£5K, fast, four door E500, C32AMG, what else?
Discussion
E39 M5s are a good way out of my budget and I only wish they made a four door E46 M3.
CLK 500 is nice, but I'm looking for four doors.
The bigger cars; A8s, S-classes, 7 Series' are all bit excessive for me.
Has anyone got any experience with a C32 or E500, I'm being drawn to those the most but I've heard a few stories of reliability issues with the inter cooler pump (C32) and shoddy quality from that era of Mercedes cars (both).
CLK 500 is nice, but I'm looking for four doors.
The bigger cars; A8s, S-classes, 7 Series' are all bit excessive for me.
Has anyone got any experience with a C32 or E500, I'm being drawn to those the most but I've heard a few stories of reliability issues with the inter cooler pump (C32) and shoddy quality from that era of Mercedes cars (both).
Hi Ray
Happy to take you out in dad's E500 at some point. His is a post-face (07-) so the later 5.5 with c.400bhp. With your budget you might have to settle for a pre-face (5.0, c.300bhp) but it should still be adequate.
Otherwise E39 540i could work, and I was pleasantly surprised by the S-type 4.0 I owned previously. Left field choices include, but aren't limited to: Cadillac CTS, Honda Legend, assorted Lexii or MG ZT V8.
Happy to take you out in dad's E500 at some point. His is a post-face (07-) so the later 5.5 with c.400bhp. With your budget you might have to settle for a pre-face (5.0, c.300bhp) but it should still be adequate.
Otherwise E39 540i could work, and I was pleasantly surprised by the S-type 4.0 I owned previously. Left field choices include, but aren't limited to: Cadillac CTS, Honda Legend, assorted Lexii or MG ZT V8.
Synchromesh said:
Hi Ray
Happy to take you out in dad's E500 at some point. His is a post-face (07-) so the later 5.5 with c.400bhp. With your budget you might have to settle for a pre-face (5.0, c.300bhp) but it should still be adequate.
Otherwise E39 540i could work, and I was pleasantly surprised by the S-type 4.0 I owned previously. Left field choices include, but aren't limited to: Cadillac CTS, Honda Legend, assorted Lexii or MG ZT V8.
Good to see you sailing the PH waters once again. Happy to take you out in dad's E500 at some point. His is a post-face (07-) so the later 5.5 with c.400bhp. With your budget you might have to settle for a pre-face (5.0, c.300bhp) but it should still be adequate.
Otherwise E39 540i could work, and I was pleasantly surprised by the S-type 4.0 I owned previously. Left field choices include, but aren't limited to: Cadillac CTS, Honda Legend, assorted Lexii or MG ZT V8.
But, shouldn't you be revising?
A wise but small man, with a head like Paul the alien, once said: First revise AND THEN you may play on the computer!!!
Edited by raymanh on Monday 27th April 22:12
I had a 2004 E55 estate that I sold last summer for £6000. It had done 145 000 miles and the engine, although using a bit of oil, was very reliable. The front suspension had failed, needing replacing, the airbag sensor in the front seat had failed, the brakes discs and pads needing replacing, all of which totalled a bill of £5000. I nearly broke it instead! I couldn't, though, and replaced all, hoping it was going to go to someone who was going to appreciate it. As is life, the man who came around to pick it up arrived much later than he said he would and (since I had gone out) started arguing with my old and frail father in law, trying to knock the price down for faults he had already been made aware of on the advert.
It was like any mercedes of that era, (they apparently began to improve from 2005 onwards). Not too bad, just slightly disappointing. I would stick with AMG, since, although much more expensive, they have the 'specialness' that the cooking ones do not. The E500 is by not really a performance car, it is just a big heavy car with a thirty engine. A diesel engined one will probably be nearly as fast in gear, work well with the obligatory automatic gearbox and be more efficient.
It was like any mercedes of that era, (they apparently began to improve from 2005 onwards). Not too bad, just slightly disappointing. I would stick with AMG, since, although much more expensive, they have the 'specialness' that the cooking ones do not. The E500 is by not really a performance car, it is just a big heavy car with a thirty engine. A diesel engined one will probably be nearly as fast in gear, work well with the obligatory automatic gearbox and be more efficient.
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