2014 C63 AMG Edition 507 Coupe
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Small status report!
It's been a while that I've had a car that continues to make a big impression on me after a few months of ownership. Usually by the, things settle down and it becomes the normal daily. Sure that's the case with this, but I still look for excuses to go out in in.
Recently shod the car with 4 new Continental Contisportcontact 5p. These are of OEM flavour and I can't fault them. My others were 2016's and were starting to become noisy and brittle. Wasn't cheap, but it's clearly made a massive improvement not only to the grip and handling, but also the comfort.
I also had a window switch replaced by Merc at no cost. It was rattling like a good one at any moderate volume levels, which was very annoying. All sorted after a 2 min swap over, and I'm enjoying limo levels of quietness when the mood wants it.
Have a service booked in about 4 weeks time which will be a normal Merc A service along with diff oil replacement. Not going to enjoy paying almost £1k for the privilege, but needs must.
Couple of shiny car park pics :-)
It's been a while that I've had a car that continues to make a big impression on me after a few months of ownership. Usually by the, things settle down and it becomes the normal daily. Sure that's the case with this, but I still look for excuses to go out in in.
Recently shod the car with 4 new Continental Contisportcontact 5p. These are of OEM flavour and I can't fault them. My others were 2016's and were starting to become noisy and brittle. Wasn't cheap, but it's clearly made a massive improvement not only to the grip and handling, but also the comfort.
I also had a window switch replaced by Merc at no cost. It was rattling like a good one at any moderate volume levels, which was very annoying. All sorted after a 2 min swap over, and I'm enjoying limo levels of quietness when the mood wants it.
Have a service booked in about 4 weeks time which will be a normal Merc A service along with diff oil replacement. Not going to enjoy paying almost £1k for the privilege, but needs must.
Couple of shiny car park pics :-)
Small update!
I'm about 8 months into ownership and all is going well. I had a minor wobble and thought I wanted to sell it for something a little more casual, but then quickly realised I was being stupid. Baby number 2 arrived this month, and I thought perhaps being a bit more sensible with the motor of choice was in need.
In reality, we already had a family motor which my wife used (Audi Q5). We'd all use that during the weekend, so no real need to be too sensible with my own choice. Added to that, the C63 is more than adequate in the back for the school run for my 4yr old (in fact he loves it).
After becoming a family of 4, we soon decided that the Q5 wasn't the best size for all the crap we cart around, so I sold that and bought the Mrs a 2015 Ford Explorer Sport. It's actually a really decent motor with all the bells and whistles. It's a 7 seater but in 5 seat mode as you can imagine it's huge in the back. I wouldn't call it fast but with a twin turbo 3.5l V6 pulling its heft around, it's not so bad. I'm on the lookout for some oem side steps for the car as I think these complement the look whilst also being useful.
Back to the merc, it's had a service quite recently and all is looking well, no dramas. There appears to be a bit of a panel gap on the rear bumper which I'll ask them to check next time around. It's not drastic, but my eyes nearly always land there. I've read it's relatively common on this era of merc.
I recently gave the race start a go (Merc Launch Control), and I'm happy to report it works really well. I had a similar system in my old dodge charger srt8 and it was utterly useless, spinning the wheels all the time. In the merc, it just seems to work and I'd hazard a guess its almost as quick as those figures suggest (0-60 4.1-4.3 depending where you read).
Anyway some fresh and clean snaps!
Merc
Explorer
I'm about 8 months into ownership and all is going well. I had a minor wobble and thought I wanted to sell it for something a little more casual, but then quickly realised I was being stupid. Baby number 2 arrived this month, and I thought perhaps being a bit more sensible with the motor of choice was in need.
In reality, we already had a family motor which my wife used (Audi Q5). We'd all use that during the weekend, so no real need to be too sensible with my own choice. Added to that, the C63 is more than adequate in the back for the school run for my 4yr old (in fact he loves it).
After becoming a family of 4, we soon decided that the Q5 wasn't the best size for all the crap we cart around, so I sold that and bought the Mrs a 2015 Ford Explorer Sport. It's actually a really decent motor with all the bells and whistles. It's a 7 seater but in 5 seat mode as you can imagine it's huge in the back. I wouldn't call it fast but with a twin turbo 3.5l V6 pulling its heft around, it's not so bad. I'm on the lookout for some oem side steps for the car as I think these complement the look whilst also being useful.
Back to the merc, it's had a service quite recently and all is looking well, no dramas. There appears to be a bit of a panel gap on the rear bumper which I'll ask them to check next time around. It's not drastic, but my eyes nearly always land there. I've read it's relatively common on this era of merc.
I recently gave the race start a go (Merc Launch Control), and I'm happy to report it works really well. I had a similar system in my old dodge charger srt8 and it was utterly useless, spinning the wheels all the time. In the merc, it just seems to work and I'd hazard a guess its almost as quick as those figures suggest (0-60 4.1-4.3 depending where you read).
Anyway some fresh and clean snaps!
Merc
Explorer
Edited by MTK1919 on Saturday 17th August 07:05
Just to update.
I recently had to shell out on some new rubber on the front. I was particularly annoyed about this, given the existing tires were only 8 months old at the time. Turns out my trusted garage failed to do the alignment on them when it was last in, and thus they became noisy and were wearing unevenly.
In any case, the tires were still perfectly ok but ok isn't good enough. I set to and had the two fronts again replaced with Continentals, along with alignment. I also replaced the two front stabilizer bars replaced which were looking a bit tired.
The garage admitted that they usually would wait for the customer to ask for alignment to be done, but given I was a long term customer should have known that after spending a fair chunk of cash on new rubber that I would have done the alignment too. Anyway, they did the alignment FOC and also knocked me off some labor costs.
One thing that became apparent though was just how awkward it seemed to get this car properly aligned! On their first attempt, the computer was completely happy, the correct car and settings were used but somehow the steering wheel was still off center. Few attempts later and they nailed it!
In new news! The car is likely to be moved on soon as we plan to move on from the UAE within the next year to go to Spain. I'm toying with the idea of getting it shipped there but in the interim I have purchased a wee run about.......step up the MK6 GTI!
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I recently had to shell out on some new rubber on the front. I was particularly annoyed about this, given the existing tires were only 8 months old at the time. Turns out my trusted garage failed to do the alignment on them when it was last in, and thus they became noisy and were wearing unevenly.
In any case, the tires were still perfectly ok but ok isn't good enough. I set to and had the two fronts again replaced with Continentals, along with alignment. I also replaced the two front stabilizer bars replaced which were looking a bit tired.
The garage admitted that they usually would wait for the customer to ask for alignment to be done, but given I was a long term customer should have known that after spending a fair chunk of cash on new rubber that I would have done the alignment too. Anyway, they did the alignment FOC and also knocked me off some labor costs.
One thing that became apparent though was just how awkward it seemed to get this car properly aligned! On their first attempt, the computer was completely happy, the correct car and settings were used but somehow the steering wheel was still off center. Few attempts later and they nailed it!
In new news! The car is likely to be moved on soon as we plan to move on from the UAE within the next year to go to Spain. I'm toying with the idea of getting it shipped there but in the interim I have purchased a wee run about.......step up the MK6 GTI!
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by MTK1919 on Monday 3rd February 11:42
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