Sam87
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2010
- Messages
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- UK
- Car
- S65AMG V12 BiTurbo - S63AMG V8 BiTurbo Designo - C55 AMG W203
Hello everyone,
It has been hard for me to not say anything about this car as I’ve now owned it for 5 weeks. Most of my friends don’t share the same passion about cars that’s why all of you have to put up with me
If you want to skip the essay and go straight to the pic's, I completely understand
Well, where do I start! As many of you have seen already, about 5 months ago I bought a Mercedes S65AMG V12 BiTurbo prefacelift W221. It was one of those cars that I said I would like to own one day and the love for this cars started when I bought an S600 a few years ago. I have done a lot of work to the S65AMG since I bought it and it looks beautiful ( if I say so myself ).
The main thing I had planed to do to the S65AMG was a full facelift conversion and I was sure I wanted to do that before I even went to pick the car up.
The thing is that, there’s not many S65AMG’s in the UK. After buying the car, I thought if I go ahead with the facelift conversion and one day I decide to sell the car, it might put people off. The car still looks good as it is, if anything, the bumpers look a bit more aggressive compare to the facelift car.
I thought I'd be fully satisfied with how the car was looking and I tried to like the prefacelift car more than the facelift S class AMG’s but I was still having thoughts about doing the conversion. I like the facelift car, just that little bit more. I just couldn’t be fully satisfied with a prefacelift car so what’s the most sensible thing to do in cases like this? Go and buy a facelift AMG also
I'll be honest, I hadn't really planned to buy another S class but one day I was browsing on Autotrader and I found a facelift S63AMG but not just any S63AMG, this was a Designo model. This was the same car I wanted to buy just over a year ago but the person that owned it now beat me to it and I missed out. When I saw it up for sale now, I thought I’d just give him a call and ask a few questions. After we spoke, I got a good vibe from the owner and I said I would like to come and view the car. He was 4 hours away from me
So you all get an idea how my brain works. After I spoke to him, I went and ordered lowering linkages and a boot spoiler for this car. To think, I was “just” going to view the car first….. yeah right!
I went home that day and as we were chatting about our day, I mentioned to my wife that I had seen a car online. Her first words were….. “ Please don’t tell me it’s another M3! It’s about time you got over them and surely there are others cars out there you’d like to buy?” I said “ Well, I have taken your advise and it is a very different car to an M3!” she looked shocked and asked to see pics of the car. When it comes to cars she just doesn’t care at all but she tries to be understanding and she has excepted the fact that her husband loves cars
.
Anyways, I show her the pic's. She looks at me and says, “ Isn’t this another S class like the one you got already?” I said, well it is and it isn’t. You see, this is a facelift car. It looks very different to the other one I have and this is also a Designo which means it was a special order. After listening to me going on about the differences of both cars, she says, “ You’re going to buy it aren’t you “ I said no no, we will go to view the car this weekend together. It’s 4 hours away by train. It will be like a little trip. If I don’t like, we just get the train back and that's that.
I had only bought a one way ticket though. I was hoping the car would be good!
A few days went by which seemed to go painfully slow and finally the weekend arrived. The owner said he’d pick us up from the train station. As we came out of the station and I looked down to the car park, there was this beautiful big Mercedes that stood out from far away amongst other cars.
Without realising, I started to go down the stairs a bit faster and then I heard my wife’s voice, “ Sam, you’re looking a bit too excited, slow down and don’t leave me behind “
The gentleman took us to his beautiful beautiful house and we had a nice chat there. After that, I became a lot poorer and the deal was done.
We made our way back to London and it was obvious I was a happy boy. My wife just kept smiling and saying, you seem very happy that you got another toy Sam! 
Anyways, enough of the story and more about the car.
I think it’s quiet a special car.
It’s a Designo model, exterior and interior.
It’s an S63AMG V8 BiTurbo. Being a late model, this car got the newer engine instead of the old 6.2 V8 naturally aspirated. I wanted the newer engine but to find one that is also a Designo, made it even more appealing to me.
The car is also a Performance Pack which means, it has more power than a normal S63AMG V8 BiTurbo and a higher top speed [ still restricted ]. The Performance Pack has 571 bhp and 900NM and it's restricted to 188mph. Not that the normal s63 is a slow car but who says no to more power right!
The interior is my fav part on this car ( looks wise ). I just love light coloured interiors and it's such a crazy high spec car. It has all the options you could get on this model s classes and some very cool features.
The roof lining is full leather which I have not seen before and the stitching around the door handles and sun visors you can just tell it's been done to a very high standard. It matches the leather on the dashboard
Pic’s don’t really show the depth of the colour and the shine it has but when the sun hits the paint, it looks really nice and it has so much sparkle. Pic's don't do it justice.
The previous owner said the car has full Mercedes history but it was all digital so I had no paper work to see. I don’t recommend anyone doing this but I took his word for it. When I went to Mercedes to order some parts for the car, I spoke with the service advisor to check how many times the car had been at the dealer. Her words were, “ This is one of the best service records I have seen on a car this age! “
In 11 years the car had been at the dealer 13 times for services alone and it was about to get the 14th service done with a lot of genuine parts being changed as you’ll see further down.
