Crazy E500 coupe

[SW18]

This has been sitting around for a while with no takers. It's a 2011 E500 5.5 coupe with 97k and 4 owners, but recently had £59k spent on creating a 'one of a kind' car . I know they never made an E63 coupe back then, but still...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202007281777837?radius=1500&keywords=e500&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&sort=relevance&postcode=se17na&page=1

 

[E55BOF]

It would look a whole lot better at whatever normal ride height is. Inevitably perhaps, it has an AMG badge on the boot lid, but as it has the muscle to back that up, no harm done. If I'd spent that sort of money, though, I'd have been looking at keeping the car for quite a while to get some value out of it; possibly whoever had it modified had fallen on hard times and needed to sell it. If that's the case, I feel for him.

 

[Scooby_Doo]

How much to make it not a one of a kind ??

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

My wife said I get carried away due to my boundless enthusiasm. I’m clearly a novice.

 

[SW18]

My wife said I get carried away due to my boundless enthusiasm. I’m clearly a novice.

You’ll have to try harder - go on, you know you want a ‘one of a kind’ slammed ML63...

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

You’ll have to try harder - go on, you know you want a ‘one of a kind’ slammed ML63...

 

[jdrrco]

This has been sitting around for a while with no takers.

Can't imagine why...

 

[nyssa7]

25 profile tyres? What on Earth is the ride like? TBF, quite like it, maybe better if the ride height was lifted a little

 

[moonloops]

How much to make it not a one of a kind ??

45p per mile to take it to the crusher

 

[flowrider]

I think someone has done a pretty decent job on the car. It wouldn't be something that I would drive but its made a the car a lot more interesting.

 

[John]

Not very often I find a car I like absolutely nothing about but that one wins first prize.

As long as someone likes it that's all that matters really.

 

[SmartAmg]

Like it, I personally wouldn't buy it, but I like it.

 

[bolidemichael]

There's quite an impressive list of work that has been undertaken there! It's a shame that there isn't a photo at a more normal ride height.

 

[Londonscottish]

It would look a whole lot better at whatever normal ride height is. Inevitably perhaps, it has an AMG badge on the boot lid, but as it has the muscle to back that up, no harm done. If I'd spent that sort of money, though, I'd have been looking at keeping the car for quite a while to get some value out of it; possibly whoever had it modified had fallen on hard times and needed to sell it. If that's the case, I feel for him.

Reminds me of a Z4M gathering dust in the workshop I used to take my 200SX to. They'd been busy modding it like crazy including a full turbo conversion. Then the owner vanished. Turned out he'd ended up doing a stretch. Just saying.

 

[Abb]

25 profile tyres? What on Earth is the ride like? TBF, quite like it, maybe better if the ride height was lifted a little

My rears are a 25 oppose to the whopping 30s on the front, and it rides absolutely fine, as did my last car on 25 profile

 

[AMV]

Its different to say the least. If the car was a facelift with a pan roof i wouldn't mind it barring the wheels/suspension

 

[fabes]

Taking a different tack, have you seen the E500 cab that Jay at Mercland has just got in ?

4.7T V8 remapped....

 

[SW18]

Taking a different tack, have you seen the E500 cab that Jay at Mercland has just got in ?

4.7T V8 remapped....

Those are rare indeed! And for only a few £100s on tuning it has more power than the one in this thread after it's £10,000 Kleeman upgrade. One forum member has one, PaulXC, I think: he reports 35mpg+ on long runs and even standard it does 0-60 in under 5s.

 

[flowrider]

Strangely this car is for sale with a private seller in Glasgow (£17,995) and a trade seller in Leamington Spa (£20,000)

 

[Londonscottish]

Strangely this car is for sale with a private seller in Glasgow (£17,995) and a trade seller in Leamington Spa (£20,000)

The car's on a forecourt in LS but the owner's going 10 years in Barlinnie.