CLK 55 amg advice/experience

[andymac01]

I ave been looking at getting a 54 plate cab CLk 55amg, I have just agreed sale on my M3, was looking for some peoples experiences, advice etc etc

Any opinions welcomed

[Lewy]

I found that the CLK55 is not as much as a drivers car as the M cars. The fast A roads and cruising is great but it feels a little heavy and remote on the minor roads in comparison, and could really benefit from a LSD to stop the wheels spinning. That said it is very comfortable, has all the toys and a stonking engine with incredible torque. The brakes are excellent, something i recently realised when i had a BMW hire car for a week. Go for a test drive to help you decide. I've had mine now for 7 months and have no intention of changing it soon.

[petermansell]

I have had my clk55 amg from new in July 2003 and covered 65000 miles. It's a fantastic car but as the previous poster said it needs a LSD and a stiffer anti-sway bar at the rear. (Birds BMW can do this) I have a LSD and H&R bars fitted and now find the car perfect. It will take you to work every day and pootle along at 7 MPH or carry you around a circuit. (Although while the brakes are great on road and I couldn't fault them on track you will get massive fade v quickly). If you track the car without stiffer anti-sway bars you will get massive understeer - but it still can be fun.

PS If you are doing loads of v long distance driving try and get one with distronic (radar adjusted cruise control) - its fantastic.

Edited by petermansell on Thursday 10th July 20:11

[5 wh]

At the moment I am running an 05 CLK 55 cab auto/tip.Its a great car,brilliant acceleration,comfortable,good looking with a nice sound to it.It doesnt go round corners as well as an E46 M3 cab but is a better car overall to use everyday.I find the fingertip gearchange buttons on the steering wheel the best in the business.The only thing ive found with the car is that the engine is quite heavy over the front wheels and lifting off the throttle mid bend can lighten the back end up and make it slip away if you are not ready for it.

[andymac01]

Cheers guys excellent feedback - anyone know how much distronic is to fit?

[5 wh]

I dont think it can be retrofitted and my own personal view is that gadgets such as keyless go,distronic etc are all well and good when the car is under warranty but if anything ever goes wrong with them after that then they can cost £££ to fix.

[shadowninja]

5 wh said:

I dont think it can be retrofitted and my own personal view is that gadgets such as keyless go,distronic etc are all well and good when the car is under warranty but if anything ever goes wrong with them after that then they can cost £££ to fix.

Yes, as I found out with my COMAND. Mercedes wanted £3k.

[marc.l]

In the biggest voice poss ```` GO FOR A MERCEDES WARRANTY````

I`ve only got a E55 estate, had it for 8 weeks and has under warranty had the following....
2 new head lamp units complete with all the dynamic stuff
1 new gear knob due to keyless go going tits up
2 new parking sensors
10 ish hours of diagnostics trying to sort out problems with the easy exit on the drivers side, trying to get the dynamic head lights working and a few other problems... and the head lights still dont steer with the car and the seat parks in random places. So maybe £3.5k on a 25k mile car, the risk of a big bill is pretty high....... I`ve also had 2 new back tires, soon need 2 front disks, 3000 miles from a `c` service. If I had purchased from a non franchise dealer my first 6k miles would have cost me around £5-£6k.

So my adviser is to buy from mercedes, make shure you have every thing coverd on warranty, buy the extra 2 years warrenty for £1700 (for the e55 unsure of cost for clk55) that covers you fully upto 100k miles and thrash the tits of it knowing all it will cost you is tyres, servicing and petrol. Bargin....

[andymac01]

Well I have bought privately (well have sale agreed) SO I will not be having the warranty. 54 plate black cab 29K miles

[Lewy]

So what's it like ?????????