Who Has Aged The Best?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
10/02/2015 at 20:23 • Filed to: None

2000 model year German mid sized luxury sedans editions.

1. BMW 5-Series

2. 2000 Audi A6

3. 2000 Mercedes C Class

I’d say that the A6 aged the best, it also lived longer than the other two and didn’t look out of place.

I have experience with all three. The BMW interior quality was lacking, it feels dated, the Mercedes has very heavy doors and I own a 2000 A6.

SO, Tell me. I can’t get polls to work.

DISCUSSION (60)

Nibby > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:25

prett sure you meant E class dude

jkm7680 > Nibby
10/02/2015 at 20:26

nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Very solid car though.

Nibby > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:28

Kinja'd!!!

jkm7680 > Nibby
10/02/2015 at 20:28

nehhhhhhhhhhhh

Nibby > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:30

Kinja'd!!!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:30

Wow, nibbles vomited up code all over the place

jkm7680 > Nibby
10/02/2015 at 20:30

wat

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/02/2015 at 20:31

Huh, I took that bit out a while ago.

*shrugs shoulders and blames nibbles also*

Vítor > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:31

Audi`s design is quite timeless, is hard to find one which hasn`t aged well

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:32

But really though

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KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:32

Kinja'd!!!

This is a facelifted W210 E Klasse. Just FYI...

ranwhenparked > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:32

I’d agree. BMW’s radical shift in design language after about 2001 makes all if its earlier cars, while still tasteful, appear quite dated.

Audi follows the same school of thought BMW did before Chris Bangle, in that their styling gradually evolves from generation to generation as a continuum, without any radical or jarring changes. They also avoid visual gimmicks and keep things clean and restrained, all of which helps quite a bit.

jkm7680 > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
10/02/2015 at 20:33

I don’t know the difference lol.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:34

Just like all the people who are now buying 4 cylinder A4s and thinking it’s the same as C6 A6 4.2

Well, I mean the repair bills are similar...

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/02/2015 at 20:35

I fully admit the M5 looks better, but still.

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TheHondaBro > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:36

Bimmer

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:36

Look a Bloby McBlanderson design

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:36

I think in certain colors with certain wheels the E39 had aged the best. The silver with the basket weaves look horrendously dated though. I dunno, maybe call it a tie between it and the Audi. The Merc has definitely aged the worst though.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:39

Kinja'd!!!

EL_ULY > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:41

Kinja'd!!!

Not bad for over 10 years old.

Fyi, 01-03 e39 > 97-00 e39

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > EL_ULY
10/02/2015 at 20:43

Stop! You’re making my poorness act up! *scratches sides irratically*

M54B30 > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:46

I vote the 5 - partly because i own one and think it still looks great 17 years (and fewer) old.

I hated the way the Merc looks - I lived in Germany and saw them everywhere and thought they were hideous.

Shoop > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:47

Big Bubba Ray > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:49

Audi. All the way. My dad has a ‘01 and every time I see it, I think it has aged better and better.

LongbowMkII > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:50

Kinja'd!!!

Alex B > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:55

5-Series

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 20:56

Nice Passat, bruh.

RallyWrench > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 21:01

I love E39s, but I agree the A6 still looks the most modern, despite the droopy ass. At least, it looks more closely related to Audi’s current offerings than the other two do to those of BMW and Mercedes. The E-class is a great car, but definitely the most aged in styling. Not that that’s a problem.

El Rivinado > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 21:06

The 5 series. The Audi looks a bit bulbous, and the E-Class is like the Jaguar S-Type, it looked bad when it came out and got worse looking over time.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Nibby
10/02/2015 at 21:12

Make it a sport version with factory 5 spoke wheels and that would be my exact car.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 21:13

Aesthetically? E39

Mechanically? 210

EL_ULY > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/02/2015 at 21:14

You’re telling me. We got one in for trade in last month and my used car manager quickly came and told me that he only has $3500 into it if I wanted it. It was a silver 2005 with 95k on it. All i could do was cry because I just put down 2k on furniture and could of totally have been rocking a clean LS right now :’(

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 21:18

The E39 is one of the few 2000’s cars that could be sold as a new car and a) no one would notice and b) it would actually be an improvement.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > EL_ULY
10/02/2015 at 21:28

Oh God. It’s always worse when you just had the money a minute ago.