It has been hard for me to not say anything about this car as I’ve now owned it for 5 weeks. Most of my friends don’t share the same passion about cars that’s why all of you have to put up with me
If you want to skip the essay and go straight to the pic's, I completely understand
Well, where do I start! As many of you have seen already, about 5 months ago I bought a Mercedes S65AMG V12 BiTurbo prefacelift W221. It was one of those cars that I said I would like to own one day and the love for this cars started when I bought an S600 a few years ago. I have done a lot of work to the S65AMG since I bought it and it looks beautiful ( if I say so myself ).
The main thing I had planed to do to the S65AMG was a full facelift conversion and I was sure I wanted to do that before I even went to pick the car up.
The thing is that, there’s not many S65AMG’s in the UK. After buying the car, I thought if I go ahead with the facelift conversion and one day I decide to sell the car, it might put people off. The car still looks good as it is, if anything, the bumpers look a bit more aggressive compare to the facelift car.
I thought I'd be fully satisfied with how the car was looking and I tried to like the prefacelift car more than the facelift S class AMG’s but I was still having thoughts about doing the conversion. I like the facelift car, just that little bit more. I just couldn’t be fully satisfied with a prefacelift car so what’s the most sensible thing to do in cases like this? Go and buy a facelift AMG also
I'll be honest, I hadn't really planned to buy another S class but one day I was browsing on Autotrader and I found a facelift S63AMG but not just any S63AMG, this was a Designo model. This was the same car I wanted to buy just over a year ago but the person that owned it now beat me to it and I missed out. When I saw it up for sale now, I thought I’d just give him a call and ask a few questions. After we spoke, I got a good vibe from the owner and I said I would like to come and view the car. He was 4 hours away from me
So you all get an idea how my brain works. After I spoke to him, I went and ordered lowering linkages and a boot spoiler for this car. To think, I was “just” going to view the car first….. yeah right!
I went home that day and as we were chatting about our day, I mentioned to my wife that I had seen a car online. Her first words were….. “ Please don’t tell me it’s another M3! It’s about time you got over them and surely there are others cars out there you’d like to buy?” I said “ Well, I have taken your advise and it is a very different car to an M3!” she looked shocked and asked to see pics of the car. When it comes to cars she just doesn’t care at all but she tries to be understanding and she has excepted the fact that her husband loves cars
.Anyways, I show her the pic's. She looks at me and says, “ Isn’t this another S class like the one you got already?” I said, well it is and it isn’t. You see, this is a facelift car. It looks very different to the other one I have and this is also a Designo which means it was a special order. After listening to me going on about the differences of both cars, she says, “ You’re going to buy it aren’t you “ I said no no, we will go to view the car this weekend together. It’s 4 hours away by train. It will be like a little trip. If I don’t like, we just get the train back and that's that.
I had only bought a one way ticket though. I was hoping the car would be good!
A few days went by which seemed to go painfully slow and finally the weekend arrived. The owner said he’d pick us up from the train station. As we came out of the station and I looked down to the car park, there was this beautiful big Mercedes that stood out from far away amongst other cars.
Without realising, I started to go down the stairs a bit faster and then I heard my wife’s voice, “ Sam, you’re looking a bit too excited, slow down and don’t leave me behind “
The gentleman took us to his beautiful beautiful house and we had a nice chat there. After that, I became a lot poorer and the deal was done.
We made our way back to London and it was obvious I was a happy boy
. My wife just kept smiling and saying, you seem very happy that you got another toy Sam! Anyways, enough of the story and more about the car.
I think it’s quiet a special car.
It’s a Designo model, exterior and interior.
It’s an S63AMG V8 BiTurbo. Being a late model, this car got the newer engine instead of the old 6.2 V8 naturally aspirated. I wanted the newer engine but to find one that is also a Designo, made it even more appealing to me.
The car is also a Performance Pack which means, it has more power than a normal S63AMG V8 BiTurbo and a higher top speed [ still restricted ]. The Performance Pack has 571 bhp and 900NM and it's restricted to 188mph. Not that the normal s63 is a slow car but who says no to more power right!
The interior is my fav part on this car ( looks wise ). I just love light coloured interiors and it's such a crazy high spec car. It has all the options you could get on this model s classes and some very cool features.
The roof lining is full leather which I have not seen before and the stitching around the door handles and sun visors you can just tell it's been done to a very high standard. It matches the leather on the dashboard
Pic’s don’t really show the depth of the colour and the shine it has but when the sun hits the paint, it looks really nice and it has so much sparkle. Pic's don't do it justice.
The previous owner said the car has full Mercedes history but it was all digital so I had no paper work to see. I don’t recommend anyone doing this but I took his word for it. When I went to Mercedes to order some parts for the car, I spoke with the service advisor to check how many times the car had been at the dealer. Her words were, “ This is one of the best service records I have seen on a car this age! “
In 11 years the car had been at the dealer 13 times for services alone and it was about to get the 14th service done with a lot of genuine parts being changed as you’ll see further down.
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The spoiler got damaged also because it fell off my hand. Off it went to get painted for the third time 
…………………well maybe just a bit
