The scale has definitely been tipped back in favour of the E5.
Funny thing is though, after ONE day, he dropped the price to $1400 (local classifieds). Sounds like getting it down to $1200 might be possible, if not lower.
Since this is from a local classifieds, I can't ask to swap out parts. However, I can get a new 105 groupset for around $600 and that adds up to roughly the same price as the Caad10, but i'll be left with a bunch of spare old DA/ultegra parts, which I doubt anybody would buy (or I could use it on a beater).
At first, I didn't think of the bike to be much of a looker but after save10's picture, I am convinced it's one hell of a beauty... or maybe it's cause of the Reynolds/newer parts/lighting of the picture. What parts are you running on that?
Here's a picture of it (non drive side pic.. sigh). It's a 50cm frame (i'm 5'7", with a 29" inseam, so I think it'll be a good fit). So what do you guys think I should do now? Should I wait a week and see if he'll drop the price even further?
VERSUS:
Random pic of a caad10-4 i pulled off google. Credits to the original owner.