Knowing when to stop modding/customizing is as much an art as modding/customizing itself.

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

I'll wishfully think that the owner (or whomever is responsible for the interior) is simply colorblind.... Very cool car though....

BLUE INTERIOR!?!?!?

Yuch

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Mike in Denver
'93 400E Now DEAD - Rear ended and totalled.
Replaced by '02 C32 AMG - FAST!

I agree with everyone. What's up with that interior? The dash cover looks like something my neighbor when i was a kid used to have, to compliment the clear plastic cover on the seats, which never came off.
Wouldn't kick it out of my garage, either.

Tom
92 500E, 170,000 miles and climbing

Hey, blue would be ok. But purple????

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Andrew
300e 294,000mi
380sel 185,998mi
380se 309,980mi

I've driven this car and it is truly stunning. It isn't purple but a nice blue in person. Yes, those a cloth seat protectors convering gorgeous custom Recaros. NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED on this car. It even has a matching spare tire. The gearbox is a BMW-sourced 850[I]CSI [I] 6-speed. A little notchy but those boxes are very strong.

Why didn't I buy this car? To be honest it scared me to think about what upkeep would be like. The unusual mods make it a unique car that needs its own service manual. It needs some attention from the only place truly capable of providing it: RennTech. Those mechanical lifters can be a bear and were used because the owner wanted to wring the maximum from the engine.

Now, as to this car versus a W210 E55, no question. For one thing the W210 will go down as one of M-B's worst cars. To follow the W124 with this tinny electronic nightmare was a sin. At least they arrested the fall with the follow-on E-class. The RennTech "600E" would eat any E55 or M5 (the new one excepted) for breakfast.

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Charles Cleaver
1975 350SE + 1992 300CE-24 SportLine 5-speed + 2002 SLK320 6-speed + 1974 W114 280
1986 190E 2.3-16 (Decomm rear self-leveling suspension; Euro-code headlamps) sold
2004 Audi S4 6-spd - sold
1969 (2) and 1980 Porsche 911T, S, and SC - alas gone
1987 300SDL - Graf Spee; Euro-code headlamps; 16-inch 8-hole wheels - sold
1994 E420+(E500 suspension/E-code headlamps/PAD chip) sold
1968 250SE 4-speed (NICE car) - long gone
1962 220S 4-speed/column mount - long gone

Heck, a stock W124 500E can nearly take a W210 E55.

Spot on with the W210 being one of their worst cars, IMHO. From what I hear from people in the know, however, the W211 isn't faring much better in the reliability/warranty repair area though, particularly with electronics.

Cheers,
Gerry

That was the challenge for the seller! Hard to justify a sales price of $65K unless you find someone like me who loves the W124 and appreciates what $80K spent at RennTech on a new (1992) 500E produces. But why would anyone else care?

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Charles Cleaver
1975 350SE + 1992 300CE-24 SportLine 5-speed + 2002 SLK320 6-speed + 1974 W114 280
1986 190E 2.3-16 (Decomm rear self-leveling suspension; Euro-code headlamps) sold
2004 Audi S4 6-spd - sold
1969 (2) and 1980 Porsche 911T, S, and SC - alas gone
1987 300SDL - Graf Spee; Euro-code headlamps; 16-inch 8-hole wheels - sold
1994 E420+(E500 suspension/E-code headlamps/PAD chip) sold
1968 250SE 4-speed (NICE car) - long gone
1962 220S 4-speed/column mount - long gone

Comparing a Renntech car to a stock 210 E55 is apples and oranges, not to mention an extra 40 grand for the Renntech. Anyhew...

My 210 E55 hasn't had any issues except the ECU. (80k miles)

The PO had no issues other than regular maintenance.

On my watch it'll do 0-60 in 5 secs flat stock (Motor Trend managed 4.8 secs) and I had it upto 150 mph over the 4th holiday (way out in the country, near the Canadian border) with me and two other passengers. That being said, I won't diss the 500E. Different cars, different era.

I'm seriously thinking about an '03 S600 which kill just about anything on the road, but my wife is having a hard time with such a decision.

Who cares what the wife thinks! Just buy the damn thing and beg for forgiveness after the fact.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Ah, wish it was so easy. There is that little issue of an adoption down the road.

aaaaaaaaaaaah, you got a point.

Instead, in preparation for the adoption, go out and buy a brand new GL wagon, and plead for forgiveness.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

I think an S600 would be a safe car for a little one. Although, there is that problem of me wanting to go 0-60 in 4.3 seconds.

I have two adopted ones .... 2.5 and 7 years.

We have to merely make do with an E320 (W124, of course) wagon as a family car. 0-60 chores are normally taken care of with the W124 E500, after I turn the N2O bottle on. More lazy solo or duo cruising is handled by the 560SEC.

Cheers,
Gerry

You have to be really careful with infants. All that acceleration can snap a child's neck at that age. Just be sure you don't scrimp on the car seat, okay?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

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