Twin 507 Coupe Pics - Used 507 for Sale
09-06-2014, 05:12 PM
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I don't really think that is the point. Saying who has the better C63.
They all start out as a base model and you add options.
Then it comes down to what knowledge the buyer is going in with. There are also many different types of buyers. I will also be the first to admit that I did not know every little in and out of a C63 when I bought my first one. However, approaching my second C63 was a different story.
Obviously you decide if you want sedan or coupe.
The next biggest thing (for me) was PP or not. I do not track the car and I also have no plans to supercharge. No PP it is. I'll take the cheaper brakes all day long. So I miss out on forged internals. Doesn't matter because the car wont see that kind of power.
Next, headlights. Oh my god. Sorry guys with halogens... I get some of you just went for it because everything else was perfect. For me, it could have been the deal of a century on a 507/BS whatever but if it had halogens I am not buying it.
As for the 507. I think it is a little unfortunate that it got branded as a type of a C63 rather than what it really is, a package. For instance, generally people with PP C63's just say "I have a C63." Then later will add it has the performance pack. Someone with a 507 says "I have a 507" when really you have a C63 with a 507 package.
With that out of the way, I'm not talking down on 507's as though they are a bad value. For some people they are a great value ESPECIALLY if you do not want to modify or risk the warranty.
I mentioned earlier that this doesn't matter to me. A tune + headers and I have more power than a 507 and furthermore, in theory, a 507 with a tune + headers has the same power as I do. All I am missing really is the hood which I can obviously get cheaper than a 507.
It is all a matter of who the buyer is and how educated they are particularly with the knowledge of what exactly they want.
They all start out as a base model and you add options.
Then it comes down to what knowledge the buyer is going in with. There are also many different types of buyers. I will also be the first to admit that I did not know every little in and out of a C63 when I bought my first one. However, approaching my second C63 was a different story.
Obviously you decide if you want sedan or coupe.
The next biggest thing (for me) was PP or not. I do not track the car and I also have no plans to supercharge. No PP it is. I'll take the cheaper brakes all day long. So I miss out on forged internals. Doesn't matter because the car wont see that kind of power.
Next, headlights. Oh my god. Sorry guys with halogens... I get some of you just went for it because everything else was perfect. For me, it could have been the deal of a century on a 507/BS whatever but if it had halogens I am not buying it.
As for the 507. I think it is a little unfortunate that it got branded as a type of a C63 rather than what it really is, a package. For instance, generally people with PP C63's just say "I have a C63." Then later will add it has the performance pack. Someone with a 507 says "I have a 507" when really you have a C63 with a 507 package.
With that out of the way, I'm not talking down on 507's as though they are a bad value. For some people they are a great value ESPECIALLY if you do not want to modify or risk the warranty.
I mentioned earlier that this doesn't matter to me. A tune + headers and I have more power than a 507 and furthermore, in theory, a 507 with a tune + headers has the same power as I do. All I am missing really is the hood which I can obviously get cheaper than a 507.
It is all a matter of who the buyer is and how educated they are particularly with the knowledge of what exactly they want.
My dealer had a black one & a white one.. Both were priced at around 97k$ out the door.. Which is 20k$ more than my actual car & they wanted 50k$ extra after my trade-in modded car that only had 8k km. I laughed at them & they called me twice afterward to ask me how much I wanted to let go my car for.. I bet the salesman or someone at that dealership wanted my modded car. Lol
In summary, 97k$ is too much for me for a car that has the options I don't need.
09-06-2014, 05:28 PM
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Reading through here I don't understand the direction that the conversation took. I drive a C63.. I love my 63.. the sticker was about $78k.. I hustled a bit and even got a watch thrown in with the purchase. 
it has been my dream car for the past years and I am still grinning every time I drive it.
But! I also have a 2013 VW Jetta and for the price of the Mercedes I could have gotten five Jettas crashed them into each other and built a megatron.
Would I like a P31 or 507 or BS; yes. But if we want to knock any of them it seems odd to me especially considering we could all have gone out and bought a fleet of some other less awesome car for the money.
Cheers to all of the AMG cars for being a thing of beauty.
it has been my dream car for the past years and I am still grinning every time I drive it. But! I also have a 2013 VW Jetta and for the price of the Mercedes I could have gotten five Jettas crashed them into each other and built a megatron.
Would I like a P31 or 507 or BS; yes. But if we want to knock any of them it seems odd to me especially considering we could all have gone out and bought a fleet of some other less awesome car for the money.
Cheers to all of the AMG cars for being a thing of beauty.
