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Hi everyone, new to the forum and will be new to Mercedes. First a little about me and my situation... I'm coming from a 2015 Porsche 911 GTS in a manual. As amazing as this car is, it doesn't compliment the motorcycle enough to give me a Swiss army knife of a car. I basically own two motorcycles now. Living in the Bay Area, I want something with room and AWD to be able to rip up to Tahoe for a quick ski trip. Most of the time, we take my wife's Discovery Sport but at times, I want the ability to go solo. It's just me, my wife, and two golden retrievers so I'm set on the wagon for the dogs. I have looked at Cayenne GTS/Turbo from 2012-2016 and while they appeal to me, I prefer a unique car and this obviously fits that need.
I think I'm set on a 2014/15 E63 wagon but I'm finding some conflicting things with options available on this car. What is the best vin decoder to use? In the Porsche world, we have www.vinanalytics.com to print out what I have attached below. It's amazing- do we have something like this for the Benz world? As for options available- Is there a huge laundry list of options available listed somewhere -ie a build option list like you have from the dealer? It looks like it comes with LED headlights, dynamic seats, and distronic plus as standard. Is this true? What are your MUST have options, what's nice, and what could you do without? It seems like there's only a handful of options available but maybe I'm missing something? Thanks everyone!
These wagons aren't like the Porsche world, there are very few options, I think the 15 & 16 guys got some added stuff via headunit tech upgrade, but nothing meaningful.
From my time researching before buying it seems that the detail obsessed buyers want carbon package and rear heated seat, they seem to be the 'rarer' options. My must-have is distronic plus (which I think was an option on 14's?), I drive up to Tahoe as well, but from LA, it makes the drive so much easier.
I'd worry less about options and more on finding one with a good ownership history and a warranty.
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