What a lovely motor, lucky guy (-;
My friend and I were just discussing a replacement for his Range on Friday and it became a coin flip between the E63 estate and a V10 RS6 estate,will be interesting to hear your ownership thoughts over the next couple of months so I can give him some decent input!
I did a track day in a non-turbo at Merc World a few years back and I was completely sold on that soundtrack.
S70T5Chris (Sunday 13th March 2016)
what a great choice of car, even better when you are looking at a 200 mph speedo just to remind you when you press the loud pedal.
S70T5Chris (Sunday 13th March 2016)
V10 RS6 was my other main option. I had a look at a few. To be fair didn't drive one, but just didn't have the same appeal. Looked too dull. And if you look up reviews or test drives, apart from being insanely fast off the line, they're not the best at anything else, far from involving to drive, understeery and a bit bland. But if going Nissan GTR fast in a straight line is all your after, then they're the kiddy!. The first one I looked at was a black avant, and it was parked next to a black A6 avant tdi, they just looked the bloody same! The wider arches don't really add much, and if your gonna spend a shed load of money on a motor, it's got to look the part imo! On the other hand I did go and look at this (before the Merc I bought). Oh my lord it looked special! Me and my pal had a stupid grin on our faces the whole time. The mileage was a mild concern, but the condition was A1, 2 owners (despite the guy saying it was 1 owner), we were working out a deal trading in my M3. We just came to a deal, and I was going to buy it, and then he said I couldn't drive it until I agreed to buy it! So we had a 5 minute argument, I called him a ££££ing £££££ and left! Tosser! Glad I didn't end up with it, the Merc is the absolute ££££££££.
One thing I'll say is, as much money as all these cars are, noone wants to do a deal?!!! Every week you see the same cars getting reduced and reduced further, but none of these traders will do a deal! I refuse to believe that they can't move a couple of grand on a £30k odd car? But most of them won't! And then if you've got a trade in, you're utterly screwed. They won't knock anything off the screen price, and they will only pay CAP value for your trade in, or £500 over at a push. One guy had an E63 on his forecourt for over a year, OVER A YEAR!!!! And he wouldn't budge on price?!!!
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I've looked at a few replacements and just kept with the R, but totally get the appeal for the mercs!, I looked at jag Rs, vxr8 (viewed a couple of these) and m5's v10 terrible reliability on the box especially, Audi s6 with the v10 are cheap and fast, but a ml63 would be lush!
I considered an m5, but only the 4.4 turbo really. The v10 is possibly one of the best engines ever made, but like you say the gearbox is toss, and the car itself is a bit dated now. The 4.4 is a hell of a machine, but just looks like a 520d!
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Ettienne (Sunday 13th March 2016)
I saw this on autotrader, if someone is after cheap v8 Merc fun, engine must be worth that price
I'm ever so slightly jealous! Nice looking motor!
It's a 5 Cylinder Orchestra!
R.I.P. Kyebosh (Alan) you're memory lives on!
Interesting you should say that,'cos I remember when traders loved to have a deal and a swap around of forecourt stock,but all that seems to have changed over the last few years and they all seem bloody hard work regardless of what price level your at!One thing I'll say is, as much money as all these cars are, noone wants to do a deal?!!! Every week you see the same cars getting reduced and reduced further, but none of these traders will do a deal! I refuse to believe that they can't move a couple of grand on a £30k odd car? But most of them won't! And then if you've got a trade in, you're utterly screwed. They won't knock anything off the screen price, and they will only pay CAP value for your trade in, or £500 over at a push. One guy had an E63 on his forecourt for over a year, OVER A YEAR!!!! And he wouldn't budge on price?!!!
But expecting you to buy a motor like that without a test drive lmao,he can **** right off,and let's hope he gets stuck with it-although unlikely for what must be a bit of a monster.
M5 V10 was also briefly in our conversation but it isn't just the box but the vanos that's trouble afaik,and at £3500 a side that's a big repair to look forward to on a 12k car
Ettienne (Sunday 13th March 2016),jamesy12345 (Monday 14th March 2016),Orca2 (Sunday 13th March 2016)
Sounds like fun , the having a vagina bit. I have them as often as I can manage.
Doingitsideways (Sunday 13th March 2016),kmb (Tuesday 12th April 2016)
jamesy12345 (Monday 14th March 2016),Orca2 (Monday 14th March 2016)
There goes a mental image we could all have done without . You sir are the deviant's deviant
Keep up the good work.
