W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63

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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Max.H
I'll just add to the garage. Pointless for me to sell the car. Ive put so many OEM upgrades and always been up on all maintenance and parts replacements, especially recently... Car drives awesome with the fresh 06 motor, still looks good too.

I'm really looking at Porsche 911 either a 991 S or 4S PDK or 997.2 Turbo PDK or maybe 997 Turbo tiptronic.

No manual for me. It gets old after a few runs then the extra work if and when you hit traffic? Ya, no thanks. PDK sounds great at upshifts anyway.
My 04 996TT Tiptronic was a very big disappointment as far as the transmission was concerned. PDK should be better. But don't assume Porsche always gets it right, test drive without using the manual setting and see how well the transmission copes with the real world. Porsche is very concerned with fleet average mileage and sometimes dumbs down the programming for better economy. Just saying...
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Old Apr 29, 2016 | 10:30 PM
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'05 E55, ‘00 ML55, ‘92 500E
I want a bi turbo E63 or an S65. My money says no though.
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Old Apr 30, 2016 | 02:14 PM
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We still have the E55 wagon and always will. Had a 996TT for 7 years, but recently sold it for SL65. Have to say I love the SL65.
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Old Apr 30, 2016 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Dublinoh
My 04 996TT Tiptronic was a very big disappointment as far as the transmission was concerned. PDK should be better. But don't assume Porsche always gets it right, test drive without using the manual setting and see how well the transmission copes with the real world. Porsche is very concerned with fleet average mileage and sometimes dumbs down the programming for better economy. Just saying...
I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip, I never heard anything really bad with the 997 tiptronic. But, i bet it's the same. Maybe has better programming?

PDK however is amazing. I love that trans.
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