I know we mostly stick to the older, less computerized models here, but does anyone have any personal experience with the CLS? I have loved the look of these cars ever since I saw one the first time. I walked by a CLS550 on a used car lot this morning and it got me started thinking about them again.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

A friend of mine has one and he loves it. The rear is a bit cramped for an six foot adult. Design wise I think they are a little dated already.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

All I know is how the look and I love the way they look. That roof line is the coolest!

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

The scariest part of the whole car is airmatic. The strus cost around $1000-1400 new. Not a bad price, as you only replace them once every 100-150k miles. I think the older M113 is bulletproof, as IIRC the M273 has problems eating the gear on the front of the balance shaft...



Its based off the W211 E-Class platform, so its got a good starting point.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

The back seat is not practical for me at 6'2, but who cares. I'd be in the driver's seat anyway.

Beautiful cars, and they're getting fairly cheap now.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

As mentioned earlier its just made up of eclass parts so its a pretty good car.

I like them.

I've driven a CLS500 fairly extensively and even though they are E-Class based they have a character all their own with a completely unique interior and good looks so nice they could kill. The air suspension does give a nice ride (If you don't mind what IWrock pointed out it's not so bad) Sitting in the back isn't bad at all. It doesn't have S-Class legroom but it's not exactly VW Scirocco cramped either.

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1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

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Very nice cars, but get the AMG version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nq4xyHQb7o&feature=PlayList&p=3B10266BA25F0A85&index=0&playnext=1

AMG makes every MB better.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Pics please.

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Friends of mine just picked up an off-lease one with the commensurate 30K or so miles on it in Iridium Silver. Haven't heard any negative about it in 3 months now from them - they're MB diesel die-hards like me - so it was somewhat a surprise. They're pretty cheap when 3 years old - lots of them coming on-line because their leases are up. I'd say go for it - if you like the retro-look.

What are the miles, year and price on the one you are looking at?

the CLS is the only mercedes my dad likes and says I have to buy him one. some day I'll convince him to like the old diesels , but until then, I guess a new benz is better then NO benz haha

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I like the looks of them too. If I were to get a newer MB though, I'd be going after a ML 320Cdi.....the ML's are pretty awesome.

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'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Beautiful to look at, I bang my head every time I try to get in one. Drove August Busch IV's CLS 6.3 before he did...it had delivery damage and I drove it to the body shop...it was a screamer.

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Eh, the looks don't do anything for me. I don't get a four door sedan that doesn't have a usable backseat. And believe it or not, the 211 E-class has a much lower coefficient of drag.

Airmatic struts go out a lot sooner than 100K. I've had one replaced on my 211 - at 4 years, 2 months of age and 34K miles. Surf on over to the mbworld.org 211/211AMG forums and you'll see that replacement well before 100K is the norm, not the exception. There is an aftermarket rebuilder of struts in the ~$400 range, and replacement is apparently quite an easy DIY.

Something to enjoy when you are broken down by the side of the road and waiting for the tow truck to arrive.

Quality control, durability and reliability *NOT*
what they were 20-25 years ago when the engineeers held sway to create cost-no-object gems, now it is the marketers in charge, "You TOO, can drive a (leased) brand new Mercedes Benz for $299 a month", (Walmart "pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap" mentality now holds sway in the company)

The brand equity from Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler's original vision, and motto "The Best, or nothing at all" -------> ("die beste oder nicht") is being squandered, in search of short term mass profits, so the new Mercedes Benz cars evoke sadness and regret, and disdain and disgust, not desire, to me....


I'd take a mint low mileage 1977 240 Diesel *ANY* day, over some *new* CLS...

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)