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Shopping around for the best deal at the moment, for december delivery. C220/C250 coupe is my preference (premium) but my fiancé has been looking at Jaguars as well. I'm the driver though. :p
The Jag's are amazing cars on the outside.. the interior is a complete let down, unfortunately.
I agree, I wasn't taken by the interior of the Jag. I haven't test driven one yet and if I do they'll let me have one for a day. However, I didn't test drive the Merc before i had it. I drove a Lexus and then looked at the Mercs. A deal came up, we took it and it was delivered. My old car was an 00 Honda Accord manual and I had to get the delivery man to show me the ropes with the Merc!
Things I like about the Jaguar (XF R Sport)
Their red colour, the Merc's Designo Hyacinth Red isn't as vibrant as I'd hoped. Although I like the caesium blue too and I like the brilliant blue mercedes colour
The touchscreen system - I find the dial on the Merc infuriating.
The voice command - the Merc always gets it wrong when I try to speak to it
Things I like about the Merc
Smooth lines on the interior, especially with the auto
Stick control on the auto rather than the dial in the centre
Folding mirrors & reversing camera/parking assist (although I don't use parking assist) come as standard on the Merc but not the Jag.
We've been watching some reviews and the Mercedes is rated more highly than the Jaguar for similar reasons. I think for comfort and drive they are pretty similar but I definitely prefer the coupe for aesthetic reasons. I wanted to move away from the saloon because it looks like a company car and also I thought the coupe was a bit less manly :p People (especially male Merc drivers) double take when they see me driving mine.
I find that very interesting. If you know, care to tell us the MF and residual?
I ordered my C300 coupe when it was really new...like just came into the States. I was able to get 10% off MSRP with a MF=0.00121 and a 60% residual. Furthermore, at the time of lease singing, MB Financial accepted 10 Money Security Deposits (MSD) that reduced the MF down to 0.00051...an APR change of 2.9% to 1.2%, giving me an almost $3000 saving on my monthly payments over the 36 months of the lease. Oh yeah, if you don't know about MSDs, the money you give them at signing is fully returned to you when the lease it up. Quite a win-win situation.
The MSD thing is interesting. I'll have to look into that. That may make it a little more attractive. I'm on my third MB lease and I usually just put down first month and acquisition.
Regardless, this is what we want to turn the wife's C250 in for. I will be excited to steal it, and hope the forum gets a little more lively.
This forum would be less 'dead', if the forum TITLE included the cabriolet in the same way the E class forum does . Coupe and cabriolet are basically the same car with a slight difference on top .
There are already people with cabriolets posting on the main C205 forum instead of here .
This forum would be less 'dead', if the forum TITLE included the cabriolet in the same way the E class forum does . Coupe and cabriolet are basically the same car with a slight difference on top .
There are already people with cabriolets posting on the main C205 forum instead of here .
I would agree with that plus there is another thread with the same thing going on...
2017 C300 Coupe - Polar White/Saddle Brown (Premium, Premium Plus, Sports AMG package)
Yep it is I come from Audi and BMW forums as well, and feel half of the fun of owning a nice car is to touch it up a little bit to make it your own, and chatting up with like minded folk that are enthusiasts... well, not in here it seems. Hoping it will get better.
You just signed up and revived a 4 month old thread about a lack of posts.
Do some remedial reading. I see you have a 300, but there is a lot of tech info and bs if you read through the "c450 only" thread.
There is plenty of basic cheap mod advice on your 300 including some piggybacks, and body add ons.
I will save you the trouble of looking for crazy stanced builds, and 400HP 2.0Ts because there aren't any.
The W205 body boards are some of the most active, although it tends to be a ghost town outside of the work week.
Hey tyler, did you ever walk into someone's house and say, "your place kinda smells like butts" before an introducing yourself? Just asking.
2017 C300 Coupe - Polar White/Saddle Brown (Premium, Premium Plus, Sports AMG package)
Originally Posted by cenzo86
You just signed up and revived a 4 month old thread about a lack of posts.
Do some remedial reading. I see you have a 300, but there is a lot of tech info and bs if you read through the "c450 only" thread.
There is plenty of basic cheap mod advice on your 300 including some piggybacks, and body add ons.
I will save you the trouble of looking for crazy stanced builds, and 400HP 2.0Ts because there aren't any.
The W205 body boards are some of the most active, although it tends to be a ghost town outside of the work week.
Hey tyler, did you ever walk into someone's house and say, "your place kinda smells like butts" before an introducing yourself? Just asking.
Hey "Cenzo", I already introduced myself in the proper section of the forum if that was what you were trying real hard and low to imply. Oh as a side note, I simply refuse to go into peoples places and babble ghetto phrases like that, something you should try too, for instance questioning a total stranger on a forum for asking a dead forum why it is dead... have you ever heard of a term "keyboard warrior", just asking?
It seems like from where you are people do "cheap mods and piggybacks (?!)" to their cars, unfortunately so, I am not interested in those. I am merely looking at people who lowered their cars to close the excessive wheel gap, different type of wheel choices, different color combinations etc...
I already checked the w205 forums but simply put what I am looking for does not work out with that forum, as I mentioned I am looking for car specific discussion, that being a c205.
Adding all these up, just as a future reference for you, simply avoid the unpleasantaries to people who you have no idea about, a forum etiquette for you to get acquainted. We are all here to learn and share, so lets stick with that shall we "cenzo"?
I already checked the w205 forums but simply put what I am looking for does not work out with that forum, as I mentioned I am looking for car specific discussion, that being a c205.
It's the internet and as such, sarcasm and ***-hattery are hit or miss
To your point, Tyler - mechanically, market majority rules...meaning, there are more sedan owners than coupes and the W205 sedan section tends to end up as the catch-all. Any engine tuning information you'll come across in the sedan section will, more often than not, apply to you or pull you in the right direction with some critical thinking. Is there something specific you're looking to accomplish?
2017 C300 Coupe - Polar White/Saddle Brown (Premium, Premium Plus, Sports AMG package)
Originally Posted by RichardCranium3
It's the internet and as such, sarcasm and ***-hattery are hit or miss
To your point, Tyler - mechanically, market majority rules...meaning, there are more sedan owners than coupes and the W205 sedan section tends to end up as the catch-all. Any engine tuning information you'll come across in the sedan section will, more often than not, apply to you or pull you in the right direction with some critical thinking. Is there something specific you're looking to accomplish?
Hi Richard, nothing in particular I just want to see what could be with our cars simply put. Honestly not interested in over the top discussions about crazy engine mods and stuff. An example of what is my interest is to see people doing different wheels with their cars, changing their air filters, wrapping the gap between the panaromic sunroof and the rear windshield, lowering the car, and chaning the fron grill maybe... pretty much little touches here and there. Simply put more flapbour is what I expect out of the forum, but maybe it is too early to see. As I menitoned I come from and Audi, BMW and Dodge (challenger) forums. It seemed much livelier over at these locales. Anyhow, no offence, lets see how it gets here.
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I come from Audi and BMW forums as well, and feel half of the fun of owning a nice car is to touch it up a little bit to make it your own, and chatting up with like minded folk that are enthusiasts... well, not in here it seems. Hoping it will get better.
