Firewired

I am trading in my E90 M3 which has near 50k miles tomorrow for a '12 C63 which I ordered in December. This is my first MB, any tips on what to watch for, or make sure I do?

I priced out the pre-pay mb maintenance and it doesn't make any sense. They said you would save 30% by prepaying but it came out more expensive to prepay. From best I can tell the combined services up to 50k run from $1400-$2000 if you add them all up depending which local dealer I went to. They want $2200 for the pre-pay. It doesn't seem to make sense, am I missing something?

Thanks.

Strafe1

You've made good choices. Also, not much to watch for. Just keep your rpm's at or below 4k for the first 1k miles. I used all the transmission modes except race start, at least a little bit, but kept it in c most of the time. Your breaking in the transmission, not the engine. Even keeping it below 4k.....watch how much fun it still is!

_AMG_

Put extra cash aside for some tires.

izzyAMG

Congrats and take lots of pictures.

Dark_Knight

check the wheels for rash and the tires for cuts, expensive fixes that they wont do for you once you leave the lot, check the body for dings and any signs of respray

GuppyC63

Watch out for M3s. They will try to race you!

-=Hot|Ice=-

1.Keep it below 4k RPM. You're trying to break in the car(Diff, Transmission, and certain engine components)

2. Enjoy in good health.

Merc63

Did you include brakes in that service or does the dealer? That's a 3-4k job alone and will be needed around 45k miles or sooner.

Strafe1

At 40k I had my 09 inspected by the service dept and they said 50% wear. I didn't track the car, but I didn't baby it when it was driven.

Rsquad911

watch out for cops and the speed limit

all good advice above!

enjoy in good health! congrats!

Merc63

Well you musta babied it. Cause I needed new brakes on mine at 50K KM, no track days, just street.

opala

I agree with Dark_Knight.

I placed an order for the C63 sedan, which should be here next month. I check all my new cars, for damage and repainting, with a paint thickness gauge.

Hereʻs why: My wife bought a new Porsche 911SC from the dealer. Fast forward, 26 years later, the car was never wrecked or repainted, was always garaged and was always a So CA car. We put it up for sale and the first guy that saw it wanted to buy it so we had my mechanic perform the pre-sales inspection for the buyer. The buyer called me and said the car was repainted. I told him the car was never repainted and asked what part and he said the whole car! My mechanic showed me how they used a paint thickness gauge to determine that the car was repainted. We couldnʻt believe it so we bought our own gauge to check (maybe the mechanicʻs was damaged). The entire car had paint that was two to two and half times thicker than normal (mabe thatʻs why the paint looked like new after so many years!). After a lot of research, it turns out that something like 1% of cars are factory repainted. The buyer either believed us or wanted the car very badly since he paid what we asked (nearly the new purchase price). The paint thickness gauge paid for itself more than four times because we didnʻt have to reduce the selling price.

We also learned, during all the research, that some dealers receive damaged, new cars or damage them themselves, fix (bondo), repaint and sell them as new. Use the paint thickness gauge to check for repainted areas, especially around the fenders and doors.

This is the guage we bought.
http://www.defelsko.com/dft/positest_dft.htm

-=Hot|Ice=-

Good luck trying to sleep tonight!

Strafe1

It's all relative, but I replaced OEM rear tires at 6k miles. Then replaced them with 275's and got about 8-9k per set. Maybe babied, but I would like to think that I'm just not that hard on my brakes!