RE: God bless the V8! PH Blog
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The C63 estate is incredibly practical (space) and impractical (the tie down kit is a MUST)all at the same time. Love it! Anything in the boot does tend to get a mite hot when pressing on though!! Or well spread around all over the boot....
They can be economical, not all madness: Record so far is 28.5mpg.... Nadir was 12.2.... 6000mile average is 18!
They can be economical, not all madness: Record so far is 28.5mpg.... Nadir was 12.2.... 6000mile average is 18!
A truly great engine BUT a very poorly executed car. I have just sold my MY12 C63 Coupe after being driven insane by the myriad of niggles, rattles and squeaks, heated seats that turn themselves off, an online command system that won't work with iPhone, the list is endless.
Try looking for the extra DAB information (playing now and next), on Planet Rock because you won't find it. Mercedes didn't add the bit of software code that makes it work. They did promise to get it working with a fix sometime in 2014.
So yes, if you just want a massive engine that will entertain you with outstanding performance, noise and brutality, this is the car for you. However, if you would like a car to live with, and perhaps use the radio, log on to google to find hotels or think you can decide when to turn your heated seat off, it may not be the car for you........
Try looking for the extra DAB information (playing now and next), on Planet Rock because you won't find it. Mercedes didn't add the bit of software code that makes it work. They did promise to get it working with a fix sometime in 2014.
So yes, if you just want a massive engine that will entertain you with outstanding performance, noise and brutality, this is the car for you. However, if you would like a car to live with, and perhaps use the radio, log on to google to find hotels or think you can decide when to turn your heated seat off, it may not be the car for you........
Edited by findtomdotcom on Friday 4th October 21:13
XJ Flyer said:
It's up to customers.If they buy a car on that basis then it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Whereas if they refuse to listen to all the PC bulls
t concerning downsizing being best and demand what they've always had then the manufacturers will just have to listen and provide what the customers want.It's probably a case of continue to buy it or lose it.
I wish you could buy (new):t concerning downsizing being best and demand what they've always had then the manufacturers will just have to listen and provide what the customers want.It's probably a case of continue to buy it or lose it.- A manual 911 GT3 / Ferrari 458 / F12
- A N/A BMW M car
- A V8 petrol Land Rover Discovery (just discontinued)
& a TVR
- Seems by the time I earn enough to do any of those things, I'll have long missed the boat.
Used cars for me it is then! New cars for me are becoming more and more irrelevant / uninteresting / irritating etc. as time goes on...and I'm only 25!Pittsy98 said:
I picked up my new C63 coupe 507 Edition last Friday. I too have a big V8 grin on my face, unfortunately I am only a third of the way through the 1000mile run-in period. I can't go above 85mph, can't go above 4500rpm, can't use full throttle and have to build the load slowly. It's so frustrating, but a lovely thought to know that in a couple of weeks I can unleash it! Can't wait... anyone fancy a few laps of the M25?
I've been told by by numerous Audi/Nissan/Honda garages that the best way to break in performance engines is to drive it as you would from day one.They've been on the dyno for a long time already, they all said be careful on the gearbox though...
My daily drive is a Jaguar Super V8 with 4.2l Supercharged V8. Such a lovely wafter. Wallet is always light at the end of the week but ah well.
Got another V8 coming in the new year, 4.7l V8.
I don't even like V8's but something about them is so loveable...
I had a C63 over 19 fantastic months and couldn't agree more, the ride was bone shaking at times and the thirst is just what you expect from 6.2litres but worth it every minute.
I have a new E63 now and it's even better - more comfortable when you want it and one press on the AMG button makes it even more ferocious than the C63.
As for the fosil juice the C63 averaged 17mpg and the E63 up to now (4500 miles) has done 20.7mpg
Brilliant cars both of them
I have a new E63 now and it's even better - more comfortable when you want it and one press on the AMG button makes it even more ferocious than the C63.
As for the fosil juice the C63 averaged 17mpg and the E63 up to now (4500 miles) has done 20.7mpg
Brilliant cars both of them
I bought one of these this time last year (not a 507, a C63 with the PP). It's absolutely staggering. Not had any probs with DAB, works fine on the stations I tend to listen to (most BBC, Heart, Kiss, Capital). iPhone doesn't work for inter web access, but does for all choons and calls (it even reads texts out to you).
Absolutely adore the C63. For whatever reason the M3 didn't have the same effect on me, but there's something just right about that car. I think the biggest surprise was the steering - so much more feelsome and precise than I'd expected from a big dumb muscle car (and better than the E92's). That said, the Coupe I drove was optioned up to something like £78,000 from memory, which is pretty terrifying.
The V8 soundtrack, though? Personally only like it when it's properly hard edged. Okay, a woofly crossplane V8 is more fun than a normal engine when you're chuntering around at low throttle openings, but I prefer the bellow of a six or a 12 for a real war cry. And I say that as a TVR owner.
The V8 soundtrack, though? Personally only like it when it's properly hard edged. Okay, a woofly crossplane V8 is more fun than a normal engine when you're chuntering around at low throttle openings, but I prefer the bellow of a six or a 12 for a real war cry. And I say that as a TVR owner.
My only real decision, should wealth come my way, is E63 Wagon vs C63 Wagon - one is a BIT too small for 2 dogcages and 4 people - the other is, frankly, enormous - so it's "bit of a squeeze" or "just take the aircraft carrier"...
