Ditched my 997 for grocery getter.

[HardDrive]

I had been kicking around the idea of getting a Mustang, but I decided to go in a different direction and get a 2011 MB E350 4 matic. I've had an E series before and really like it. It has everything I want, and frankly it was cheap. Lots of them floating around as lease returns. This one has a 'performance package' that has the larger AMG wheels, and slightly stiffer dampening. Clean, low mileage CPO car. Well equipped.

I'll be back in a P-car when the 2013 Cayman S starts drifting a bit farther down the depreciation curve......

[aigel]

Ugh - did you trade in the 997? That is about as boring as it gets. The Mustang would have been respectable in comparison!

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[Noah930]

Hey, it has everything he wants. Just pat him on the back for his AARP tastes.

[aigel]

He is in the heartland. Maybe a MB is something exotic there?

[M.D. Holloway]

I like it. My Dad had one, got rid of it a few years ago when he turned 87.

Teasing! Awesome ride. Good choice. Ponys are for kids.

[rusnak]

Ugh. The wheels and front, headlights etc just look like ass.

[Embraer]

I like it

[BRPORSCHE]

Jeez you Gus are brutal tonight.

I like it too. Just rode in a 2013 e350 convertible the other day, and I have got to say it was pretty sweet.

[Heel n Toe]

HD, I think you are mischaracterizing when you refer to that Benz as a grocery getter... it is easily several levels above that.

A Kia Soul is a grocery getter... as is a Nissan Juke... stuff like that qualifies... not this.

Enjoy it... I'm sure it will be just what the doctor ordered until you're ready to get back closer to the ground.

[ckelly78z]

In the heartland a MB is actually an exotic, You can't believe how many Buicks and pickup trucks grace the road around here. Spotting a Porsche in my hometown of 60,000 people is like seeing a UFO, I have had one for 5 years now, and honestly, I think there is one other 944 in the county. This is truly the center of conservativism, and boring, I think the nearest Porsche and MB dealerships are 60 miles away.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Well that took an unexpected turn......

[Oh Haha]

Looks like a nice score!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Now I can't use the "some guy in Turkey is going to love your 997" line.

I like E350s a lot, would love a wagon myself, keep us posted on reliability.

What's cheap on these?

[Oh Haha]

You sold the Mustang, too?

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Now I can't use the "some guy in Turkey is going to love your 997" line.

I like E350s a lot, would love a wagon myself, keep us posted on reliability.

What's cheap on these?

$28k for a CPO car. 32k miles. Available a lot cheaper if go higher miles and non-CPO.

I like wagons too, but they go for a large premium.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

In the heartland a MB is actually an exotic, You can't believe how many Buicks and pickup trucks grace the road around here. Spotting a Porsche in my hometown of 60,000 people is like seeing a UFO, I have had one for 5 years now, and honestly, I think there is one other 944 in the county. This is truly the center of conservativism, and boring, I think the nearest Porsche and MB dealerships are 60 miles away.

Wow, that is amazing.

Around here I see Porsches all the time. There are a ton of the newer cars on the road. I was in traffic behind A Cayenne GTS just today. Panamaras ans Caymans are all over. We have a fairly active PCA region so I see a lot of Porsches at those meetings.

We do for sure have a LOT of pickups but they are for the most part work trucks and farm trucks.

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by Oh Haha

You sold the Mustang, too?

Yes, gone, but I intend to own another one some day, perhaps soon.

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

In the heartland a MB is actually an exotic, You can't believe how many Buicks and pickup trucks grace the road around here. Spotting a Porsche in my hometown of 60,000 people is like seeing a UFO, I have had one for 5 years now, and honestly, I think there is one other 944 in the county. This is truly the center of conservativism, and boring, I think the nearest Porsche and MB dealerships are 60 miles away.

Porsches are not rare in Columbus. I've also seen a surprising number of Ferrari here. However, C-bus is not like the rest of Ohio....

[berettafan]

well that's less than our Honda minivan cost.

neat to own something like that at least once.

even if it does look like a lexus.

[RANDY P]

not bad, but, why? Its like trading a table saw for a subway sandwich.