Here's What It Cost Me to Own an E55 AMG for 6 Months
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ค. 2019
- Yes, the time with my E55 AMG has come to an end. It has been a wonderful car when it's working, and today we are going to cover how much it cost me to own.
#amg #mercedes #e55 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Yo this guy sells drugs lol who got a garage like this his age
Me. Or anyone else who is semi competent and hard working?
Johnny B i don‘t even have a garage..;(
AKars F
Alex Vega ?
lmao
Own an E55 for 2 years and have done about 25k km. Only issues have been 2 struts and oil changes, spark plugs. Thats it. I would say - really reliable. :)
Arvis Grinbergs wanna know my issues? fuckers keep steeling parts from my e55😤
But you cant do 25k miles in 2 years and claim reliability, thats low imo..
Dumsani simelane welp i put 20k miles on mine in one year and this is what she need it so far
Oil and filters $400-500ish
Spark plugs and coils wires $320 (200 just whit spark plugs but i wanted the wires)
A ballast that broke after hitting a huge pothole on the road $54
And now im going to replce the valve cover gasket $45
SBC unit, replace for free by the dealer (25 years warranty)
So far so good but i know down the road something expensive will break
NovorSec the only thing that’s truly expensive is the air suspension and the brakes
@@fuckouttahere742 I completely agree
LOL, I have owned my E55 for 13 years and it is still running strong.The engine and trans are bullet proof. I have since owned 8 cars during that time that have come and gone.
Damn!!! Fuck it !! I'm getting 1 now
how's it running now? do you still have it?
Still the best super sedan on the market, incredibly reliable, and easy to -push 650hp.
how do you push it to 650hp? (what parts do you need for that?) and do you have any figures acceleration and/or torque-wise? how fast is a 650hp E55?
Benjamin Drabik check out vrp (victory road performance)
Benjamin Drabik Something about the supercharger pulley
Just the typical bolt on stuff without opening the engine. Force Fed vehicles are super easy to increase power.
Headers, crank pully, supercharger pully , tune
“The car already had enough power”...said no one
Had my 2003 for 5 years, only did SBC-UNIT which now has a warranty, and a camshaft sensor, it's been a wonderful car. Buying another.
I had a 2005 E55 for about 2 years. I had to replace one strut and other than that the car gave me zero issues. I bought it with 138k on it and sold it with 160k on it. I've had many cars, but that's one of very few that I really regret selling. I did have some minor mods; belt wrap, sc pulley and separate intercooler reservoir but stock tune. I don't ever recall a drive that I wasn't completely satisfied with the car. And a little tip, the later years of the e55 05-06 have all of the factory upgrades that the early models didn't get. Some of which make the later years much easier to work on yourself. I enjoyed the video.
How much did you buy it ?
Thanks for the wrap up! Been eyeing this car for a bit
I really appreciate your channel gives car guys the heads up before buying into a fun weekend car and enjoying it before something bad happens 💯
You sold it! Nice. I am doing the same thing on my channel, have been through quite a few BMW models already. Need to make more videos on my E28.
I want an e55 amg so bad that’s my dream car. When i turn 21 in two years i’m going to buy it for myself, they’re so hard to find in New York though.
I have an 2006 E55, two 80 series fzj Land Cruisers, VW Jetta wagon manuel 5 speed and owned a 335i convertible. We got similar tastes.
Would you have sold your 335i for a e55, and how many miles did your e55 have
The GT350 would look great with some tint. Excited to see the next car!
Now I gotta go through your channel and find ze 100 series land cruiser videos! I've wanted an E55 for years. Never found the right one, Love my landy. Still want an E55 though! The search will continue!
