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I was jesting with my "Fiat" comment lol, I'm Mb through and through but the Mazza's do look and sound the dogs.
John, a w212 e63 Bi turbo is soo brutal mate, They feel alot quicker than any e55 i've been in, even if there's actually not alot in it.
Newer is better. In standard form E63S has more than 100 bhp over E55. Superchargers have all the drama though. The bigger they are, the more of it there.
One car that I still have fond memories of is a 216 65. Maybe 216 63 is what it should have been John?
I don't feel another Merc would improve on my E55K enough to warrant the spending of cash whereas going for something completely leftfield brings back the enthusiasm I've lost at the moment.
I think a 5.5 Bi turbo e63 would, It felt like my guts were going to be torn out of my back with the one i went in lol
AMG has that ability to look ordinary and common yet be so exciting to drive. And it's still a Mercedes not a boutique brand so parts are readily available and don't cost the earth. How's Maserati running costs?
Have you driven the 216 biturbo ?
Sounds like you have your heat set on a Maserati, I actively looked at the Granturismo whilst searching for a CLS63 and there are some beauties out there. Beautiful cars, unlikely to depreciate that much and sound amazing.....go for it.
I've been through this so many times over the past few years with Maserati and in the end you just have to take the plunge; yes they will possibly cost more to run £ for £ than an AMG or the like but owning one really is a joy, and as a petrolhead you simply have to try it. And even if my QP had turned out to be unreliable I wouldn't have cared one bit, sounds ridiculous when I say that out loud, but it's true; things like an old dude coming for a chat about it, he'd always loved them as a boy, you could see the enthusiasm in his face, so I gave him the keys and let him have a spin and it made his day.
During my (extensive) research I also found that pretty much everyone that slagged them off could only regurgitate third hand tales of woe, and those who were owners were rather pragmatic about the cost of ownership, a cost that, compared to my ownership, wouldn't be a million miles from an E55K with its SBC and air suspension etc etc just look at how much Gav has spent on his...
You say you don't want outright performance any more ??
Isn't the MGT exactly that, even more so ??
Now I think I might of made a bit of a ric and quite miss it tbh.
I am sensing that not everyone who's responded really gets where I am coming from - and I really understand that because I've been the same before myself.
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