Nice looking E55AMG W211..... Is this the same car that had a damaged engine?

[Sam87]

I just saw this on ebay.
It looks very nice but I remember there was a thread of an e55amg same colour as this with a damaged engine.
Is it the same car? I'm sure that also had 70k+ on the clock [ if it's not the same car ]

Mercedes E55 AMG Kompressor w211 | eBay

Could go on and on but if you are reading this then you know what it is.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[br1anuk]

Nice to see one not in silver or black.

 

[Wearsthefoxhat]

I don’t recall seeing this one, I usually have a quick look at most just because…

bit of a vague description and the “ stop, start” not working. was that an option ? looks like the original SBC pump too. All you can do is have a look and go from there…

 

[Petrol Pete]

"Stop start not working..." I guess the seller knows his car and stop/start has been around since the 80's , but I had no idea it was fitted to V8 supercharged Mercedes Benz as way back as 2003 ?!

 

[E55BOF]

It wasn't. Maybe the seller means Keyless Go?

 

[AMGeed]

As above. The seller means Keyless go is inoperable.
I bet some or all the door handles don't operate as they should either.

 

[Phil1968]

I'm assuming the engine's been tuned with the stated 500+ bhp?

 

[E55BOF]

Personally, I'd assume that there will be no evidence of that other than word of mouth. It might be true; it might not.

 

[John]

I'm assuming the engine's been tuned with the stated 500+ bhp?

Not necessarily.

Mine was running at 510BHP standard.

I think 476BHP was "just what was typed in the marketing" as MB wouldn't want the CLS and SL to be in the same ball park as the E.

I once read Renntech stating most 55 engines were underrated.

 

[E55BOF]

They do vary, but without proof, treat it as seller BS...

 

[Sam87]

Personally, I'd assume that there will be no evidence of that other than word of mouth. It might be true; it might not.

There was a discussion about it here a while ago and it was a low mileage e55amg that was the same colour combo as this and looked very clean. I just thought there can't be many e55amg's in this colour combo with low miles.

 

[John]

It's Tealite Blue and I've not seen many of them.

Used to be someone on here called Paul (Savman) with a Tealite Blue estate E55.

Not sure I remember any others but saw the odd one or two over time.

Most E55s were silver or black so anything else was somewhat unusual!