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A buddy of mine has had two.
The first was a 2002 E55 AMG in silver. I think he may have fitted it with new tires and performed an oil change, but apart from that it didn't cost him much. He drove it for about a year before someone made him a crazy offer he couldn't turn down. At the end of the day he thought the car was boring and the suspension felt like "wagon wheels on cobbles".
So he contined to drive his old 1992 Lexus SC400.
A few months ago he got into a 2007 E63 AMG. It's black and the exhaust gives you goosebumps and makes you giggle. It has a 6.3 litre V8. That car will do 140mph and feel like it's doing 60mph. AMAZING car. It has around 80k miles on it. Sadly, the rear subframe dropped out onto the road last week at 25mph for no apparent reason and damaged the rear suspension and differential. Apparently it's a thing. My buddy tells me that Mercedes issued a recal for that problem and has been real good about honoring it, probably out of embarrassment. Additionally, he got the dealer to throw in an extended warranty at the time of purchase so he figures he's covered one way or another. Luckily he hadn't sold his Lexus yet, so he's got something to drive in the month it will take to fix the AMG.
So. By all means, get an AMG. They're freaking awesome. But you'd better be capable of fixing it when it goes wrong, because it will cost more to fix than a Japanese car.
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