W210 e55 amg

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Afternoon all,

Forgive the post but this search seems harder than I thought.

My Father is in the market for a W210 E55 AMG. He previously expressed interest in the W211 but despite the performance uplift, after driving one his heart remained firmly with the W210.

I work abroad often but as he has no idea how to use the Internet I am doing best to coordinate things for him from out here, in China, although home end if month to view with him.

Facelift or pre-fl considered, so in other words 1996-2001 MY.

The car MUST be rust-free, or nominally affected at best but this should be reflected within the price.

Mileage, again all considered but I'd like to find something with under 100k.

Options... really his top are heated seats (front and rear) with electric memory on the front. Anything else is a bonus but whatever it is it should be fully working. Nav is now so old it doesn't matter but if it has it, again it should work.

Before I went away we saw two cars back to back in the High Wycombe area. Never have we see such utter heaps of cr4p which were totally misdescribed both on paper and over the phone. One had stickers stuck to the inside of the windscreen that followed a huge crack in attempt to cover it up, it had moss growing inside (on an aftermarket Nav also, WTF) and it was straight piped (advertised as "original"). Another appeared to be pulled out from underneath a muck spreader, the door card fell off as we opened the drivers door and the engine was sprayed top to bottom in oil; orginal maybe but not pristine as described. We can only assume that the photos provided were of some age.

I understand that these cars are old, so we are totally realistic, we're just hoping for a better experience this time that won't waste our time and money.

We're located in Surrey but will travel for a good, honest car. Be warned mind that my Father was a Mercedes master tech for decades before opening his own business. We've built many cars together so, we'll see through any BS within 5secs of seeing the car. If you drag us to Scotland and it turns out to be rotten, leave us your cheque book for the trouble :-D although I'm turning to you guys (enthusiasts) in hope of avoiding that which we went through before.

Cheers.
 
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I would love to own one but can't really justify the running costs.
There are a few on e bay, all have been for sale for some time. They look good but, as you know with the w210, you really have to go and look at them because of the rust issues and this can involve a lot of travelling expenses.
Hope you find a good one.
 
Hi I have a facelift 2000 car for sale, if you pm me I will let you have details.
 
Thanks guys.

It's a horrid search but he's loved this car since the day it was new and he plans to enjoy it until he's in the grave; then I'll have it :).

Thanks for the link, Renault. I'll pass it on to him as that looks very good.

Kwk, he has an E320 at the moment like yourself. It really is beautiful to drive but is victim of rust which is now quite considerable. We thought about stripping it back, prepping and replacing the bad bits at home and then sending for paint but it's a bit leggy so we are not sure it's worth it (140k, needs new bonnet, front wings, rear wings need shaving, few dents here and there plus ideally full respray).
Out of interest, how would you compare E55 to run vs E320?

CSR, will PM you.
 
I've never run an E55 although, with the mileage I do these days, the running costs for me would probably be very similar. The expense would come should something go wrong.
I have just got rid of my 320 to a Swansea Merc specialist for breaking. It has 143k but runs very very well. I bought it with a full mot with no advisories but, when I started to remove panels, it was completely rotten. I have taken the front wings off because they are virtually brand new and will be kept as spares for my e280 when needed in the future. That one is the same colour and has 58k with full history. I really like the W210 but you have to be very careful with the bodywork.
 

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