Aero Z

I have been in the market for a white or black E55 for about 3-4 months and finally found an 04 E55 for $24,000 with about 48xxx mi on it around philly where I live. The vehicle has every option except pano roof and distronic and looks very clean. it also has sum upgrades like sec cat and resonator delete, carbon fiber front and rear lip, carbon fiber diffuser, and flat badges. there are no pics i can post because his craigslist list post just expired.

like I said, the vehicle looks very clean, but has no record of servies and the owner said he never had problem with the car?

I know white E55 is rare but is 24,000 a right price for the car (price is firm)? where there are other E55's mostly black and silver for around 22K.

here is picture of my current ride and the future E55 will replace this



Any input would really be appreciated

Toadster

an '04 with 48k miles for $24k? sounds pretty darned good to me

realien

I just paid $24,400 for an '05 with 56k, so seems in the ball park since its lower miles.

kyastas

24k seems fair. The only thing I would do is look for 05-06. Even with slighly more miles, I believe in buying newer car vs miles. In my mind years kill's the car not miles ( of course if it was properly maintained)

togaclk55

Sounds about right...
Nice stance!

tbal

White is the best! Do it.

Nanky

How many miles do the other cars have? Price actually seems reasonable. I have pano and distronic. Stay away from pano. It has too many noise issues and is expensive to repair. I have used distronic only a couple of times...way too much traffic in my city. Good luck!!

jay_55

Good price and good milage for an awesome car

mikey33

I would never buy a car with no service history but that is just me. There are so many potential issues with a car you have no history on that I just do not think it is worth it. Especially given the market is saturated with e55's.

Yacht Master

I'll call BS on the service records, because all 03 and 04s had 100% free service for the first 4 years & 50k miles. So the dealer will have records of all service and warranty work done on the car at any Mercedes dealership up to 08-09.
The 05 and 06 did not have this, so the chance of skipped service would be greater on 05-06.
I keep records and logs and feel that if that car had records it would bring $3-4K more.
At 48k miles asking $24k for a white E55 won't last long.

aghakauve

I would jump on that deal! Wont last long at all.. Post up the link or the VIN..

grantwoodtx

Do it!

emoving

I will believe it when you buy it! If you have looked at E55s for any amount of time then you would clearly know this is a great deal, especially for a white with pano.

Aero Z

the other e55's around here for around 22K are 03-05 mostly silver and black with 55-80 miles on the odometer. Pano sure looks good but I have heard many have the same problem as you do, so this wont be a deal breaker for me!

Thanks for th info, I just texetd the seller hopefully he gets back to me soon so I can take the VIN to the delaer and check on all that stuff and possibly close the deal on Monday.


It does not have Pano and I hesitate only because the seller told me no service available because he worked on the car himself just like I do everything on my cars myself. But after reading so many thread about E55 problems and maintenance, many say having records available will show if the owner took care of the car which makes a big difference in such a high performance car.

Helli217

Man, thats a hell of a stance for an RSX. Looks fresh, but please tell me it isnt riding on coils like that?

BenzoBoi

Deal sounds good!

ride looks sweet btw!

Sher Judge

Don't waste time on this.

FromM3toE55

^ +1

Aero Z

VIN is WDBUF76JX4A400784 and i just took it to the dealer to check the service records. The car has an extensive service record up to 93xxx miles but the car shows only about 48xxx miles on the odometer. The service advisor said that may be when the car was in the dealer, they put Kilometer instead of Miles or the owner did a roll back.

If anyone have access to carfax and could check if there was a roll back, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks man and yes it's on coilovers and I know it's crazy!


thanks man but i would rather to own E55

WPOZZZ

Something is a little fishy there as 48000 miles is only 72000 kms. 93000 kms is more like 61000 miles.

hbr

run bro................

moosejaw

youll catch another big white fish....
big mileage discrepancy is enough to make me run the other way, no questions asked

WHTEVO

Pretty ****ty on the mileage discrepancy. Who know what else would be up with the car. As good of a deal as it sounded, i would pass if it were me. Take your time and find the right one. Good luck.

Aaron

emoving

RUN!!!!!!!!

Aero Z

Thank you all for the help, i am gonna pass on this car the seller just cant be trusted after running such a scam. When i told him im gonna take the car for PPI at mercedes dealer, he did not allow me to by saying that he does not trust mercedes tech and everytime he took the car to the dealer, he found later they did something wrong or something missing!