A buddy of mine just bought a car I would kill for... an E55! He's selling his 98 E320. Contact me if you're interested.

This is info from his email. The car is super clean...

'98 E320 V6
32,512 miles
White with saddle leather int.
Factory Xenon's
Factory fogs with updated 80W blue plasma bulbs
Factory trunk mounted CD
18x8" Lorinzer D93's with Dunlop Sport SP9000's. Less than 3,000 miles
16" stock factory alloys with 50% rubber
Brabus Sport Exhaust (less than year old, plus stock exhaust)
K&N filter
New Interstate battery
Mobil 1 oil
Serviced through Phil Smart
Extremely clean and tight, only driven when dry.
Price: $33,500
Can see, drive or I can offer VIN, VMI, digital photo's


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How much did the E55 cost him? Silver?

Put a Lorinser body kit and some rims on that puppy and you got one bling, yet classy ride.

Tell him not to stay stock!

 

I guess the former owner took off the 19's... It went to RennTech and got the carbon fiber intake and stainless exhaust. Still has the AMG monoblock rims... I didn't ask him about the $$$...

It's going to be cool. 400 hp *bling* ride. I like it.

 

Why white with camel? Gotta stick to silver with the Benz unless you're a thug then you gotsta go black!

Looking up prices, one can be had for around $40-50K. Not bad for an AMG Benz. I thought they would cost a lot more than that, but turns out it's having a tough time holding resale value because it's in that odd spot where the people who can afford them either go for a the latest and greatest German ride for a few more or just don't care to spend so much dollars for a used car with a design that's outdated, too niche, and out of warranty.

 

I guess the E55 was the wifes ride. They traded it on a new E500 and after having the E55 she felt the new 500 was too slow! Now the E500 is back at Renntech for some more go-power.

That's a pretty good deal for a car like that. We saw an CLK55 out at Park Place and they wanted way more than $50K for it...

I can only dream at this point...

 

The "problem" with the newer generations of AMG cars is that they're no longer purely AMG. AMG is no longer the independent tuning house it once was. Now it's the in-house Mercedes equivalent of the M group at BMW. Still make mean cars...but NOTHING like the old AMG Hammer.

 

The Hammer was a beast, wasn't it?

I'd sure like the CLK55 or better yet - the SL55 though!

493 hp in two tons of fun...

let me wipe up some of the drool...

 

The Hammer truly was a beast! Times have changed a little, though. AMG massages the motors now (instead of beating them into submission) and the newer models are more about sport styling than sport motion.

Don't get me wrong, if I was gonna own a Mercedes I would DEFINITELY save the pennies for an AMG. The new SL55 is a work of art. Mercedes has started a renaissance in their styling. They haven't made cars this sexy since the old 300SL Gullwing days...

 

There was a thread a little while ago - the premise was - if you could have ONE car...

My choice was the SL55...

 

I would probably pick the 911 GT2, but that's just cuz I've always been a Porsche fan. The SL55 would probably be my second choice, though, and would get bonus points for being a drop-top...