Again I've fallen for another car....not a GTR this time as it's a no go with costs etc
Merc C63 AMG this time, decent spec ones are 32/37 K at the moment, running costs? Had a word with merc and It was less than I thought, has anyone got any advice and knowledge on them? lots of car for the money, would one have the legs on my 2+ Eddie
Cheers guys
Jack
A DSG Stage 2+ Eddie will keep tabs with a stock C63 to around triple figures mate, but that is where the similarities will end unfortunately
Anyone who expects otherwise would want taking away by men in White coats.
Totally different class of car..
My old man has a fully loaded coupe arriving in July (complete with PP) and I am heading over to Germany to collect it with him
Awesome car, with awesome potential. You just need to have very deep pockets to run one and regards a 2nd hand example, early teens mpg, rear boots lasting single figures and garage bills being generally over 4 figures would make me look elsewhere tbh. M3 will be a much more balanced car and will only lose out to the Merc in a straight line drag..
One thing that I wanted mainly when i bought mine was a fast car but for decent money. It's standard figures are 412bhp, 0-62 in 4.9s, top speed is 155mph limited. The current figures are 472bhp, 1/4 mile in 13.8s and approximately 4.6 for 0-62 and over 175mph. To buy mine would cost £16,500 now and is pretty cheap to service compared to the BMW n Merc equivalents.
If you're VXR8 is doing a 13.8 1/4, then it's a fair way off the pace of a C63 chap. They will run 12's all day long without breaking a sweat.
I do agree that the VXR8's are getting silly cheap now though. I saw a 630bhp S/C'd monster in the classifieds the other month for about £17k!!!
Heaven knows what it would do to the gallon though