goodfella19

I am considering a 2007 e63 amg that has 86000 km on it. Owned by one family who did all the regular maintenance and gas records from 40000 km when car proof became a thing. Does this make sense? What kind of life expectancy can I expect on this vehicle if it has been taken care of. It's at a dealership.

w204_racing

hachiroku

expect to be able to afford... if you can't afford these, don't let the low sale price of a M156 pre-headstud stun you.

head studs
cam buckets
cam shaft adjusters

front air struts
rear air bags
air compressor and filter

GinDistiller

Head studs are what caused me to go after an older E55 with the M113 that is pretty bulletproof over the E63. Even if you're a DIY person it is quite a large job, and expensive. I've also heard some complaints about the 7 speed transmission although it's less of a concern than the heads since a failure can basically grenade the motor and total the car... The consensus from several friends were to spend the extra 5-10k for a post-head stud M156 (can't remember the exact year of the change, someone can maybe chime in) because there will be more features and a higher resale value if not keeping long term.

cfmistry

Couldn't agree more. It shouldn't surprise you that maintenance on a $100k car is quite expensive. Routine things are about $2k each, less if you're a DIY guy. The headbolt problem doesn't seem to effect all cars -- in fact it affects a small minority -- but if it does happen to you the car will need a new motor ($$$).

That being said, I love my E63. Love the looks, the interior, the transmission, and of course... the monster under the hood.

Strigoi

Exactly. People that don't own an M156 car seem to think that every single one of them is going to have the head bolt issue. That simply is not the case. The updated parts are not expensive either. It's the labor to do the job that costs a ton. My mechanic got me the updated head bolts for just a little over $100 his cost. Add in a valve cover gasket set and a cam tool (under $100 on Amazon, they didn't have one for the M156) and you're pretty much good to go.

goodfella19

Thanks for the replies. The dealer is asking for $22000 CAD and its showing they are giving 8000 off to get there. Is that worrisome that they would drop almost a 3rd of the price?

503C43 ////AMG

That is quite a deal, something doesn't seem right.

For those of us using miles and USD that's 53,437 miles for $16,857. I would expect a well maintained example with 53,000 miles to be in the $20k-$25k range ($26k CAD - $32k CAD) which would be inline with the $8k CAD they are dropping of the price

b16gsr

No doubt. Thats awful cheap. I paid just under $20k shipped for a 2008 with 55k miles, after some negotiating.

hachiroku

sports betting is fun until you lose

drothgeb

Just go find an 05 or 06 E55, pay a little less for a better car

Yuille36

The E55 isn't necessarily better, both models have their quirks, but one isn't better then the other.

benzokirk

agreed. I think drothgeb 's reply was a bit tongue in cheek.

drothgeb

Just stirring the pot a little

Yuille36

The E63 does have a better looking front, this would explain why so many E55 owners converted over to it.

tlambert

benzokirk

you guys...

this is fun, but this conversation has caused more than a few flame wars on this forum. glad to see some levity on this subject

cfmistry

tlambert

drothgeb

Just about everybody says the E55 is faster. If you decide you want to come out of your cardboard box and stop pretending feel free to browse drag times a little bit for your sad news. 11.6 best NA E63 time slip hahahaha. Bahahahahahahahahaha! BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA! (I should not have stirred this haha, sorry folks)

benzokirk

hachiroku

E55's are faster modified to modified. E63's are faster stock. don't know what the argument is here.

benzokirk

facts. I was trying to stay neutral but I had to co-sign that.

cfmistry

benzokirk

It was always a widely accepted consensus, except by those who considered it to be fake news