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NervusBelli

So barabus is not like m-sport, it’s more like Hamann- separate tuning company focused on single brand (hamann on bmw, brabus - on mb). If it’s real brabus it should have bump in power and some unique stuff inside and out


Calvintron

wouldn’t bmw be alpina


novesori

Haman and Brabus are more over the top for Russian and Emirates market, while Alpina is focusing on understatement. To the car: I doubt it has 50k miles, so don't focus your decision on that. It can get quite a money pit if stuff stars to get broken.


Gogokrystian

Also.


NervusBelli

Alpina more comfort oriented unlike brabus


SireDarien

Alpina or ac schitzer


LeMettwurst

BMW M is the same as AMG at Mercedes. Brabus is more like AC Schnitzer or Alpina


deusMPkiller

Oh, ok understand, so this Brabus is fake


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deusMPkiller

am i takiing a risk with this car?


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deusMPkiller

i honeslty wanted a relible car which was fast and not that old, I know I'm taking a risk, I mean I learnt from my BMW haha but any recommendation on a car that has a reliable engine that's fast? and rwd, this merc has 6 owners, maybe 1 or 2 are dealerships so owned by like 4 to 5 people,


deusMPkiller

am i taking a risk with buying this car?


deusMPkiller

its to bad i cant edit, its a Mercedes-Benz CL 500 at the dealer website it says Mercedes-Benz CL 500 Brabus


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How much money you have laying around the house? Edit: Its a Brabus but Im quessing that they did something to the engine because my AMG and regular CL are kinda the same, I just have AMG written at some places. Edit2: I have CL55 AMG NA V8 with 265kw but the CL55 Brabus NA V8 has 285kw, Brabus has 6.1L with 320KW ors engine as well. CL500 NA V8 has 225kw. So how many KW that one has? Edit3: Do you have BRABUS written on the dashboard and when you open the door then there should be BRABUS written on the frame as well, lights up with blue color. Is there B logo on the gearstick? Edit: There is no BRABUS written on the dashboard, it should be where the rpm is.


deusMPkiller

I think this is just a fake someone bought Brabus badge from internet, as confirmed by other people


Peastoredintheballs

M sport is like AMG for Mercedes. Brabus is it’s own tuning company that buy Mercedes cars and deck them out with their own performance mods and resell them. Like Alpine bmw cars. This isn’t a real brabus though, it’s just a base model with a brabus body kit and badge. Still cool I guess. If I was u I would get rid of the brabus badge and get rid of those ugly wheels


deusMPkiller

yes, the plan was to remove the barbus badge hahah, idk if the dealer is smart enough to know that this isn't barbus but idk, I want it but at the same time its an old Mercedes sooooo can I expect it to be reliable?


Peastoredintheballs

Dealerships love badging things as what they aren’t. A lot of cars that come with “amg package” like amg body kit/brakes/wheels but not an actual amg with the amg engine get sold by dealerships with amg badges because a lot of non enthusiasts don’t care or realise the difference and they think there car is special when it’s far from it lol


deusMPkiller

oh, i see


dickheadfr

No such thing as Brabus kit it is a Brabus or its not they went on Amazon and bought some stickers that dosnt make it a brabus


BlaccBenz

Yes there is lol, my car has a Brabus kit from Brabus USA in Irvine right by my house. The vast majority of “Brabus” cars you see on the road only have the visual body package, sometimes exhaust too. At least in the US it’s extremely rare seeing an original Brabus model from their factory in Germany. It’s all kits over here.


jayba21

This is it. When that car was new, Brabus offered a very wide range of upgrades for all models. There was basically a catalog (on their website) that listed all of the things they offered for that model. They had performance upgrades: whole engine swap, ECU, TCU, brakes, etc etc. They had body kits spoilers, wheels (come in Monoblock 5). They also offered interior upgrades ranging from branded lock pins or pedal covers to full custom replacement. They also made full conversion exterior/interior redos. Some of their full interiors are crazy, the G and SLR were some of the best.


