modded e55 s211

[DavidL]

Mercedes AMG E55 Estate, Eurocharged Pulley/Remap 550BHP, 7 Seats, Full History | eBay
just about to finish but cheap at the moment. High miles but this chap was selling his Maserati 4200 last week so you'd assume its been (there have been funds to) looked after.

 

[AMGeed]

Just sold for £7k. Not bad for an 06 estate even with 167k miles.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Just sold for £7k. Not bad for an 06 estate even with 167k miles.

Imagine how much it would have sold for if it had been Tanzanite!

 

[french]

2003 MERCEDES E55 AMG ESTATE BLUE | eBay

 

[Deleted member 37751]

A certain member will be very interested in that ^^

 

[merc85]

That was on the bay last year, from the same seller

 

[sidporsche]

That's my car and it was not on Ebay last year?

 

[E55BOF]

Too many miles on the clock, I like the OE wheels but not the ones it's on, and the last thing an E55K needs is a Sprint Booster! Not for me, I'm afraid. I'll keep on waiting and hoping...

 

[ftb]

Too many miles on the clock, I like the OE wheels but not the ones it's on, and the last thing an E55K needs is a Sprint Booster! Not for me, I'm afraid. I'll keep on waiting and hoping...

You had two! Give others a chance lol

 

[sidporsche]

E55k

That is his and that is hers

 

[Will]

Both those cars looks good value.

Not sure on the stigma regards the mileage - all of these cars have done 100/120k+ these days - another 30/40k on the odo is hardly going to make any material difference. I'd judge the car on its own merits condition wise/service history/cosmetics etc. The engines on these are bulletproof - wasn't there a link to one on here with 400k recently?

I'd argue that E55s are more reliable/cheaper to run nowadays than they were a few years back as it seems most of the early niggles have been ironed out, and there's more cost effective solutions available to known problems e.g. Suspension, IC pumps and airmatic faults.

Still quick and comfortable cars today, what can you buy with nearly 500bhp and seven seats for less?

 

[french]

That is his and that is hers

Is tha colour Teal ?
Never seen a E55 estate in that if it is, hard to tell in that light.

I like the wheels on your wife's car out of the two.

 

[Will]

I'm pretty sure I've driven past Sid's E55 estate quite a few times and I think it's Tealite

 

[sidporsche]

Thanks I swapped the wheels when she wasn't looking

 

[E55BOF]

Both those cars looks good value.
Not sure on the stigma regards the mileage - all of these cars have done 100/120k+ these days - another 30/40k on the odo is hardly going to make any material difference. I'd judge the car on its own merits condition wise/service history/cosmetics etc. The engines on these are bulletproof - wasn't there a link to one on here with 400k recently?

I'd argue that E55s are more reliable/cheaper to run nowadays than they were a few years back as it seems most of the early niggles have been ironed out, and there's more cost effective solutions available to known problems e.g. Suspension, IC pumps and airmatic faults.

Still quick and comfortable cars today, what can you buy with nearly 500bhp and seven seats less?

All valid points, though I'd ask "What can you buy with nearly 500bhp and seven seats for any price?"! (Excluding SUVS, you won't need a very big postcard for the answers).

However, I only do about 5000 miles a year in the estate, and about 8000 total, and I'm looking for a car that, with luck, won't need much spending on it after purchase and is not likely to have niggling minor faults for a few years.

By and large, that sort of fault develops with two things; age and usage, i.e. mileage. I'm after a 55K-engined 211 estate, so it will be between eleven and fourteen years old; nothing I can do about that.

Mileage, though, I can be choosy over. A car with, say, half the mileage of Sid Porsche's is that much less far along the usage track, but will certainly not cost anything like twice as much (unless it's from that idiot dealer in Bradford who is asking £18K for a 2004 50k miler...).

I may have to compromise on the colour; I could live with silver, but I definitely won't have a black one.

There's one out there somewhere waiting for me, and the Need for Speed grows ever stronger...

 

[Will]

All valid points, though I'd ask "What can you buy with nearly 500bhp and seven seats for any price?"! (Excluding SUVS, you won't need a very big postcard for the answers).

