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Old 01-17-04 | 01:32 AM
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Well....went in wanting to lease a car at the dealer...came out buying a black 2000 CL500, only 12k miles....62k. I also was able to get a 4 year, 75k bumper to bumper warranty for 3k. All options, beautiful car....I will post some pics soon. I thought it was a great deal for a 12k mileage CL, I think Blue Book is about the same price...but I routinely see CL500's that are maybe a year or two newer (no difference whatsoever) going for 75-80k.
Old 01-17-04 | 07:35 AM
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The CL is such an amazing beautiful coupe, period! Here's an '03 CL55 AMG at a Benz meet sometime last year.
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Congrats on the new car.. CL500 is bad@ss!!

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Old 01-17-04 | 08:32 AM
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Those are nice cars, and with that kind of mileage, you got a great price. Enjoy your new car, and you are a very wise man to get that warranty, just for peace of mind!
Old 01-17-04 | 08:34 AM
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I'm coming over!

lol.

Nice ride, lemme know if you need someone to keep it on the road for you
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Congrats on the benz and good luck with it , the 500 kicks ***!!!
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Congrats dude!!!
That is a nice car you've got yourself.
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Awesome Car!

Enjoy it !

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Nice ride man that car happens to be one of my all time favorites. The car just screams Class when its driving...Good luck..
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I love big coupes, and the CL is the king of big coupes. Good choice on a beautiful car.

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Thanks guys, I did test drive a SC430 yesterday too, which would have been the same price (for a 03). I really wanted to stay with Lexus because my SC400 has been awesome to me, and I will probably keep that for a little while longer. The SC was just too small though, and I would have loved a LS430 but I was looking for something with 2 doors. Hopefully by the time I pay this off, Lexus will have some sort of new SC in the works.
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tight!!!
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Def one of my favorties...Good choice!
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Nice ride...congrats.

A buddy of mine has that car. Such an amazing piece of machinery!

Best of luck with it
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Originally posted by mjr24
Well....went in wanting to lease a car at the dealer...came out buying a black 2000 CL500, only 12k miles....62k. I also was able to get a 4 year, 75k bumper to bumper warranty for 3k. All options, beautiful car....I will post some pics soon. I thought it was a great deal for a 12k mileage CL, I think Blue Book is about the same price...but I routinely see CL500's that are maybe a year or two newer (no difference whatsoever) going for 75-80k.
Awesome car man...

Post some pics
Shawn


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