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

 

Enjoy it. These high end luxury super cars become very affordable after a few years. Their initial price is superinflated i believe but thats the game.

 

 

great pick up!! i love those cars. such raw power. i have a 06 760li and the s600 feels like it has so much more power

 

Very nice, congrats!!

 

Very nice, congrats!!

 

Thanks for the words fellas!

Look out for some one off parts I will be making in the near future for these 12cyl TT cars!

 

sick! enjoy it in good health

 

Congrats on a clean ride. Cant believe how much these high end cars dropped in values.

 

enjoy this toy!

 

Thanks brother! I'm loving it so far!

PM me how much you're asking for the CLS55. I have a guy looking for one.

 

congrats, very nice, i was looking at these as well as the cl65 used. I seen that about cl65 and the 1/4 mile video that was posted, i wanted to do that as well. Keep us posted on performance mods if you do any.

 

S600 ftw!