Decided on buying Mercedes C43 AMG

[expo5.0]

likely taking delivery Saturday, car is in beautiful condition right down to the white stitching on the drivers leather seat.

let me know what you think?

 

[expo5.0]

http://cars.com/go/search/detail/ph...?paId=206898684&tracktype=usedcc&aff=national

 

[justin146]

DO IT! And put some loud pipes on it

 

[FROADER]

Looks well taken care of. Nice purchase.

 

[IAmTodd]

Looks very nice.

 

[Hokie]

Wow, thats a lot of nice European sophistication and muscle for $16k

how many miles?

 

[expo5.0]

80k

however, it has 1 owner (well a guy and his father have both owned it) and all maint. records. I never imagined it would be in the kind of condition it is in when i was on the way to look at it. Honestly would have believed it if hte odometer had said 12k. I will take a ton of pictures after i get it home- you'll see why i am just shocked/made such a quick decision as to what to purchase.

that, and thanks guys

anybody want to buy the avant in a few months?

i'm planning on lowering the c43 a.s.a.p. and putting a nice system into it. I will then likely add some different wheels (larger monoblocks?) but can't really decide if i can see myself going away from the ubiquitous monoblocks since i will have the car they are actually supposed to be on- what do you think?

as far as other modifications go- not going to touch it. It's far too pristine for my normal trickery.

 

[expo5.0]

ooh, btw for those who don't know it's 1 of like 15xxx in the u.s. and one of 537 99s

 

[FROADER]

I say go for the bigger wheels. Those should look real good on there.

 

[Stic-o]

ooh, btw for those who don't know it's 1 of like 15xxx in the u.s. and one of 537 99s

That's cause it's a AMG , I mean I'm suprised there are that many. That's alot of motors for one guy to build

 

[MountaineerGreen]

That is a nice car. I still don't get the headlight wiper thingies for snow I guess? Are they that necessary?

 

[expo5.0]

well, due to the proliferations of amg's as of late i figure a lot of people might not realize how rare this particular car is.

i'm most impressed by the interior

you would stick with the same exact wheels though right? and just go 1" larger?

 

[expo5.0]

did you see the single windshield wiper?

my audi has sprayers to clean the headlights... it's a german thing

 

[MountaineerGreen]

well, due to the proliferations of amg's as of late i figure a lot of people might not realize how rare this particular car is.

i'm most impressed by the interior

I saw a show on the AMG Mercedes, they are awesome cars. I think you got a great deal and car!

 

[expo5.0]

thanks!

so... i have the 18" enkei gf1 wheels off i took off of my audi just sitting in my garage. they are anthracite....

will it look lame if i put those on this car with some snow tires? i'm not sure i can make it through the rest of the winter without snows... should i just buy some steelies with snows on them? i need to figure 18" snow tire prices too for sure.

 

[IAmTodd]

Personally I would leave the AMG wheels. They are part of the package and would look like any normal C-class without them.

 

[FROADER]

The enkei would look fine for the winter, but then the 1" bigger amg's are the way to go.

 

[expo5.0]

yeah, that's what i meant guys

they enkei's woudl CERTAINLY only be for winter- are they even ok for that?

am i goign to rock 18" monoblock amg knock offs though for the summer? i thik the real ones cost about what the car cost...

 

[IAmTodd]

Knock-offs are close enough

Definitely drop it!!

 

[FROADER]