Originally Posted by mmarshall

Thanks.

I saw some of those pictures on Google. Those may have been special-order AMG's. It is unclear, from the Mercedes literature, whether that trim is normally available or not.

Mercedes custom or not, I think the transmission shifter is a lousy place for the engine START/STOP button....for reasons which I explained in the review. And I will still feel the same way tomorrow.

Repetition in an auto design does not necessarily mean competence or the best way of doing it. BMW and Audi, for example, have persisted with awkward, hard-to-use dash- controller ***** for some years now, but the concept, IMO, is just as bad today as it was the day the first one of them came out. VW, until recently, persisted many years with radios that were not connected to the ignition switch....you had to remember to turn them off or drain the battery, and, of course, many owners did, year after year. Many GM products persisted with poor-quality brake rotors that constantly warped, year after year. I could go on and on.

Originally Posted by mmarshall

I agree with your basic economic premise, but that, of course, is dependent on finding one that wasn't ragged out by its first owner KNOWING that he or she was only going to have the car one or two years. Some of the riskiest used-car buys on the market, short of repos and auctions, are high-performance cars that have had a hard life with aggressive drivers and inadequate care.

Originally Posted by cjf_moraga

For just my piece of mind I could never buy a high performance engine like this without knowing minutely how it had been previously driven and cared for. They are very expensive to repair and not something to own outside warranty. Also MB only allows the original owner to extend the factory warranty on these cars to up to 7 years/100,000 miles. There are third party warranties, but again for piece of mind the full MB warranty is much preferable and less hassle...

Chris

Originally Posted by lkirchner

MM the burl wood has been an option on the E55's and E63's for as long as I can remember but it is fairly unusual to find this on these cars. Also, unless they changed for 2008 the brakes are in fact Brembo's with an AMG decal on them.

Originally Posted by dr Lu

mmarshall..have you reviewed/driven the newer M5? how does it compare to the merc E series AMG..

Originally Posted by kyang91

Thanks it is a great review....

Originally Posted by dr Lu

mmarshall..have you reviewed/driven the newer M5? how does it compare to the merc E series AMG..

Originally Posted by mmarshall

The people at Mercedes service told me they weren't Brembos. It doesn't really matter, IMO, whether they are or not....I still found them quirky.

And the Burl-Wood option was clear, in the brochure, for E55s, but there was no mention of it for E63's. I will take your word for it, though, since you have actually seen some. .......I don't claim to be the last word on anything unless I know it for a fact.

Originally Posted by adam8065

ask and you shall receive..light interior with burlwood

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Originally Posted by Gojirra99

Link no worky

Originally Posted by mmarshall

Thanks, Liz.

The "black" effect of the roof is actually the Panorama glass and its cover.

Originally Posted by mmarshall

Having bought and owned an IS300, I know some of the local Lexus people, but I didn't have any prior experience at the M-B shop I was at, so I had to look presentable. It was no offense to any of the Lexus people.

Originally Posted by mmarshall

Thanks.



Mercedes custom or not, I think the transmission shifter is a lousy place for the engine START/STOP button....for reasons which I explained in the review. And I will still feel the same way tomorrow.

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