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Doingitsideways (Monday 14th March 2016)
Well, i've had it a month or so now, and I am as happy with it as the day I bought it, maybe even more so!
The noise from the thing is like the gift that never stops giving! I still find myself giving it a little blip before switching off, and I still have a stupid grin on my face every time I do it! It's just so angry!
Fast. It's fast. By Mo's calculating it's around 5 second's 60-100, and sub 9 60-120. It's around super car territory for out and out pace, and it just doesn't let up, the rate in which the needle just keep going is relentless, and it does it without any stress, it's just completely effortless.
To me, surprisingly, it feels quite sporty. Considering it's 1800kgs odd, it feels like a much lighter car. It feels lighter and way more nimble than the S60 did and that is a good couple hundred kg's less. The suspension is sublime, whilst the ride won't be as spongy as a regular E Class I'm sure, it is surprisingly smooth and comfortable and take speed bumps with no issues or back breaking crashes, easily as nice a ride as my old man's XFR, which I found to be one of the most impressive things about the Jag. Turn up the stiffness and its glorious on a rag through the forest. Yeah, it's no 911, but for what it is, it's very capable. The suspension adjustments are far more noticeable than the 4C in the S60.
One concern I had, coming from the M3 which could have a very twitchy arse when it wanted, and driving the XFR a fair bit which is also very tail happy, it's incredibly planted. The traction was always cutting in on the M3, pulling out of junctions, even on straight line pulls on occasion. You have to be quite careful in the Jag, if you put your foot down to change lanes to overtake, the arse can catch you out, saved by the TC obviously but still can be a bit hairy if your not ready for it! The AMG doesn't seem to suffer with these issues to anywhere near the same degree. Regular day to day driving, I have probably only seen the traction cut in a couple of times. It's hooks up surprisingly well in a straight line, I guess having the diff helps that a lot. I feel much more confident in the Merc than I did in the M3 or the XFR.
The flappy paddle thing... I don't think that's for me. Unless the gearbox in the mine is a bad example, it's not instant enough for my liking and it still has a mind of it own when it wants to. The gear changes in the XFR on flappy paddles are definitely quicker. The facelift cars have a different 8 speed gearbox I think, maybe that's better. Even if it was instant changes, I don't think id use it. I am loving the auto, must be getting old!
Stupid to talk about fuel consumption on such a car, but believe it or not it's no worse than the 850 or S60 was really. For such a big engine and heavy car to drag around it's perfectly acceptable.
I'm not modding it; well that went out the window. Nothing major but I ordered a new front grill, I hugely dislike the badgless front grill that is on it, so have one of these to go on when I get chance:
I've also been trawling the internet for splitters and diffusers for the last couple of weeks (I can't help myself!), and until yesterday only never came up with anything that really floats my boat. Then Mo got involved and found a company called RevoZport. LINK Well, i'm sold! Love the splitter, diffuser and roof spoiler. Pricey, but looks the dogs danglies. They have a UK distributer, so I'll give them a buzz this week and get the low down!
Oddly, the car doesn't have a reverse camera either. But I've found a company that retrofit pretty much all the factory gadgets and gizmos all using OEM parts, so I'll probably bell them up and get that done at some stage too,
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WOOF! This thing is a monster. If you are collecting white performance estates you will need an RS6, RS4, E63, XFR, M5 (manual converted or an LHD american one).... You know the pattern, fast, white, long, add it to the collection.
Could the good road manners and lack of spinning and scaring be due to swishy or particularly wide tyres? Has it new or high performance rubber as that could be the one large contributor to the characteristics you are seeing.
S70T5Chris (Tuesday 12th April 2016)
It's on Pirelli PZero's, and in fairness the rears are way past they're best, only 3mm tread left tops, if that. I've never really rated Pirelli's tbh, so I'm expecting even more of an improvement when I replace them (which will be very soon). Not sure what I'll replace with, probably ContiSportContact 5's, or Pilot Sports's.
The rears are 285/30/19. The M3 I had was on CSL sizes, they were 265/30/19 on the rear IIRC, that was on MPSS's. The old boy's Jag has 20" wheels, they're 285 rears, he's running Dunlop Sport Maxx I think.
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11.5" rear tyres.
Nuff said.
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