importfan21

Can we all just stop daily-ing our C43s? I know they are reliable, nice cars, but let's be real. When you get in an accident with these cars, it gets expensive, quick, not to mention the guaranteed salvage title that comes with it.

Since my accident, my C43 is no longer my daily. She is stored in an underground garage during the winter and will not see salt/snow at all, and rain very rarely.

Let's do our utmost to save these unique cars! Seeing all these accident posts make me cringe.

PJmak

The whole salvage title thing is overrated i swear. On a mercedes your car can turn salvage just from a regular fender bender which in most cases honestly is more benefit to the car. It gets new parts and a paintjob....as long as the frame is not damaged.

My car was always clean title until i sold it to my friend who wrecked the fender and headlight. The car is salvage now and is back in my hands but i really dont care. The frame was never effected and pretty much 90% of the car was resprayed. Im keeping this car for as long as i can and now that its getting a 5.4 conversion ill probably drive it even more. I do want to pick up either a clean c36 or another c43 at some point. The second car would be more of a garage queen. Its hard to drove my c280 when i know i have a c43 just sitting there.

jjay911

209k and counting. Original Head/and gasket. Original transmission. Only thing failing is the FI wire harness.

eFifty5AMG

Import, mine is stored for the winter as well; are you using a fuel stabilizer? What is recommended, anything special for these cars?

KJI3jflarryfe93

same here with mine, stored in winter, swedish salt is very corrosive like cancer
i use 2 bottles of fuel stabilizer which i put in the tank and then fill her up to max to preserve gasoline.
let your car idle for a few minutes after filling her up to mix n blend the wichbrew.

ECTurboGSX

Generally, mine is not a daily, but she has been more reliable than my Accord. That tends to thrust her into the daily capacity every so often while the Accord is being worked on. I don't really have to worry about salt and snow much where I live, but the summer tires do tend to hate the cold.

Sulaco

My wife and I BOTH daily a C43...

My 1999 silver one is up to 286k miles. Wife's 1998 is up to 201k.

We have to daily them for the time being, as that was part of the deal in having TWO of them. My wife gave up her car so I could afford to buy/fix the 2nd one. In a year or two, she's getting a GLK 350 (used, of course). And that will be our new daily.

For me, I'm waiting to rescue a 1980 240d, all original with 140k miles on it. I absolutely love the rusty, dumb little ****box and can't wait to fix it up and keep it original. It will be much easier to daily that thing because it's different in every possible way from the 2 rare V8 muscle sedans I'll have in storage.

Still haven't decided which car is going to get the 5.4 swap.

eFifty5AMG

What type of stabilizer do you use?

KJI3jflarryfe93

i use Wynn's Fuel stabilizer, one bottle is for just 50 or 60 litres?
i use 2 bottles for a full tank of gas

put 2 bottles in the tank when you are very low on gas, then fill her up, start the car let her idle for approx 5 min so the brew will mix with new gas.
drive you car to the garage and store it.

don't fogget to wash the car and then inflate your tires a bit more if she sits for several months b4 you go fill your car with fuel stabilizer/new gas
wash the car ONLY on a dry day b4 you hybernate.
do everything in the correct order

eFifty5AMG

Thanks brother.

-Hayden

KJI3jflarryfe93

i dunno if you saw the rest i added in the same reply a few minutes ago

eFifty5AMG

I see now, thanks again!

Super B

Although in the same regard it would be a shame not to daily drive a AMG.

99CEEFOURTHREE

Mine sits in the garage under a soft cover and exercised in good weather yr round.Whenever I pull it out im in love all over again,what a great car!GOT IT FROM ORIGINAL OWNER IN 06 WITH 137K.. 139K NOW LOOKS N RUNS LIKE 39K!

svt ricco

You only put 2k miles in eight years?
How many oil changes have you done?

KJI3jflarryfe93

foggot to tell you, might be good to do an oil change first before you do the other stuff.

pick a dry day without sh-tty salt/snow messing up the streets and your car

inflate your tires a bit more to prevent square shape

do an oil change if it's dirty and long time use from last oil change

fill 2x bottles of fuel stabilizer then fill her up, then let her idle a few minutes

wash the car, dry her out in the wind when driving and dry the discbrakes by braking hard a few times

take her home put her to sleep

i hope this is a good procedure?
that's what i have to do every year

good luck

hookah

As bad as it sounds, and as much as I agree with preserving these cars as much as possible. I love my C43 for how it looks, but also how it drives and the feeling I get everytime. Now, having said that, I do daily my C43 and it is my only car but my roundtrip commute to work is about 5 miles so weekly I put very few miles on the car unless a out of ordinary trip happens, I also own a sportbike which I usually ride to far away places so I don't deal with traffic I think its tough to not daily these cars because they are so practical and fun at the same time. All I can say its pamper them as much as possible. Thats one reason I dont have multiple cars, I dont want to neglect one or the other. Rather baby the crap out of one, that and Im not rich.lol

I almost never see another c43 or c36, I use to see them on occassion a couple years back, but now Its like they don't exist. Mind you as well, I live in the bay area and see alot of other rare cars all the time. Heck, I see more ferrari's than c43/c36's.

hookah

Speak of the devil, hopefully she gets saved by a enthusiast.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/4827083198.html

KJI3jflarryfe93

something for Mr. Sulaco to buy, having a 3rd C43 on the front lawn

///AchMeinGott

Every car ever made is a pile of steel, aluminum, and rubber(and sometimes other jazz). Every one of em. Some, are more special then others, usually because they are more fun to drive.

Those, we can conclude that not driving a fun car into the ground is actually a disservice to that car, and why I'd never own something like a ZL1 Camaro or Boss 429 Mustang. They are basically just automotive art, not cars.

Me? I'm getting a 05/06 C55 or GTO, hopefully with ~20k miles, and will drive it day in, day out. Life's too short to drive boring.

KJI3jflarryfe93

Amen to that, you couldn't have said it better!

eFifty5AMG

How many miles did you guys put on your C43s (or 55s) in 2014?

KJI3jflarryfe93

very low miles, approx 2500km last year.
in 11 years of ownership i have only put approx 50000km on my car, that's low.
good or bad?
depends on how you see it?

importfan21

I agree, but there is a time and place for everything. You would not daily a ZL1 Camaro in the snow, nor would you take a Boss 429 out in a hailstorm. Unless you're insane, filthy rich, or don't care.

I'm not saying quit driving the things, but those of us in harsh winter environments shouldn't bring these cars out and those who daily in heavy traffic should also reconsider.

I put 30k miles/yr on my C43 prior to the accident. For 2014, I put about 1k on her (granted she was in the shop for 8-9 months).

She'll be driven; just not as a daily or in winter.

Sulaco

hah!

I'd have it fixed in a matter of days, but then sell my silver one. Always preferred white...