However, I only do about 5000 miles a year in the estate, and about 8000 total, and I'm looking for a car that, with luck, won't need much spending on it after purchase and is not likely to have niggling minor faults for a few years.

By and large, that sort of fault develops with two things; age and usage, i.e. mileage. I'm after a 55K-engined 211 estate, so it will be between eleven and fourteen years old; nothing I can do about that.

Mileage, though, I can be choosy over. A car with, say, half the mileage of Sid Porsche's is that much less far along the usage track, but will certainly not cost anything like twice as much (unless it's from that idiot dealer in Bradford who is asking £18K for a 2004 50k miler...).

I may have to compromise on the colour; I could live with silver, but I definitely won't have a black one.

There's one out there somewhere waiting for me, and the Need for Speed grows ever stronger...

I think I understand your view - but as you have already mentioned, age is a genuine consideration these days.

In my honest opinion, the majority of issues these cars suffer could affect any car with say 50k or 150k miles and seem either sporadic or related more to age rather than usage.

Electrical faults - batteries, keyless go handles, alarm sirens etc are all common issues and nothing to do with mileage.

Mechanically, the engines and drivetrain are widely regarded as bulletproof. The main issues seem to be stuff like corroded discs, brake lines, air suspension faults etc which don't seem to be related to higher mileages either.

All things being equal of course you'd take the lower mileage car. And yes you can be choosy if you're not in a hurry. But I don't think there's that many sub-100k miler E55s out there any more, especially ones with no faults and in estate form and decent spec let alone all of those and in a colour you like

Hope something turns up that ticks all the boxes

 

[E55BOF]

I agree with you on most of that, but when I bought the Tanzanite one, among the specific faults needing rectification were new engine mountings (the gearbox one had already been done) - a £400 job - and new front pads and discs - another £400-ish job, and both mileage rather than age-related. Terry Gates took the view that the engine mountings in particular were the sort of fault that was to be expected on a car with that sort of mileage (135K), and my hope is that a lower-mileage one wouldn't need them doing (yet...).

As I said, I can't do anything about the age, but put simply, I think that generally, the lower the mileage, the less wear and tear.

 

[Will]

I agree with you on most of that, but when I bought the Tanzanite one, among the specific faults needing rectification were new engine mountings (the gearbox one had already been done) - a £400 job - and new front pads and discs - another £400-ish job, and both mileage rather than age-related. Terry Gates took the view that the engine mountings in particular were the sort of fault that was to be expected on a car with that sort of mileage (135K), and my hope is that a lower-mileage one wouldn't need them doing (yet...).

As I said, I can't do anything about the age, but put simply, I think that generally, the lower the mileage, the less wear and tear.

Agree with you on the engine mounts but then again once you'd done them you'd not have needed to do them again for some time (and neither would the next owner!)

Discs and pads - will surely need doing several times during a car's lifetime - 50k or 150k they could either be brand new or coming up for replacement in much the same way as other consumables/service parts (plugs/tyres/etc).

The big ticket items such as air suspension (airmatic) struts and the compressor seem to all fail earlier than 150k so there's a good chance a lower mileage car will be running on the originals.

Just a curve ball really as my two E55s have been utterly reliable and haven't really cost much to run compared to what I've seen/read of some of the lower mileage ones. Currently on 151k and due an MOT this afternoon - will see how it goes...

 

[DavidL]

It could be a long wait it might not. As you say they are out there.
Specialist cars with low miles will command a premium but the pool of interested parties will be low. But they only need one.
I'm not so sure that a 50k e55 at £18k is that far out. 100k cars are around the 10-11k mark and the fewer the miles the fewer the cars.
Its certainly at the top of the range and it would need to be perfect. £18 doesnt buy that much e63. 06/07 cars on 100+k. I don't think I'd be buying an e55 at that sort of money.
If silver is ok then that opens up lots more choice. Well maybe one or two.
I'd agree general wear and tear stuff will be less but major component failure is just as possible.
Jersey seems a good place to look. I've seen 3 or 4 ex jersey cars and they all have low miles.
Best of luck with the search.

 

[E55BOF]

I might have found one; see my other post in this sub-forum.

I don't really want a 6.3; I like torquey engines that pull from low revs, and the supercharged M113 is the one I want.