H Guys,
I thought I would drop a Thread and a few pictures on my car having owned it for 5 months now.
Extra’s + Mods
-19” multispoke alloys powder coated in shadow chrome
-Quaife LSD supplied and fitted at PCS Horndean
-Eurocharged Remap by MSL Straight piped with resonators removed
-Carbon rear diffuser
-Genuine AMG aluminium door pins
-Genuine 507 bonnet, grille and DRL’s
-Michelin Pilot Sport P4S’s all round 245/35 front and 265/30 rear
-Aluminium AMG insert on steering wheel
-Full front PPF on wings, bonnet and bumper with Gtechniq ceramic coating by SL Restoration applied in 2019
-Full alcantera retrimmed steering wheel from Royal Steering wheels Carbon
Bad Bits
-Small mark on rear diffuser
-One RHS exhaust trim has some pin dents.
My review so far:
Transmission
It’s a car of two personalities. It has 3 modes- comfort, sport and sport plus.
Comfort is a real lazy chilled mode. It starts in 2nd and tries to get to 7th gear as soon as it can (by 45mph) it hardly goes above 1500rpm and just floats around on it’s torque. Keep it in comfort and the traction control/safety systems on and honestly a 17-year-old would be fine in it if you banned them from pressing down no further than ¼ throttle- you don’t need more than that.
Mine has been mapped (running between 520-530bhp so slightly different to a standard but sport plus is the “fun mode” and if you turn the traction to it’s second setting it allows some slip but not with the traction control off. A steady foot and big balls is recommended with traction control off. Forget about turning it off in the rain. In this setting it’s what you see on youtube. It’s a psychopath. It run’s the rev’s up (heaven) quick on the shifts and will light the tyres up at any opportunity in the most of the gears. Fast shifts (when you break it will shift down and keep you high up the rev range).
Manual. There is a bit of a delay for sure but I don’t think it’s to bad. If you shift up ¼ second before you need to then I can’t really see a problem. It all happens so fast so I think auto mode and hang on for dear life is the best method. You can always bang it up and down a gear if you need to via the paddles when it’s in auto but to be honest it knows and is a lot better that I thought.
For the 1st couple of months, I drove it a lot in manual mode - it’s got a cheeky AMG grumble when you shift off throttle from 3rd to 2nd that will never grow old. It seems quicker on the down shift (if you a driving hard then its not as smooth than if you were taking it easy.
Lately I have been driving in sports plus but manually clicking down a gear when I need to shift on (the gear box will down shift a gear (or two) depending on how flat you press the accelerator but if you do it gradually then it will shift down twice and if you push it down hard you will just get wheel spin or nanny electronics kicking in
I am a die-hard manual fan but think the auto-box is suited toward this car and wouldn’t want it in a manual. It’s next level quick and you want both hands on the wheels.
Handling and Driving
Coming most recently from hot French hatchbacks to a Z4coupe it took some getting used to. At 1st I thought I would struggle with the AMG as it felt like it was a “point and squirt” type of car. Basically, a German Muscle car that could slightly handle. I have since changed my opinion with further driving of the car. Yes you are never going to be able to get on the power as quickly as you can with a Z4 and she will never be as nimble due to being a bit fatter but due to no turbo’s and the power delivery it is normally predictable.
Previous owner had put in a LSD (can you believe it was an option) and has bigger tyres front and back compared with the standard car which helps with traction no end. People who have done this say it’s like driving a different car but what ever you do to it- it’s never going to be a nimble 1300-1400kg sports car.
It will still catch you out every now and then- upshifts on full throttle will start a spin as the next gear slams in on anything but perfect surfaces with warm tyres. There is a launch mode but to be honest I have tried it once- it feels very brutal on the car and if I am super honest it’s very counterintuitive keeping your foot buried in this car- your natural instincts for survival deter you from this.
Interior
Nothing to write home about really. Seats are amazing- probably the best standard seats I have ever sat in and the interior is simple and elegant.
I have since owned added apple car play (and android) and also a parking camera so it does everything you need.
Fuel
Fuel wise it’s a joke. But if you cared about it you would never buy one. An example of this is driving to the gym (2 miles away) for two weeks is about as expensive as the gym membership costs for a month. Long journeys are fine- it will touch the 20mpg in this situation.
Appearance/Sound
I can’t really say it turns to many heads unlike the Z4 did despite the nods to performance when parked. The Z4 coupe got more attention from “normies” but the C63 gets many a thumbs up from petrol heads especially some good chats with fellow enthusiasts at fuel stations (which I frequent a lot…)
When you start her up it gets a few looks as she is a growly little beast. A little bit of throttle and you get looks of pleasure or disgust depending on where you are sat on the Greata scale…. “How dare you”. Secondary cat delete and straight pipes make people aware of your presence but aren’t that much louder over a standard car. In my opinion there is nothing outside of (older) supercars that sound better than this 6.2 n/a
Cold Start C63 resonator and 2nd cat delete. with straight pipe
https://youtu.be/5dmeG4kZB4g
Few cheeky revs out of the way of folk
https://youtu.be/TCpbeByHwKA
You will see more of the sounds shortly as I have sorted out the two niggles with the exhaust and the rear diffuser.
