Well finally I am at the end of this long adventure starting way back in June. As most of you guys know this is my second C63 order. I was part of the PP order problem the first go round. Anyway, on with the post.

Picked up the car Monday morning at my New Orleans dealer. My options that I ordered are listed in my signature. My price GRAND TOTAL out the door was $66,770.00 even. My dealer MB of New Orleans and sales men Leo Flotron III were true professionals from start to finish on the whole deal, hats off to my dealer. The car only had 14 miles on it when I picked it up, so I was happy for that. At my request my dealer only did a limited PDI / clean up in order to limit any undue "test drives" of the car.

Now the car, WOW!

That sound, torque, seats. The sound is everything everyone says it is. Sounds like a big block street rod. Nice low tone at idle, yet blip the throttle and.....HELLO!

Fit and finish seems to be to notch, nothing negative
to say here. The alcatara steering wheel is nice, but nothing special. Similar to the one in my Boxster S.

As for the "I-Drive" type control system, I like it. Having never had a BMW with this system, I had no reference of any positive or negative aspects of said system. It only took me a few minutes to master the use of the control knob. I have had very limiter use with the Nav system, but what I did use was easier than my Porsche system and almost on par with my Honda System.

Engine and drive train, not much to say yet because I am driving conservative for break in. I was not revving the engine past 3500 rpm or so. Even at that low rev limit and limited pedal effort you can still feel the great torque that awaits.

Now on to the Performance Package suspension. In a word Firm. If you are coming from driving a sports car (Z06 or Boxster S Porsche) for example you will find the ride similar and on par with cars with a performance suspension option. If you are looking at getting a C63 with the Performance Package Suspention coming from a car with a touring suspension, you may well be disappointed in the ride quality. This is not to say the ride is bad, just firmer that normal. As your speed increases the suspension starts to come into its own. Overall the suspension is everything I hoped it would be and am 100% happy with the ride and response of it.

The brakes will also put a big grin on your face. The stop like a sports car weighting 1000lbs. less. The pedal movement is nothing and you stop.

That is about it for now. I will wash the car and post some pics this weekend. I do have a few thing I am not sure of and or still working on:

*The brakes upgrade that came with the Performance Package only had the aluminum hats on the front brakes and not the rear, is that correct?

*Still trying to get my Iphone 3G Bluetooth to work. The phone does not see the car and the car does not see the phone.

Love the car, 300 miles and counting. Sorry for the long post.


-Troy

 

Good write up Troy. I'm still waiting on my P30 susp. but I have all the other components now. Can't wait for the stiffer ride.

 

Nice! Thanks for the write-up. Can't wait to see some pics.

 

Congratulations!!

Since I'm getting the same color combination I'm VERY eager to see your pictures. Post plenty of big ones!

 

Troy, that sounds just about right with the 2 piece front rotors. back rotors are standard. As far as blue tooth you should had the dealer set it up for you. I have the New Verizon Razor which sync's up great... I still need to add the phone book, I think Verizon has a software patch to get the phone book uploaded to the cars phone book.

Hey Good Luck! I only have 60 miles since getting it yesterday...its been raining heavy here, sooo I'm waiting for a few clear days to go for a nice ride.

 

glad you're enjoying it...best of luck

 

Do you have to buy a bluetooth adapter? That's why I had to do with my parent's S63.

BTW, congrats!

 

No adapter, period. You just need a Bluetooth capable phone.

 

Hey Glock,

With the performance suspension do you notice the ride height being any lower? Eliminating any wheel well gap? I ask because i don't want to put lowering springs on the performance package suspension and ruin it.

Thanks

 

OMG!!! That's a good price for a C63 P30

 

What was the sticker on the car? $70k+ right? That sounds like a great price you got. $66k with taxes too?

Thanks for the write up. I don't think I want the PP package. Its only going to get more firm as the tires wear. They are nice and soft now, but will firm up in about a thousand miles.

 

Congrats. I guess if the ride is too stiff, you could always swap the shocks with someone here with non-PP?

Now go out to the Super Walmart and slap some K&Ns and add another 20HP to the beast.

 

It lowers the car a fraction of an inch...from a stock C63

 

Sounds sweet. You finally got it! And in the best color.

Congrats on the car and thanks for your impressions.

 

How'd you do 66.7k with tax, title, docs and crud??!! That's insanely low. Don't know what you're taxes are like down there, but up here, that would mean the selling price of the car was around $62k - which I call BS on with a full PP. (not that I'm saying that to you

congrats to you anyhow!