LegitStreetCars: 03 E55 AMG

[kevm14]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBGDU2gb30

Alright, someone is going to have to buy one of these...

[kevm14]

Wow, this is another one like Tavarish or even Hoovie's Garage. I really like this guy. These cars do seem like a damn bargain. It pays to have some DIY skills though.

[Adam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBGDU2gb30

Alright, someone is going to have to buy one of these...

I volunteer to not be the one who does.

[kevm14]

Just to put things into perspective, you could easily spend $10k on a G-body with supporting mods (if you are less Sloppy about it) and possibly be in the same mid 12s as one of these stock E55s. And the E55 is obviously a far nicer car. Not saying American hotrods are out and German stuff is in. Just a little context.

The guy did casually mention that he worked at MB as a tech for like 10 years, as he dropped the trans valve body to perform some kind of service on it...but then again, if you can build a hotrod, you can probably handle everything he did to that E55.

[Bob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBGDU2gb30

Alright, someone is going to have to buy one of these...

One of my friends from Maine bought one (2005 with like 80k for around $15k). He claims he has not had an issue with it since he got it, but he also doesn't drive it a lot. He bought it against my advice, but maybe I was wrong.

[Bob]

How bad are these? https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/ ... 16828.html

[kevm14]

I don't know. The thing about MB for my own purposes is those earlier cars did not have any kind of chassis sophistication. They were just kind of luxo-rockets. Which is fine, but I'd want more, as I think you would.

[Bob]

Yeah, I love the sound of the 6.3L cars though. For the same money, I think I'd rather take a chance on the 105k mile SS I just posted in the other thread.

[kevm14]

Brings 400k E55 to dealer for repair quote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuklsA__9Gk

This looks good. He brings it in for a PPI and will discuss the things they listed (whether they were legit) and the things they missed. Yes, they missed things.

[kevm14]

402k E55 on the dyno.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgworyAJn0

Basically it makes the proper amount of power. I don't understand why it hangs at high RPM on the dyno though. Either a soft rev limiter, or something the dyno load was doing I guess.