yeeees!!

Today evening I took delivery of my 2013 MB C180 produced in April 2013 :-)

Silver with black leather. Extra was GPS and parking radar.

Tomorrow afternoon im off to install 18inch AMG rims and Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs.

Pictures will follow tomorrow..

And hopefully Sunday I can have the windows tinted..

I have to say I am very impressed with the car so far. Its quite and nice drive and powerwise it has plenty to city driving in Shanghai..

LOVE IT!!!

 

Congratulations!

 

So here we are !

2nd day.. 18 inch AMG rims and tires installed with Eibach springs and Bilstein shocks...

Its much more stiff now but a perfect drive :-)

 

love this car

 

Looks like retrofitted parking radar, why didnt you order the factory option?

 

In china they don't sell that as extra for the C180. Only this one no factory option.

 

man the eibachs looks much lower than my H&R sports! looking good

 

Actually the front seems lower than the rear ! A lot lower actually.

 

How much is that car in China? $65K U.S.?

 

The basic C180 is 50/k usd plus license plate of 12/k usd.

 

change the rear pads to 5mm and it should be flush. Mine looks close to even front and back with the stock spring pads so i didn't change it. However my fronts are higher than yours.

 

ordered the 5mm already... just waiting for arrival so it can get changed.

 

This baby is thirsty all city driving and heavy foot isnt a good mix :-)

 

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In this picture, did you happen to meet the person who owned the Black Maserati Quattroporte? Random question but just wondering.

 

Did not meet the person but this car isnt too special in Shanghai. A lot of them here driving around.. Love the sound!!!

 

License plate takes a big %! Where is this car made/assembled ?
There is no yellow reflector on the front bumper. Not sure why MB has two flavors, one with one without the reflector. That increases manufacturing cost. I didn't like the separate reflector but the one integrated in the headlight assembly. Now I got used to it.

How is the parking condition in Shanghai? Say you shop along Nanjing Road and want to park at one department store? I hope cars do not easily get dings and scratches ...

 

most of C,E,GLK in china are assembled in china. Drivetrain and other certain main components are imported but things like interior, plastics body parts, etc are made in china and assembled in the Beijing plant. You can get imported versions of each model but it'll cost more. a chinese made c200 cost 350k rmb, imported c200 cost 420k rmb when I got my car last year. C63 cost 1.1million rmb hahaha... (not including tax). Nevertheless, still cheaper to buy a car in China than Singapore, that place is... ouch

 

Yes, if I remember right, when I was in Singapore in 1988, I was told the imported car has 200% import tariff. A $50,000 car becomes $150,000 ...

 

Yes also on top on the tax, the permit to have a car on the road is $90,000 and valid for only 10yrs. So to get a Toyota Corolla on the road, it'll cost $120k+. After 10yrs, you'll need to purchase the permit again for market value at that time. Insane...

As for parking in Shanghai, you'll always be able to find it and cheap. However you're car will get dings and scratched like mad. I spend quit a bit of time on finding isolated parking spots with no other cars around me, or I park like a jerk and take up 2spots, then pay the attendant 2x the money. However there's just so many ppl and bikes here, if you do street parking, a bike will scratch your car sooner or later. After a year of owning my car here and being **** about parking, I've been lucky with only one door ding, but tons of scratches.

 

Im parked in a new building by Wheel Lock Square and ECO Building.. I pay USD240 monthly parking, its gated and have very high security standards. Best thing is that its half empty so no one parks next to my car

They also have a prof car wash service there.. Around 12 bucks US for wash and vacuum.

 

Did you get a good test drive before you made the purchase? Got on highway? Can you special order the car with any combination of options you like? European delivery?

 

nice! for the workplace or home? My work is nice, private grounds with security and gate, real empty. Parking at my current apartment sucks though, no underground parkade, only surface undesignated parking in a crowded complex. I have a choice of either parking under a tree and get bird poop on my car every morning and dents from falling branches, or park near a pedestrian path and risk getting scratched from bikes and mopeds going through (i have a 8 inch long scratch down to the metal on my rear quarter panel from there)

 

Same situation here. Its my office parking and now holiday parking also..

Private parking is as you outside with trees and freaking mops all over the place. I am trying to park a bit away from my house towards a closed street with less traffic... But I wish I had a parking space of my own there too.

 

I could have ordered an import from Europe but that would have costed me at least 15-20/USD more... Which I didnt want to spend.. As for additionals for the C180 is limited. I could upgrade the following

Lights to Xenon, cost USD 3100.00 which I didnt
17 inch rims, cost USD 4300.00 which i didnt
GPS, cost USD 1300.00 which i did
Parking radar org benz USD 1295.00
Got a domestic brand for USD 100 installed instead
Window tint, USD 1200 which I didnt


Went to a friend of the dealer who owns a tuning shop and bought 18inch AMGS with tires and Bilstein shocks and eichback springs for USD 2785.00 installed.