Here are three pic's of one my favorite E500's. This car belongs the a friend of mine that got me interested in 124's 10 years ago. Its Garnet red, and the lighting that afternoon really shows off the color well, a dark afternoon with the sun peeking through the clouds. This specific E500 was shown at the 1992 Detroit Auto show, then sold to the president of the MBCA at that time. My friend is the 3rd owner, and this was the 1st 500E I had ever seen, and he let me drive it for about 15 minutes. I was so afraid of doing something wrong, I really didn't get to feel it's potential. Previously, I had seen this car for sale in an ad, and off offhandedly mentioned it to my friend. He simply asked me where I saw the ad, (Star Mag I think, it's been a long time), and I never had a clue that he was highly motivated to buy it. He actually flew out to CA where the car was at that time and test drove it, and I believe bought it on the spot. I do remember him asking what car carrier company I used to ship my CE from CA to NY, and never thought anything about it. A couple of months later he drives to work in this 500E, wow. I have a few pic's of this 500 with my only Mercedes at the time, my 92 300CE. I had forgotten this car has evo wheels on it, and the more I look at these pic's the more I'm starting to appreciate their looks on a E500E.
