Welsh Dan
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The suspension on them is the bit that costs an arm and a leg. No easy way to fit normal suspension on them either from what I understand.
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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If it shares the same box as the first generation E55, they are a bit of an Achilles heel too.
Still a lovely motor to drive.
I always liked the V12 Coupe before this. The one with the little reversing bars that pop out of the 1/4 panels. 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Those alloys are horrendous 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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I farking LOVE these cars 
So so so jealous. Hope that the loom in the doors doesn't go btw 
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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All your opinions are wrong...
Only one opinion allowed so its mine or nothing
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alan-g-w
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Put your tampon back in princess, I was talking about your reaction to the colonel not your initial opinion.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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Awsome car, love that.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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seeming as you live round the corner I think you need to take me out in that 
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Jambo
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Also needs ridding of the exhaust, its supposed to be the last word in refinement and luxury not like a Nova with a cherry bomb on the Mway
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
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I quite like it. its abit on the chavvy side but i bet thats great fun. My journey too and from work would be alot more interesting LOL
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Cheap cheap
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-BENZ-CL500-COUPE-AUTOMATIC-STARTING-AT-1p-NO-RESERVE-/321209673317?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4ac996a665
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Ian
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-BENZ-CL500-COUPE-2-DOOR-2001-5-0-V8-/171117442401?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27d764f561
No money at all for these.
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colonel_g
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Registered: 11th Jan 09
Location: Thame
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Mr jambo i actually live just outside Aylesbury now but when i'm at the track you are more than welcome to have a blast. Bring some ear muffs though.
They cost fuck all to buy these now, people are scared to run them and sometimes, rightly so but can't beat a v8 for noise
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Jambo
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Maidenhead get you down that much
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daz_corsa
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Location: Winwick, Cheshire
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why on gods earth did u start this with " im not asian" ......=/
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alan-g-w
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He explains in the very first sentence of the very first post
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colonel_g
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quote:
Originally posted by daz_corsa
why on gods earth did u start this with " im not asian" ......=/
If you saw this car can you honestly say that you wouldn't assume that it belonged to somebody of that ethnicity?
Thought so. And not that it matters in the slightest but that was how I decided to start my thread.
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SVM 286
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I wouldn't have actually. My only thought would have been, ''where the hell did the wheels go?''
In my experience, that mob tend to buy anything but something that could use that much petrol, as they are such money minded motherfuckers.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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Cant beat a V8 to burble around in
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ed
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I'd like someone to explain the reason why they deprecate so much if they're so reliable? SL600 AMG's are cheap, but the possible bills have always put me off buying one.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I'd like someone to explain the reason why they deprecate so much if they're so reliable?
the possible bills have always put me off buying one.
Answered your own question there Ed
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ed
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I was trying to make a point
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Jambo
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Not reliability ed. it's a machine and bits wear out as they get used/age. Hence huge bills.
Still would though
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SVM 286
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High ins groups, plus big fuel bills, plus expensive trim, service parts, body panels and general parts & components all add to the depreciation factor.
Also, after Mercedes amalgamated with Chrysler, rather than Chrysler taking on Merc quality, Merc took on some of Chrysler's quality and practices. Hence a lot of post '96 stuff being worth less than earlier models.
I was recently pricing up E Class estates on ebay etc and it really shows.
At the bottom of the price range where the high milers with tatty bodywork & interiors live, there were W124s still commanding a grand and more, while a few W210 equivalents that were several years younger were going for roughly eight hundred quid.
I was quite surprised.
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colonel_g
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Registered: 11th Jan 09
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I was looking at buying an SL600 Bi turbo but they can suffer with coil pack issues. Cost of a replacement, well over a grand from MB and almost 800 from GSF.
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