E55
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'99 and '05 E55 AMG
AMG if you are mechanically inclined and have a few thousand spare dollars for maintenance. Being an enthusiast is a plus.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
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2006 w211 e55 AMG
AMG if you are mechanically inclined and have a few thousand spare dollars for maintenance. Being an enthusiast is a plus.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
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MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,960
Likes: 1,311
From: Republic of Texas
'99 and '05 E55 AMG
Fuel pumps, fuel filter/regulator, gaskets, replacement harness to repair what melted ($1000), new headlights ($1300) after 17 years. (EDIT: the $1000 is every 60,000 miles for just the fuel system.) I will see if there is anything else as I look over my car's 10,000 mile maintenance. In discussion with other members of this sub-forum, I'm ready to design my own electrical system to power the fuel delivery system. I'm getting tired of my car potentially burning to the ground due to the sub-standard fuel electrical system. FWIW, in my engineering days, I would have designed to a 1.25 safety factor; with this car, I'm going to design to a 2.0 safety factor. I've had this E55 for 7 1/2 years and 133,000 miles since purchase (total of 210,000 miles on the car now). it hasn't been cheap. 
I've spent as much on parts as I did on the car when I purchased it seven and one-half years ago. Great car, absolutely awesome, except be prepared to pay for it....
Fuel delivery system is the weakest followed by the suspension (sort of expected for a car that weighs 4200 pounts). Keep up on the maintenance or it will bite you in the butt. Oh yeah, be sure to put a supercharger clutch scatter shield on it; the clutch doesn't fail often but when it does it is memorable!
The E550 is nice but an E55 will walk away from it every time when accelerating. Except for the times the E55 is in the garage being worked on...I expect to have my W211 E55 down for maintenance for 3-4 weeks every year (it is a daily driver). YMMV.
I've spent as much on parts as I did on the car when I purchased it seven and one-half years ago. Great car, absolutely awesome, except be prepared to pay for it....
Fuel delivery system is the weakest followed by the suspension (sort of expected for a car that weighs 4200 pounts). Keep up on the maintenance or it will bite you in the butt. Oh yeah, be sure to put a supercharger clutch scatter shield on it; the clutch doesn't fail often but when it does it is memorable!
The E550 is nice but an E55 will walk away from it every time when accelerating. Except for the times the E55 is in the garage being worked on...I expect to have my W211 E55 down for maintenance for 3-4 weeks every year (it is a daily driver). YMMV.
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2005 e55
AMG if you are mechanically inclined and have a few thousand spare dollars for maintenance. Being an enthusiast is a plus.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
E550 if you are not, do not have, and are not.
Having just dropped ~$2300 on my E55 this past week for parts alone and I'm performing the labor...
FWIW.
nvm… I see above
