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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Celebrity provenance or not, I'd rather have a W140 S500 for the same coin.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Note that the seller intentionally did not pass 100,000 miles.


    And I'm a bit afraid of what that engine may or may not need, and of whether it's been submerged in chlorinated freshwater.


    I speak of the engine, because the rest of it ain't worth that much.


    Short version: If it's been decently cared for and the maintenance has been kept up, Nice Price. If it spent half its time sitting and the other half doing righteous burnouts, with no thought of even an oil change, massive Crack Pipe. You will need it to be well maintained, after all - these things were shoddy enough when new.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    I have no idea who Danny Whatshisname is. Short of Googling a youtube of the song, I can't say that I've even heard the song that made him "famous". But even without any celebrity provenance, the price doesn't seem too outrageous, so I voted nice price. It may not be a killer deal, but they don't seem to be assigning too much value to the Danny Zager connection.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    $14K for an AMG, with a pedigree that will only impress my dad? Nice price!
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    Image of pj134 pj134
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Hmmm... This is a tuffy... On one hand you have a beautiful V8 shoved into an SUV, a formula I like. On the other hand you have Mercedes repair costs... a thing I don't like...


    Crack pipe.


    Also, we have a C230 at our dealership I was considering buying but the sunroof is broken. It costs 5 thousand to repair a sunroof. I looked up performance parts because a sunroof is no biggy for me. A pulley for the supercharger costs at least 800 bucks.


    Crackpipe.

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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    06/22/09

    @ambidextrous pj134: geez. $800 for a pulley? You could probably buy a lathe off of Craigslist and make one for that price.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/22/09

    @SlowMo -the anti-star: Hell, you could make additional pulleys, and make your money back. Sell them for $700!
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    Image of jdoubleh jdoubleh
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    75K to 14K in 9 years is some hefty depreciation, but it would probably still impress your realtor friends.

    Then again, the idea maintaining a nearly decade old used Mercedes reminds me of this:

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    06/22/09

    @jdoubleh has sticky lifters: Lordy...
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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Hmmm..
    Once.. when I was a lass..


    I saw Jerassic Park 3 (the one with the ML all goosed up to pull the Camper and trailer back up from the ravine).


    But now, Ive come to my senses.
    This is just another excuse for MB to put out a vehicle that is large, slow (unless ya drop a 6.0 motor in) top heavy (be nice if they dropped the roof height) and doesnt do its SUV job as intended. (Do I see ALL SEASONS / STREET TIRES ON THIS MO FO?)


    It is the DEFINITION OF A crack pipe..


    This can join the X5, Q7 / Cayenne, Slade on the precipice of hell.. as I lovingly PUSH THEM OVER.


    P.S..
    2525..
    Wasnt there a Monty Python bit about 2525??

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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/22/09

    @Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: I would call this and any variation of the cayenne anything but slow...
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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU:


    When you have a 6.0ltr motor in this pig.. it SHOULD MOVE.


    And shoving a V12 into the Toureg / Cayenne.. is pointless. Motor size is relvant to the vehicle weight. No purpose for a vehicle that weighs coming on 6000lbs.


    Try putting ITS STANDARD 3.0ltr into this.. and it WONT MOVE.

    But anything less.. is pointless, and so is this vehicle it size / brethen.


    Then again.. the dumb ass talks about if you go off road and in snow, "get this vehicle". But he preceded to mention how he's driven other top heavy shit..


    They dont go off road either, hence the tires, and inherant design.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/22/09

    @Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: The original V6/auto Cayenne was a pig. Sorry. That was slow. 9.1 seconds to 60? Sure, our base-model 2.0/CD4E Mystique can do that. My fucking Volvo isn't far off. Come on.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    That's one of the worst e-bay ads I've read recently. Not only does it give you almost no info on the Benz, but the seller mostly talks about himself and all the cars he's driven. And he includes a Streetfire link to some random ML for comparative purposes? Sounds like the ad was written by a 14 yr old boy to convince others 14 yr old boys they should beg their moms to buy this.


    As for the ML, I've known people who bought these new back then and they were mostly problematic. In days past I wouldn't think twice of buying a used Benz with 100K on it, but this thing? I'd want to see tons of service records before buying it. Instead the seller gives me driving stories and internet videos. Crackpipe!!

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Crack.

    There's a high risk you will get an ear worm of that dreadful, dreadful song.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/22/09

    In reply to "In the Year 2525" Singer’s Mercedes ML55 for $14,000!
    Alright. The regular M is not worth it. Way too many used ones that look like this. This, however is definitely worth it for two reasons.

    1. The engine. AMG engines are awesome. I own the 6.2, but the 5.5 is just as brutally powerful. Believe me, you step on the accelerator, and the world turns backwards. There's that much power.


    2. It's an awesome sleeper. It's a dark red, pre facelift M-Class. De-badge it, and you're good

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    Image of vdiddy210 vdiddy210
    06/22/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: ah if only they made the amg models with a proper clutch :-(


    I have it by means of an S63, serial killer has it right, they haul so much ass it's a bit ridiculous. i haven't gone too crazy in mine but I assume it'd jumble my brains and then spit them out as a smoothie

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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/22/09

    @vdiddy210: I'm torn between the e90 and the c63. In my opinion the c63 has a better motor, sounds like some sort of demonic device and is far better looking. If only it had a third pedal. Congrats on the s63, that be some classy tire smoking goodness right there.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: Wait...the C63's automatic!?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: C63. The transmission isn't great, but I manage. Did you try turning off ESP and pressing the Sport button? It really helps.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/22/09

    @Dhillaz drives a Chevrolet Taco: This is North America, isn't it?
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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/22/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Sport mode eliminated the upshifts but not the wonky downshifts.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: Eh, it seems fine to me. I mean, I only occasionally drive it fast enough that it matters.
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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/22/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I only went for a very spirited test drive so my opinions may be somewhat unrealistic.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/22/09

    @benrobNU: Yeah. It's pretty good in real life.
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