Sad to see your E55 go. Ive had an identical one for a few years now and it's been super reliable. It has 117K miles and the only time I got a CEL was for that same fuel vent line issue that happened to yours. A simple hose clamp solved that. Just got back from a 700 mile road trip with no issues. I do keep it well maintained and do lots of preventative maintenance. Recently started upgrading it with a new air intake cooling system. Just did the shocks and since its still on original airmatic so I'm planning on changing struts, air valve and possibly compressor. You were spot on when you said if you like to work on your cars the E55 is for you, there are alot of resources online for this platform. I would not trade mines for the world. In fact, I'm considering of getting a second E55! 😎
How is the E55 Holding up 3 Years Later!
@@AS-rg3dd It's doing great. Currently semi parked for the summer while I daily my SLK55. It's at 150k miles now. Getting ready to rebuild the supercharger just as a preventative maintenance
Good thing I waited for my W211 purchase, best way to get a good Benz is buying one from a responsible owner that keeps up with maintenance. I didn’t end up with an AMG but the E550 gets the job done
Time to upgrade E55 hp to 600 for less than $2k!
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BooYah! Beast!
"No one does it better than OEM" - Does it apply to the IMS on 996 and 997?
Yep, he is clueless as a true car guy. his OBDII scanner was a tell give away.
🤣🤣🤣
Sometimes, I think we are related. Lived in the Cincinnati area my self for much of my life. Have a hard time keeping a car longer than 6months (other than my daily driver). Don't like buying modified cars (learned that lesson on a GSR integra).
Exactly... OEM as much as possible. I have owned my E55 since 2013 (still with me). My first year of ownership involved taking off the cosmetic mods to return the car to a stock look (luckily, my car came mechanically stock).
If you don't mind, how many miles does it have now and what else did it have to go through in that time?
It is on approx. 125k (bought at 98k). I have got too many things to list. I have spent well over $10k in maintenance and mods (added factory options, Distronic and Easy Loading Pack). Now it’s just a case of fill up and drive. The car hasn’t needed much work these last few years. I am in this for the long haul.
great job. well done video
Great video good advice thumbs up from me 👍👍
I miss your 335i man, that was your best pick, what are you going for now?
Anyone that wants to own any Benz over 10 years old should be prepared for repairs, and not cheap ones. I have an 01 CL55 AMG and 04 CLK500, AMG costs more but it’s also the one I beat on for fun, CLK has been pretty good, just updated the suspension due to age. In my 19 years of owning cars, I’ve had 8 older Benz, none have been cheap to own once repairs come into play.
Phuong yeah the CLK500 has been good. Nothing I can complain about. “Knock on wood”.
Phuong I always fight the payment vs repair cost and how quickly our beloved benzs devalue. If you can’t get the clutch off just replace the compressor. They aren’t that much more for aftermarket va an oem clutch.
Phuong it’s not hard. Just go to a shop and have them pull the Freon then go home and replace it then go back and have it refilled. Make sure they credit you for your Freon or hold onto it while you go home and swap it out.
I have owned several Bimmers and only 1 Benz. That one Benz has soured me on Benz's and I don't think I'll be going back to it
Rich Cast yeah I’ve had come sour grapes also. It’s just my brand. Don’t like the styling of BMW, unfortunately.
If I'm buying one...what is everything that i Should check and be aware of. Feel free to list everything. Also would recommend getting it dynoed and tuned for performance and efficiently
Truth. I have the E320. Something unexpected will always pop up ... But that's the way it is with cars that are 20 years old.
gunna miss the E55 stil got my cls55 !! For your next car get that Maserati twin turbo v6 with 414 hp sure you can get a good price on a used car too, they have been making them for a while.
Curious, when you say you broke even, that’s not factoring in the TT&L expense when you purchased it, correct?
For me, bought my 04 at 138k, a clean 1 owner maintained at the dealer all its life but the car barely driven for a few years. I drove 7k miles in 6 months, thru the winter - I had to replace both front struts, alternator, PS pump and high pressure line, almost every major gasket on motor, pullies + tensioners, belts.... if you're a potential buyer, have your wallet ready or be a borderline mechanic at least.
So the moral of the story is: don’t buy a cheap piece of junk with like 500.000 miles. Spend a decent amount of
money on a well maintained low mileage car. In my opinion a really good E55 costs around 20k at least here in Germany.
