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Very Low Miles, 2 Door Coupe, Midnight Blue, Amg, Mercedes, Mbz on 2040-cars

US $19,000.00
Year:2001 Mileage:64500
Location:

Saint Charles, Illinois, United States

Saint Charles, Illinois, United States

You are bidding on a 2001 CL55 AMG in beautiful condition. The car drives and runs really well, and a joy to show off. The engine sounds great, runs strong and powerful. Car comes from warmer (south) climate than Chicagoland, where it sits now. I have owned it for nearly two years. I have only driven it a few times during the winter and otherwise stored in my nice warm/dry garage during this season. No sign of rust anywhere I have seen.

There are the usual wear marks on the car, although very little considering its young age. I have tried to capture them all on the photos. As examples, you can see the blemishes on the front bumper where the top coat has "blistered" in some areas (not noticeable unless up close), and a few small dings on side panels, and some scratches on the lower/center part of back bumper. Body is otherwise in great shape and paint is beautiful. Absolutely love how this paint type changes appearance with the changing outside light and time of day. I always receive many compliments from car owners who know what this machine is. 

The only body work I have done to car, and that I can see ever was done to the car, is the rear (trunk) spoiler had a small crack in it when I bought it. A local body shop fixed and painted it for me. To my knowledge, all features of the car work excepts the driver's seat massage feature. I have not tried to fix it nor had it quoted for repair so it could be cheap or expensive but I don't know. A feature frankly I have never needed so just not worth fixing for me.

The car has been maintained by St. Charles Motorsports (IL) while I have owned it - a great local high-end shop (Porsche, BMW's, MBZ, Ferrari's etc. etc. are always in their shop).

I am picky with my cars so we have put a lot more into the car than I am asking. Your gain, my loss!

To name a few of the items we have done (bought at 53,000 miles on car):

1. Custom 19" wheels and tires with only 2,000 miles on the them (maximum).  Continental Extreme ZR rated. A fantastic and strong tire for this powerful car.
2. Serviced all brakes with new pads, new discs in rear, and machined front discs. 
3. Rear Spoiler repair (mentioned above).
4. New rubber grommets on side mirrors (most used cars have these broken - looks horrible so we put new ones on).
5. Added a MBZ cup holder (and engineering marvel).
6. Bought complete new operating manuals and Navigation discs. Old ones were incomplete.
7. Added a second new key (two keys come with car).
8. Replaced driveshaft rubber coupling and balanced shaft.
9. A/C fully serviced - 500 miles ago.
10. Car serviced 1,500 miles ago. Next oil change service at approx. 67,000 miles.
11. All oils and fluids replaced when I bought car (brake fluid, transmission, rear differential, coolant) - about 10,000 miles ago. Not needed according to MBZ or the manual but I did it just because...
12. New water pump and serpentine belt - 500 miles ago.
13. Replaced left rear tail light (entire light fixture) as circuit board caused light diodes to "flicker" on a rare occasion.
....and many more details.

Good luck bidding and please ask questions if you need clarification.




 

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