At first I new I wanted a fast 4 door Benz. I had a 98' 740iL that I loved and figured I wanted the same big 4 door car, but with some juice under the hood. I looked for months for a clean E55/S55/CL55 AMG 03' or 04'. I didn't want to pay any more than $25K because I hate financing and interest, especially for my toys. I found a bunch in the $22-24K range, but they all were rough around the edges. Maybee I needed more budget, or I just wasn't getting lucky.

Then one day I woke up and thought of the 600 Bi-Turbo engine. I had never thought of getting a TT V12, and loved the idea of the turbo engine waaay better. No offense to any 55 guys. (I have worked on both engines, extensivly, and they both rock. V12 makes more HP/TQ though.) I looked on autotrader/ebay/mbworld and found out I can handle the pricing on the S/CL600 for an early 03' model. Unlike the 55's the 600's are more or less fully optioned out, most of them at least. New, the 600's were $125-$145K!!! Now they're down to the low 20's with ONLY 50-75K miles!!!

I ended up grabbing a n 03' S600 Bi-Turbo with 71,000, silver/black leather. It has every option but distronic.

Stock ,these cars are suppost to make between 430-470rwhp and torque is well into the 500's, at the wheels, and go mid-low 12's at 115mph! It feels quick as hell in stock form. Chipped they make around 520rwhp and torque in the 600's, at the wheels, and mid 11's at almost 120mph!

I'm sure all you guys remember Marko with the white TH400 Supra. He has a Cl65 and with a chip/no cats/intercoolers/intake/intercooler pump with a trunk resevior, he made 69*rwhp and 912rwtq!!!! That was also on a regular mail order tune. With a custom tune, I'm sure his car will put down even more power than that on 93 octane. His numbers were made with 100 octane just for saftey measures.

So far I love this car and cant wait to start modding. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on development, if you care.

Here are the pics. Maybee someone can post them here for me.

http://picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/21638717

 

Nice choice! Any plans to mod?

 

Wow Thats sick I never really new much about the S600. But now knowing that it is a TT V12 makes me want to have one too I was looking at getting a Nice Cruise around Daily like the 740IL or something along those lines but seeing your car and finding out more about it make me want How reliable are these Cars tho?

 

ha very nice car, for sub 20 price range that is mad bang for buck. Car looks saweet!

 

Wow nice car it looks mean and stroung

 

Jesus, $125K new and mercedes couldn't put a halfway decent looking wheel on it? Aside from that it's very unassuming. I wouldn't suspect the v12 bi-turbo. Of course I know jack about benz's.

Nice looking car!

 

I nad no idea that they came down that much , wow .
That A-lot o car for the $$ , how much does reflash run ?

 

Nice ride!!

 

ScorpionT, big mods are under way. I will be developing some parts for this car as I have a performance/fabrication shop.

Evolution IXGSR, they are super reliable except for the ABC suspension system. The pumps go bad every 40-50K miles and the high pressure lines leak every once in a while.

Matt55, a flash will range from $1800 or so for the VRP/Powerchip flash to $6000+ for Renntech. I just bought the software system from Powerhip so that I can flash these MB's and any other European cars in house. No need to send the ECU in the mail. The flash alone gets the car to about 520rwhp.

Thanks for all the compliments fellas!

John Nouri

 

what's the difference between this and a S65?

 

That depreciation amount is STAGGERING, nice ride though as I love sleeper Europeans. Fond memories of the Autobahn.

 

nice sleeper........

 

There isn't a market for used high-end luxury cars. The people that can afford to buy these cars new, will not buy these used. There isn't any status in owning an outdated luxury car. Sports cars are a different story.

 

love the benz

 

really cool stuff man