I bought mine got 7k and it’s been reliable since lol
Why do you not include TTL in your costs of ownership for the various cars you're buying? Are you registering them in your own name?
That land cruiser 👌🏼
Have you driven a CLS63? 2011 or 2012 model?
Good video. Glad you sold it for what you paid.
Still have it? Interested as I am looking for another car for my channel!
Pro tip, drop the word "super" and "like"
here is my take on owning an older European car. First off, all car manufacturers have good and bad cars. I bought a 335d 2 years ago because it was the car I wanted for the prior 3 years. once deleted, its fast, reliable, good MPGs, and decent looks. However, before buying it everyone told me not to. People said BMWs were unreliable, because it was an older car it would have a bunch of problems and that nobody worked on diesels, specially German diesels. I ended up getting the car and here are my takes. yes, parts are a little more expensive than your Asian or American siblings, However, if you buy your parts from FCP euro you know you will be getting the part that came with your car out of the factory, no Chinese made parts (for the most part). secondly, how expensive parts are is not what kills these cars. its the labor and time it takes to replace certain parts Ex. I recently replaced my valve cover gasket on my 335d; to do this I had to remove the intake manifold (which is already a pain), remove fuel line, vacuum lines, vacuum reservoir assembly (also a pain of its own), buy a special tool for removing injectors, remove all plastics surrounding the windshield wipers, remove intake, PCV valve and so on. All in it took me two days and about 15 hours to complete this. while your American v8 or inline 4 Asian car would have taken at the most, on most cars, about 3 hours max only having to remove injectors, oil cap, about 20-30 bolts and that's it. If all the work I've done to my car would have been done at a shop or dealership, I can tell you for a fact I would be financially broken right now. To put it into perspective, I spent about $380 in parts doing my transmission service and about 10 hours, valve cover gasket by itself is cheap but I bought all required components and a lot of O-rings and washers that the manual also recommended to replace was about $120 in parts and like I previously said 15 hours to replace. In just these two jobs I spent $500 which may sound like a good amount for some, but I did save $3750 in labor by doing it myself (# of hours x $150 hourly rate) and Third, Yes, some European cars are over engineered and have many sensors and many moving mechanical components (that didn't need to be engineered so complicated, like cup holders) that break all the time, give you codes or cause inconveniences. For the little mechanical components that break, YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT, unless you want to replace every single little broken thing (which I do not recommend). As for the sensors, these cars have a lot of useless sensors that are not worth replacing EX: my car has a sensor that measures air quality, if it detects bad air quality the AC will shut off and no air from the outside will get brought inside the cabin. The only scenario I can think this sensor would be useful for, is if I'm in the middle of a wild fire and I need to drive a few miles to get away from the bad air quality. I do not live nor am I stupid enough to be caught in a situation like that, and even if I am, I don't care if I have to breath bad air quality for a few minutes to get away from the chaos. I do have a code for this sensor but I'm not replacing it, not because I will be bankrupt but because it's useless. Now IM NOT SAYING DRIVE WITH THE CEL ON, I am saying that some sensors are not worth replacing (mainly the ones that don't throw a CEL light, yes, there are codes that don't necessarily turn the CEL light on). For the sensors that do throw a check engine light, DO YOUR RESEARCH, I don't care if your not mechanically incline, do your research, it always pays off knowing a little more about your car. A lot of these European cars NEED to have a healthy battery to have all those sensors properly working, if you cant afford an AGM (most European car use AGM batteries) then don't even buy an European car in the first place. I'm not trying to be rude but if you cant keep the basic needs of your car up to date, then you shouldn't own one. Lastly, don't cheap out on European cars. If you get a hint that the car was modified then don't get it. Why, because a lot of modifications require deletion of sensors or modifying wire harnesses. Unless your extremely familiar with the required modifications related to the tune, then don't buy one. Its always better to pay a little more for a car that was well maintain then buy a lemon that will cost you more to restore than if you would of just sucked it up and pay a little extra to begin with. 335Ds are not well know in the U.S. and were only brought for 3 years, therefore not many people know about them and was easy (relatively, cause 335Ds are pretty rare in the U.S. ) to find one that was untouched and well taken care of. I'm currently looking for an E55 and I'm finding it really hard to find one that hasn't been abused and that is in healthy conditions, so trust me when I say I have time to spare when looking for this next car.
