S205 C63 estate

[Mark83]

Insurance renewed today, £841.

Saw an approved used M5 Comp that ticked all my boxes in the week so phoned the dealer to view it today, seems it ticked someone else's as it had sold with a couple of days of hitting BMW website.

[Mark83]

Rear traction has dropped off a cliff. New set of rear Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres ordered. £580 at my local Kwik Fit with a Black Friday discount code.

Pads and discs next week. £985 in parts ordered from Mercedes

Service and MOT the week after.

Then hopefully no more car related expenses for a while...

Edited by Mark83 on Wednesday 27th November 15:36

[Mark83]

That's better, I have rear traction again.

Those rear discs aren't looking good. Roll on Tuesday when the brakes will be replaced.

[Mark83]

New Mercedes discs and pads all round supplied and fitted for £1265 at my local AMG specialist, much, much cheaper than leaving it to Mercedes to fit.

Edited by Mark83 on Tuesday 3rd December 16:10

[Mark83]

And sailed through its B3 service and MOT at my local Mercedes dealership today although a little annoyed with the advisory for having a child seat fitted . Grand total of £0.00. Thank you service plan.

Even received a health check video showing no issues and all the new parts I've had fitted recently. Not much use to me but if I do sell it, some reassurance to a potential buyer.

Edited by Mark83 on Friday 13th December 18:44

[roadie]

Those are some recent big bills.

Would have been nice if the tyre fitters had cleaned up the paste!

[Mark83]

Making full use of the estate. Squeezed in half a shed.



Not strictly another car spend but had an electric roller garage door fitted yesterday.

Edited by Mark83 on Thursday 19th December 18:09

[Mr Tom]

Hi,

PM’d you last week - if you ever sell please send me a message as I would be interested.

Thanks,

Tom

[Mark83]

Apologies, Tom. As per my reply, your email went into my junk folder.

I've parked the plan to sell for the time being but might need a two car solution instead of a direct replacement in a few months.

Edited by Mark83 on Sunday 5th January 13:03

[A44RON]

Ordinarily I’m a BMW man, but these represent such great value-for-money right now I am considering one over an F10 M5 Competition Pack, because I can get one of these a bit newer and lower mileage than the M5 and for about 5k cheaper!

I viewed a 2018 C63 saloon (pre-OPF) on the weekend with only 20k miles on it, and if it wasn’t for the car being in white and not having the sports exhaust button I would’ve signed the paperwork there and then!

I thought the comfort seats were a bit firmer than I thought they’d be though. And I wasn’t that keen on the infotainment system and the gear-lever that’s positioned like an indicator stalk… but I could get used to both of them. At least you can set the car up in ‘Individual’ mode how you like (engine in sport+, suspension in comfort) which is great!

It still sounded immense without the sports exhaust button to be fair. Very tempted... A lot of car for the money

Edited by A44RON on Wednesday 29th January 03:52

[JAMSXR]

I’ll vouch for the W205. I went from my C63 into a new ish RS4 which was about double the value and half the fun. Now in an F80 M3 but would happily have one of these again. The infotainment was the biggest letdown, but the dynamics, sound and mechanical build quality were all excellent.

[A44RON]

JAMSXR said:

I’ll vouch for the W205. I went from my C63 into a new ish RS4 which was about double the value and half the fun. Now in an F80 M3 but would happily have one of these again. The infotainment was the biggest letdown, but the dynamics, sound and mechanical build quality were all excellent.

Interesting, thanks! How does your F80 M3 compare to the W205 C63 you had?

[ATM]

Mark83 said:

I think I'm the same re. SUVs. If I could have a second fun car, I'd be more swayed but this needs to be a do it all car hence swaying heavily towards the M5. I like the idea of finishing work early and squeezing in a track evening every now and again. I can do that in the M5, not in the X3M.

I do still have a saved search for San Marino Blue F80 M3s...

Jayemm says buy a Cayenne GTS

[bobsavage789]

Apologies for potential thread hijacking…

Quite a few people commenting here seem to have experience of both M3/4 and C63. Which would you recommend as a daily driver, with the occasional spirited drive (not track days) thrown in? I’m looking at convertible versions of both, so they’d never be the last word in driving dynamics anyway…

[JAMSXR]

A44RON said:

JAMSXR said:

I’ll vouch for the W205. I went from my C63 into a new ish RS4 which was about double the value and half the fun. Now in an F80 M3 but would happily have one of these again. The infotainment was the biggest letdown, but the dynamics, sound and mechanical build quality were all excellent.

Interesting, thanks! How does your F80 M3 compare to the W205 C63 you had?

The M3 is more exiting to drive and I prefer the interior and looks (subjective). Each drive in C63 was more of an event thanks to the stunning motor, it’s also more mechanically solid - the M3 is susceptible to more mechanical ‘niggles’… The C63 is probably a better daily, but you can’t go wrong with either. Both of mine were pre OPF, which makes a big difference unless you plan on modifying.

These motors are dying breeds so get them while you can.

[Mark83]

bobsavage789 said:

Apologies for potential thread hijacking…

Quite a few people commenting here seem to have experience of both M3/4 and C63. Which would you recommend as a daily driver, with the occasional spirited drive (not track days) thrown in? I’m looking at convertible versions of both, so they’d never be the last word in driving dynamics anyway…

I owned an M4 Competition before this and that was better dynamically with a keener front end to turn in. I've always said the AMGs are great up to 8/10ths and nearer the limit is where the M cars excel. I don't track this, and likely never will, but for the road, it's great but that's mainly down to the engine and theatre that comes with it.

[bobsavage789]

Mark83 said:

bobsavage789 said:

Apologies for potential thread hijacking…

Quite a few people commenting here seem to have experience of both M3/4 and C63. Which would you recommend as a daily driver, with the occasional spirited drive (not track days) thrown in? I’m looking at convertible versions of both, so they’d never be the last word in driving dynamics anyway…

I owned an M4 Competition before this and that was better dynamically with a keener front end to turn in. I've always said the AMGs are great up to 8/10ths and nearer the limit is where the M cars excel. I don't track this, and likely never will, but for the road, it's great but that's mainly down to the engine and theatre that comes with it.

I read your M4 thread and enjoyed it.

Obviously it will ultimately likely come down to test drives, but it sounds like a C63 will be a much better daily than an M4. Cheaper (for me) to run as well.

Decisions decisions…

[Mark83]

Not a lot to update on. No issues with the car.

Just started garden leave so did some gardening which means... tip run.

[cerb4.5lee]

Great to see how much you're still enjoying it.

Your new brakes and tyres look ace too.

[Mark83]

New battery time. Had this flash up when packing the car for holiday, door and boot open for ages and again when left undriven for the duration of holiday.