New C63 Saloon Owner - A Few Pics

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Very Nice, even get to keep the flowers.....
 
A few weeks into my ownership now so thought I'd share a few thoughts and ask a few questions of the knowledgeable folk on here.

I've only had two issues with the car:

Firstly, the aircon is bust. The dealer I purchased it from has offered to get this fixed at their cost which is great (probably covered under 2 year warranty anyway) but bizarrely 2 dealers have now told me that MB is unable to regas any aircon units at the moment due to new legislation. They say it might be late this year before new equipment, legal under the new laws, is installed and ready to regas. Sounds odd - and it looks like I'll have a sweaty summer. Anyone heard anything similar?

Second - has anybody's gearbox mode selector ever frozen and shut off all the red lights? About a week ago I was cruising in C and went to put it up to S and noticed that no lights were on it at all and it wouldn't move out of C no matter how much I twiddled. Went to bed, woke up next morning - all back to normal and it has been ok ever since. Anyone ever seen this? Probably just a software glitch but it panicked me at the time.

Otherwise - I'm loving this thing. The noise, the seats, the never-ending shove in the back up to the end of the revs, the noise, the colour, the wheels, the noise, the looks it gets, the steering wheel, the surprising agility in the turn at speed, the noise etc etc.

The other nice thing is the compliments I'm getting. People pull up next to me at lights and wind their windows down and I think "oh no ..." but they say "floor it mate so we can hear it" or "love the colour on that". At my local Shell garage the other day some old boy came over to tell me how much he loved AMGs. I let him sit in it and start it up and we had a really nice chat.

I'd say the interior is behind my previous Audi S models and the steering feel is definitely behind my Beemer but as an overall thing this is light years beyond anything I have owned in the past. I'm thoroughly delighted with it and will be keeping it as long as I can. My mpg is stuck on 16mpg average but I couldn't give a rat's anus about it - the car/experience is easily worth the fuel cost. Here's a recent pic.

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Second - has anybody's gearbox mode selector ever frozen and shut off all the red lights? About a week ago I was cruising in C and went to put it up to S and noticed that no lights were on it at all and it wouldn't move out of C no matter how much I twiddled. Went to bed, woke up next morning - all back to normal and it has been ok ever since. Anyone ever seen this? Probably just a software glitch but it panicked me at the time.

Got pretty much the exact same car, palladium silver, titanium multi spoke allots and PP pack.
I had the same issue with the lights, hopefully just a one-off as it wasn't being driven for the whole week. Restarted an hour or so later it all back to normal... haven't seen the issue since!
 
Mine has done this once in the two years I have had it. Cleared by the next time I started up.

Second - has anybody's gearbox mode selector ever frozen and shut off all the red lights? About a week ago I was cruising in C and went to put it up to S and noticed that no lights were on it at all and it wouldn't move out of C no matter how much I twiddled. Went to bed, woke up next morning - all back to normal and it has been ok ever since. Anyone ever seen this? Probably just a software glitch but it panicked me at the time.
 
My 2012 pp saloon froze once in 2 years and 16000 miles.....never returned after restart.
 
I've only had two issues with the car:

Firstly, the aircon is bust. The dealer I purchased it from has offered to get this fixed at their cost which is great (probably covered under 2 year warranty anyway) but bizarrely 2 dealers have now told me that MB is unable to regas any aircon units at the moment due to new legislation. They say it might be late this year before new equipment, legal under the new laws, is installed and ready to regas. Sounds odd - and it looks like I'll have a sweaty summer. Anyone heard anything similar?

I'd ask the dealer to take the car to an air con specialist to regas it if they can't do it. Why sweat out the summer when even Kwik Fit can regas a car.:dk:
 
I'd ask the dealer to take the car to an air con specialist to regas it if they can't do it. Why sweat out the summer when even Kwik Fit can regas a car.:dk:

The unit is bust and needs repairing. They can do that part but they can't regas it - and they wont repair it unless they regas it as part of the job. And - because its a warranty job - I don't want to pay an independent to fix it.
So .... snookered !
 
The unit is bust and needs repairing. They can do that part but they can't regas it - and they wont repair it unless they regas it as part of the job. And - because its a warranty job - I don't want to pay an independent to fix it.
So .... snookered !


Ah, understood. That is a nuisance to put it mildly:wallbash:
 
Got pretty much the exact same car, palladium silver, titanium multi spoke allots and PP pack.
I had the same issue with the lights, hopefully just a one-off as it wasn't being driven for the whole week. Restarted an hour or so later it all back to normal... haven't seen the issue since!

Mine did this as well. All I could put it down too was that I'd turned the key too quickly....it's been fine ever since.
 
The unit is bust and needs repairing. They can do that part but they can't regas it - and they wont repair it unless they regas it as part of the job. And - because its a warranty job - I don't want to pay an independent to fix it.
So .... snookered !

I'd call bull**** on this one. I have just had today, my compressor replaced under warranty and regassed after a leak.
It was also regassed on Monday by the dealer, that's how they found the leak and I had to wait for the parts to come in.
All covered under warranty. MB Warrington.
 
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I'd call bull**** on this one. I have just had today, my compressor replaced under warranty and regassed after a leak.
It was also regassed on Monday by the dealer, that's how they found the leak and I had to wait for the parts to come in.
All covered under warranty. MB Warrington.

This is great info. The dealer in question is MB Stockport but I'm only 10 miles or so from MB Warrington so I'll be calling them tomorrow. Thanks.
Must say I did smell a bit of a rat but normally dealers are eager to take on warranty work so for that reason I bought it as genuine.
 
Thanks for the comments on the gearbox mode issue. Sounds like it's a fairly common one-off glitch - I feel I can chill on this one. Good forum info - appreciate it.
 
Lovely motor mate. Fab colour combo.
There is something about the saloons isn't` there ??
Proper German Muscle...Enjoy
 

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