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[MG511]

CLS was available with the later 5.5 engine, still called a 500 rather than a 550 (so is the E500).

[Veeayt]

MG511 said:

CLS was available with the later 5.5 engine, still called a 500 rather than a 550 (so is the E500).

Not so for the yankee market.

[barchetta_boy]

My faith is weakening. My W124 is, as I said previously, in the process of generating a £2500 bill.

For £1500 more I could be driving around in this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

New Michelins, full MB history. Ramped and stamped.

No, the W124 is a better car..

[SpeckledJim]

barchetta_boy said:

My faith is weakening. My W124 is, as I said previously, in the process of generating a £2500 bill.

For £1500 more I could be driving around in this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

New Michelins, full MB history. Ramped and stamped.

No, the W124 is a better car..

You're singing a bit of my tune.

If you are head-over-heels in love with your W124, I can see that spending 3x what it'll ever be worth on preventative maintenance might be justifiable.

Just as if you're H-o-H with your MGB or your trabant or even your wife.

But if it's a daily beater that doesn't break down or embarrass you in front of clients, just run it, and keep it running.

Big spends without concomitant big love might be better spent on a newer and in some ways (whisper it) 'better' car. Especially a huge spec, massively overpowered but (for now) unfashionable Bahnsmasher.

[r129sl]

SpeckledJim said:

barchetta_boy said:

My faith is weakening. My W124 is, as I said previously, in the process of generating a £2500 bill.

For £1500 more I could be driving around in this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

New Michelins, full MB history. Ramped and stamped.

No, the W124 is a better car..

You're singing a bit of my tune.

If you are head-over-heels in love with your W124, I can see that spending 3x what it'll ever be worth on preventative maintenance might be justifiable.

Just as if you're H-o-H with your MGB or your trabant or even your wife.

But if it's a daily beater that doesn't break down or embarrass you in front of clients, just run it, and keep it running.

Big spends without concomitant big love might be better spent on a newer and in some ways (whisper it) 'better' car. Especially a huge spec, massively overpowered but (for now) unfashionable Bahnsmasher.

Remember, the £4k E55 AMG is just the starting point: the final cost is £4k plus bills to rectify the years of neglect. Besides, it's plainly suffering from the usual 210 rust.

[barchetta_boy]

Roger that, thanks guys.

[hornetrider]

barchetta_boy said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

New Michelins, full MB history. Ramped and stamped.

Just be careful.

Ad said:

Within the maintenance history there is a comprehensive maintenance spend record as well as the handbooks,including the service booklet stamped by Mercedes main dealers to 107k miles in 2009.Now only on 128k

So, last MB service 5 years ago. Would like to see evidence of where it's been since.

[SpeckledJim]

r129sl said:

Remember, the £4k E55 AMG is just the starting point: the final cost is £4k plus bills to rectify the years of neglect. Besides, it's plainly suffering from the usual 210 rust.

This is the point of our divergence. You see years of neglect that need rectifying. I see stuff I can happily live with if it's cheap enough.

If the car has been neglected for years but it's still good enough to buy, then the years of neglect are not ready yet. It needs more years. You can't rush these things.

[Strawman]

Sometimes the reason for selling a car is something about it's behaviour has changed alerting the owner that a catastrophic bill is looming. Not a comment on that particular E55 just a general observation.

[idiotgap]

r129sl said:

SpeckledJim said:

barchetta_boy said:

My faith is weakening. My W124 is, as I said previously, in the process of generating a £2500 bill.

For £1500 more I could be driving around in this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

New Michelins, full MB history. Ramped and stamped.

No, the W124 is a better car..

You're singing a bit of my tune.

If you are head-over-heels in love with your W124, I can see that spending 3x what it'll ever be worth on preventative maintenance might be justifiable.

Just as if you're H-o-H with your MGB or your trabant or even your wife.

But if it's a daily beater that doesn't break down or embarrass you in front of clients, just run it, and keep it running.

Big spends without concomitant big love might be better spent on a newer and in some ways (whisper it) 'better' car. Especially a huge spec, massively overpowered but (for now) unfashionable Bahnsmasher.

Remember, the £4k E55 AMG is just the starting point: the final cost is £4k plus bills to rectify the years of neglect. Besides, it's plainly suffering from the usual 210 rust.

You've already spent the money! - run the 124, enjoy it... pick a point to sell when you've extracted the value.

[harry kular]

Just noticed that we're getting close to the big 500 pages.... roll on the next volume of the best thread on PH!

