I disagree, the service costs and parts availability are cheap and easy to come by. I paid $7,000.00 for my C34 S2 Dayz edition Stagea with 90,000 km on the clock the 100,000 km service cost me just shy of $450.00 for all the parts with a new in cabin air filter.
I find it very interesting the amount of miss information floating around. To fully insure the car is only $500 per year through famous car insurance.
My C34 S2 Days edition is RWD 2.5 Turbo, it uses 8.5L on the highway and betwen 9.5 and 10 around town.
At the end of the day the VE wagon is not a better option, truth be told they are crap, they do not hold there value and are over priced in the market as it is.