Mercedes Benz and AMG Owners

floatindolphin · 29 Jun 2020 at 13:54

I've agreed to buy the E63 :cool:

Steedie · 30 Jun 2020 at 09:52

floatindolphin said:
I've agreed to buy the E63

Amazing, going to need pics of that

floatindolphin · 30 Jun 2020 at 11:33

Steedie said:
Amazing, going to need pics of that

Yep, will do. The salesman was off I’ll today so I couldn’t go in to sign.

Theophany · 30 Jun 2020 at 21:27

In case anybody is a masochist, my old C55 which I just traded in is up for sale. I reckon they'd take around £5k for it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174332678730

Bear · 1 Jul 2020 at 07:18

floatindolphin said:
I've agreed to buy the E63

Awesome, I need some v8 goodness in my life too.

floatindolphin · 2 Jul 2020 at 19:05

Bear said:
Awesome, I need some v8 goodness in my life too.

Still waiting for the car....waiting on rear discs to arrive.

it was having new spark plugs, gear box oil change, air con fix/re-gas and a few other bits n bobs.

Its been rebadged on the rear. Not sure whether to buy some new uns? I always cringe at the C200 Badged up AMG’s, so kind of like not having them. But then it’s one of the cars that should have AMG on the back....will see how I feel.
Also it looks quite discrete without them, nice to be invisible.

Bear · 2 Jul 2020 at 19:54

floatindolphin said:
mots been rebadged on the rear. Not sure whether to buy some new uns? I always cringe at the C200 Badged up AMG’s, so kind of like not having them. But then it’s one of the cars that should have AMG on the back....will see how I feel.
Also it looks quite discrete without them, nice to be invisible.

It’s hard to be invisible when they can hear you coming a mile off

MouthBoy · 2 Jul 2020 at 19:58

My Merc is debadged from factory and I rather like it. It's only a 250d but it suits it.

Steedie · 2 Jul 2020 at 20:58

I too joined the V8 ranks today

But...have to wait a week to pick it up

floatindolphin · 2 Jul 2020 at 21:14

Steedie said:
I too joined the V8 ranks today

But...have to wait a week to pick it up

Nice one! Which model?

Steedie · 2 Jul 2020 at 21:43

floatindolphin said:
Nice one! Which model?

C63. Finally found a new facelift model in a spec and colour I like. Been searching for months but saloons in good specs are so rare.

floatindolphin · 2 Jul 2020 at 22:14

Steedie said:
C63. Finally found a new facelift model in a spec and colour I like. Been searching for months but saloons in good specs are so rare.

nice one! Gonna be a long week!

what colour? I work in oxford a lot, keep an eye out for a metallic red E63 wagon

Steedie · 3 Jul 2020 at 08:12

floatindolphin said:
nice one! Gonna be a long week!

what colour? I work in oxford a lot, keep an eye out for a metallic red E63 wagon

Brilliant blue, same as my C43. Just love that colour

I will certainly keep an eye out

Bear · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:36

Steedie said:
I too joined the V8 ranks today

But...have to wait a week to pick it up

More v8 goodness, I’m getting jealous.

MouthBoy · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:47

Steedie said:
Brilliant blue, same as my C43. Just love that colour

I will certainly keep an eye out

Are you keeping both the 43 and 63? I really want a 43 but at the moment I cannot justify the additional cost.

batfink · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:57

floatindolphin said:
Still waiting for the car....waiting on rear discs to arrive.

it was having new spark plugs, gear box oil change, air con fix/re-gas and a few other bits n bobs.

Its been rebadged on the rear. Not sure whether to buy some new uns? I always cringe at the C200 Badged up AMG’s, so kind of like not having them. But then it’s one of the cars that should have AMG on the back....will see how I feel.
Also it looks quite discrete without them, nice to be invisible.

Debadged performance car = :cool:

Debadged bog standard run around =

I've left the badges on my C43 but would happily go without and it would be nice and stealthy looking (apart from the little AMG badge on the grille which I don't think can be removed?). C63/E63 on the other hand - the exhaust is a massive giveaway, as is the noise from much further away than you can hear the C43 V6.

There's what looks like a nice C63 in a car park near work that is fully debadged with full C63 exhaust, grille, wheels, bumpers etc. Looks great, until I heard it start up and it was a rattly old diesel :confused:

. Not a fan of that at all.

floatindolphin · 3 Jul 2020 at 12:50

batfink said:
Debadged performance car =

Debadged bog standard run around =

I've left the badges on my C43 but would happily go without and it would be nice and stealthy looking (apart from the little AMG badge on the grille which I don't think can be removed?). C63/E63 on the other hand - the exhaust is a massive giveaway, as is the noise from much further away than you can hear the C43 V6.

There's what looks like a nice C63 in a car park near work that is fully debadged with full C63 exhaust, grille, wheels, bumpers etc. Looks great, until I heard it start up and it was a rattly old diesel . Not a fan of that at all.

Yeah, there's a CLA that parks near my house, definitely diesel. It's black with big yellow stripes down the sides with AMG in big letters. (and AMG badge on back) I think a version of the C63 had something similar.

I know we're in a massively lucky position to be able to afford these vehicles, but I don't think I could ever badge something else up to be something it's not.

MouthBoy · 3 Jul 2020 at 12:54

floatindolphin said:
Yeah, there's a CLA that parks near my house, definitely diesel. It's black with big yellow stripes down the sides with AMG in big letters. (and AMG badge on back) I think a version of the C63 had something similar.

I know we're in a massively lucky position to be able to afford these vehicles, but I don't think I could ever badge something else up to be something it's not.

See for my diesel it came debadged like I mentioned but I have no added to it if that makes sense? It was a dealer show car and so it had everything ticked pretty much and I love how it looks. I never pretend it is anything more than it is, but I do sometimes think it looks like it has more performance than it does.

I have thought about this with a lot of the AMG line, S line, ST line etc cars. They look like the performance version but never thought that was a bad thing normally. I would rather like how my car looked to me than worry about others opinions on what is under the bonnet.

Does that make sense?

Bear · 3 Jul 2020 at 14:07

floatindolphin said:
Yeah, there's a CLA that parks near my house, definitely diesel. It's black with big yellow stripes down the sides with AMG in big letters. (and AMG badge on back) I think a version of the C63 had something similar.

Yeah the first editions of the 63 models had the yellow or grey stripes

floatindolphin · 3 Jul 2020 at 14:38

MouthBoy said:
See for my diesel it came debadged like I mentioned but I have no added to it if that makes sense? It was a dealer show car and so it had everything ticked pretty much and I love how it looks. I never pretend it is anything more than it is, but I do sometimes think it looks like it has more performance than it does.

I have thought about this with a lot of the AMG line, S line, ST line etc cars. They look like the performance version but never thought that was a bad thing normally. I would rather like how my car looked to me than worry about others opinions on what is under the bonnet.

Does that make sense?

Yep, total sense!

there seems to be an arms race as to how many badges manufacturers can add to a car. As you mention, it's all S Line, ST etc...