Guys, can somebody remind me how many days it took for your cars to be built from the start of production?

It takes about 15 days to be built.

Thanks. BTW, it looks like those people are going to raise the interest rate again, so perhaps it makes sense to lock in leasing / financing? In BMW world you can do it for 60 days, don't know about MB

Most likely some weird wind buffeting from a trim piece on the roof. Notably, it does not happen later on at the 2:39 mark when he passes the same speed threshold.

missed this a while ago but nice showing of blue w/ studio


I am also crazy - I just ordered decals and caliper paint to match the rear aluminum casting to the front caliper

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...2c0f998e68.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...b560b1dfcf.jpg

Depends. Sometimes when interest rate goes up enough they start discounting msrp heavy. Right now mercedes is struggling to sell cars. SLs, eqs, eqe, are sitting on lots.. no buyers. Currently automotive industry seeing large increase in default auto loans.

This review highlights some really key components: https://www.autocar.co.nz/mercedes-amg-c43-first-drive/

The good and the bad:

What I meant is the discount on cars is not related to what MB is setting the interest rate to. Besides the lock can only protect you from the raise in rates, you can always get the prevailing one.

Mostly good, but it's a first drive again, it's like once they try it, they never come back for a comprehensive test.

How come you don't change the wheel caps to AMG ones?
https://mercteil.com/amg-hub-caps-wi...retrofit-Pg1Jo

lunar booty w/ studio!

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...4b77586e42.png

Those of you who got VIN, were you able to validate it in the Mercedes Me app?

Yes it worked for me.

Indeed

I also find it surprising that the rear rotors are not cross drilled. My CLA 35 has front and rear cross drilled. The back caliper is a slightly different shade too, now that you mention it.

My 2020 c43 sedan does not have rear cross drilled rotors. My back caliper is not even painted.

Lunar looks great! Too bad we don't have that color in the U.S.

We cannot refinance the auto loan, can we/?

It's not painted - just cast aluminum. That's why I will be painting and applying logos lol. Easier to clean too.

They have discontinued the offering but there will be cars showing up in Lunar Blue

I've seen a c300 in the color and it's really stunning.

I was lucky to add Lunar Blue to my build initially but right after it locked they discontinued the color. Sucks cuz it looks so nice.

Is that the place you go to input the VIN to see the shipping status?
https://www.tracking-status.com/hyun...ovis-tracking/
It then sends me to a new page asking to fill out additional info, is that correct?

Do you know what boat your car is on? SA will be able to tell you that. There are a bunch of websites to then track the boat and websites to track the boat arriving to port, etc.

That's really the only way I have come to know to track your car that seems reliable.

Yeah, Alexasa is correct - that Glovis tracking is terrible. Ask dealer and they will be able to tell you the exact ship name. It seems like a bunch of ours are on the Glovis Symphony, which is slated to arrive at Baltimore VPC on Sunday night. I use FleetMon to track, which you can do here: Glovis Symphony - FleetMon

What's everyone's opinion right now?

The car was released in AU but there are no cars listed there yet - launched prior to receiving inventory.

No new cars have arrived in EU - the sites are just re-listing old/unsold inventory (probably because the recent builds are mostly coming to Canada/USA).

I feel like next week looks good for a release but really no rhyme or reason to any of it.

Some on here noticed it was still not approved by the EPA for MPG, I guess - potentially keeping the window stickers from being finalized? Curious to see how many are offloaded from the boat starting this Monday through the remainder of the week. It's one thing that initial ones have been sitting around since November in the US, but feels positive that they are shipping more now. I still think we hear something positive in the next few weeks at the latest.