JimGnitecki

Recently, I emailed mb canada asking about availability of an older MB-published book. They replied that the book was no longer available, but offered to send me a 2012 (the model year of my c63) C-Class brochure. That was a kind thought that I appreciated, and they even mailed the brochure postage paid. What I did not expect was what I ALSO, separately, received in today's mail:





Note, not just one, but TWO.

Note too that these trinkets are not cheap. They are not in the current MB accessory brochure I have, but there is something close to these, except not nearly as elaborate:





Note the price on the lower left.

I really appreciate the thought of the gift, and getting 2 versus 1, well, I now feel really special.

However, note the mounting and also the shift pattern . . .

these things are really nicely made, and i feel like I should be looking for a couple of Mercedes owners who have Mercedes models with 4-speed manual transmissions, whose shift knobs may need replacement or enhancement . . .

Does MB often DO this kind of stuff?

Jim G

Jasonoff

zcct04

MB Canada apparently has great new-customer PR!
Stateside, all they sent me was a reminder to come in soon for service . . .

Ambystom01

You couldn't just put this in your other thread, with zero replies, further down the front page?

https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...mb-canada.html

JimGnitecki

Entirely different topic. That one was about getting non-current literature from MB. This one is about an unexpected "gift" from MB (although a gift that misses the mark a bit by being for a 4-speed versus for a 7-speed automatic ).

But I'll keep what you said in mind next time I want to post on, say, transmission issues and air conditioning.

Jim G

Ambystom01

And the classic, condescending Jim response. Beautiful, just beautiful.

BLKROKT

Stupid

604 C63

Everybody I know with an AMG from my dealership has received these.
They're $33, but very rare, you have to google "Mercedes wine stoppers" to find them.
Or look in the catalogue.

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/a...on_2017_en.pdf

Ambystom01

I also got one in the mail when I bought my car.

Alex.currie44

Don;t get too excited Jimbo. They send them to every new owner of an AMG new or previously owned. The problem is they come in a set as a rule and are four different colours.
I am on my second AMG and the buggers sent me a white one each time.
Personally better they send me a case of oil or all the filters.

Alex.currie44

Based on my experiences going back to 1987 and 11 cars later I find myself LMAO at your comments. It just may be they are better than MBUSA but they suck when compared to Lexus (Toyota Canada).
We have two divisions of the same dealership group here on Vancouver Island. They are as different as chalk and cheese.

JimGnitecki

Well, i don't even drink wine, but I have two friends who do. One even makes his own, so I gave him one of them, and he went nuts over it because he is also a hotrodder. The 2nd one will go to another friend who enjoys good wines.

It's nice that they do NOT have the MB logo, or any other advertising, on them. They actually are a reasonably classy gift.

Jim G

604 C63

They work in the glass carafe for Sodastream.

Jasonoff

You thought they were butt plugs huh? So excited about it, you started a useless thread.

I understand...

AMG3.2

This is kewl

Thrilla

Jim, you should join the AMG Private Lounge. They give out cool swag from time to time.

604 C63

Just got my 2017 poster in the mail a couple weeks ago. Not as heavy stock as it used to be but still very cool.

BLKROKT

Note to self: Never buy a "used" Mercedes wine stopper

JimGnitecki

I just received the new-old-stock 2012 C Class brochure, as MB Canada promised. The brochure is an incredible 77 pages long!

I have barely gotten into it, but one of the interesting tidbits is in the specifications section is that a C63 can theoretically, under perfect conditions I'm sure, attain mileage of 8.4 liters/ 100 km which equates to about 28.2 miles per U.S. gallon. Of course guys on THIS forum do, uh, a little worse than that.

Jim G