Hello,
After many years of barious BMWs I’ve decided to try a Mercedes. I’ve just bought a grey E63s W212 estate. I do very few miles a year, 4-5k so just wanted something I can use as an all rounder and didn’t care too much about the existing miles on the car. I’ve settled for one that has high 50’s k. I intend to keep it for a couple of years.
The previous owner had made a few cosmetic mods that I thought looked a bit non OEM so I’m just having some of these reversed. Namely original grill, chrome trims and badges instead of his maimed black. He or she also had the window surrounds painted black, however these have started to bubble so I’m having these replaced with black OEM items. Although these were not fitted standard the car has night pack so it will look in keeping if they remain black. I’m also replacing the roof bars with back OEM items. As the chrome donn’t look quite right in my opinion.
I’ll post a picture in a second.
Anyway. I have a couple of new owner questions I would appreciate your thoughts......
The MCT gearbox isn’t the smoothest in the world. Where I notice this most is when I’m at a very slow crawling speed slowing to a halt. When I do there seems to be a very slight judder in the drive train that I feel through the brake peddle. Is this normal, or perhaps something I should look into? Perhaps it’s the brakes?
The ride isn’t the best in the world. Just checking whether anyone has had the springs/shocks replaced at this stage in the cars life and noticed an improvement? I suspect they are all like this though. Also the suspension is a little bit clonky, I don’t think there’s an issue with it, I just think it’s a little noisy on poorly surfaced London roads.
I’m thinking of taking the car to Mercedes to have all the software updated including the nav. The car has some independent history so I’m not precious about using Mercedes. Do independents have access to software updates or must I use a proper dealer?
Tyres; I’m about to fit staggered Alpins for winter on a second set of OEM rims. I’m on Pirelli summer tyres. I read somewhere that Goodyear may offer a better ride for summer tyres. Any thoughts from anyone?
DAB Radio. This only holds the signal for seconds at a time, goes quiet then reacquires a signal a few seconds later. Apparemtly there is a UK Mercedes fix, something about the frequencies setting being wrong for the UK in The supplied tuner. Does anyone know exactly what to ask the dealer for please?
Other than the above I’m liking the car a lot. It’s fun as a reasonably comfy bus for mooching around in. It has a decent spec, just missing Distronic and 360 cam. Appreciate any thoughts and insights you can provide to the above.
Many thanks.
After many years of barious BMWs I’ve decided to try a Mercedes. I’ve just bought a grey E63s W212 estate. I do very few miles a year, 4-5k so just wanted something I can use as an all rounder and didn’t care too much about the existing miles on the car. I’ve settled for one that has high 50’s k. I intend to keep it for a couple of years.
The previous owner had made a few cosmetic mods that I thought looked a bit non OEM so I’m just having some of these reversed. Namely original grill, chrome trims and badges instead of his maimed black. He or she also had the window surrounds painted black, however these have started to bubble so I’m having these replaced with black OEM items. Although these were not fitted standard the car has night pack so it will look in keeping if they remain black. I’m also replacing the roof bars with back OEM items. As the chrome donn’t look quite right in my opinion.
I’ll post a picture in a second.
Anyway. I have a couple of new owner questions I would appreciate your thoughts......
The MCT gearbox isn’t the smoothest in the world. Where I notice this most is when I’m at a very slow crawling speed slowing to a halt. When I do there seems to be a very slight judder in the drive train that I feel through the brake peddle. Is this normal, or perhaps something I should look into? Perhaps it’s the brakes?
The ride isn’t the best in the world. Just checking whether anyone has had the springs/shocks replaced at this stage in the cars life and noticed an improvement? I suspect they are all like this though. Also the suspension is a little bit clonky, I don’t think there’s an issue with it, I just think it’s a little noisy on poorly surfaced London roads.
I’m thinking of taking the car to Mercedes to have all the software updated including the nav. The car has some independent history so I’m not precious about using Mercedes. Do independents have access to software updates or must I use a proper dealer?
Tyres; I’m about to fit staggered Alpins for winter on a second set of OEM rims. I’m on Pirelli summer tyres. I read somewhere that Goodyear may offer a better ride for summer tyres. Any thoughts from anyone?
DAB Radio. This only holds the signal for seconds at a time, goes quiet then reacquires a signal a few seconds later. Apparemtly there is a UK Mercedes fix, something about the frequencies setting being wrong for the UK in The supplied tuner. Does anyone know exactly what to ask the dealer for please?
Other than the above I’m liking the car a lot. It’s fun as a reasonably comfy bus for mooching around in. It has a decent spec, just missing Distronic and 360 cam. Appreciate any thoughts and insights you can provide to the above.
Many thanks.