Conclusion, the only two kinds of people that I recommend older European cars are mechanically incline people (I never worked on a diesel engine before owning this car, but I managed to educate myself on it) and financially stable people. Not high schoolers that don't know shit about cars nor are financially stable to own one (if your NOT going to work on it yourself). If parents are paying for it, then I doubt any sane parent will let you buy a 10+ year old European car, they're better off buying you a brand new Honda civic or a Toyota corolla.
States he had "A BUNCH OF" random stuff come up while owning the car, yet he goes completely against this also stating "I had only 3 issues which cost $395 total"......... HUH?????????
You have a nice mix of cars - Asian, European, American. Sports cars, trucks.
For the age of the car, I wouldn't consider your E55 experience to be problematic.
Could have been much worse for sure.
@@EatSleepDrive What code reader were you using?
Considering the mileage it's dang reliable.
Does every e55 come from Factory with the airmatic suspension ?
Yes
Rest Test yes and its trash get u sum ebay coilovers and u will be good
Yes and although mine are currently still good, I’ll be replacing them with coilovers
Just subbed thought you were anton yelchin lol
190,000 miles is insane. I wonder how does it ride now? That said, the newest E55 is getting to be 13 years old, even with relatively low mileage, so I may skip to the C63
There are plenty of good cars out there. C63 are more used and abused. You will love an E55. Mine has been trouble free for near 2 years and 12k miles!
Did you fix your dead wiper and how much it Cost you to fix it?
Checkout my older videos. I made a whole video on replacing the wiper assembly.
I only subscribed to this channel because of the E55, now that you sold it... There's no point in subscribing to your channel anymore.
Get outta here
How much is the insurance cost?
I miss it already
Are you hoovies little brother?
He's the opposite of Hoovie, he actually repairs and works on his own cars. Pretty damn good at it too, this gives him the ability to pretty much buy any car without the worry of high cost dealer repair.
nah he didn't loose enough
My 2005 is amazing. Its been tuned and yes its not super cheap to own but what car with almost 500hp is? If you can work on a gm you can fix a mercedes yourself. Thats all it is a go with better engineering
Just sold mine stock E55 at 150k miles cause I couldn't keep up with the repairs. First 2 years were great, but the 3rd year it seemed like every time i drove it something else broke. And the previous owner had already replaced the air struts ($4k)
Bought for $7,500 in 2020 - spent $2,000 in deferred maintenance(repairs myself), then the trans went $3,500 = sold for $11,400 on Cars and Bids with an exhaust leak and sagging headliner. Drove for 3 years (13,000 miles cost me $3,000 including the taxes and delivery fee).
New buyer made it 1,100 miles back home, but it started having a misfire issue around 10hr of driving (coils and/or wires).
Still my favorite car I've owned though, and I still want another used AMG, go figure.
More landcrusier video please
Man I miss the CarreraS
Gimme your garage 😂😓❤️
Heard the 5.5 kompressor was way more reliable that the NA and biturbo 6.3 engine
Only one more reliable is the M113 5.5 NA in the W210 E55 and W203 Clk55 and C55 and the E550 and maybe some others, I think that's about as reliable as old German muscle gets
I agree totally.
I bought a 14 year old Mercedes CLK55AMG. I don't work on cars and spent a ton! Very complex and everything broke on that car. Bad idea.
These aren’t cars you should buy with 0 mechanical knowledge
I got knowledge.
I just got in a hurry and bought a neglected complex amg. Hindsight being 20/20.
Damm I would have loved to get it
Sure you had this 6 months? First vid was posted Jan 25th.
