First of all thank you to this forum which was absolutely invaluable when researching for my dream car. You guys have a huge wealth of knowledge here and it was much appreciated when I was using the search engine.
And to get this out of the way at the start I bought the car. The finance deal on a new car didn't make sense in my head, 6k down and £600pm = c£27k for 3 years ownership...and that's a very basic car. I bought a 2010 performance pack plus with £9k of spec and 8k miles...chances of losing 27k over the next 3 years is slim as this would have it worth less than £10k. Highly unlikely, therefore it made much more financial sense to buy.
Bought this car in southampton 2 weeks ago but only just got a chance to get over for it and get it home....fantastic bit of kit. I wasn't specifically looking for the performance pack plus, the most important thing was the lsd but the kit is nice to have and will help with re-sale. Came with the 18's surprisingly which was a no cost option and apparently ride better, look ok and a bit different to most which are on the 19" multi spoke's.
Drives very well, huge torque from low down, best noise I've heard from a standard exhaust, very responsive gearbox that on manual mode will literally let you bounce off the limiter without changing for you and also blips the throttle on downshifts. Looked at m3's and rs4's also but they just seemed a little flat in comparison and I don't do any track work. Fuel consumption average 22 so far over 600 miles.
Overall anyone considering on of these I'd say go for it esp at the price level they are at now... mercedes are really back on top form over the last few years, I had a few american muscle cars when I was younger and this is the closest thing to that available in family friendly form, a proper engine with a proper soundtrack
Looking forward to being about here
And to get this out of the way at the start I bought the car. The finance deal on a new car didn't make sense in my head, 6k down and £600pm = c£27k for 3 years ownership...and that's a very basic car. I bought a 2010 performance pack plus with £9k of spec and 8k miles...chances of losing 27k over the next 3 years is slim as this would have it worth less than £10k. Highly unlikely, therefore it made much more financial sense to buy.
Bought this car in southampton 2 weeks ago but only just got a chance to get over for it and get it home....fantastic bit of kit. I wasn't specifically looking for the performance pack plus, the most important thing was the lsd but the kit is nice to have and will help with re-sale. Came with the 18's surprisingly which was a no cost option and apparently ride better, look ok and a bit different to most which are on the 19" multi spoke's.
Drives very well, huge torque from low down, best noise I've heard from a standard exhaust, very responsive gearbox that on manual mode will literally let you bounce off the limiter without changing for you and also blips the throttle on downshifts. Looked at m3's and rs4's also but they just seemed a little flat in comparison and I don't do any track work. Fuel consumption average 22 so far over 600 miles.
Overall anyone considering on of these I'd say go for it esp at the price level they are at now... mercedes are really back on top form over the last few years, I had a few american muscle cars when I was younger and this is the closest thing to that available in family friendly form, a proper engine with a proper soundtrack
Looking forward to being about here
