cobraq8

How often do you drive hard in your C32/55? I find myself driving so hard and flooring the poor thing so frequently that I feel pity for car sometimes. I have to admit though, it feels really good when I do so. Does anybody share the same emotions??

FrankW

yes and yes...

Bux

we all do it or you wouldn't be in this car

BlackC230Coupe

I drive it like that everytime i get it in it! I have sometimes thought i am going a little to hard on it, but what the hell, its fun. :p

oggle

When you get a cheap 240 loaner and end up leaving tire tracks all over the place, then maybe it's time for a lil guilt.

marcC55miami

I floor ir anytime I can

mick1

what's your gas mileage is like if you drive it like that ?

i have a much less powerful car, and i'm babying it but i'm only getting 19 miles per gallon.

cntlaw

Besides (in HK) there ain't a highway long and quiet enough for the baby to go beyond 160kmh safely, the C55's 4th gear has plenty of torque that would already enough and risk my driving license :p I am paying USD500-600 fuel per month for a daily driving 50-80 km. ~$0.25 per km , so I only floor it when I have the objects to chase for.
If I tend to drive hard, the gas meter shows 15-17litre/100kmh
If I tend to drive gentle, the gas meter shows 12.5-13.5litre/100kmh
When do I floor it ? I do that only when I saw other monsters on the road. (HK is possibly the tiny and most dense city packed with enough supercars like Ferrari, Porsche, EVO7, Legacy..)
Yesterday , I gave up (instead of saying I actually lose) to chase a W208 CLK320 because the Lung Cheung Hill Road was too bumpy for the hard suspensioned C55 to do comfort fast cornering...believe or not

Mr.PS

I find I do that aswell in my suv and such. But it shouldnt really harm anything.

jayitx

When I got my dyno earlier this week, I watched as the guy brought the car up to 6000 rpm in 3rd gear. It sort of made me wince when it was revving so high!! I floor it occasionally, mostly when G35s, Altimas/Maximas, Mustangs, or BMWs challenge me on the road. There are a lot of them here in Dallas, and they all seem to think that their car is the fastest thing on the road (it's nice to show them they're wrong!). It still feels ike I'm a little too hard on the car, but as someone here said--drive them like they were made to be driven.

hantzis

I don't feel guilty about it at all. I spent an extra $20k to get performance version of the C-class. They are built to drive hard. Your max horsepower is around 6100rpms, you need to go there to enjoy the true potential of the vehicle. Just DOOO IT

bnz616

Just curious...I know that the engine is built to be driven hard and can take the abuse, but how are the other parts of the car? Is the other parts related to suspension and drivetrain beefed up or just the same as a regular c-class.

marcC55miami

All the AMG cars are beefed up suspension wise, brake wise and other to support the extra/tourque & hp...

bnz616

Ok, thats good to know.

It wouldn't be nice to find out that something tore/broke because of too much power and the engine can handle it but the rest of the car can't.

mick1

i think all AMG cars can handle the speed. However, I doubt that all AMG car owners have the skills to control the cars at extremely high speed

AMG3.2

I also feel tremendous guilt when I do so... Is this okay to be doing to a car with 80k miles?

arekux

i have over 100k still do it everyday, but i do feel bad for reving the **** out it.

Budget Baller

holy old thread! lol

I also have over 100k on my car. But I'll be honest, anytime I can, I floor the hell out of it. Heart gets going, sweat beads start coming out and after you slow down and relax a nice "woooooo" comes out. It ranks up there with good sex. Who'd turn that down I take care of my car and my car takes care of me. 80k? Pssh you're just getting started. Floor that girl to the floor.

AMG3.2

Haha alright, I just recently bought the car from a car fanatic. So I'm still getting used to it.

c32kompressor

I drive it like I stole it everyday

AMG3.2

so it looks like most people drive their c32's pretty hard. good to know I'm not the only one.

Tump43

I drive my AMG the way it was intended to be driven -- with spirt, fast acceleration, compressed corners and high speed. I bought the thing to drive it and love every minute. As long as you don't abuse it "brake stands" "off-road driving" "jumps" and the like, the car will be just fine with regular maintenance. MPG: I get 18 to 20 mpg driving with a pregnant woman in the car and between 13 and 16 mpg when I am alone on a deserted street.

chris.bachman

flooring = boner

AMG3.2

Haha well said!