W211 E55 AMG

[TheAngryDog]

Well after threatening to buy a new car for ages, I finally did.

Welcome to my W211 E55 AMG.

It is a 2004 car with 805 build code in Cubanite Silver. It has 135k on it but it looks like it has been looked after with lots of money spent at main dealers and good independents. It also has a panoramic roof which is quite cool I must say.

Obviously there are a few niggles with it as always, but nothing major. It needs a little cosmetic work but again nothing major.

It is a bit quick. A 2 tonne car has no right to be this quick. The supercharger whine is addictive. I'd call the call nasty in its power delivery. It makes my E39 M5 feel sooooo slow, when it isn't. This is just in another league!

So without further adieu, here it is.

Edited by TheAngryDog on Sunday 16th July 19:14

Edited by TheAngryDog on Tuesday 1st August 22:37

[TheLordJohn]

That looks the absolutely business!
Are they upgraded charge coolers or something?
Really nice exterior colour.
I used to see a silver 2005 E55 in Gibraltar when I cycled home from work.
Always admired them.
Can't manage to get over the fact that the interior of ANY MB resembles a taxi; irrelevant of how expensive the car is!

(perhaps serious SLS, SLR etc models aside)

[a7x88]

Excellent choice sir

Will have to meet up and see how much it spanks the Mazda by

[dave_s13]

Nice one.

I bought it's more practical and slightly more sensible older brother yesterday.



Pick it up next week.

Edited by dave_s13 on Sunday 16th July 20:41

[Butter Face]

Love that a lot

[Douglas Quaid]

It's the car I will get when I've got some spare splash. How much?

[HybridAero]

Congrats sir this is absolutely mental! Must go like the proverbial.

Was Mr Clarkson right when he said 7 mpg?

One of these is definitely next on my list, if there are any decent ones left in a couple of years.

Ludicrous value for money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

[ZX10R NIN]

Great work OP glad you got there.

[TheLordJohn]

HybridAero said:

Congrats sir this is absolutely mental! Must go like the proverbial.

Was Mr Clarkson right when he said 7 mpg?

One of these is definitely next on my list, if there are any decent ones left in a couple of years.

Ludicrous value for money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

If you try hard enough you'll only get 7, but if you don't get over 20 on a run you're doing something wrong!

[TheAngryDog]

TheLordJohn said:

That looks the absolutely business!
Are they upgraded charge coolers or something?
Really nice exterior colour.
I used to see a silver 2005 E55 in Gibraltar when I cycled home from work.
Always admired them.
Can't manage to get over the fact that the interior of ANY MB resembles a taxi; irrelevant of how expensive the car is!

(perhaps serious SLS, SLR etc models aside)

Cheers! No those are aftermarket air filters. I have the original boxes to go back on.

I agree, the interior isn't quite as nice as my M5's, I think the E39's interior will be appreciated for a long time to come.

a7x88 said:

Excellent choice sir

Will have to meet up and see how much it spanks the Mazda by

Cheers Adam. Lol, I am sure it'll be a close run

dave_s13 said:

Nice one.

I bought it's more practical and slightly more sensible older brother yesterday.



Pick it up next week.

Edited by dave_s13 on Sunday 16th July 20:41

Cheers!

Thats a nice car, the W212 shape is growing on me. I suspect it has a huge carrying capacity!

Butter Face said:

Love that a lot

Cheers

Douglas Quaid said:

It's the car I will get when I've got some spare splash. How much?

I paid £7999 for it.

HybridAero said:

Congrats sir this is absolutely mental! Must go like the proverbial.

Was Mr Clarkson right when he said 7 mpg?

One of these is definitely next on my list, if there are any decent ones left in a couple of years.

Ludicrous value for money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-5-...

It is nasty fast. I know I have knocked my M5's performance but it was no slouch. This embarrasses it. I genuinely believe that this is a 9 second 0-100mph car. I am going to take it to Santa Pod at some point to find out!

I haven't really driven it much tbh so not sure on the MPG. I did 104 miles in it to 1/4 of a tank coming back from buying it but as my wife was following me I didn't go too quick, plus M25

ZX10R NIN said:

Great work OP glad you got there.

Cheers! I finally bought a sodding car

[TheLordJohn]

TheAngryDog said:

Cheers! No those are aftermarket air filters. I have the original boxes to go back on.

I agree, the interior isn't quite as nice as my M5's, I think the E39's interior will be appreciated for a long time to come.

Of course they are, silly me!
£8k seems fairly sensible money.
I need estates when i buy cars and all the fast Merc estates seem to hold a strong premium over the saloons.

[TheAngryDog]

TheLordJohn said:

TheAngryDog said:

Cheers! No those are aftermarket air filters. I have the original boxes to go back on.

I agree, the interior isn't quite as nice as my M5's, I think the E39's interior will be appreciated for a long time to come.

Of course they are, silly me!
£8k seems fairly sensible money.
I need estates when i buy cars and all the fast Merc estates seem to hold a strong premium over the saloons.

Yeah, I was prepared to pay more for one, but I was looking for one with folding rear seats. I had another one on my radar but it was silver, and wanted something a bit different.

