W204 C63 price

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Have been keeping an eye on (w204) c63 prices this past year.

I believe they have hit the depreciation wall, and are now on the rise again, would I be correct ?

It’s hard too tell as most performance cars have climbed in price in the past 12 months. Sti’s, m3s, even type r’s are all dearer now, compared to this time last year.

Really thinking about pulling the trigger on a c63 at a dealer local to me.

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Thanks for the reply’s folks.

They were definitely slightly cheaper 12 months ago, I remember seeing categorised examples on for 11-12k, now they are 14k+

They all seem to have high owners for the miles, most 70k examples have between 6-10 owners. Not that it would bother me as long as it would have plenty of history with it.

I reckon they will be a car to keep for the future. Surely they will only become more sought after with age, especially the lower mileage examples.

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Chestrockwell said:

I’ve been looking at M4’s and my heart is set on the a M4 for about 30k however.....


I have a C300d at the moment which I think is ste and is nothing like how I think a Benz should be. My cousins husband has a 2011 W204 C220 CDI and I had to park it properly for her so I got in it, parked it and during that time, I felt like I was in a solid car, it really did feel like a proper Merc and even smelt like one too (my dad had a few 124’s and 126’s years ago) and I thought to myself, why not have a look at C63’s. I did and I found them to be around 20k, between 20 and 24. W204 models that is.

They are around 22-25 for decent ones and while they do massively appeal to me, I’m more concerned on the reliability and warranty aspect as I’m very risk averse. This actually was my initial concern until I watched a few YouTube videos on C63 ownership and saw how bad the fuel consumption is.

Before I found this thread, I saw a W205 C63 ownership thread and a lot of people were saying third party warranties aren’t worth the paper they’re written on (this is what I was relying on for my potential M4 purchase and W204 C64 purchase).

So here I am, wondering why I aren’t rich and why being a petrol head is a curse.

While I can afford both both cars and potential bills, I also like to live, I.e holidays, clothes, dinners and nights out SO, shall I just buy an M140i for 20k with a BMW warranty or is W204 C63 ownership not that bad

Go for it. You’ve only got one life make the most of it. I’ve done a fair bit of reading up on forums etc about the c63 and to be honest there doesn’t seem to be anything major to go wrong, except the documented head bolt problems but they seem to be nearly all USA cars for some reason. Not many in U.K. have had bother with head bolts seemingly.

Even some U.K. dealers are doing heavily discounted parts now for the c63.

I’ll be defo be going for the right one when it comes up whether it be two weeks or two months, but I don’t mind waiting as I’m not going to buy the first one I see. I’m looking a car with tops around 70k and must have the Performance pack or at-least the lsd.

As for fuel/mpg, you shouldn’t really be thinking of any kind of performance cars if your worried about mpg especially not a 450 bhp v8 lol

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Terzo123 said:

I wouldn't get too hung up on waiting for a car with an LSD.

I have one without an LSD and it's fine enough.

I have no doubt in my mind they are fine without the lsd, but at the same time if I’m spending around 20k on a performance car I would rather have the lsd specced but that’s just my personal choice. I know if I bought one without an lsd I would only end up getting one fitted in the future so might aswell do it right from the start.

Have you drove a c63 with an lsd?

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DasChin said:

drove one with and one without.

very very little difference on the road and how you would use. I mean splitting hairs

and its the wrong type of car to be on track where you get the benefit. too big n heavy

you can always add the diff later like the Quaiffe one which folks do if you must have it.

will an LSD help with re sale . maybe? but one added may mean its had a hard life.

Only reason I ask is that I have had a fair number off rear wheel drive cars over the years, drove cars with standard diffs, limited slip and welded diffs.

Standard diffs in a rear wheel drive always annoyed me for the fact that if it was wet and if nobody’s looking and you tried to slip the rear out for a giggle you never really had any control, they kind of have a mind of their own.

I have read that the c63 doesn’t really feel like that due to technology/computer killing power to certain wheels etc to combat this but I still feel that a 450hp+ rear wheel drive car should have came equipped with an lsd from factory!

Edit - even the rear wheel drive cars I have had over the years, you wouldn’t notice any difference from standard/lsd until you tried to go sideways, unless you had a welded diff then you knew the second you turned the steering wheel lol!

Edited by Xpk123 on Wednesday 3rd March 18:22