Help, My E63 AMGS is 3.5 years old (out of warranty - did not extend it), bought brand new from Mercedes and the other day whilst driving along made an awful noise and cut out. Was recovered to dealer, who today said engine is totally seized up, and they want to charge me £9k to strip the engine to find the fault, at which point they can apply to Mercedes for a contribution (which there is no guarantee of them paying, or any idea of how much), or I could just install a new engine at a cost of £40k-£50k. Obviously this is a totally unacceptable situation, and am not sure what to do. The car was completely standard (never been modified), had done 32k miles, full dealer service history, been well looked after, and not driven too hard (apart from the occasional). Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do?