until next time AMG...

well at almost 6 years of ownership... we said goodbye today to our beast E55 AMG

at least we know it's going to a good home who is already familiar with the W211 E55 as he already has one and his master tech does too! 

He did the proverbial burnout as he left... awesome!!!! 

this shiny E55 is brought to you from ONR and NuFinish

Today is a breezy day, but nice and sunny - the recent construction around our house has created a dust bowl and the Merc was pretty dusted...

Broke out the 5 gallon bucket and some ONR Original to remove all the gunk...

      

The car turned out good from the wash, but it's been a while since I shined it up.  I found NuFinish on Amazon a few weeks back as an add-on item - super cheap!  I used this stuff growing up and figured why not?  For < $5 what could it hurt eh?

It turned out amazing as I had hoped - worth the quick 10-15 minutes, so simple - wipe on/wipe off - no buffing and now it's protected a bit more :)

You can see the trees across the street in the reflection now! :)

E55 Beast next to Raptor Beast

What a pair! :)

out with the old, in with the new ;)

My AMG flat hood badge has been baked in the sun way too long... notice how crinkly the surface gets after 2 years...  it was time to retire it 💩

and a new addition to the hood, so shiny! 😎

 

OMG - snake under the hood!?

Just kidding - but dang, when a pulley tensioner breaks - it takes crap out with it 😡

needless to say, the serpentine belt got munged and the double idler pulley broke when the belt tensioner went out...

not cheap parts by any means!  But back to normal again... thankfully! 👍👍

We may have found an odd replacement for the E55

Whodathunk I'd ever buy a pickup?

The all-new, twin-turbo, intercooled DOHC 24-valve, high-output 3.5L EcoBoost® with direct fuel injection will deliver more power than the previous 6.2L V8 – 450 horsepower and 510 lb.-ft. of torque. A 10-speed automatic transmission with manual-shifting mode sends that power to all four wheels.

And the all-new Terrain Management System™ allows the driver to select from six preset modes to optimize driving dynamics to environmental conditions. Available settings include street, Baja, mud and sand.

Deposit has been placed, but who knows when it will be built... the waiting begins!

4 years of ownership...

Amazing it's been 4 years that we've owned our E55 AMG!  Love this car...