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Due to one reason and another my E55 didn't leave me until tonight. Sad, very sad, to see it go but I aim to be back in an AMG in the new year, in a facelift E63 estate or a CLS 63 SB. The friend who bought it only lives a mile away though so I'm sure I'll be seeing plenty of it, only now I'll get to experience what it sounds like from the outside!
Even now I struggle to think of a car for less than £15k that ticks the boxes of a seven seat S211 supercharged V8... Great time to buy too, the market has bottomed out it seems and good examples can command a premium so depreciation is comfortable.
A few figures for anyone interested:
MPG average was 15.1
Non service item costs were circa £1200 (but £520 of that was the replacement Brabus pads because the track ones which were fitted squeaked)
Service costs were in the region of £500 and that included a gearbox and diff oil changes, full engine service and brand new wipers. All OEM too. Also new locking nuts and centre caps, all these from the dealer as well.
Tyre were £600 but that's because I fitted new alloys...
That might sound quite a bit for a relatively short period of ownership but it was worth every penny and I'd do it all over again and double!
Great cars, it's been a privilege to own one.
Even now I struggle to think of a car for less than £15k that ticks the boxes of a seven seat S211 supercharged V8... Great time to buy too, the market has bottomed out it seems and good examples can command a premium so depreciation is comfortable.
A few figures for anyone interested:
MPG average was 15.1
Non service item costs were circa £1200 (but £520 of that was the replacement Brabus pads because the track ones which were fitted squeaked)
Service costs were in the region of £500 and that included a gearbox and diff oil changes, full engine service and brand new wipers. All OEM too. Also new locking nuts and centre caps, all these from the dealer as well.
Tyre were £600 but that's because I fitted new alloys...
That might sound quite a bit for a relatively short period of ownership but it was worth every penny and I'd do it all over again and double!
Great cars, it's been a privilege to own one.