"Very Unusual" Merc CLS55 AMG

[After Shock]

I loved the write up and 200+ photos on this car.

Would it have been a money pit?

*1 OFF* 2006/55 MERCEDES CLS55 KOMPRESSOR AMG 5.4 V8 SAN MARINO BLUE NO PX SWAP

 

[Palfrem]

Awful wheels.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Mint???

What about the scuffs and swirls?

 

[Giantvanman]

Like or loathe, faults or not, at least he put a decent amount of effort into his ad which is more than can be said for most.

 

[AMGeed]

Like or loathe, faults or not, at least he put a decent amount of effort into his ad which is more than can be said for most.

Very true. The guy did try. Admittedly there were dozens of duplicate photos and the wheels were awful, but someone bought it, so job done for the owner.

 

[merc85]

Bloomin horrible wheels, way to big, horrible effort cleaning it, and terrible pic's, lol apart from that hey why not

 

[Spin_bowler]

Looking at the original purchase invoice even Merc dealers can't spell 'COMAND.'

 

[developer]

Whilst it's an impressive effort (the advert) I'm always a bit concerned about cars that have undergone a full respray (it's on the paperwork as Obsidian Black).

 

[John]

Is a lovely colour. Would look better with AMG IIIs.

 

[John]

I notice an invoice from Rashman's favourite useless wheel supplier too...

 

[C36fan]

That car as been a few times on eBay !!! That might be for a reason!!!

 

[Watchcame430]

That car as been a few times on eBay !!! That might be for a reason!!!

Agree this has been for sale for ages. Literally months and months .... Might be different sellers ... That I am not sure of.

 

[Suky Sangha]

Nice colour but the wheel choice could've been a better one in my opinion! Don't like the style of exhaust either..... Prefer ovals than square types on a w219!

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[sgh]

Those wheels!

 

[Will]

Poor car

One for Dronsfields soon I would think.

Awful wheels, plus they've already been refurbed and now kerbed again?!

And why on earth would you put a backstreet respray like that on a CLS, let alone in a BMW colour?

Filthy and full of junk. Okay he's spent a bit of time on the advert but IMHO too keen and not enough thought has gone into the car and advert. :fail

 

[Watchcame430]

How do you kerb alloy wheels anyway? In 20 years I havent done it once. With wheels like that you would surely be hyper careful too?

 

[abecketts]

I loved the setting, post industrial revolution Bradford with derelict buildings, nice colour which is usually on an m5?

 

[E55BOF]

The ad didn't say whether the dark satanic mill came with the car...

Lots of invoices, but I didn't spot anything about the tuning, or a dyno sheet.

I see it bid to £2K less than he set as the baseline for offers, and £3k less than his idea of 'trade price'. So, he'll be selling it to a trader for that now, will he not? I suspect it will be back on eBay; if it is, any bets the next ad will mention timewasters?

EBay is fair, but cruel; it tells you what your car is really worth. As I know from bitter experience, it's never as much as you think...

 

[Watchcame430]

The ad didn't say whether the dark satanic mill came with the car...

Lots of invoices, but I didn't spot anything about the tuning, or a dyno sheet.

I see it bid to £2K less than he set as the baseline for offers, and £3k less than his idea of 'trade price'. So, he'll be selling it to a trader for that now, will he not? I suspect it will be back on eBay; if it is, any bets the next ad will mention timewasters?

EBay is fair, but cruel; it tells you what your car is really worth. As I know from bitter experience, it's never as much as you think...

Absolutely spot on about Ebay. Thats why I use it to value my cars before selling and they rarely last more than a day before they sell.
I did decide after last time to use an ebay classified at the established price next time though to stop the morons who click to buy right away and then turn up to negotiate.

If this car was that nice it would have been snapped up by now.

I wonder if the engine came out for the re spray? (Not read the ad for a while)

 

[E55BOF]

How do you kerb alloy wheels anyway?

You get slightly too close to a very low kerb on the inside of a bend you cut slightly too fine, quite slowly, and it pinches the tyre wall, and half-a-mile up the road the tyre is flat, and the space saver needs pumping up with a compressor, and you leave the lights on while you use it, and by the time you've finished there's not enough in the battery to start the engine, so you have to walk the half-mile back home to get your wife's car to jump-start yours, then go and fetch her and her friends, all full of drink and bonhomie, from the Christmas party they've been to, and drop them all off, all after 11 o'clock at night, and it's just above freezing, and raining, and boy! are you p****d off with the whole b***y thing by the time you finally get home.

(SAAB 9-5, and me; that's how I know... The wheel was barely marked.)