My parents bought their G500 a few years ago, and have use it as one of their daily drivers.

Just a few notes. The window regulator design sucks. Expect to replace one yearly, if not every other year. We have replaced all 4 in ours, and one of them is starting to have problems again. Most of the parts are straight out of the shared MB parts bin, but for the G-Specific parts, be prepared with an open wallet. Second hand parts are hard to find, and usually the dealer is only place to get parts. IIRC, the last window regulator was about $400… We also replace the headlights yearly from cracking due to rocks and sand from taking it up to the snow.

It’s a truck first and foremost... It has a truck like ride, which is fairly stiff. It is geared pretty aggressively, and when rolling down the freeway, expect to be spinning roughly 3200-3500RPMs when cruising about 70. On a good day, with tail wind, flesh filters/fluids/ignition system, we were able to extract approx. 17.5-18 MPG. Around town, it gets about 11-12MPG.

I drove it about 650 miles freeway miles two weekends ago, and got approximately 14MPG. My average speed was about 75mph. Not too bad for what it is, but my friends E55k gets about 24mpg on the freeway!


With all this said, it is fantastic offroad. Every summer since purchasing it, we have done the Rubicon Trail. It’s pretty fun off-road, and always gets nods and thumbs up from other people out on the trails.

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-Justin

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.