Booked it in for an MOT on the 28th, I glossed over the MOT cert and didn't take note of the date, 12th of August it expires. Oooops lol. It passed its previous one with no advisories so I can't see there being too much wrong with it.

[Rawhide]

Fellow E55 AMG member here. I'm meaning to post a build thread shortly to track my maintenance. They are indeed awesome machines and stonking value IMO.

In the 4k I've driven my E55 has been totally reliable which I can't say for my Volvo or Landrover which are also in my fleet. I'm averaging around 22mpg which is mixed rural and motorway driving. I averaged 26 on a (circa 75 ish) longer driven when I bought the car.

I'm trying to resist modifying my car as I love the sleeper looks but will focus on updating cooling and suspension components before I look at power hikes.

I'm also wanting to put a C63 back box on there to give a bit more bark to the exhaust.

[TheAngryDog]

Rawhide said:

Fellow E55 AMG member here. I'm meaning to post a build thread shortly to track my maintenance. They are indeed awesome machines and stonking value IMO.

In the 4k I've driven my E55 has been totally reliable which I can't say for my Volvo or Landrover which are also in my fleet. I'm averaging around 22mpg which is mixed rural and motorway driving. I averaged 26 on a (circa 75 ish) longer driven when I bought the car.

I'm trying to resist modifying my car as I love the sleeper looks but will focus on updating cooling and suspension components before I look at power hikes.

I'm also wanting to put a C63 back box on there to give a bit more bark to the exhaust.

Get it up then man! I am very surprised with it. It does feel like a big car though, bigger than my M5, yet there isn't much difference between the two.

It is good that it has been reliable, I hope that mine lives up to that!

I am going to look at cooling next, though I am going to get it checked over to make sure it is running 100%.

I am tempted by the C63 back boxes, but it also is nice having a quiet car, except for the s/c whine

[pimpchez]

I recognize this car , the lad has been trying to flog/px it on every FB page going for the past few months. He initially reckoned it was ~600bhp.

[TheAngryDog]

pimpchez said:

I recognize this car , the lad has been trying to flog/px it on every FB page going for the past few months. He initially reckoned it was ~600bhp.

Yeah, he kept dropping his price. It is no where near 600bhp. Part of the problem is where he lived - I tend to find people don't like going to difficult to get to places to buy cars. Hull has this issue, which is why cars tend to be cheaper and sell locally rather than go too far away.

The car has had a lot of money spent on it. The guy who had it before me spent over £600 on it recently. Ateotd, if something goes wrong then it goes wrong. I don't think it will, but if it does, I reckon I'd get my money back on it in parts without too much hassle. As I said though, I don't expect any issues. I'll find out in less than 2 weeks when I MOT it and when I take it to a specialist for a look over.

[pimpchez]

TheAngryDog said:

pimpchez said:

I recognize this car , the lad has been trying to flog/px it on every FB page going for the past few months. He initially reckoned it was ~600bhp.

Yeah, he kept dropping his price. It is no where near 600bhp. Part of the problem is where he lived - I tend to find people don't like going to difficult to get to places to buy cars. Hull has this issue, which is why cars tend to be cheaper and sell locally rather than go too far away.

The car has had a lot of money spent on it. The guy who had it before me spent over £600 on it recently. Ateotd, if something goes wrong then it goes wrong. I don't think it will, but if it does, I reckon I'd get my money back on it in parts without too much hassle. As I said though, I don't expect any issues. I'll find out in less than 2 weeks when I MOT it and when I take it to a specialist for a look over.

Fair enough , i didnt think he would sell it for that much tbh. Anyway the car looks and sounds great unlike the majority of turds people try to sell on there.

Are you planning a dyno run?

[TheAngryDog]

pimpchez said:

TheAngryDog said:

pimpchez said:

I recognize this car , the lad has been trying to flog/px it on every FB page going for the past few months. He initially reckoned it was ~600bhp.

Yeah, he kept dropping his price. It is no where near 600bhp. Part of the problem is where he lived - I tend to find people don't like going to difficult to get to places to buy cars. Hull has this issue, which is why cars tend to be cheaper and sell locally rather than go too far away.

The car has had a lot of money spent on it. The guy who had it before me spent over £600 on it recently. Ateotd, if something goes wrong then it goes wrong. I don't think it will, but if it does, I reckon I'd get my money back on it in parts without too much hassle. As I said though, I don't expect any issues. I'll find out in less than 2 weeks when I MOT it and when I take it to a specialist for a look over.

Fair enough , i didnt think he would sell it for that much tbh. Anyway the car looks and sounds great unlike the majority of turds people try to sell on there.

Are you planning a dyno run?

Cheers. It is what it is, a cheap E55 lol.

Yeah I am going to get it dyno'd. I'm just deciding where to take it. Either MSL or EuroCharged UK.

[HybridAero]

Please convince me not to get an E55; I just got a frighteningly reasonable insurance quote!

Guessing there must be a catch? It's soooo much car for £8ishK. 22 mpg average is incredible! I guess AMG must use lightweight internals and the engine will rarely be stressed in daily use.

[KillerHERTZ]

Couldnt be living with that aftermarket grill, needs the OEM one on it asap