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/02/2015 at 21:33

Ur mom looks like a Bloby McBlanderson design.

Shark-Attack > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 21:56

While I agree the a6 is a fairly timeless design, you picked a nice a6 and the most base model benz and bmw picture. I’d say

Facelift e39

W210 on monoblocks

Pre facelift e39

W210

Nibby > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
10/02/2015 at 22:01

How do you like it?

hella cool colin > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:03

I had an A6 like that for about two months (but then sold it, biggest regret of my life). I would get so many looks. In dark blue with the S6 wheels, that thing really turned heads. Plus the 3.0 sounded smooth and creamy. I’ve always been a fan of the Mercedes googley-eyes, but the Audi blows it out of the water in terms of aging with grace

jkm7680 > hella cool colin
10/02/2015 at 22:04

I love mine, even stock it gets tons of compliments and second glances. Don’t see many dark green luxury cars out there nowadays now.

jkm7680 > Shark-Attack
10/02/2015 at 22:05

That A6 is close to base though.

hella cool colin > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:06

omg that's so cool honestly. I have my doubts about the Volkswagen group, but every time I drove that thing and my Golf, my doubts go away and I forget all about my F30 3-Series. Man, I gotta get another C5 A6.

Shark-Attack > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:08

Close, but not quite. I mean think about how much a set of wheels, a mild lowering kit, or an amg/m tech/s line body kit can make a difference on the right car even as a stand-alone modification.

jkm7680 > hella cool colin
10/02/2015 at 22:13

Do it!

But in 2.7t or 4.2 V8 flavor!

One thing that always confuses people is the fact that my A6 is manual. Kinda cool to have something unique.

911e46z06 > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:27

e39. Throw some nice wheels on it, maybe drop it half an inch, and in my opinion, it may just be the best looking sedan ever made.

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pip bip - choose Corrour > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:30

Mercedes Benz E-class.

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:32

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Audis boring of today is the timeless of tomorrow.

jkm7680 > Vicente Esteve
10/02/2015 at 22:33

Need.

The C5 generation is timeless, if I don’t say so myself.

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:40

Every generation is.

I can’t think of an Audi that looks outdated, or that didn’t age well.

jkm7680 > Vicente Esteve
10/02/2015 at 22:42

Agreed, there was the Audi Fox. But that just came out at a bad time I presume.

Otherwise, everything looks at least five years or more ahead of its time. My A6 is most commonly mistaken for a 2008 model...

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 22:53

Jesus, that must me satisfying.

Nymphicus Hollandicus > jkm7680
10/02/2015 at 23:24

All 3 have aged well. But only if they’re in decent shape. A majority of these near me are always sorta beat up.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > jkm7680
10/03/2015 at 00:10

The Audi is like water, so bland there’s nothing on it to age.

The E class is like milk, great at first but appears dated quickly.

The 5 Series is like a Coke, not too crazy, definitely aged but still drinkable

EL_ULY > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/03/2015 at 00:15

Indeed. I just swallowed my sadness all day

glemon > jkm7680
10/03/2015 at 03:19

The Audi, and I am not an Audi guy. Not the greatest pic/example of a Mercedes with the clouded headlights.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Nibby
10/03/2015 at 03:36

It’s great. Only complaint is that it isn’t an E55. Stupid comfortable and all I’ve had to do was a set of bushings and ball joints even though it’s got almost 190k and has been poorly maintained before I bought it.

jkm7680 > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
10/03/2015 at 09:30

The Audi is quite the opposite of bland to drive. Twin turbo V6, all wheel drive, six speed manual. You don’t get that with a BMW.

jkm7680 > glemon
10/03/2015 at 09:31

They all have slightly clouded headlights, haha.

Schaefft > jkm7680
10/03/2015 at 12:50

Kinja'd!!!

The E39 by far looks the best, but the Audi probably looks the newest, simply because every Audi looks the same since 20 years ago.

Also, the E39 has been on the market for 2 years before the A6 came out. The A6 actually is the car with the shortest production span of the three.

Also I don’t see where its interior quality is lacking, it still holds up very well nowadays, it seems to me that the E60 interior actually feels cheaper than that of the e39.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > jkm7680
10/03/2015 at 23:50

I was under the impression that this was about looks and styling. In terms of driveabilty, I agree completely that the Audi is not bland

jkm7680 > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
10/04/2015 at 08:24

I just felt like adding that, haha.