Luxury car eh ? How about a CPO 2010 mercedes S600 with 27,000 miles for $49,680. Keep in mind this has a 523 hp V12, WITH A FACTORY EXTENDED WARRANTY!http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/…

Why ?

Do what I did and buy a W220 mercedes S600. It’ll return 20-25 mpg on the highway and has more than enough power for merging. Did I menti the seats are heated, ventilated, and massage you ?

“Corvette” nope nope nopity nope. I love corvettes, but they are to loud in the cabin for a roadtrip realistically . Source: 1000 mi. roadtrip in a C6

Ak-47, jam, these are not words that go together

‘04 Mercedes S600 AMG

Can confirm. S class handles better than a car it's size has any right to

So I brought my S600 into Feldmann Mercedes and had them run diagnostics on it for a checkup. They found a leak in the abc line that they fixed free of cost and replaced the bad vacuum lines in my doors. They also found a few other issues that didn’t need to be fixed immediately and said that they would refund my…

I agree completely. Personally I wouldn’t buy an S65 new. If I want super sedan for being batshit fast, I'd buy an S8 p. But if I were buying a new big sedan it would be an S600 designo, or basically the new version of my car.

Only 160k ? It’s just a car for the plebeian masses. Try 220k

Yes, you can’t maintain a computer. However, as tavarish said, you can watch for common warning signs, do common upgrades and have a knowledge of the system.

I did

I did read my maintenance updates. They are few and far between.

False. The better maintained the abc is, the less likely it is to fail.

Right ! Don’t go into a possibly expensive car, or any car for that matter, without understanding known faults and how much it costs to fix it !

I did

I know your pain

As far as I've found, there is no plastic anywhere.

I'm pretty sure that was a one off exhaust system, and either way tat was a pre facelift (6.0 n/a V/12) s600 as opposed to the biturbo 5.5

Yup. We found it on sutotrader and a week later we were filing out the paperwork .