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[slippery]

r129sl said:

That 500 SE is a beauty...

It does look mightily handsome in Midnight Blue. How much would be involved in putting a 5.6 under the bonnet if one came up?

[derin100]

slippery said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Congrats! Great news. You gonna tell the Mrs?

One day. It's all about timing and presentation! Paint shop and valeters first She'll never find it there!

Excellent! Well done!

I can barely buy myself a Mars Bar and a packet of crisps without my wife knowing!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

derin100 said:

I can barely buy myself a Mars Bar and a packet of crisps without my wife knowing!

I'm surprised you health-care professionals are allowed to even consider such a thing!

[Pulse]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A colour fail, surely? Makes a German taxi look classy.

Nice car though.

That's what I love most about it!

That is seriously tempting! If only it wasn't in Peterborough, it'd be a serious impulse buy!

[MrOrange]

harry kular said:

2 owners, last one for 20 years:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C492283



May only be a 420 but looks gorgeous!

That is fricking magnificent. Anyone point me in the direction of a buyers guide for these beasts?

(All these barge talk is/has delayed me ordering a new C63. My wife cannot understand why I drool over a 25yr old shed when I could have the latest/greatest Merc sitting on my drive in 2 weeks. I must be bonkers)

[CharlesdeGaulle]

MrOrange said:

harry kular said:

2 owners, last one for 20 years:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C492283



May only be a 420 but looks gorgeous!

That is fricking magnificent. Anyone point me in the direction of a buyers guide for these beasts?

(All these barge talk is/has delayed me ordering a new C63. My wife cannot understand why I drool over a 25yr old shed when I could have the latest/greatest Merc sitting on my drive in 2 weeks. I must be bonkers)

That car is very much cooler than just about anything Mercedes makes these days*. That old car surely says a lot more about the man that would drive such a thing than any anonymous blinged-up modern.

• Although I do like that swoopy shooting brake thing

[r129sl]

slippery said:

r129sl said:

That 500 SE is a beauty...

It does look mightily handsome in Midnight Blue. How much would be involved in putting a 5.6 under the bonnet if one came up?

Midnight blue is a fantastic colour. You might have to invest in a polisher and some expensive cloths... Those solvent-based solid colours polish up superbly.

5.6? Take the old one out, put the new one in. But if it's all running sweetly, I wouldn't bother. I did it because it was about ⅓ the price of rebuilding the heads of my lumpy 5.0.

[dscam]

slippery said:

r129sl said:

That 500 SE is a beauty...

It does look mightily handsome in Midnight Blue. How much would be involved in putting a 5.6 under the bonnet if one came up?

Congratulations on the purchase! I take it it's the one from a few pages back?

Looking forward to seeing some pictures and hearing your thoughts once you have some miles covered. As nice as a 560 motor would be surely you'll find a 5 litre V8 adequate

I'm impressed by the 'looking' to 'buying' ratio seen recently on this thread. No messing about here!!

[dscam]

Pulse said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A colour fail, surely? Makes a German taxi look classy.

Nice car though.

That's what I love most about it!

That is seriously tempting! If only it wasn't in Peterborough, it'd be a serious impulse buy!

A rare beast indeed - can't remember how many iX models came to the UK but you'd be lucky to see another on the road. Thought about one of these a few years ago but the two I looked at after a lot of searching both had issues with the double-sunroof which is a bugger to sort. Ended up with a W124 instead so not all bad.

This one looks fantastic even though the colour wouldn't be my first choice...

[kiteless]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That car is very much cooler than just about anything Mercedes makes these days*. That old car surely says a lot more about the man that would drive such a thing than any anonymous blinged-up modern.

• Although I do like that swoopy shooting brake thing

Coincidentally, I had to pop out of the office during lunch today and parked up outside a few feet away from the entrance door was one of these (in the exact same spec):



As I opened the office door, I actually did a little when I saw it

[nagsheadwarrior]

What is it?

[Pulse]

dscam said:

Pulse said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A colour fail, surely? Makes a German taxi look classy.

Nice car though.

That's what I love most about it!

That is seriously tempting! If only it wasn't in Peterborough, it'd be a serious impulse buy!

A rare beast indeed - can't remember how many iX models came to the UK but you'd be lucky to see another on the road. Thought about one of these a few years ago but the two I looked at after a lot of searching both had issues with the double-sunroof which is a bugger to sort. Ended up with a W124 instead so not all bad.

This one looks fantastic even though the colour wouldn't be my first choice...

Does anyone know what they're like as a dealer? It looks like they don't hold much stock, so quite a small outfit?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Following the SEL-love, the Thread-massive (sorry) might like this.
Possibly haggle-able to budget:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C481185

[Caruso]

slippery said:

I now own a 500 SE.

Congratulations! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to hear what it's like as an ownership proposition.

[bmthnick1981]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Following the SEL-love, the Thread-massive (sorry) might like this.
Possibly haggle-able to budget:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C481185

Awful, looks like its been filled with filler and painted. By a blind drunk monkey.

[bmthnick1981]

slippery said:

r129sl said:

That 500 SE is a beauty...

It does look mightily handsome in Midnight Blue. How much would be involved in putting a 5.6 under the bonnet if one came up?

Congrats and putting a 5.6 in was my first thought when I looked at it!

I think I prefer the saloon to the coupe, I should have bought one. In fact this is probably the car I should have bought rather than my wreck of a 560 SEC, what was I thinking!

[jfbrin]

More eye candy for the big merc bargistas



And

[CharlesdeGaulle]

bmthnick1981 said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Following the SEL-love, the Thread-massive (sorry) might like this.
Possibly haggle-able to budget:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C481185

Awful, looks like its been filled with filler and painted. By a blind drunk monkey.

Is it that bad? I know you can hide a lot with photos. Maybe it is, and I was just attracted to the shiny-ness!

I know little about these, but thought that looked OK.

[0a]

Caruso said:

slippery said:

I now own a 500 SE.

Congratulations! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to hear what it's like as an ownership proposition.

I'm jealous, it looks lovely!

[slippery]

Thanks for all the encouraging posts. I will of course start a thread and post a link here. If I stop posting, someone call the cops and get them to check under my patio!