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Tell me why I don't want an S600!

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SearchMaster said:
As I recall, Car and Driver did a short article several years ago about "best value in used cars". They used a guy's S600 as one example. It was a younger guy, he had just bought it and immediately had to put a couple grand in to it for something, but they commented that even if you had to put a thousand or two into it yearly, you were getting a car that was 10x the price just a few years ago and was an amazing value.

If your goal is something like with your CTS, I say go for it. At worst, you might lose a relatively small amount of money but it's already eaten all its depreciation. At best, you're a freakin' baller for a couple of years and it's only cost you a lot of gas money.
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I remember reading that article as well. Amazing cars and a few grand a year into a sports/hobby car is nothing IMO. Obviously this couldn't be a daily driver or you'd be hurting haha.
 
Looks like there's info to DIY an ABC block repair...I could handle coil replacement (guessing with warranty I wouldn't have to do it more than once, so allow that in the budget). ABC pumps (same pump used for power steering, I believe) is about $750. Not cheap, but even if I had to rebuild both ABC blocks, get a new pump, and replace both coils I'm under $3k.....hmmmmmmm.
 
jlee said:
Looks like there's info to DIY an ABC block repair...I could handle coil replacement (guessing with warranty I wouldn't have to do it more than once, so allow that in the budget). ABC pumps (same pump used for power steering, I believe) is about $750. Not cheap, but even if I had to rebuild both ABC blocks, get a new pump, and replace both coils I'm under $3k.....hmmmmmmm.
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What's stopping you from swapping in coilvers or the stock non-abc suspension?
 
I'm going to need something with 4 doors in the near future, and while I was looking at the Mazda 6, I've also been considering the used luxury car route. Gotta say, I like the look of the Jaguar XJ8s a lot, and they are dirt cheap on the used market. With all the same caveats as the Merc, of course.
 
jagec said:
I'm going to need something with 4 doors in the near future, and while I was looking at the Mazda 6, I've also been considering the used luxury car route. Gotta say, I like the look of the Jaguar XJ8s a lot, and they are dirt cheap on the used market. With all the same caveats as the Merc, of course.
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x 10. Jags have proviso's on their caveats
 
jlee said:
Looks like there's info to DIY an ABC block repair...I could handle coil replacement (guessing with warranty I wouldn't have to do it more than once, so allow that in the budget). ABC pumps (same pump used for power steering, I believe) is about $750. Not cheap, but even if I had to rebuild both ABC blocks, get a new pump, and replace both coils I'm under $3k.....hmmmmmmm.
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coils can be swapped to individual packs apparantly
 
Would an sl550 be a reasonably reliable car? Love the design and the speed is well within what I would want. I am not expecting lexus reliability but it would be nice to have at least Ford reliability. Don't want a 4k repair to come out of nowhere often.
 
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