C63 Running Costs/Common Issues

[ST86Dave]

Good evening all.

After 3 years over hurtling around in a Focus ST as a daily driver, I've now picked up a company car so will be using my own car for weekends and fun times, considering a C63.

can anyone advise me of servicing costs, brakes, etc, service intervals, tyre costs/life etc, and anything else worth bearing in mind?

Any issues I'd need to be aware of?

Cheers in advance.

[ST86Dave]

What do you call reasonably priced?

[ST86Dave]

lee c63 said:

Without sounding like a tit if you are concerned about running costs then don't get a C63. These things love visiting the petrol station....I use smiles per a gallon instead of mpg. Around town between 14-16 and on a run 20-21mpg.

Don't get me wrong an absolute epic car and I very much doubt there will ever be a 6.3 AMG again. And I can't think of another car that has the same effect when it's seen (heard) and its realistically a 4 door family car.

I knew someone was gonna say it, but to be fair, I asked the same question when getting the ST and it's been fine to run, and now I'm earning nearly twice as much as I was when I got the ST, I think anyone who is buying a relatively high performance car would be stupid not to do some research first.

A lot of people don't see north of 20mpg with their ST's, I'm usually somewhere between 25-30, depending on how I'm feeling, so I sometimes wonder what people are doing to get such low figures.