sclemmons

Do the Mercedes wagons begin to rattle after a few thousand miles? Our Volvo wagon did and it drove us crazy.

kris

Great car, superb color. Enjoy in good health.

The previous model is available in AWD.

Terry Adams

We sold our 300TD wagon at 254K miles and 22 years. Me, wife, 3 teenagers drove it. Home Depot runs with pavers and sand in the last 50K miles.

Beyond the standard diesel noise, no significant rattles all the way to the end.

Got $2200 for it.

mklaskin

It may be difficult to retrofit the third seat. E55 wagons either had the option of a spare tire or the third row seat. Are you sure you want to give up the spare?

fast_freddy

The (full size) spare is housed aft of the drivers side rear wheel. I would think the retrofit would be rather easy assuming you wanted to spend the $$.

Voith

Nice Merc! Show us the interior and engine.

Nicole

I have never driven an E55, but had a few opportunities to drive its successor, the E63, as a sedan. Apart from the power and great handling, I particularly liked the way the transmission predicted what gear I'd need next. When I approached a turn, it would downshift into exactly the right gear to get me out of that turn fast. Hope the E55 has a similar transmission set-up - the SLK55 I drove had it.

DHI

E55... What a sound, yeah?

Frank 993 C4S

Beautiful car (although I am somewhat biassed)!

CP

Marcus,

When I had the E39 M5, the E55 was the ultimate competition. Now a E55 wagon is the ultimate conflict-in-identity automobile.

Great car, enjoy in fine health.

CP

JimV8

Great car. Enjoy.

Marine Blue

Sweet Sleeper!

nota_troll

Thanks all!

Retrofitting is becoming a fleeting thought because it requires a lot. Plus as some of you commented I lose the spare. It's not a full size one but it's a spare.

MHC2S

Congradulations. I owned a E55 for 6 years. Great car just very costly when it came to parts. Wait until you have to do the brakes. Bring a very big wallet. Hope you have some warranty that air ride suspension is very expensive to repair if it fails.

Sterling Doc

Awesome. I love sport wagons, and the rear facing 3rd seat is too fun!

I've had a few rare wagons in the last few years, all manual transmissions (now about a dead breed )

Passat 4-motion 1.8T 5 speed
Jetta VR6 5-speed

I almost pulled the trigger on a Passat W8 6 speed manual wagon - that would have been very cool, but I would have lost my shirt on it. Came out pretty well on the 1.8T when time cam for a dual purpose kid hauler/tow vehicle.