Trying to choose between thouse 2 cars. I'm choosing betwee 2003 W211 and 2001 w210. I understand what acceleration is night and day. But to me 1/4 mile runs are not that important. What about driving experience, handling, quality of ride, highway behavior, etc. I unerstand what 211 should come with more ammenities but this particular specimens I'm looking at 211 seems to be a base load and 210 is full load with nav/phone/vented seats/designeo(and I love it), parktronic and anything else availiable. What do you think.
What about build quality - matereials used etc...
Also from a standpoint of relaiability - I know what w210 are relaible cars - what about 211s?
Any ideas greatly apreciated
Bouth cars are around 70K miles
....no debate really. I own a 2005 E55 and love it and before this, I test drove a 2002 E55 and thought it was great as well. Both cars are top of the line E Classes so you can't go wrong. Performance wise, a 211 E55 (4.2 - 12.4) will beat a 210 E55 (4.9 - 13.4) but the 210 is no slouch. It all comes down to your opinion of the style and mileage on each car. The 210 sounds nice with all those options...
Good luck in your choice. Either way you win. Yes I know I am not a big help but one thing to consider, the 210 you are looking at is the later of that model year while the 211 is the first year. If you decide on the 211, make sure all the bugs were worked out. Cheers!
Now, just to give everybody idea and put things in to prospective - price difference between them is $7K + w211 has t6 be shipped from SF which will cost me extra, but tax benefites of me buying W211 will make price difference only $3K after all. What I like about W210 is what it's practicly MINT with perfect interior and 2 small scratches on exterior and comes with OK warranty for next 33K miles. Also like look of designeo. I love fast cars but if I need to scratch that bug I have highly modified SHO which lays out 404hp at front weels, weights 2950 lbs, 0.93g on skidpad and I did slalom at 70.2 mph also goes 60-0 in 112 feet . Do not ask me what I did to it but over 8 years of active mods I dumped $90K + and whent through 3 engines. Sadly enough I have driven it maybe 3-5 times in a last 2 years. So I'm not really looking for a monster as my daily drive. I do not mind extra hp - well who does but it's not going to make or brake it. What I'm looking for is a built quality, ammenities, safety and RELAIABILITY. My brother has twin turbo CL 600 - 2003 - it goes from repair shop to repair shop. And although he has warrnty which takes care of most oh $$$ - his feeling is NEVER MORE. It really gets to you if` you can't rely on your car to be there for you in the morning. BTW gas milege is also important to me since I do drive a lot. And what bothers me in the W211 what I would not be able to integrate my phone in it easliy since it does not come with phone system. It also does not come with navigation but given quality of W210 command nav by today's standarts I'm probably going to use external unit anyway. Parktronik is a nice option though cuz I do drive in Manhattan a lot. Space is important - which one is more spacios? So what do you guys think )))))))))))
also goes 60-0 in 112 feet 
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