$43,000 AWP, $53,000 retail and about $10,000 for install!! I'll get the final bill in a couple of days. Engine replaced due to "pourous oil bridge" defect in Mftd process. It happened to one other car in the world so far. Oil was leaking out, more when hot.

Good news: extended warranty 7yr/100,000 miles.

I guess those private yahts are expensive to buy and maintain...............thats a LOT of greenbacks....warranty or not.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

That's unbelievable. Assume that the install price includes $1,000 worth of incidentals (gaskets, hoses, etc.). That leaves $9,000 for labor. There are a couple of ways to put that figure in perspective.

You either have a mechanic at $100 per hour working about 2-1/2 weeks solid.

Or you have a mechanic who takes 2 days to do the install billing at about $560 per hour.

What am I missing?

Wait. So $55,000 for the motor, installed...How much did the car cost new?


Something is amiss here.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

New $57,000 + $63,000 new engine.

So is Mercedes charging themselve that much to write it off as a loss?
Does not make sense.

Are those Canadian dollars? I thought the price for an AMG V8 was closer to the $21,000 to $25,000 range.

The number is inflated.

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I hope it's gold-plated.

No way!

I'll sell you a beautiful 3.0 liter diesel engine for only $15K, and throw in the rest of the car for free.

I bet that motor has dimond bearings....and 24 carat gold plating...............how else could they justify that price....

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The base price of a complete C55 in the US is less than $63k. At that price would be cheaper to just buy a new car.

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record

Shouldn't it be covered by the original warranty? Did I miss something?

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1990 190e 2.6 - The only one I can really call "My Car".

1987 190e 2.3 - The donor car's up and running, only mods are Euros and a Sony headunit. My Dad's runabout now.

1990 300e 2.6 - The parents' ride.

You sure the 'ol abacus didn't slip a bead or 2?

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