2000 Mercedes E55 AMG Review - 100% Luxury, 100% Sports Car

[@BadaBing.UCF30]

Nice coincidence, I was considering buying a seemingly very clean '97 E420 Sport w/ 80k miles for $2.5k. Have yet to see it in person but I think it's an excellent price looking at the photos.

[@NiGhtPlayTV]

For this price it’s a gift bro

[@BadaBing.UCF30]

​@@NiGhtPlayTVended up buying a ML55 AMG for $2.1k, an even bigger gift 💯

[@NiGhtPlayTV]

@@BadaBing.UCF30 ooooo nice

[@chriszbinden1740]

Zack, you missed the party trick in the rear armrest where you found the green cross… If you kept pulling out the cupholders, you would’ve found the OEM first aid kit, still stocked with 23 year old Band-Aids!!

[@beymeester5593]

A Dough fan :D

[@messedup4538]

That rear sunshade is so impressive. Also love that pop-out cup holder, even though it didn’t pass the BFB Test!

[@chriszbinden1740]

He also missed testing the rear headrest button - you have to manually raise them but its fun to watch them automatically tumble down

[@stanleysimmonsreactions9056]

5:53 From what I heard "W" means Winter and "S" means Standard

[@chewabledrapery]

I've just bought one of these (year 2000) as i recently moved to Dubai and i use it for the school run 😂 I agree with everything you said (apart from the looks but hey it's my cup of tea) it happily glides at 1500 rpm put-putting along like a barge in a gentile stately fashion, gets me and the kids to school effortlessly in peace and comfort , and then once the kids are out of the back seats and safely in class it shouts MOOOAAAAARRRRRR and elicits an evil yet contented grin from my face region. One thing i've been surpised at having driven butt ugly underpowered SUV's for years is how easy it is to park and see out of, with the square body you just know where all the corners, sides, and ends are. I absolutely love it and intend to keep it for the next few years to come assuming no major issues...... I don't really care if it's a future classic i'm just gonna keep driving it! 😎❤

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

5:30 in my last Volvo S40 the W was for wet or winter conditions. It started off in second "gear" (automatic) to reduce wheelspin in slipper conditions according to the driver's manual. It didnt have an S though, lol! 😅

[@doug6191]

It's still so odd to think of these as kind of a German Crown Victoria, serving as a taxi or police car. If only the actual Crown Vic looked nice like these.

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

4:26 that is how my B7 A4 Quattro is. If it gets lifted or otherwise moved the alarm sounds. Granted it is a puney alarm whine, but it works, lol.

[@GarrettRaakman]

Yes! I love Mercedes so much so seeing these older AMG's on the channel is so cool! Keep it coming my man!

[@GarrettRaakman]

@@Brian_Eugene_Lee Absolutely! So gorgeous

[@210works]

It puzzles me that this car's design is still so divisive today. I own an E430 and I personally think it's one of the best looking sedans of all time. They nailed the proportions; it looks unassuming at first, but it has a subtle muscle car-like aggression to it, unlike modern AMGs which are too "in your face" with the flashy styling and large grills.

[@deadfishparty]

Man the glory days. E55 AMG vs M5 vs RS6. 😢

[@RAFAEL199O]

If "yeah, whatever man" was a car:

[@racekorthings7165]

The Merc star on the engine cover is roughly the same size as a w221 s class rear trunk star. Cheap and easy, and really the only way to fix the cover.

[@dave11686]

My favorite E class body. What a looker

[@Changingtesting]

I see so much talk and popularity toward the w210 E55, but rarely ever hear people talk about it’s sister car, the w208 CLK55, why is that?

[@no-damn-alias]

This was the last e-class to have individual cut outs for the trim or options you ordered. No blank switches.

[@messedup4538]

Would love to see reviews of the 1993 Land Rover Range Rover from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pontiac Aztek, and a Chevy Venture Warner Brothers Edition 🔥

[@ShootingCars]

I filmed an Aztek yesterday with the tent! Coming to the channel soon!

[@omostim2385]

W and S stood for winter and summer from what I read in MB brochures in the late 90s-00s. I tend to leave my w220 in W which just gives 2nd gear starts. It’s like broke boy Maybach mode😅

[@BestBenz333]

S and W actually means Standard and Winter.

