Hello all, I just picked up my new 09 C63 two days ago. Well any how the first day after I picked the car up I was driving down the highway and I noticed a truck on the side of the road readjusting the load he had in the box of his truck. So I moved into the left lane just to give him some space, when out of no where I notice a ribon like thing flying over the back of his turck. Right before it hit my car I saw that the ribon had a metal tie down hook on the end, then bam! I immidiatley pulled over to asses the damage and tear a peice off of the guy. The man that threw the tie down ended up being extremely nice and offered to pay all expenses to fix my cracked bumper and cracked right fog light. (This is at around 300KM on the car 2 hours into owning it... still pretty livid )

Well it's been 3 days and I managed to put 1300 KM on it but mostly all highway, just smooth driving around 2000 RPM. I did notice though the car appears to be luggish off the highway, in city driving the shifts are very rough, is this normal?

Ha, well the 1st day in my C55 I hit a bird, and my 1st day with my C63 I ran over a black cat....seriously. I've never at any other moment killed any animals while driving but somehow in my 1st day of ownership I'm 2/2.

Maybe it feels luggish cuz its in the break-in period

Well that's a bummer! And are you saying he threw that tie-down strap/device over the truck, across one lane and hit your car in the left lane? Amazing!

I don't own a C63 but I did drive one for a weekend and started with 550 km (< 350 miles) on the clock. Certainly didn't feel like the engine was "lugging" even though we drove conservatively due to the low mileage. Shifts were as expected in all modes. No complaints. I'm thinking you were babying it a little too much, after all, these engines are run in before installation. Restrictions are as much for the drive train as the engine itself.

But with 1300 km, you're nearly there. About time to drive "normally."

get a reflash done, and the power will jump and you will notice the difference.

lol yeah, while at highway speeds. The timing was impeccable.

I thought that our cars have a driver adjusting transmition system or something like that? ( It adapts to the drivers driving habits) So I just thought that 1100 out of the 1300 KM's that were driven were done so at highway speeds and very light on the gas, was the reason that the car was sluggish in the city? That the car's computer/ transmition was used to cruising speeds and not going from stop to go? Once the car is warn in and I begin driving it normally will it begin to smoothen itself out as it will adapt to city driving and not so much babying? or do I need to do this reflash thing and, where do I go to get a reflash done? sorry about the Noob questions.

You mean like the following tip from the "Secrets" thread?

Steps to Reset the Transmission Control Unit. Resetting the TCU will reset transmission to factory shift points and the car will 'relearn' your driving style.

(1.) Turn the ignition key to the on (not start) position.
(2.) Press the gas pedal to the floor and hold for five seconds.
(3.) Turn the key to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas pedal.
(4.) Wait at least two minutes for TCU to reset.

In my 1st 200 miles a rock flew up from the road and hit my left fog light. It has a crack in it but still works. You really cant notice it.

I pulled up a little to close on a very high parking spot thing... The nose came over it and rubbed. I backed up slowly and BAM! The bumper grabbed the parking thing and a nice little bite came out of it. Its completely under and car so you cant noitce...

These things happen. At least your ok and it didnt come through your windshield!

What if it is keyless go?

I don't have Keyless Go in my M-B but I thought conventional operation using the smart key was still possible if required. Not true?

i believe the newer models have just a button in place of the ignition hole( or whatever you call it) if you have keyless go.

They do, but you can just remove the button and insert the key.

If you have keyless go, to do the transmission reset trick, with your foot off the brake, press the button twice.

By the way, this does not work on MY2007 vehicles and up.... (this includes E63, CLS63, etc....)

I wish I had known this sooner.
It works in my S500 but none of my other cars. I couldn't figure out why. This would've saved me many attempts at this. Thanks!

why not?

Wow, considering DannyBoy's experience, I would call your encounter, inconvenient, and that sucks for a brand new car, BUT I would be thankful I didn't go through what DannyBoy did.

So this means it won't work on our cars?