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    2014-16 W213 E63 saloons - folding seats? Distronic?

    I always lusted after a GTV6.
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    2014-16 W213 E63 saloons - folding seats? Distronic?

    Loved my Alfasud Sprint Veloce, had it for about 4 years then it started to dissolve.☹️ Traded it in for an Alfa 75 twin spark, which was lovely but quirky.
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    Someone in AMG marketing finally sees some sense.

    The ban on ICE vehicles is going to have to be cancelled, or at least delayed for many years, the infrastructure cannot support the planned EV rollout and there are insufficient engineers and resources to correct the issues...
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    Electric car depreciation

    I don't think they are on the same planet. The whole #NetZero by 2030 or 2035 is impossible whatever incentives or fines the government imposes.
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    Electric car depreciation

    Seems a sensible approach to me.
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    After all that RainX is a big no!

    I will give that a go.
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    W213 e63s oil temperatures

    My car seems quite slow to heat the oil, when I start the car from old it seems to heat the water reasonably quickly in say 4 miles of steady speed driving, but the oil temperature seems to take nearer ten miles to get up to around 70c. Is this normal? I would think it would reach operating...
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    5 years in...

    Mercedes Plymouth had a Cavansite blue with tan Interior non S a couple of months ago.
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    AMG warranties

    I purchased my AMG from Sytner Mercedes in Western Super Mare in October 2023, I didn't use their finance and got a 2 year Warranty.
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    ICE cars given 5 year reprieve

    This is not a universal opinion https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/31/green-energy-solar-wind-renewable-energy-interconnector/
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    ICE cars given 5 year reprieve

    There are other reports of electricity infrastructure not being rolled out to slowly for many projects. https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/grid-capacity-issues-threaten-net-zero/
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    ICE cars given 5 year reprieve

    Also where is the electricity going to come from? The UK is near grid capacity all ready only 20% of energy consumption is electricity and they are planning to move the other 80% to electricity Wind has an overall efficiency around 30% and solar around 15 - 20% where is the electricity going...
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    C43

    Can I assume all season on AWD should then be fine all year round?
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