIRC.

55fanatic

You know, Now that I think about it... I wanted to buy the car you now own last year

mikey33

I would not actually hand over any money for any car without seeing it in person first. My last car I flew to Columbus and drove back to Phoenix, but had two separate inspections done on the car, carfax, master history from Mercedes, and a tone of pictures. Definitely look on the classifieds because I always see a ton of e55's for sale.

RedBullJnky

Check this out.LMFAO!
https://mbworld.org/forums/suggestio...s-section.html
This should be made a sticky.

503C43 ////AMG

$42k a year and you drive an E55 You must live in that E55...

I make a little over $70k/yr and there is no way I could afford an E55 right now. The payment, gas, insurance, and mods would have me eating top ramen every night and sleeping in a cardboard box...

gaspam

this is america where everyone lives way beyond their means and own nothing and have everything loaned out.... USA USA USA lol

i still cant understand why the mortgage crisis happened

Toadster

well, just like craigslist, if it doesn't sell - the ad expires... it kinda sucks to search in the classifieds and read 3-4 pages of stuff only to realize it was sold - or no update in 2 years...

RedBullJnky

Don't matter. Buy some thing already. I doubt you can drive that unicycle.LOL
I bought mine and have never looked back.

BBBSS

No update in 2 years..... yeah its long sold/traded in. Why the hell are you even searching classifieds that old? Prices have obviously changed and the cars are long gone.

You need ampther hobby son.

emoving

He needs to go get a Mazda6 and make his stupid azz suggestions in the Mazda forum. Dude, you are seriously wearing out your welcome. Some azzclown coming to our forum and making stupid suggestions and you dont even own a MB better yet an AMG. You the same turd ball that will buy one, have a $3000 repair and we will have to read those stupid posts! Once again.......TURDSTER!

BlkE55K

I guess you didn't sense the sarcasm in that post.

jay_55

it took me two weeks to decide on mine, i originally wanted it in white because i didnt like the pewter colour .

as i saw the car more and more i decided i liked it, and for the price it was going for i couldnt turn it down and i knew the original owner who happened to be ear, throat and nose specialist.

so doctors are pretty sweet people to purchase beasts from

just saying

Oh and Toadster dude do yourself a favour.............BUY SOMETHING ALREADY as RBJunky said you wont look back.

loungn14

...and some of them even had white waxy material all over the back seat..and yes that will never die

Im right there with ya.

My E55 search went like this.

Phone call to marcus (e-moving), return call, purchase. Site unseen but I had all the trust in him. He is a truly stand up guy and I knew that if anything was wrong with the car he wouldn't accept it upon delivery.

THIS!!!!

Mike@Vossen

Group Buy!!!

Zax63

Tuned it, sold it, bought a bmw550 and is contemplating the Dinan tune!

55fanatic

hey Mike, you have any pics of CV2s on a 211

jay_55

+1