I've either made a huge mistake, or total awesomesauce is about to happen.

I'm way too excited about this one guys. I bought a Mercedes, and not just any Mercedes, one that has three extra letters attached to the end of the model. That's right. I bought an AMG.. but which one did I buy? Oh.. only a 2005 C55 AMG, yep 5.4 liters of pure German V8 awesomesauce. Well how much did I pay for this automotive crap shoot? A whopping $3200... Yeah that's why it could either be one of my greatest finds, or the most cosmic of money pits in the universe. I was hoping to get it for under challenge money so I bring the biggest ringer of them all to the aristocrats class, but alas the bids went higher than I hoped. So it has crash damage to the front, it'll need new headlights, new bumpercover and trim, and probably a new hood. I now the radiator is broke and the A/C condenser. But really it looks like a light hit. The airbags didn't go off and nothing was reported to that carfox guy. I go Wednesday to pick it up.

So stay tuned for a build thread on this guy and if time allows I might just try to put it in the exhibition class at the challenge. In the mean time, the pics from the seller will have to do, till I get it home.

That should be interesting.

This is like the upscale version of the "$50.00 Saab".

We will watch your progress with much enthusiasm...

Mother of god.

If it looks like it's all going to hell, just part it out and use the money to buy yourself a nice new Corvette!

I have five bucks in the "catastrophic money pit" pool. Who's covering this action?

But seriously, nice buy. I hope it serves you well and holds out for a few years until it gets really expensive.

OH MYYYYYYYYYYY........

If it's anyone who can resurrect a car like this on the cheap, it's a GRM'er.

it's a shame those cars are only available with an auto. I bet a manual would be a riot

I think they were using those as F1 safety cars for a while. I remember hearing one coming up from behind me at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. I thought it was a Camaro with headers and three inch exhaust pipes. It was astonishingly fast.

Woody wrote: I think they were using those as F1 safety cars for a while. I remember hearing one coming up from behind me at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. I thought it was a Camaro with headers and three inch exhaust pipes. It was astonishingly fast.

If I decide to keep it I will have to look into what sounds good on these cars. The GRMer in me wants to put some Magnaflows on there and make it sound nasty.

I'm thinking 10% awsomesauce, 90% mistake.

Good luck and have fun.

I'm both extremely excited and extremely nervous for you. Good luck

Awesome! Either it will work and it will be an epic tire-slayer or it wont work. Either way youll be broke

Sitting next to my wife on the couch, I blurted out "WHAT THE...".

Then I decided not to show her or talk about it. I just bought a 2005 Yukon Denali for that price and I'm not in the mood to talk about "what car" with her again!

t25torx wrote:

Woody wrote: I think they were using those as F1 safety cars for a while. I remember hearing one coming up from behind me at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. I thought it was a Camaro with headers and three inch exhaust pipes. It was astonishingly fast.

If I decide to keep it I will have to look into what sounds good on these cars. The GRMer in me wants to put some Magnaflows on there and make it sound nasty.

this is the only correct choice

So two headlights, a bumper, a rad and condenser...Should be a bit less than $10,000. Good deal.

So far my $2000 ML55 AMG has been okay. The more I tinker around the more I like it.

Nice. The best part about you guys is that you act on all those odd auto ambitions I work REALLy hard to avoid...100% Awesomesauce

patgizz wrote:

t25torx wrote:

Woody wrote: I think they were using those as F1 safety cars for a while. I remember hearing one coming up from behind me at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. I thought it was a Camaro with headers and three inch exhaust pipes. It was astonishingly fast.

If I decide to keep it I will have to look into what sounds good on these cars. The GRMer in me wants to put some Magnaflows on there and make it sound nasty.

this is the only correct choice

Straight pipes is the only way to go.

I like how the AMG Mercs sound out of the gate; it's a subdued raucousness. I heard a Chrysler 300 today with aftermarket exhaust, and it was really out of character. Sounded like a 90's Camaro.

I've pretty much wanted to buy a cheap AMG Mercedes for a while, but I would rather live vicariously through other people.

That steering wheel makes it look like the thing has seen some miles.

In reply to Harvey:

156k on the clock. Which is only 15k a year, so it's actually low miles in retrospect. But yeah I'm going to have to re-wrap it or find a nice used unit.

So... Will that engine fit in a Miata?