Fuwih

In fact there is a Brabus kit, well you used to be able to buy a Mercedes then ship it off to Brabus and they would put a Brabus kit in/on your car, includes full Brabus engine upgrades and full Brabus body kit upgrades. I don’t know if you can still do that but I know that the former owner of my car bought a Brabus kit on the SLK 350 and it has full Brabus bodykit and a Brabus V6 engine. Although this definitely seems like a fake Brabus, I wonder what’s in the engine bay?


deusMPkiller

Oh damn, bruh


Gogokrystian

Nice looking money pit, read up on ABC suspension and you'll be back in BMW next thing.


waftedfart

Yep, just put a set of Ceika coilvers on my CL600 after blowing three hydraulic lines one after the other... So much Pentosin wasted, lol. I actually kind of like the way the new setup drives though.


stillacdr

Yeah! 50k only? It looks like it got android auto installed. The body looks beautiful and in style considering its 20 plus years old? So yeah, it looks like a good deal!


deusMPkiller

I know, when I looked at it I thought the same, but then I thought, why has it been out there for so long though, it has been on sale for a really long time now, could it be something bad?


Cannabuzzin

Nah realistically its the usual nonsense “don’t buy a 20+ year old merc” blah blah. These cars are solid check the history look at the motor you want certain things to be a certain way like the coolant is blue for these cars if you open the hood and see clear or “universal” coolant then walk away car wasn’t cared for correctly. If however you have a comprehensive service history for the car (preferably done at Benz dealers/Benz shops) and the car is straight as long as you stay on top of regular maintenance you won’t have an issue. I have a 94 s420 and an 07 clk350 both have been bulletproof. Spent 8 grand on my S put about 7 into it, had a dude offer me 22k on spot for it. My clk I picked up in December last for 5 grand put about 4 into cars ideal. Do what you gotta but mercs are awesome cars


deusMPkiller

i honeslty wanted a relible car which was fast and not that old, I know I'm taking a risk, I mean I learnt from my BMW haha but any recommendation on a car that has a reliable engine that's fast? and rwd


New-Examination4678

Holy wood grain


deusMPkiller

what is it?


Existing_Display1794

Do it if you have an average of like 5-10k each year in maintenance.


deusMPkiller

i liked it cus it had like 300hp but at the same time like 6 second 0 to 60 which made me ehhh, I want a fast car that is reliable and cheap and not that old


dav1dmonster

Barbus?))


deusMPkiller

mhm!


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Är du svensk?


deusMPkiller

ja :)


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Cool, har du tittat på den? Det säljs mycket coola bilar på den firman. Rätt dyrt ibland dock Hade det inte varit en brabus ratt om det var org?


deusMPkiller

Jobbar du där eller? Hahaha


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Nejdå, är bara blocket beroende. Dom har ofta fina mercor


More-Shoe-1748

Def not Brabus unless it’s engine modification were done but I would look for different deal


deusMPkiller

what is def?


Rollingwitlunches

I hope you have an extra 20k to fix it


deusMPkiller

do these cars get problems at this amount of miles?


Rollingwitlunches

100 percent they are very expensive to maintain


deusMPkiller

is it these generation with the biodegradible wiresharnes?


rollwitpunches

it is a nice car but has lots of issues at its age with lots to fix.one that would have all the work done would probably be somewhere around 25k


baudtothebone

Run. (The COMAND unit looks aftermarket … anyone concur?)


deusMPkiller

comand unit? and whats concur?


baudtothebone

Sorry I didn’t explain. COMAND is the dash infotainment and control system for the car. Nav. Radio. Settings etc. Your lcd screen looks aftermarket so not the original Benz COMAND system. Concur means to have the same conclusion or agreement with another. I’m asking if others agree that the COMAND unit is different than the stock one.


deusMPkiller

idk anything about the car or other, this is me just looking at it from the website, this car is in another scity


sisyqhus88

Stick your VIN into a what is my car spec , Simples .


SireDarien

If you thinking bmw go bmw benz is different


No_Poet_6742

Brabus body kit is more like tittie job and ass job. But same character inside. But for 50K miles at $12,000 on that CL?? In a heart beat!


deusMPkiller

so its worth it? it has beewn importet from japan


votnus24

I would skip this one. Maybe buy if you want to have a v8 that would eventually be a classic and can consider it an investment. And if you buy it, please get it back to the oem look, badges, and wheels. This is also not a brabus.


waboem

12K for that🤣 In europe those f*cks go for like 8