04 e55 250k miles: chance it?
08-03-2018, 07:11 PM
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08-03-2018, 10:20 PM
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Lol what he said. If you get it anywhere near that price your solid. I bought mine three years ago with 160,000 miles has 181,000 miles now. I actually picked the car up in California and drove all the way back to Michigan. I changed the radiator, alternator and one air strut. Everything else was Performance or cosmetic.
08-04-2018, 12:55 AM
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It's funny, in every discussion like this there seems to be a dichotomy between "I've spent [insert jaw dropping amount] in [years]!" and "I've had the car for [years] and I have only spent [reasonable amount for a German super sedan]."
I have had my car for about two years, in actual necessary maintenance or replacing broken parts... $1,500 maybe, give or take? A lot, loot more spent on modifications both performance and cosmetic in nature. I have also had more issues with the reliability of aftermarket parts than with the car itself. For example, my AEM AFR gauge broke. The pump for my trunk tank died within a month.
Most people who spend a ton are taking their cars to shops and getting bent over with labor. I personally do all work on the car myself.
I have had my car for about two years, in actual necessary maintenance or replacing broken parts... $1,500 maybe, give or take? A lot, loot more spent on modifications both performance and cosmetic in nature. I have also had more issues with the reliability of aftermarket parts than with the car itself. For example, my AEM AFR gauge broke. The pump for my trunk tank died within a month.
Most people who spend a ton are taking their cars to shops and getting bent over with labor. I personally do all work on the car myself.
08-04-2018, 08:07 AM
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08-05-2018, 01:48 PM
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Interested in the update after seeing/hearing it run.
did it make a lot of smoke?
did it smell like coolant?
were there any banging noises coming from the engine bay?
did it make a lot of smoke?
did it smell like coolant?
were there any banging noises coming from the engine bay?
Last edited by C3Duece; 08-05-2018 at 01:53 PM.
08-05-2018, 01:53 PM
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$2200 is nothing, buy it.
Don't get why people get so scared, like the only option is to buy a new car or else you end up with an old car that will need work? That's half the fun. You can buy the car for cheap and play with it, worse case, if it's running, you can always bail and get your $2500 back from some local guy if it's too much for you. There's easily 5k in parts if you part it out, just major simple stuff (front brake calipers are ~800/pair on ebay).
Don't get why people get so scared, like the only option is to buy a new car or else you end up with an old car that will need work? That's half the fun. You can buy the car for cheap and play with it, worse case, if it's running, you can always bail and get your $2500 back from some local guy if it's too much for you. There's easily 5k in parts if you part it out, just major simple stuff (front brake calipers are ~800/pair on ebay).
08-06-2018, 02:33 PM
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08-06-2018, 09:41 PM
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2001 E320 Wagon, 2006 LBZ Silverado, 2007 E63 (sold), 2001 E55 (sold)
My E63 has 84k on it (bought at 72k) and I've had to spend zero money on repairs aside from maintenance. It did need engine mounts when I bought it, but those always go bad so I consider them a maintenance item. Had it for almost 2 years now.
I've had a couple of scares, but they turned out to be nothing.
I've had a couple of scares, but they turned out to be nothing.
