10,000 Miles - 2005 Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG Long-Term Road Test

I felt their pain....

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

That suspensions system should strike fear in any potential used Mercedes buyer. If there were one system that consistently drives the resale value of a modern Mercedes downward, it's the service on that system.

I could not possibly say enough bad things about ABC and reliability. Mine was so expensive to keep on the road it was ridiculous.

Hack it all out and put in some normal air bag based suspension.

Then you just have to trick the ECU into thinking it's still there

LOL but your V12 man.. that was the sweetest car ever dude.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

And they changed all the coils for one misfire?

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

I keep promising myself to own a V12 sometime. Perhaps the smartest (and cheapest overall) way would be to buy a non-running model and be buried in it when I die. Zero maintenance costs and just need a bigger hole in the ground.

It would seemingly be cheaper to maintain two six-cylinder Mercedes...

On a M275 they are made into bars of 6(or 12 depending on how you look at it)

Also my understanding is Mercedes has since improved the coil packs so once they inevitably take a dump around 60-80k miles, if you use a genuine replacement you probably won't experience another failure.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

People are converting W211s to conventional coil-overs, so I'm sure it could be done.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Like I have said, lease and dump, lease and dump.

Now try that with a 2010 S550, right out of warranty!

They got screwed on the B service though.

The problem with modern cars is they mechanical side is fairly straight forward and easy to do. I bet changing the rear end fluid on that CL65 is not terrible difficult, and requires nothing special fluid wise. Its when the dash lights up and you need the dealers computers or lots of time to research things that you get stuck.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The bi-turbo V12 is an amazing engine. It's as smooth as silk when you are cruising and an absolute animal when you step on the throttle. Remove the ABC and it wouldn't be that bad to maintain.

Ask Suginami about doing donuts in the hotel parking lot! 😛

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I was just going to post that.

I can still remember your wife in the back seat, sliding across side to side, yelling out, "Teeeeeeeddy".

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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".

Heh yeah careful the cops you knew as a kid haven't quite retired yet!

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman