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Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:10 am

Hey folks

Yeah, so I sold my legendary E500 to buy an RS6 C5, Intelligent, stupid? who knows but sure we'll see in time.

Owned a number of Audi A6's in the past, gearbox went on all without exception, so fingers crossed this one won't kick me in the face again.

Sure it will have been owned / known by someone here in the past so info will always be welcome (just not too much bad news all in one go please).

Low miles at 67,000 with natural leather option which I've always admired.

Well, just wanted to say hi, here goes....
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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by Weiß-sechs » Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:27 pm

Welcome & congrats on finding a low miler, rare nowadays.
Head over to the C5 section for plenty of info, knowledge and (not so anymore) banter.
FON.

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:23 am

Weiß-sechs wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:27 pm
Welcome & congrats on finding a low miler, rare nowadays.
Head over to the C5 section for plenty of info, knowledge and (not so anymore) banter.
FON.
Cheers, no banter, oh dear. :boohoo:

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by IchBautAuto » Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:19 am

Welcome. There still seems to be "some" banter, just reduced due to depression perhaps, or too much happy juice although that's wearing thin as well.

Looks like you have about the same miles as mine when I bought it. Very happy with mine but I did have a fair number of issues to address once I had the chance to really live with the car. None were reflected in fault codes or anything that was immediately obvious, and they were offset by an immaculate interior so a bit of one, and a bit of the other. It's done me a favour in a way as I got to have a good look around while replacing suspension and some engine bay work. My Merc experience is Unimog only so not in your league but hope you find you new love a great buy.
C5 RS6, Milltek and Wagners: B5 RS4 450 + HP: A4 1.8 GP TQS original: 1963 UNIMOG 404:

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by ChrisA » Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:24 pm

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing more pics and reading about your car. 👍

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by Fatneck73 » Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 pm

Welcome.

What was legendary about the merc?

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:30 pm

Fatneck73 wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:15 pm
Welcome.

What was legendary about the merc?
Legendary; something that has become famous or well-known :lol:

Hand built by Porsche, W124 with a huge 5.0 V8 and only 10,000 ever made worldwide, been after one for years, always described as legendary and tbh, it was a great thing, just fancied an RS6 C5 more.

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:32 pm

ChrisA wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:24 pm
Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing more pics and reading about your car. 👍

FON
Cheers buddy, already hijacking my E500 Instagram account for the RS6 so feel free to peek http://www.instagram.com/0tlws
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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:38 pm

IchBautAuto wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:19 am
Welcome. There still seems to be "some" banter, just reduced due to depression perhaps, or too much happy juice although that's wearing thin as well.

Looks like you have about the same miles as mine when I bought it. Very happy with mine but I did have a fair number of issues to address once I had the chance to really live with the car. None were reflected in fault codes or anything that was immediately obvious, and they were offset by an immaculate interior so a bit of one, and a bit of the other. It's done me a favour in a way as I got to have a good look around while replacing suspension and some engine bay work. My Merc experience is Unimog only so not in your league but hope you find you new love a great buy.
It's got issues for sure, all depends how folks view stuff, but so far :

Shitty 20mm spacers need removing front and back
Terrible cheap tyres replaced with Michelin PS4's all around yesterday
Sat Nav has no disc and not set up (Booked in to Audi next week)
Air Con not working, ECON permanently on (re gas didn't fix)
Knocking from front driver's side wheel / suspension

But, stunning interior and with work should make a classic RS6 I think. Unimog, well that kinda trumps any other Mercedes doesn't it? :lol:

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by IchBautAuto » Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:59 pm

They all fit into the sort of stuff I found. My experiences with AUDI show that while a high mileage allroad that I owned for 6 years was complete in all respects, both RS cars have had instances of wrong fasteners, missing trim screws, poor assembly after maintenance etc. It seems to point to either a totally incompetent maintenance provider or owner fiddling when not competent. Check your suspension, that was the big issue I found, totally stuffed and it was a replacement DRC system from Audi. The system has very limited life for almost everyone. I've listed many of my finds on here and there will be even better reading from others experiences.

Let me just say that I have 3 Audi currently and in my opinion, I have never had a more reliable car for their age and use. Both RS cars have been fantastic and I have not had most of the issues that crop up on here from time to time. Let me caveat that by saying that I don't skimp on them and am quite happy to lay one up for whatever time to complete a job so I'm not stressed by having just the one running car. Best wishes for a rewarding experience.
C5 RS6, Milltek and Wagners: B5 RS4 450 + HP: A4 1.8 GP TQS original: 1963 UNIMOG 404:

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by R6_0TLW » Mon Sep 07, 2020 1:59 pm

IchBautAuto wrote:
Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:59 pm
They all fit into the sort of stuff I found. My experiences with AUDI show that while a high mileage allroad that I owned for 6 years was complete in all respects, both RS cars have had instances of wrong fasteners, missing trim screws, poor assembly after maintenance etc. It seems to point to either a totally incompetent maintenance provider or owner fiddling when not competent. Check your suspension, that was the big issue I found, totally stuffed and it was a replacement DRC system from Audi. The system has very limited life for almost everyone. I've listed many of my finds on here and there will be even better reading from others experiences.

Let me just say that I have 3 Audi currently and in my opinion, I have never had a more reliable car for their age and use. Both RS cars have been fantastic and I have not had most of the issues that crop up on here from time to time. Let me caveat that by saying that I don't skimp on them and am quite happy to lay one up for whatever time to complete a job so I'm not stressed by having just the one running car. Best wishes for a rewarding experience.
Thanks for the insights, currently having a decent check over by my trusted garage and then will go from there, first up will be removing the non resonated rear Milltek boxes, Michelin PS4 already fitted, then the suspension rip out and replaced with the Bilstein PSS9 setup I think. Audi have it Thursday for a Sat Nav reinstall and reset to 2018 (last available apparently)

Same as you, I have several other cars, so this can be spoilt to get it as it should be

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by skirs6 » Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:06 pm

Nice car mate.I had the Avant and loved it, It was my first Audi and since that car ended up with god knows how many RS cars even dipped into an R8 for a while now in an RS4 👍 Enjoy

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by Capt Ric » Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:01 pm

Welcome to the forum and RS6 C5 ownership.
Not wanting to push my luck, but in my 8 years of ownership mine has been very reliable, so the horror stories that you read are not guaranteed to happen, particularly if you look after you car.
C5 RS6 forum is one of the most active and the majority of posts are helpful to others.
Good luck.
PS That Merc was rather special too.

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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by max_b » Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:34 pm

Welcome

A definite legend the E500
Pop some pictures up :beerchug:
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RS4.....another :-)
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Re: Sold my legendary Mercedes E500 for an Audi RS6 C5

Post by 535dboy » Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:16 am

max_b wrote:
Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:34 pm
Welcome

A definite legend the E500
Pop some pictures up :beerchug:
Indeed, so much so I think I would have kept the merc !
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