[Strawman]

Mercedes S500, I'm guessing a probate sale since it is the only car in a general auction.
Few details but could be a bargain, estimate £1500-£2000

http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogu...

[XB70]

dscam said:

Loving the banter as always gents.

I'm with Jim on the SLK for Gruber. Just perfect.

I'd proffer that Flick may actually be a 190 kind of chap. But then part of me also can see the 126 angle; black on black 560 SEL, natch.

SLK definitely for Gruber but I can also see him pulling up in a Smart car - beep beep

Flick, I am thinking an W124 E500

The commander chap (cannot remember his name - had red lapels and lots of medals) has to be in black W140 S600L

[idiotgap]

XB70 said:

dscam said:

Loving the banter as always gents.

I'm with Jim on the SLK for Gruber. Just perfect.

I'd proffer that Flick may actually be a 190 kind of chap. But then part of me also can see the 126 angle; black on black 560 SEL, natch.

SLK definitely for Gruber but I can also see him pulling up in a Smart car - beep beep

Flick, I am thinking an W124 E500

The commander chap (cannot remember his name - had red lapels and lots of medals) has to be in black W140 S600L

For reference http://alloallo.wikia.com/wiki/Allo_Allo_Wiki
I think you mean Colonel Kurt Von Strohm


Do the entire cast have to drive mercs? I imagine Edith has a 2cv. The undertaker with a dicky-tickeur a granada based coleman-milne hearse.

[cat220]

Strawman said:

Sometimes the reason for selling a car is something about it's behaviour has changed alerting the owner that a catastrophic bill is looming. Not a comment on that particular E55 just a general observation.

That's the problem with pretty much any second hand private sale though. Dodging that bullet.

Re the e55, done quite a bit of research before I bought mine, the 5.4 v8 is a reliable lump. Biggest concern is rust. But then again that applies (to a lesser extent) to pretty much any w124 that's not had a few ££££ spent on it.

[r129sl]

cat220 said:

Strawman said:

Sometimes the reason for selling a car is something about it's behaviour has changed alerting the owner that a catastrophic bill is looming. Not a comment on that particular E55 just a general observation.

That's the problem with pretty much any second hand private sale though. Dodging that bullet.

Re the e55, done quite a bit of research before I bought mine, the 5.4 v8 is a reliable lump. Biggest concern is rust. But then again that applies (to a lesser extent) to pretty much any w124 that's not had a few ££££ spent on it.

Agreed on this, nothing really goes wrong with w210s, especially the V8s, about from the body and structure. Transmission diagnostic connector, maybe, but it's a £50 fix. They'd be superb if they weren't all rusty.

[RenesisEvo]

This S4 is wearing its many miles rather well, nice colour inside and out and from the period where Audis weren't all hard edges and aggression. Pop the badge off the boot and you could have some understated pace through the winter.



http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/a...

[idiotgap]

r129sl said:

cat220 said:

Strawman said:

Sometimes the reason for selling a car is something about it's behaviour has changed alerting the owner that a catastrophic bill is looming. Not a comment on that particular E55 just a general observation.

That's the problem with pretty much any second hand private sale though. Dodging that bullet.

Re the e55, done quite a bit of research before I bought mine, the 5.4 v8 is a reliable lump. Biggest concern is rust. But then again that applies (to a lesser extent) to pretty much any w124 that's not had a few ££££ spent on it.

Agreed on this, nothing really goes wrong with w210s, especially the V8s, about from the body and structure. Transmission diagnostic connector, maybe, but it's a £50 fix. They'd be superb if they weren't all rusty.

I hate to say it, but... they are a bit, well goppingly f'ugly (in my humble and honest opinion) when considered next to the 124 or 211.

[texasjohn]

Veeayt said:

MG511 said:

CLS was available with the later 5.5 engine, still called a 500 rather than a 550 (so is the E500).

Not so for the yankee market.

Mine's an E500 with the 5.5, just error on my part typing 550.

It is a lot easier to find a CLS with the 5.5 engine in the UK, I just don't like the styling of them hence went for a W211.

Edited by texasjohn on Wednesday 10th December 19:00

[XB70]

idiotgap said:

For reference http://alloallo.wikia.com/wiki/Allo_Allo_Wiki
I think you mean Colonel Kurt Von Strohm

I can see him in a base model ML - all show and no go or in a clapped out E38 728 rebadged as a 750 and constantly breaking down

The guy I was thinking of was General Erich von Klinkerhoffen