500E
MB Enthusiast
Hi All,
As many of you may know I am in the market for a W124 E500 / similar. Now after checking out Jay's car (not my colour combo / too much mileage) and a few others online, I spotted this one which is clearly too expensive but I thought what the heck, let me check it out as it's in London:
Classic Porche built Mercedes E500 For Sale (1995) on Car And Classic UK [C303969]
An actual 1995 car, quite rare as most E500E's were built from 1991-1994. The car is in 944 brilliant silver and after speaking to the owner who is clearly an enthusiast and owned the car since 1998, I thought id go down today and take a closer look.
Now the last time I saw an E500 was back in 2005 when I was 16! Now, being 23 I'm finally in the market to buy one but forgot how much character and soul these cars have. A quick blast down the A406 in my tin-can 330ci BMW (I know!) and I turned up to a shiny looking, wide bodied W124 outside a small garage in NW London which looked like something special.
Met with the owner for a brief chat and he left me and my old man to have a good look at the car. Now, the car has clearly seen paint on quite a few panels and unfortunately the car has a tiny bubble of rust on one of the rear wings and the offside drivers wing.
A few small marks here and there but overall a beautiful and clean car. Interior in very good condition throughout and the car had some rare options like the locks where the speaker fader usually is on the 500E and a Bose sound system. Seats and mats all in good condition and deffo 80k miles IMO.
This was all good but I had to go out in it. Turn of the key and the V8 fired to life. The engine was absolutely beautiful, powerful and extremely smooth. Very quiet with the OEM exhaust etc but still you could tell this car has power.
Huge road presence as we went for a short spin and WOW, what a car!!!
Absolutely awesome. Huge reserves of power unleashed with a brush of the accelerator. I was worried the gearbox would be too lazy but it actually suits it. This car has huge road presence too, fantastic suspension which soaks up all the little bumps which usually send shockwaves up my spine in the 330ci with M-sport suspension. This particular example has also had new shocks and suspension spheres. A tiny knock at bumps but probably needs new bushes.
Overall, a lovely car but not worth £14k. I may put a cheeky offer in but hoping to see another 500E (1993) pre-facelift next weekend. Looking forward to 500E ownership, I was worried about coming from a modern car to an older car but this car has so much soul.
I know this thread is useless without pics so here you go:
Things I spotted:
- Alloys need a refurb all around
- Spots of overspray around car
- Knock underneath / bushes need replacement
- Some trim on the doorcards coming off
- Few little bits and pieces need doing
- Early steering wheel - shouldn't a 95 have a later, sportline wheel?
- Not original E500 headlight lenses, rather generic W124 Bosch items
Cheers,
Bill
As many of you may know I am in the market for a W124 E500 / similar. Now after checking out Jay's car (not my colour combo / too much mileage) and a few others online, I spotted this one which is clearly too expensive but I thought what the heck, let me check it out as it's in London:
Classic Porche built Mercedes E500 For Sale (1995) on Car And Classic UK [C303969]
An actual 1995 car, quite rare as most E500E's were built from 1991-1994. The car is in 944 brilliant silver and after speaking to the owner who is clearly an enthusiast and owned the car since 1998, I thought id go down today and take a closer look.
Now the last time I saw an E500 was back in 2005 when I was 16! Now, being 23 I'm finally in the market to buy one but forgot how much character and soul these cars have. A quick blast down the A406 in my tin-can 330ci BMW (I know!) and I turned up to a shiny looking, wide bodied W124 outside a small garage in NW London which looked like something special.
Met with the owner for a brief chat and he left me and my old man to have a good look at the car. Now, the car has clearly seen paint on quite a few panels and unfortunately the car has a tiny bubble of rust on one of the rear wings and the offside drivers wing.
A few small marks here and there but overall a beautiful and clean car. Interior in very good condition throughout and the car had some rare options like the locks where the speaker fader usually is on the 500E and a Bose sound system. Seats and mats all in good condition and deffo 80k miles IMO.
This was all good but I had to go out in it. Turn of the key and the V8 fired to life. The engine was absolutely beautiful, powerful and extremely smooth. Very quiet with the OEM exhaust etc but still you could tell this car has power.
Huge road presence as we went for a short spin and WOW, what a car!!!
Absolutely awesome. Huge reserves of power unleashed with a brush of the accelerator. I was worried the gearbox would be too lazy but it actually suits it. This car has huge road presence too, fantastic suspension which soaks up all the little bumps which usually send shockwaves up my spine in the 330ci with M-sport suspension. This particular example has also had new shocks and suspension spheres. A tiny knock at bumps but probably needs new bushes.
Overall, a lovely car but not worth £14k. I may put a cheeky offer in but hoping to see another 500E (1993) pre-facelift next weekend. Looking forward to 500E ownership, I was worried about coming from a modern car to an older car but this car has so much soul.
I know this thread is useless without pics so here you go:
Things I spotted:
- Alloys need a refurb all around
- Spots of overspray around car
- Knock underneath / bushes need replacement
- Some trim on the doorcards coming off
- Few little bits and pieces need doing
- Early steering wheel - shouldn't a 95 have a later, sportline wheel?
- Not original E500 headlight lenses, rather generic W124 Bosch items
Cheers,
Bill
