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I bought a replacement for a 59 plate direct from the Merc dealer - around £35.

17. amdownes S212 E63 S 5.5 bi-turbo 2014

I know! I moved from a RS6 V10 to the E63 and struggle with how poor the technology is in the Merc.

Removal of aged Parktronic, ridiculous dash binnacle menu system and analog clock. It may be IWC but still not impressed. Introduction of fully integrated audio, nav, climate, seat and car setup display and control unit. To include Real time traffic and on line software/Gracenote DB...

I too looked at all these three a few years ago and bought the RS6. Mine was the 2010 V10 5.0T Avant fantastic car - I miss it.

Hi. I totally agree with your comments. I have a 2012 640 M Sport Cab and very pleased with it. When I move from this to driving my 3 month old E63 it feels like going back 10 years. There is nothing in the E63 that makes me think wow or even that's clever. BTW I have had no issues with any...

I have got an Armani suit. Should have been £1000 but got it for £250 as 'last seasons'. On this basis car is worth very little.

I bought the E63 because I wanted a powerful V8 well appointed Estate car. I moved from the RS6 simply because I wanted a change. My initial comments about being a little disappointed was not about comparing the RS6 and the the E63, but looking across the other cars I have - BMW 640 and Golf R...

For me, I have already had the experience of 'supercar' type performance in the RS6 V10. If I had come from a V6 or less powerful engine – yes I probably would be more impressed by the E63. I remember finding any excuse to take the Audi out to post letters 100 yards down the road and to buy...

Wow very impressive service from the dealer. The CL is a beautiful car. I needed an estate so not an option for me. I was in the E63 yesterday and in the outside line. The RS6 would part waves with vehicles swiftly moving out the way when they saw it in their rear view mirrors - just doesn't...

Not at the time I placed the order but during the wait (13 months) I did have a look at the CLS63 Shooting Brake. I got a fairly good deal on the E but couldn't get any where near the same on the CLS. From memory the base spec CLS63 was missing a few things I wanted that the E had as standard...

I think I was of the first people to place an order for the facelift model back in February last year way before the Estate was in production. I could have waited though after it came out before placing an order! I don't regret buying it - as in the title only 'slightly disappointed'. I...

LOL. You are probably right!

I have had my 2014 E63 Estate for about a month now and I have to say I am slightly disappointed. Two reasons: Technology I think aspects of the technology in incredibly outdated and it just wrong in a car of this calibre. I cannot believe that the car still has the same Parktronic...

Hi. Thanks for the advice. What I did was to select a playlist in itunes (a single complete album) and to burn an MP3 version onto CD. Then I used Command to rip the CD to the Hard Disk Music Register. I have only just got the car and have the grand total of 2 albums on the Music Register...