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Yellow_Jacket · 07-03-2015, 09:55 PM

Tried out a 2011 C63 AMG today which I have liked for a while from seeing all the youtube reviews on the car. To be honest, left me underwhelmed. First the good. The acceleration is pretty awesome! I feel like there should be a bulk speeding ticket package for these things (like 3 speeding passes for $1k). Pretty easy to hit triple digits. Unfortunately, rode in a friend's tesla S 60 one time and that felt like a harder acceleration (think that experience ruined a lot of other cars for me). The suspension was solid. Not much dive or lean in turns. It does crash a bit over rough patches. The interior is solid being a Merc and all even with the older C class design. Actually decent amount of rear seat room.

Now the negatives. While the exhaust sounds sweet with the windows down, it just sounds kind of exciting with everything buttoned up. Guess I was expecting more from the exhaust. The worst however is the transmission. It's an auto but it takes a few tenth to shift. That just drives me nuts. The engine will just hang out at whatever rpm you hit the up shift at for a sec or so. No bueno with performance auto box it would seem. There goes the IS F as well.

Am I nuts for not liking this car that so many auto journalist rav about? I was hoping to be blown away by this thing esp. at almost $70k new price tag. Guess I don't see the point of having this AMG as the second car. It'll depreciate quite a bit if one drives it too much, but it doesn't feel special enough to be just a weekend fun car. Anyway, I know folks here look at IS F sometime, just thought I share my experience with something similar.

07-03-2015, 09:55 PM	#1
Yellow_Jacket Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: Whiteout FRS Location: Atlanta Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Test drove a 2011 C63 AMG Tried out a 2011 C63 AMG today which I have liked for a while from seeing all the youtube reviews on the car. To be honest, left me underwhelmed. First the good. The acceleration is pretty awesome! I feel like there should be a bulk speeding ticket package for these things (like 3 speeding passes for $1k). Pretty easy to hit triple digits. Unfortunately, rode in a friend's tesla S 60 one time and that felt like a harder acceleration (think that experience ruined a lot of other cars for me). The suspension was solid. Not much dive or lean in turns. It does crash a bit over rough patches. The interior is solid being a Merc and all even with the older C class design. Actually decent amount of rear seat room. Now the negatives. While the exhaust sounds sweet with the windows down, it just sounds kind of exciting with everything buttoned up. Guess I was expecting more from the exhaust. The worst however is the transmission. It's an auto but it takes a few tenth to shift. That just drives me nuts. The engine will just hang out at whatever rpm you hit the up shift at for a sec or so. No bueno with performance auto box it would seem. There goes the IS F as well. Am I nuts for not liking this car that so many auto journalist rav about? I was hoping to be blown away by this thing esp. at almost $70k new price tag. Guess I don't see the point of having this AMG as the second car. It'll depreciate quite a bit if one drives it too much, but it doesn't feel special enough to be just a weekend fun car. Anyway, I know folks here look at IS F sometime, just thought I share my experience with something similar.