2023 C 43 Order Guide
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Welcome to Canada (to help pay for our taxes 
), our taxes is higher than most states for literally everything and the weak currency doesn't help.
Cars in Canada is generally cheaper than the USA before the chip shortage and stuff but in return we don't get lemon law, we don't get a cool off period when buying (at least true for Ontario), cars generally gets released many months longer than the States.
not car related (we get treated poorly when it comes to consumer electronics, many discounts that the States gets we don't get, we don't get lots of colour options for phones for example, we miss out on many models, our software updates come very late, customer support of many brands are generally poor, our general cost of living is higher, we have the most expensive phone plans in the world in general and with the least data (although sort of improving).
I mean, every country has their short comings, I still love Canada : ) and we always welcome people if you want to come : ) I just want to say although our cars were cheaper before, literally everything else is more expensive than the States, take housing for example.
), our taxes is higher than most states for literally everything and the weak currency doesn't help.Cars in Canada is generally cheaper than the USA before the chip shortage and stuff but in return we don't get lemon law, we don't get a cool off period when buying (at least true for Ontario), cars generally gets released many months longer than the States.
not car related (we get treated poorly when it comes to consumer electronics, many discounts that the States gets we don't get, we don't get lots of colour options for phones for example, we miss out on many models, our software updates come very late, customer support of many brands are generally poor, our general cost of living is higher, we have the most expensive phone plans in the world in general and with the least data (although sort of improving).
I mean, every country has their short comings, I still love Canada : ) and we always welcome people if you want to come : ) I just want to say although our cars were cheaper before, literally everything else is more expensive than the States, take housing for example.
The craziest thing for me is watching those home-hunter shows hundred-acre properties with massive houses down in Texas going for around $500K.
@eatmydust Tell you what - Let's trade spots. You have to take my wife and kid though.
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Ouch, oh well. I still might consider it but dang there are many other options out there at that price point. That said though, the MY23 or MY24 C 63 S E Performance also will be increasing a lot compared to the W205 C 63 S, so that is probably why.
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Ah, Canada; where a $350k household income affords you a 2-bedroom condo and a used Hyundai accent... :|
The craziest thing for me is watching those home-hunter shows hundred-acre properties with massive houses down in Texas going for around $500K.
@eatmydust Tell you what - Let's trade spots. You have to take my wife and kid though.
The craziest thing for me is watching those home-hunter shows hundred-acre properties with massive houses down in Texas going for around $500K.
@eatmydust Tell you what - Let's trade spots. You have to take my wife and kid though.
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Thank you guys.
And yes @Dima that is spot on. As the sub 100k gas powered AMG field narrows, I will most likely reapproach the C43/C63 in a few years.
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Nah this is old stuff, while SF area was getting poorer, everyone had been moving up here from Asia / Europe so the real estate prices went up like 25% last year and the salaries as well. For $250k you can only buy a parking garage. Used to be NY, but since the crime had spiked, everyone is moving up here. Reminds them of Europe without high taxes and with high paying jobs in tech, biotech and medical.
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Thank you guys.
And yes @Dima that is spot on. As the sub 100k gas powered AMG field narrows, I will most likely reapproach the C43/C63 in a few years.
And yes @Dima that is spot on. As the sub 100k gas powered AMG field narrows, I will most likely reapproach the C43/C63 in a few years.
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I think SF has been going downhill fast in the last few years together with NY and some other big cities.
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W206 has grown in comparison to W205, I assume the next E would be bigger than the current. The trend is for bigger, heavier and electric obviously, need more space for those big, heavy batteries.
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Great point. After owning compact sedans for several years, I’m loving the full size E class. However, I will likely be forced to look at a new C43/used C63 in a few years in order to stay at my price point of ~75k.
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ME: "I just spent 100k on a car!!!"
FRIEND: "Oh sick! What did you get???"
ME: "Merc C43"
FRIEND: "....."
ME: ...AMG...
FRIEND: ".........."
ME: "And It's got four cylin-- Ah, f*ck.."
FRIEND: "Oh sick! What did you get???"
ME: "Merc C43"
FRIEND: "....."
ME: ...AMG...
FRIEND: ".........."
ME: "And It's got four cylin-- Ah, f*ck.."
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That said though, the rear axle steering will help with the U-turning for example.
