calgonis
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- C230 Sold / 69' VW Devon Delux camper / BMW M135i
Hello,
I test drove a C32 AMG Mercedes today. Brief info on the car is 75K Miles and FMBSH. It was a great car however I became concerned on the test drive. At around 30Mph there was a all too noticable boom in the cabin. Below this speed and above this speed it vanished.
Being as I have never driven one of these cars before I do not know if this is normal. If I describe the boom noise as say like an exhaust rumble / vibration or say a wheel bearing noise or even something more sinister in the gearbox. Apart from that the car drove fantastically, tight and like new.
The owner said he had never noticed it before and would take the car into the garage tomorrow for inspection and to let the mechanics test drive it to see if they thought it there was anything to worry about. He said if anything needed doing he would get it fixed and a report done for me. He did say that since his new 6 series BMW arrived the car has sat for weeks without driving. He said he would welcome any inspection I wanted to have done on the car afterwards.
Anyone with one of these cars have any suggestions of what this sound might have been or indeed if it is normal on these cars?
Thanks in Advance.
Andrew
I test drove a C32 AMG Mercedes today. Brief info on the car is 75K Miles and FMBSH. It was a great car however I became concerned on the test drive. At around 30Mph there was a all too noticable boom in the cabin. Below this speed and above this speed it vanished.
Being as I have never driven one of these cars before I do not know if this is normal. If I describe the boom noise as say like an exhaust rumble / vibration or say a wheel bearing noise or even something more sinister in the gearbox. Apart from that the car drove fantastically, tight and like new.
The owner said he had never noticed it before and would take the car into the garage tomorrow for inspection and to let the mechanics test drive it to see if they thought it there was anything to worry about. He said if anything needed doing he would get it fixed and a report done for me. He did say that since his new 6 series BMW arrived the car has sat for weeks without driving. He said he would welcome any inspection I wanted to have done on the car afterwards.
Anyone with one of these cars have any suggestions of what this sound might have been or indeed if it is normal on these cars?
Thanks in Advance.
Andrew