[@formatique_arschloch]

Winter and standard.

[@theprofessional8966]

That’s what I’m looking for, to match my 03 SL500, that looks like a clean 2000 model. They are hard to find.

[@VWDAWGXP]

6:37 sounds like wario farting..

[@MrChickenspit]

💀

[@GSMPhonesCAT]

Wait? Xenon lights without washer?

[@BestBenz333]

The arm rest in the back holds a medical emergency package. Pull the cup holders further out for access.

[@embajadoresboy4535]

Owners like me use that rear cup holders to hold our Starbucks. I get used to 😅 just don’t go crazy or your coffee will be all over the back seat

[@EnthusiastCarHangar]

It has a lot of parts together with my W140 which is crazy.

[@damilolaakanni]

The W140 was still in production in 1996 when the W210 replaced the W124.

[@snuffaluffagus9527]

If you could get ahold of a Daewoo, that would be very interesting lol

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

Those AMGs are hand built motors assembled by one person, right?

[@embajadoresboy4535]

Yes, furthermore these cars were assembled at the AMG factory, not at Mercedes Benz. The W210 E55 was the last one pure breed German who came from the AMG factory before Mercedes bought AMG and almost wrecked it.

[@grantswartz8752]

Are they easy to fix?

[@mr.fowler1684]

Yup

[@bwofficial1776]

The exterior looks a bit dull but the interior still looks classy. Except for the round headlights you can see how this is a softer and cheaper evolution of the legendary W124. Contrast this car with new Mercedes-Benzes that think luxury is emulating gaming PCs.

[@unclejoe6811]

These are already classics, 5-6 years ago a low mileage E55 was under 10k and a daily driver was 4k now triple that.

[@احمدحد-ذ3ن]

كم السعر

[@richardwilson57]

That example looks really tired 😢

[@eddiefalcon8316]

What no headlight washers!! I’m out 😂. Jk. I hope it gets the proper bumper some day

[@4MATICbenz]

Good catch! It has the switch in the dash for the headlight washers (all E55s came standard with these) but the bumper cover is missing the cut-outs for them. Obviously this is not the original front bumper haha

[@unclejoe6811]

He mentioned it

[@charlieherring8458]

Believe it or not, this car has the single wiper and at the fastest setting while at a standstill, it shakes the entire car 🤣🤣🤣

[@garyzhang5099]

that’s true for c class though, not so much on e class😎

[@beymeester5593]

You got issues with the build quality??? Maybe you should start opening Pokémon packs

[@xxxpensive1415]

The 2000's nokia phone😂🤣

[@doug6191]

More like a Motorola StarTAC

[@jaylonworld]

Winter and sport lol

[@POVwithRC]

Every so often, a manufacturer makes something that rolls off the line looking like it is already dated. 210 enter stage left.

[@chriszbinden1740]

Or is it a timeless design??

[@POVwithRC]

​​@@chriszbinden1740No, I do not think that it is. This is the result of describing a Ford Taurus with birth defects to the Germans over a spotty landline connection.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

Nice enough, but I wouldn't want one!

[@embajadoresboy4535]

Don’t worry they aren’t many available anymore

[@SRR475]

1st and I love mercedes

[@easucks1776]

Gabagool

[@BSFJeebus]

Winter and Sport

[@maddoxboyd6584]

Mercedes

[@runoflife87]

What? No slushbox allowed, please. Manual only.

[@damilolaakanni]

You'd want to look at a BMW, the E39 M5 particularly. To the best of my knowledge, there wasn't any Mercedes AMG that was ever offered with a manual transmission.

[@runoflife87]

@@damilolaakanni EU-spec MB had manual transmissions for sure.

[@damilolaakanni]

@runoflife87 true, even US-spec Mercedes-Benz models had manual transmissions, just not the AMGs.

[@JosephSamsor]

There’s a manual swap out there for these using parts from a Chrysler crossfire.

[@embajadoresboy4535]

They were manual transmissions in the early era of AMG before Mercedes but they didn’t make it to the USA market.

[@احمدحد-ذ3ن]

KATE FARE. 220. 2002