" buy a low mileage e55 is the secret to not spend " example buy one 53000 kilometers or close to thatyou pay more but resale value is greater "
It was a great car for the price.
As always, buy a car that can be proven it has been well maintained
Has it really been 6 month for this car? Please stick with cool German or Asian sport cars, would love to see you get a Supra or RX7. Japanese had some fantastic cars in the 90's.
The biggest thing is sales tax and registration on the car. You lost $800-1k dollars on that part of it. Everytime you change out cars you are paying the tax man. Which is a big reason buying cheap used cars and not keeping them is not smart. E55 is also one of the most sought after cars now. You would have made thousands on it selling it now.
You can home made oil lines 🤷🏻♂️
What I was thinking.
I have a tractor and it had all original hydraulic oil lines for the lift. If I had bought all those at the dealership it would have cost me over 1500 for the parts. I took them to the local Napa store and they made duplicates and I spent about 375 total. It the local shop has the right fittings it would be easy to make those.
Bro I swear at 4:31 seconds you can see a orb go up then move across the room!
Do more LandCruiser videos....
I got some things planned soon for the LC100. Stay tuned.
Some Iconic cars are NOT for everyone, btw Chinese headers, where do you think all manufactures get their parts manufactured? I have chinese Headers and after having "kleeman" headers previously, i believe these chinese are just as good if not better. Last but not least, where can you get a car thats this old and makes this much power for peanuts basically?
P.S.
Horsepower wars began which year?
IT WAS YEAR 2003 when a super sedan called the E55 made its day view..
The Germans need to make higher quality products. I've had two unreliable BMW and moved to Honda and Toyota. Not going back, almost go PTSD from my Beemer surprises.
Lol I can relate but BMWs drive great xD
Shawn Moghadam what bmw did you have? I have a 3series f30 and it runs good
@@aahsnowman2325 I had a 98 540i 6spd and a 96 m3. Both were great cars when running but both had electronic problems, the 540i had a random power loss and 3 different mechanics each gave me a different diagnoses costing thousands (wire harness, traction module, computer, tires), even the BMW dealership couldn't gaurentee proper diagnosis so I just dumped the car for dirt cheap. Went to Toyota and Honda after that. Have not had any mystery problems since =0.
Aashish Ramchand same my f30 is solid, my e60 hell no
Had an E30 25 years ago, nothing mayor that I can remember, more recently E46, and now E39 (540i/6 & M5). No mayor issues and what little issues I've encountered, they were relatively inexpensive to fix.
3 years ago a bought a W203 C240 4 matic for my daughter and after a year or so of ownership, I couldn't wait to dump that money pit
Do You Think Its Worthed To Buy A E55 AMG For $45K If The Odd Of Finding One Is 1 Out Of 1500?
Nah, that's too much
@@EatSleepDrive Ok, Thanks For The Reply Man.
maybe if its a wagon
@@Jasshands1 Its A Sedan Well I Saw A Wagon ad For The Same Price But Its E500K I Also Saw Another E55 Sedan For $30K So What Do You Think?
@@ahrred3127 e55 wagons command high prices due to rarity and everyone wants them. A standard e55 should be anywhere from 6-15. maybe 18 for a nice clean one. People can ask whatever they want doesn't mean they will get it lol.
Not bad. 325.
That’s a 190k mile e55 and needed barely any maintenance
"know that it's going to break"
Yeah, all vehicles eventually break.
No it doesnt
Ferrari 250 gto
@@joshua_jdm7697 if it's mechanical, it will eventually fail. Name a vehicle that doesn't ever need repaired.
Obviously u need repair or service
But maintenance and repair is to different things dawg
I like the premise of this setup, but the execution is off.
It cost you more than $395 to own the car. Your time is always worth something. If you were not fixing the wiper blade motor/oil lines you could have been doing something else with that time (enjoying a different vehicle, a day with someone you haven't seen for while, a day trip for fun etc...) You can't just look at monetary value when figuring out what something cost and if you want to do that you missed the cost of insurance. While you may not have driven more, costing you more in fuel, would you have driven something else that would get better milage? If you would have driven something with less fuel efficiency than that amount saved should be calculated.