I thought I would drop a Thread and a few pictures on my car having owned it for 5 months now.
Extra’s + Mods
-19” multispoke alloys powder coated in shadow chrome
-Quaife LSD supplied and fitted at PCS Horndean
-Eurocharged Remap by MSL Straight piped with resonators removed
-Carbon rear diffuser
-Genuine AMG aluminium door pins
-Genuine 507 bonnet, grille and DRL’s
-Michelin Pilot Sport P4S’s all round 245/35 front and 265/30 rear
-Aluminium AMG insert on steering wheel
-Full front PPF on wings, bonnet and bumper with Gtechniq ceramic coating by SL Restoration applied in 2019
-Full alcantera retrimmed steering wheel from Royal Steering wheels Carbon
Bad Bits
-Small mark on rear diffuser
-One RHS exhaust trim has some pin dents.
My review so far:
Transmission
It’s a car of two personalities. It has 3 modes- comfort, sport and sport plus.
Comfort is a real lazy chilled mode. It starts in 2nd and tries to get to 7th gear as soon as it can (by 45mph) it hardly goes above 1500rpm and just floats around on it’s torque. Keep it in comfort and the traction control/safety systems on and honestly a 17-year-old would be fine in it if you banned them from pressing down no further than ¼ throttle- you don’t need more than that.
Mine has been mapped (running between 520-530bhp so slightly different to a standard but sport plus is the “fun mode” and if you turn the traction to it’s second setting it allows some slip but not with the traction control off. A steady foot and big balls is recommended with traction control off. Forget about turning it off in the rain. In this setting it’s what you see on youtube. It’s a psychopath. It run’s the rev’s up (heaven) quick on the shifts and will light the tyres up at any opportunity in the most of the gears. Fast shifts (when you break it will shift down and keep you high up the rev range).
Manual. There is a bit of a delay for sure but I don’t think it’s to bad. If you shift up ¼ second before you need to then I can’t really see a problem. It all happens so fast so I think auto mode and hang on for dear life is the best method. You can always bang it up and down a gear if you need to via the paddles when it’s in auto but to be honest it knows and is a lot better that I thought.
For the 1st couple of months, I drove it a lot in manual mode - it’s got a cheeky AMG grumble when you shift off throttle from 3rd to 2nd that will never grow old. It seems quicker on the down shift (if you a driving hard then its not as smooth than if you were taking it easy.
Lately I have been driving in sports plus but manually clicking down a gear when I need to shift on (the gear box will down shift a gear (or two) depending on how flat you press the accelerator but if you do it gradually then it will shift down twice and if you push it down hard you will just get wheel spin or nanny electronics kicking in
I am a die-hard manual fan but think the auto-box is suited toward this car and wouldn’t want it in a manual. It’s next level quick and you want both hands on the wheels.
Handling and Driving
Coming most recently from hot French hatchbacks to a Z4coupe it took some getting used to. At 1st I thought I would struggle with the AMG as it felt like it was a “point and squirt” type of car. Basically, a German Muscle car that could slightly handle. I have since changed my opinion with further driving of the car. Yes you are never going to be able to get on the power as quickly as you can with a Z4 and she will never be as nimble due to being a bit fatter but due to no turbo’s and the power delivery it is normally predictable.
Previous owner had put in a LSD (can you believe it was an option) and has bigger tyres front and back compared with the standard car which helps with traction no end. People who have done this say it’s like driving a different car but what ever you do to it- it’s never going to be a nimble 1300-1400kg sports car.
It will still catch you out every now and then- upshifts on full throttle will start a spin as the next gear slams in on anything but perfect surfaces with warm tyres. There is a launch mode but to be honest I have tried it once- it feels very brutal on the car and if I am super honest it’s very counterintuitive keeping your foot buried in this car- your natural instincts for survival deter you from this.
Interior
Nothing to write home about really. Seats are amazing- probably the best standard seats I have ever sat in and the interior is simple and elegant.
I have since owned added apple car play (and android) and also a parking camera so it does everything you need.
Fuel
Fuel wise it’s a joke. But if you cared about it you would never buy one. An example of this is driving to the gym (2 miles away) for two weeks is about as expensive as the gym membership costs for a month. Long journeys are fine- it will touch the 20mpg in this situation.
Appearance/Sound
I can’t really say it turns to many heads unlike the Z4 did despite the nods to performance when parked. The Z4 coupe got more attention from “normies” but the C63 gets many a thumbs up from petrol heads especially some good chats with fellow enthusiasts at fuel stations (which I frequent a lot…)
When you start her up it gets a few looks as she is a growly little beast. A little bit of throttle and you get looks of pleasure or disgust depending on where you are sat on the Greata scale…. “How dare you”. Secondary cat delete and straight pipes make people aware of your presence but aren’t that much louder over a standard car. In my opinion there is nothing outside of (older) supercars that sound better than this 6.2 n/a
Cold Start C63 resonator and 2nd cat delete. with straight pipe
https://youtu.be/5dmeG4kZB4g
Few cheeky revs out of the way of folk
https://youtu.be/TCpbeByHwKA
You will see more of the sounds shortly as I have sorted out the two niggles with the exhaust and the rear diffuser.
