CL 500 5.5 Buyers guideadvice

[d wright]

Does anyone have owners experience of the Cl 500 5.5 as I am thinking of purchasing a 2007 -2011 please?

 

[bembo449]

Great car , silly straight line speed , very large , reliable engine , amplifier on HK system can fail without warning and over a grand to replace , service is easy apart from when 16 spark plugs are needed , battery drains can occur

 

[peterws1957]

Great cars - just short of another 4 cylinders imo.

 

[welease woger]

Does anyone have owners experience of the Cl 500 5.5 as I am thinking of purchasing a 2007 -2011 please?

Snap, I'm also looking and have bookmarked a few to look at after Christmas. My knowledge of this model is zero but there are numerous videos on youtube -mainly US - from which I've learnt a great deal. I believe the main issue is the ABC suspension but I'm not qualified to answer questions on this matter.

 

[bembo449]

You shouldn't read too much into the US sites , like bmw , the cars sent there arent upto the same quality as our European built cars , back when i had my 7 series , all the common issues the yank lads had never happened to us brit owners

 

[100%Bitch]

I had one and it was a great car. The only real problems were bottom arms (they eat them) and pulsation dampers. Both are fairly cheap fixes if you use an indy.

The only reason I got rid, was to buy a facelift.

 

[d wright]

Does anyone have owners experience of the Cl 500 5.5 as I am thinking of purchasing a 2007 -2011 please?

Thanks for all your replies

 

[V6Matty]

I had one and it was a great car. The only real problems were bottom arms (they eat them) and pulsation dampers. Both are fairly cheap fixes if you use an indy.

The only reason I got rid, was to buy a facelift.

And that the facelift was an AMG Helen

 

[JBell]

I wish people would stop asking about these, had to go and look!!!!!

 

[grayb]

I wish people would stop asking about these, had to go and look!!!!!

You and me, both. I spent almost a month looking at adverts for CL500's with the 4.7 biturbo engine... Moved on now!

 

[JBell]

You and me, both. I spent almost a month looking at adverts for CL500's with the 4.7 biturbo engine... Moved on now!

I saw a lovely blue one then had to close the page and go and have a coffee, was due a change this year!!!!

 

[S500 Pete]

You and me, both. I spent almost a month looking at adverts for CL500's with the 4.7 biturbo engine... Moved on now!

The 4.7 Bi Turbo is fantastic in my S class so should be even better with removing the weight of a couple of doors and a couple of feet in length

 

[bembo449]

The 4.7 Bi Turbo is fantastic in my S class so should be even better with removing the weight of a couple of doors and a couple of feet in length

I don't think the kerb weights are that much different pal , it is however a different feel from the saloon , obvs the doors are longer for access / egress too which is something to consider when buying one

 

[grayb]

Our quandary would be - do we either have a posh coupe/luxo-barge plus a cheap tow car, or a posh tow car and a cheap run-around. Not solved that dilemma yet...

 

[V6Matty]

Our quandary would be - do we either have a posh coupe/luxo-barge plus a cheap tow car, or a posh tow car and a cheap run-around. Not solved that dilemma yet...

Where do you spend more time

 

[grayb]

Where do you spend more time

Planning some longer caravan trips, hence moved on from CL500's...

 

[V6Matty]

Planning some longer caravan trips, hence moved on from CL500's...

GL/GLS are a nice place to be

 

[grayb]

GL/GLS are a nice place to be

Far too big!!!

 

[Wighty]

Where do you spend more time

On autotrader thinking about it

 

[Craiglxviii]

The 4.7 Bi Turbo is fantastic in my S class so should be even better with removing the weight of a couple of doors and a couple of feet in length

Zero weight removal, the floor stiffening required more than makes up for it!