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Originally Posted by stecot
Since this car is based on the S-Class, I would avoid it like the plague. I was in an Infiniti dealership the other day when they appraised an SC55 AMG. The guy that owned it had $135,000+ in it and had less than 4000 miles on the odometer and was just a few months old. The trade in value was $85,000! In my opinion that was far too generous. The car is grossly over priced and a technoligical disaster. Since I've had so many problems with my 2001 S-430 I have made it a point to ask other S-Class owners what they think of their cars. A suprisingly high percentage have had significant problems with them. I'm not bigoted against Mercedes. I've owned or leased 8 over the past 22 years. I've had 10 times more problems than I did on ALL of my other Meredes combined. That includes 1-SD300, 1-SD350, 1-450SL, 1-300SL, 1-E420 Sport, 2-SLK 230's and an S430.
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When you try to trade in a car that is only a year or two old you can expect to take a beating on the value. It makes no differance what it is. A new $285K Lamborghini loses about $50K the first year if you try to trade/sell it. The secret is to keep your car at least 3 years ( no matter it be a Toyota or Lambo) to minimize the depreciation/use factor. In the case of the Exotic cars you should plan on keeping them longer. The problem is that many owners buy on emotion/impulse and after they have lived with the car a few months or a year they try to unload them on someone else and pay for this dearly.
BTW, I have a 03 S55 AMG that has been just about perfect. One minor glitch where they had to reset the tire pressure monitor. Car is awesome with the 493 HP Supercharged AMG engine.