That and colour, of course - no nasty sticker kits please, no "Bradford Badboy" carbon/white combos either, probably a soft metallic brown or a mid grey - interior not in 'shows the dandruff' black or "shows everything else" white either, they do a ruddy-browny colour which has the air of an old flying jacket - we're talking expensive looking but not shouty here, not in any way 'new rich'.
Until you start it, of course - then I'll take all the shouty you've got.
Debadged? I'd normally say yes but with every CDi taxi trying to look like an AMG it might be the wrong tack to take entirely - but then there's the noise to keep people on the same page of the book...
Hmmm...
That and colour, of course - no nasty sticker kits please, no "Bradford Badboy" carbon/white combos either, probably a soft metallic brown or a mid grey - interior not in 'shows the dandruff' black or "shows everything else" white either, they do a ruddy-browny colour which has the air of an old flying jacket - we're talking expensive looking but not shouty here, not in any way 'new rich'.
Until you start it, of course - then I'll take all the shouty you've got.
Debadged? I'd normally say yes but with every CDi taxi trying to look like an AMG it might be the wrong tack to take entirely - but then there's the noise to keep people on the same page of the book...
Hmmm...
findtomdotcom said:
A truly great engine BUT a very poorly executed car. I have just sold my MY12 C63 Coupe after being driven insane by the myriad of niggles, rattles and squeaks, heated seats that turn themselves off, an online command system that won't work with iPhone, the list is endless.
Try looking for the extra DAB information (playing now and next), on Planet Rock because you won't find it. Mercedes didn't add the bit of software code that makes it work. They did promise to get it working with a fix sometime in 2014.
So yes, if you just want a massive engine that will entertain you with outstanding performance, noise and brutality, this is the car for you. However, if you would like a car to live with, and perhaps use the radio, log on to google to find hotels or think you can decide when to turn your heated seat off, avoid this like the plague........
Incredible, are you saying it is a crap car because you can't get google to link up via your iphone! and that the odd DAB station can't be found!Oh and on the odd winters day the heated seat turned it's self off.
Is that how you judge a car, a few minor niggles and you run away crying, God help the next salesman/garage that sells you a car. The car has a stoncking engine goes like stink and you get ruid of it for a few minor niggles!!.
Go try a Nissan Micra I hear there quiet reliable
Try looking for the extra DAB information (playing now and next), on Planet Rock because you won't find it. Mercedes didn't add the bit of software code that makes it work. They did promise to get it working with a fix sometime in 2014.
So yes, if you just want a massive engine that will entertain you with outstanding performance, noise and brutality, this is the car for you. However, if you would like a car to live with, and perhaps use the radio, log on to google to find hotels or think you can decide when to turn your heated seat off, avoid this like the plague........
Incredible, are you saying it is a crap car because you can't get google to link up via your iphone! and that the odd DAB station can't be found!Oh and on the odd winters day the heated seat turned it's self off.
Is that how you judge a car, a few minor niggles and you run away crying, God help the next salesman/garage that sells you a car. The car has a stoncking engine goes like stink and you get ruid of it for a few minor niggles!!.
Go try a Nissan Micra I hear there quiet reliable
I absofkinglutely love the C63. Had the pleasure of enjoying a few in recent months.
The estate was great fun, practical and had everything you'd ever need and then the second was a Coupe with the P31 performance pack and I completely fell for it. Luckily I got it over our heatwave and spent a lot of the time with the windows down, the sunroof back and the TC/ESP off.
I know an RS4 and M3 might beat it round a track but the sound, presence and gut wrenching pull of the thing are totally unmatched.
If I ever get a job where I need to get my own runabout I'd be sorely tempted by some of the lease deals at the moment...... while I'm on lease deals freedom contracts are advertising a A45 for £302.99 per month, granted with nearly a £2k deposit but it's still a good price;
kinglutely love the C63. Had the pleasure of enjoying a few in recent months.The estate was great fun, practical and had everything you'd ever need and then the second was a Coupe with the P31 performance pack and I completely fell for it. Luckily I got it over our heatwave and spent a lot of the time with the windows down, the sunroof back and the TC/ESP off.
I know an RS4 and M3 might beat it round a track but the sound, presence and gut wrenching pull of the thing are totally unmatched.
If I ever get a job where I need to get my own runabout I'd be sorely tempted by some of the lease deals at the moment...... while I'm on lease deals freedom contracts are advertising a A45 for £302.99 per month, granted with nearly a £2k deposit but it's still a good price;
This is what my V8 sounds like
6.3 chevy small block, Edelbrock power package on top (heads, cam, carb, inlet, roller rockers etc - make sure you have you speakers up, or for the full monty, download it onto your iphone and play it through your stereo!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12EXemK4uM
6.3 chevy small block, Edelbrock power package on top (heads, cam, carb, inlet, roller rockers etc - make sure you have you speakers up, or for the full monty, download it onto your iphone and play it through your stereo!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12EXemK4uM
Totally agree! My C63 wagon (bought a year ago with 12k miles on the clock and for not much more than half the new price) is exactly as described. Brings a smile to my face every time I use it. Was a great success in Chamonix last winter, with winter tyres. Bought it because i thought we soon wouldn't have any more big naturally aspirated V8's.
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