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C63AMG Help needed

Colour

  • Tansanite blue

    Votes: 15 18.3%

  • Tenorite Grey

    Votes: 39 47.6%

  • Met Burgandy red thingy

    Votes: 14 17.1%

  • Black,white,silver,green,solid red and I am tasteless,jealous or just led like a sheep.

    Votes: 14 17.1%
  • Total voters
    82
  • Poll closed .
Bloody good idea scumbag..id really like to see your car...not that im envious...:devil:

and a run to Oban....you lucky,jammy.....you'll crease the "rest n be thankfull "road if you floor it in that thing...:D

Not envious...
 
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have they dealt with that land slip on there yet?
 
Jan 08, a landslip headed across the road and temp lights were installed, They were still there in June 2nd 09, when I last headed that way.

Almost at the top it was.
 
My 2 cents....

Color is a tough choice. I always have a rule to change colors when I change cars otherwise it can get boring. That said the following color combos would be really nice:

Tansanite Blue/Sahara Beige Nappa leather
Palladium Silver/Sahara Beige
Tenorite Grey/ Grey
Black/Sahara Beige
White/Sahara Beige
White/Black
Carneol Red/Sahara Beige
Silver/Black

As you can see I can't pick an exterior color in isolation to an interior color.

Expanding on the interior colors and trims...:
Sahara Beige goes well with Dark Maple wood trim
Grey goes well with Dark Maple wood trim or Carbon trim
Black goes well with Aluminum or Carbon trim

Continuing to specs:

-19inch wheels look nice but so do the 18inchers. Depends on what you had before and what you like. Also depends on road conditions around where you live!

-COMAND, Harman Kardon, Media Interface, rain sensor (too busy keeping your speed down to worry about wipers)and Bi-xenon lights are important options. I wish they had the reversing camera when I ordered late last year.

- I haven't driven one with the diff though I can see that it will be useful if you want to make fast progress in the wet. That said, the 'electronic diff' in the C63 is the best I've ever seen. It feels like it has a diff a lot of the time. I've left two black lines many times on quick take offs with ESP sport activated. I've also done a few small drifts. If I bought another one, I wouldn't buy the diff unless I was planning on taking the car to a race track at least once a year and/or I moved to a real rainy place.

ENJOY!!! :D
 
scumbag said:
Jan 08, a landslip headed across the road and temp lights were installed, They were still there in June 2nd 09, when I last headed that way.

Almost at the top it was.
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All fine by then, have been over the road later in June and all was free flowing and fun, as it always is :D
 
Driving fast on our very wet public highways with large, wide, low profile tyres is a recipe for disaster.

I always think that those who have it... Do not have to prove it :devil:

Having 'it' is cool :cool:
 
Being really nosey (and of course don't feel obliged to answer if it's not appropriate) are you getting a finance deal on the C63?

As Guernsey is VAT free I wondered if this created an anomaly where the cars have an abnormally high residual percentage against purchase price as year one depreciation on the mainland is almost entirely the VAT content of the vehicle. So effectively you're not financing what would be the best part of £9000 in purchase tax.

Of course it's a mute question if you've just got your cheque book out!
 
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Mudster said:
As Guernsey is VAT free I wondered if this created an anomaly where the cars have an abnormally high residual percentage against purchase price as year one depreciation on the mainland is almost entirely the VAT content of the vehicle. So effectively you're not financing what would be the best part of £9000 in purchase tax.
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I raided the piggy bank for part of it, or actually, will be doing when we get a delivery date, and the deposit for the order £3k, plus the difference between that and the P/x value of the current car and a bit of haggle (which to be honest was a gamble that paid off as I felt it was worth asking), which effectively meant I need to find £20k.

And strangely, i seem to have secured a relocation assistance allowance which just happens to pay out for 3 years, and covers the require payments. You can't access MB finance here, so they have deals with lending institutions. The more you borrow, the cheaper the interest up to £22k. For Hawks benefit, the deals at this time are APR 4% down to 1% for anything above £18500. Beyond that it goes onto fixed rates which are mortgage equivilant, but you don't get MIRAS on a loan for a car. Mortage rates here, are (with RBS Internatonal anyway) 0.5% above whatever the bank of england rate is.

Big deposits needed for Mortgages and loans above £10k

So, work is paying for this as it happens.

And as I work for the Government, its the tax payer who is paying.

Luck played 99% of this as I really was just looking in the dealer for a replacment car. It was only when I did the figures on a £38k Porsche 911 turbo that I put things in place.

A fully boxed Ticked C63 Estate here would cost £50235, or £52800 if you add the driver training.

But you can't export it for 6months, and you effectivley have to keep it in the UK for 6months after that before registering it. If I get the time, and if I find the place again I may take a piccie of the FORDS stored over here.

Oh yeah, no road tax either.

Unleaded, 77p a ltr yesterday.
 
well there you go, just finished typing and the phone rang. Build slot is confirmed as a september build. So should get a delivery date for October. Actual Dates will be confirmed in 6 weeks apparently.

Delivery here, as they are UK spec cars, means the cars go to the UK then get shipped here. Probably a logistics thing although all AMG's coming here come on small covered lorry. As do Astons, Bentleys and All Jags, but strangely Porsches get driven on the ferry!

And Mercedes and BMW sales here are pretty healthy, but it seems the slow down in production is causing delays for delivery, and as people here want "that car, Now" Range Rover sales are thru the roof.

Dealer says there is a unsold stock of RR's kicking about somewhere, and they can get them pretty quick.

Mind you, biggest selling car on the island since January is?


A-Class, followed by the MINI cooper. Coopers are 10 a penny round here, but can't say I have noticed the A's about.
 
Luty = Lucky

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Replace 'Homer' with 'Scumbag'
 
Oooooooo.......jealousy rears its ugly head!!!!
 
Mudster said:
As Guernsey is VAT free I wondered if this created an anomaly where the cars have an abnormally high residual percentage against purchase price as year one depreciation on the mainland is almost entirely the VAT content of the vehicle.
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That story that you always lose the VAT in the first year is a complete old wives tale invented by car dealers. Do they really believe that if there was no VAT there would be no depreciation in the first year?

You only have to look around to see that some cars depreciate hugely in the first year (see Ford and Peugeot as good examples) while others depreciate relatively little. It is supply and demand -not VAT.

There have been times when second-hand models have sold for more than new ones -especially after a new model came out.
 
Have you got it yet Scumbag?!

Get those photo's up!! :D

Found this thread as I am also thinking of replacing my BMW with a new C63 Estate. I've got a C63 on demo Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon so I can make my mind up before placing an order, as my head keeps saying 'chipped 335d'.

Matt.
 
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