Does your AMG have a detrimental effect on your driving?
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GrahamPM said:
Not sure if detrimental, but it's demonic performance certainly gets me in trouble with my wife! Comments such as 'did you have to do that?" - tail hanging off the roundabout for instance! Each time I twist the 'knob' from C to S+ I get that 'here we go again' look!
Love it!
Graham
Love it!
Graham
She also "loves" it when I crack the windows open in a tunnel and make an ungodly racket. I was quite noisy through the Hindhead tunnel this afternoon!
I've only seen one C63 being driven by a knob - doing 50 mph down a busy 30mph urban street. I have found C250 CDI Coupe owners who think they own a C63 are more of an issue! (although in isolation with 201 bhp and 369lb ft, they are actually pretty quick in a straight line for a four-pot diesel)
I find this thread quite interesting having experienced owning a C63 for a short time. I found myself driving the car to it's limits (In Germany) only to be whipped by an SLS whilst I was on the limit. I did not think there would be anything that could touch the C63 but was astonished at the ease at which the SLS caught me and left me feeling like I was standing still. Without taking anything away from the C63 I made a decision and went out and traded it in for my current car which is as you have probably guessed an SLS. I think the C63 was the easiest to drive of the two but saying that I have not had the SLS in Germany yet so I will let you know when I go there in May stopping off at the factory for the obligatory gearbox upgrade. Bottom line is all AMG drivers have to hold a certain skill level and although you feel like your sometimes driving like a hooligan the truth is AMG vehicles are fine tuned equipment and require fine tuned drivers to operate them safely.
Going back to AMG this coming week (E63) and I must admit, whilst not exactly "Driving Miss Daisy", I've never really noticed a detrimental effect on my driving with them. My last was an E55 a few years ago. If anything I tend to be slower than in a standard saloon/hatch as I feel that there's nothing to prove in a 500+bhp. I know it's nippy, sod anyone else.
The XFR which is going in p/x however... (especially with the Spires exhaust )
I may admit to some seriously spirited driving on those nice summer Sunday mornings though
The XFR which is going in p/x however... (especially with the Spires exhaust )
I may admit to some seriously spirited driving on those nice summer Sunday mornings though
colinc01 said:
. Bottom line is all AMG drivers have to hold a certain skill level and although you feel like your sometimes driving like a hooligan the truth is AMG vehicles are fine tuned equipment and require fine tuned drivers to operate them safely.
Unbelievable. This thread has become quite embarrassing. REALIST123 said:
colinc01 said:
. Bottom line is all AMG drivers have to hold a certain skill level and although you feel like your sometimes driving like a hooligan the truth is AMG vehicles are fine tuned equipment and require fine tuned drivers to operate them safely.
Unbelievable. This thread has become quite embarrassing. REALIST123 said:
colinc01 said:
. Bottom line is all AMG drivers have to hold a certain skill level and although you feel like your sometimes driving like a hooligan the truth is AMG vehicles are fine tuned equipment and require fine tuned drivers to operate them safely.
Unbelievable. This thread has become quite embarrassing. I must be in the minority but the c63 makes me drive very slowly is urban conditions......it's a loud car and I don't like to attract attention so tend to poodle about at the speed limit..
Sunday mornings in the countryside are a different matter....
Such is the beauty of the amg......regular comuter car by day, monster on the weekend!
Sunday mornings in the countryside are a different matter....
Such is the beauty of the amg......regular comuter car by day, monster on the weekend!
turboman786 said:
I must be in the minority but the c63 makes me drive very slowly is urban conditions......it's a loud car and I don't like to attract attention so tend to poodle about at the speed limit..
Sunday mornings in the countryside are a different matter....
Such is the beauty of the amg......regular comuter car by day, monster on the weekend!
Sunday mornings in the countryside are a different matter....
Such is the beauty of the amg......regular comuter car by day, monster on the weekend!
REALIST123 said:
colinc01 said:
. Bottom line is all AMG drivers have to hold a certain skill level and although you feel like your sometimes driving like a hooligan the truth is AMG vehicles are fine tuned equipment and require fine tuned drivers to operate them safely.
Unbelievable. This thread has become quite embarrassing. I've been loaned a CLS63 for a few days by a very nice dealer and I have to say that it certainly affected my driving style on untreated roads this morning, I was Miss Daisy. Very good car though, I'm impressed with the steering feel and the brakes, fit and finish seem very good as well though some of the controls are a little fiddly. The engine and noise are as expected, but the drive train and handling are above what I hoped for, an excellent package that seems capable of cruising and bruising depending on the mood and conditions. I would put it ahead of the anodyne RS6, M5 up next.
I had a 2010 E63 and even though i've never hung around as a driver my friends quickly named the car the OMG with how i used to drive it. I recently sold the OMG and got a 640bhp GTR and i find that make me drive even more like an arse, mainly i think because other road users dont see "just another Mercedes" in their mirror so they get out of your way and "allow" me to more easily drive like a hooligan
GrahamPM said:
Not sure if detrimental, but it's demonic performance certainly gets me in trouble with my wife! Comments such as 'did you have to do that?" - tail hanging off the roundabout for instance! Each time I twist the 'knob' from C to S+ I get that 'here we go again' look!
Love it!
Graham
Haha I have had my C63 coupe less than 24 hours and already my missus says "that button changes something and I don't like it!" Lucky for me then she has work this weekend and I don't!!!!! Love it!
Graham
GrahamPM said:
Not sure if detrimental, but it's demonic performance certainly gets me in trouble with my wife! Comments such as 'did you have to do that?" - tail hanging off the roundabout for instance! Each time I twist the 'knob' from C to S+ I get that 'here we go again' look!
Love it!
Graham
Haha I have had my C63 coupe less than 24 hours and already my missus says "that button changes something and I don't like it!" Lucky for me then she has work this weekend and I don't!!!!! Love it!
Graham
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