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Old 05-22-2009, 05:22 PM
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The Last of the Power Rangers... (NY Times Article)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/au...o.html?_r=1&hp

The low resale value comment on AMGs surprised me.
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Originally Posted by dps01
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/au...o.html?_r=1&hp

The low resale value comment on AMGs surprised me.
It shouldn't (surprise you, that is). All these cars tend to perform poorly in the resale market.

I wonder what the CTS-V brigade is going to say about the 4.4 second 0-60 time for their car though.
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It is true, I sold my friend's 2002 C32 AMG two years ago for only $19000 (Canadian dollars) while a 2002 M3 can easily ask for $30000+ at that time.
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Originally Posted by muddphuck
It is true, I sold my friend's 2002 C32 AMG two years ago for only $19000 (Canadian dollars) while a 2002 M3 can easily ask for $30000+ at that time.
Nooooo. I got rid of a 2003fully fully loaded m3 for 23000. With 40ooo miles
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Originally Posted by dps01
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/au...o.html?_r=1&hp

The low resale value comment on AMGs surprised me.
That's great article. Did u read the whole thng and where they talk about the viper being the only car to beat it.
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Why do some sources on the C63 quote a 4.3 sec. 0-60 time?
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Originally Posted by mthis
That's great article. Did u read the whole thng and where they talk about the viper being the only car to beat it.
But I think they were referring only to the sound of the engine: "only a Dodge Viper could compete mano-a-mano with the C63 in sheer angry decibels"...
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But I think they were referring only to the sound of the engine: "only a Dodge Viper could compete mano-a-mano with the C63 in sheer angry decibels"...
Could be I whee threw it fast I must of missed something
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Originally Posted by SebringSilver
It shouldn't (surprise you, that is). All these cars tend to perform poorly in the resale market.

I wonder what the CTS-V brigade is going to say about the 4.4 second 0-60 time for their car though.
i hope this thread doesn't go 4-5 pages long.
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Originally Posted by dps01
Why do some sources on the C63 quote a 4.3 sec. 0-60 time?
Thats the time Mercedes gave out.
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Originally Posted by yooker
Thats the time Mercedes gave out.
Why does this article (and some other online sources) seem to think that the car can do 0-60 in <4 seconds then (3.9 I think)?

Which number is correct?
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I did 4.1 in my car. That's according to the Ipod dyno software.

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Car and Driver also managed a 0-60 time of 3.9 seconds for the C63.

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