He lost all of his credibility when he said “the car doesn’t need to be any faster then it already is”
This guy is actually pretty clueless. The exhaust tips come out of alignment because the exhaust heats up and they expand leading them to further come out! And the oems don’t always do it well, just look at Ford with there Diesel engines
Obviously you’re going to get a cayman or a boxter.
Soooo $395 for 6 months of ownership? That’s nothing, especially since you only paid 7500 and it likely would’ve been trouble free for awhile after that.
$395? That’s nothing...
Dont ever let anyone tell you aftermarket is not as good as OEM. I spent 10+ years in the auto industry and it's not true. Do you think mercedes makes every part on their car? Hell no. Bosch, Mitsubishi, etc make most of the parts on the car and then mercedes takes that part and puts their symbol on. Then they charge 2x as much money. There are plenty of after market companies making better products for thousand of cars. They make them out of better materials many times. They dont have to make everything as cheaply as possible. Dont listen to youtube children with too much money and not enough brains
Soon as he said that, i knew he was just a youtuber, he doesn't really know what he's talking about
His time costs nothing I guess!
buying these cars looking for the lowest priced one and high mileage just like any car will cost you. In the AMG version it will cost you more. On cars like these research, receipts and excellent Carfax will help but not be all end all. I myself on mine have changed, 1 suspensinon airbag, tranny mount, brake light switch and just did the front brakes and the rest is just oil changes and I have 145k miles. It took me months to find it. Anything else is just mods I put money on. I will say most of these I looked at were just trashed, parked for a while or there driving around in them with the lights on the dash not caring to fix any of it which just adds up after a while and they get rid of it. I also have a 07 E550 and that other then oil changes, engine mounts 500 parts and labor, air pump which cost me 200 parts and labor, ac compressor cost me 600 parts and labor is all that I've spend on it in the past 4 years I've owned it. That has 168k miles.
i would have sold the 240 before the MB.
Dude u sound so sad 😞. I know you miss it. If I would have known I would have bought it from you.
Buy F10 M5
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Only reason i subscribed to your channel was because of E55. Unsubscribed because you sold it, bad move buddy.
this guy
nobody does it better than oem??? the car already had enough power??? wtf kind of channel is this???
Buy M5 E60 🙂
Unreliable lol
6 months?? Lol
You spent 350 and still scare people not to buy. Even a Toyota will Cost more in 6 months
E60 M5 V10 all day!!!
hahahha the most problematic car ever made - M5 E60😆😆😆
Lol defo a bad car to own. E55 walks all over that model M5.
German performance cars have very short shelf life and basically come broken from the factory.
unsubscribe, why you sell it?
What u expect from a 7000 dollar AMG which next stop is a junk yard..
The advice for buying a 15 year old E55 is don't buy one lol
XMG3 thing is, drive one once and you’ll want one so bad
Says someone who based on their comment probably owns an Equinox. Spare everyone the trouble and keep your mouth closed if you don’t have the knowledge or experience to speak.
@@johnlowe2218 uh huh, keep up being the keyboard warrior on a bus little boy, you're doing great lol
@@XMG3 Such a childish thing to say. Why don’t you go back to your POS chevy and get off channels that actually feature quality cars. Losers like you don’t belong here. You’re worthless
lol unsubscribed when i heard u sold it. thanks but i have nothing interesting to look at here anymore
Bro you just buy a shitbox.. i have a E55 for 5years and 150 000km and only the maintenance and sparkplug and brake some shit like this.. stop to say E55 is a shit.. its maybe the most reliable car..
Mercedes, Subaru, VW, Audi, Chrysler, Turbo BMWs = MONEY PITS
Daniel Jahn Scotty ov here 😂
What a stupid video. You didn’t even spend much money on it and it would’ve averaged out to much less given a longer time period of ownership.