2004 Mercedes-Benz E500 4Matic Wagon

24 CommentsPosted as: ClearPOST COMMENT September 18th, 2023 at 9:43pm ESTrobertoflay (0) 0@trico123 email me at [email protected]September 18th, 2023 at 7:11pm ESTtrico123 (0) 0does the new owner want an extra 500$ for this car? im cash ready and all September 18th, 2023 at 4:33pm ESTDrkkrkn (29) Seller 0Congrats the buyer! What a deal ! September 18th, 2023 at 3:42pm ESTSpider_Veloce (27) 0In case it is of interest to the wining bidder. I previously became very interested in a similar 2004 Diamond Blue with Blue interior wagon, which I did not end up purchasing. However, I did purchase new OEM Mercedes Blue carpet mats from Germany. I would be happy to sell them at the same price that I paid on German eBay, plus shipping to you. (I would need to look up the purchase price but they were around 100 Euros plus shipping to me.) In any event, GLWTA. September 18th, 2023 at 3:21pm EST$7,050 bid placed by @robertoflaySeptember 18th, 2023 at 3:20pm EST$6,800 bid placed by @emretirasSeptember 18th, 2023 at 2:53pm EST$6,250 bid placed by @robertoflaySeptember 18th, 2023 at 2:52pm EST$6,000 bid placed by @emretirasSeptember 18th, 2023 at 11:42am EST$5,250 bid placed by @robertoflaySeptember 18th, 2023 at 11:17am EST$5,000 bid placed by @emretirasSeptember 17th, 2023 at 8:10am EST$4,250 bid placed by @robertoflaySeptember 15th, 2023 at 2:12pm ESTDrkkrkn (29) Seller 0@KingKitty thank you for the input, I’ll try to lift the car to take pictures of underneath as well. Thank you ! September 15th, 2023 at 12:59pm ESTKingKitty (69) 1I loves my wagons, and this looks like a nice one! I'm guessing here, but feel pretty confident in my observations: The cracked and damaged panels you see in the later 50s' photos appear to be a full-length "belly pan". This was a common design in this vintage Mercedes', such as the W164 and C215/216 chassis' cars. THere were plastic covers that extended from the front bumper almost all the way to the rear axle. Some of these cover critical parts such as fuel pumps or tanks, but in the past Mercedes typically just designed a cover for that area/item, not a "full length" one. They are serviceable if the parts are still available. People often poo-poo the presence of these undercarriage covers, but they're there for a number of reasons, such as noise attenuation, protection from road debris, cooling, etc., etc. If you have these on your car, please, please keep them intact! GLWA!September 15th, 2023 at 8:37am ESTDrkkrkn (29) Seller 0@TheBooness no comment is out of line no worries at all, I’ve just sold my 99 CL600 here last week for $14k and I’ve spent $33k just for maintenance and repairs :) so v12s can be painful but as you’ve mentioned nothing comes closer to their ride quality. I currently own three 65 AMGs (they’re all 06) and 95 S600(which I’m going to list it here within couple months) so I feel you about maintenance :) yes it has way too many owners even tho it’s 20 years old but still I’d say should be around 4-5 owners, I’m the 8th and winner of this auction will be the 9th. As it comes to repairs, I purchased the car on eBay with bad suspension, battery, uglier(I think) rims and sight-unseeing. I transported the vehicle from Idaho, to PA directly to my mechanics shop. He went through with everything and cost about $3,5 or $3,8 (in pics). Then I was driving the car noticed the power headrest for driver wasn’t working, I figured dealer could get me the part so I told them to go through the whole car and fix the headrest ($900 something for the whole service along with couple other fixes) and while it was at the dealer they’ve addressed the recall(yeah I was surprised too cuz all my cars are older I don’t get to get recalls done lol) something related to sunroof and they said shifter bushing needed attention(was cheap) along with one (I believe LR) airmatic line. It runs great and everything work for now, I always check what’s out there (only Benz) and this was a good deal so I scooped it even tho I didn’t need it. I currently own 11 benzes September 15th, 2023 at 2:30am ESTTheBooness (0) 0I know it’s an older car, it just seems like it’s had a lot of owners (8?) and a lot of early issues with the module. That may be totally normal, I don’t know. I just know what I’ve learned in the last year driving these incredible machines. I too have been tipsy at the end of an auction and ended up with vehicles. I really didn’t need or even want. (For example-The S600, which I absolutely love, nothing else I’ve ever driven, comes close, and I’ve had some pretty sweet rides) but with a new baby, my needs (and budget) have changed. I appreciate your honesty in the comments below and the future I’ll try to be more direct and leave out the extra commentarySeptember 15th, 2023 at 2:23am ESTTheBooness (0) 0I love the color combination, I don’t think Ive seen another like it. Just a quick question or two I noticed two different invoices for repairs one dated 727 Ielly at 8/10. The first invoice shows extensive repairs, and the second talks about a suspension issue, which appears to have been corrected. It’s just hard to see because there’s no total on the August 10 invoice. I also wondered if the issue was not noticed by the first mechanic or if the problem just appeared two weeks later. I don’t know whole lot about cars, except how expensive they can be to maintain. I have a S600 with super low miles and complete maintenance records from new, but I spend more on maintaining that car than any sane person should. I’m looking to replace my E350 wagon because I want more horsepower and performance. I mistakenly purchased the wagon, thinking it would be plenty of performance mods to do that, sadly, it seems to be one of the cars that doesn’t have very many options. I’m just deciding between an E500 or an AMG. My concern with the AMG is it will cost even more than the S600 to properly maintan. Sorry for being long-winded, it seems there are plenty of performance mods for the E500 it would be