£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).
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
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