Hey Amanuuh did you call your dealership today to find out whether or not they had good news yesterday?

 

It was my uncles friend that works at the dealership He was asking how everything was going with the car.

 

Ahhhhh lol

 

So I've learned that I don't like column shifters in cars. I have a CLA 250 loaner. It just seems out of place in a car. It feels fine in my dads gl. I guess it's just something to get used too.

 

I had a loaner while my car was in service. It's the one thing I did not like about the new model.

 

+1 I've been intentionally ignoring it hoping it will go away. Guess not -- will just have to get use to it. We own a 2005 Honda Pilot we use to take our dogs to the dog park and it has the same thing. Feels like I'm driving my grandfather's old Pontiac. I suspect it won't take me too long to get over it.

 

My dad has had his 550 for a couple years. I drive it pretty often. It feels perfectly fine in that car. After driving in the CLA today it feels out of place in a car. SMH lol. Thats really the only dislike I have about the car though

yeah not feeling it all.

 

So how much is everyone paying? Are you paying msrp or is there room for negotiation?

 

I think everyone getting it in the first 6-12 months will probably pay msrp. I don't see these cars sitting on lots.

 

I locked MSRP on my Edition 1

 

Same here. You'll find MSRP is the going rate.

 

You will pay MSRP for now until the demand has eased.

 

So.. my dealer called to tell me that car on order does not match what I ordered. He told me that since its so close to production the options can't be changed. I am pissed. For starters, its black not lunar blue and its missing the performance exhaust. However, it gains a HUD. That's all I know so far, now if the car is not an S and its missing the the performance seats I might have to cancel the order all together and look elsewhere for a car.

 

Wow that sucks a lot. Not getting the performance exhaust doesn't seem like w big deal but it's a whole different color smh

 

Man, unless you need the car ASAP and they're giving you a big goodwill discount I'd cancel it just on principle. When you're an early adopter and you're paying this much for a car you should get exactly what you ordered.

 

Agree, cancel the order unless they give you a discount and you are ok with the options on the car. I thought the whole build process is carefully tracked, so not sure how they messed it up that bad.

Personally, I would be ok with the color change, but not so sure about changes affecting technical or performance aspects of the car.

I'm kind of angry myself because I wanted to see an AMG Lunar Blue!!! Probably one of the few ordered!

 

Sorry dude. I guess I just don't understand how this can happen. We're in 2015 and its not like they took your order on a piece of paper and threw it over the fence in hopes it was received by the production team. This is a major company with a major information system in place. I thought the ordering system was designed to prevent this type of hiccup. I'd even say wrong color and missing options is more than a hiccup.

 

So MB Canada is giving me tons of good laughs. They did an investigation to see why my cars being held up and why it was built so late. Their reply "There was a delay in Halifax". . Does MB not even know where the car is built anymore? They also stated that the launch date is end of April. The investigator also tried talking to the head of financing to see if they can find out anything about pricing, but shes out until Friday. So Friday or Monday I might hear something about that. Although someone emailed me today saying they talked to someone in MB and they said that the Edition 1 package will probably cost 15k.... 15K for Performance seats, and the red carbon fibre interior... Honestly. If that'll be the case then in my opinion MB Canada truly lost it.

Anyways I'll contact my dealership tomorrow. See if they can get one of their contact in MB Canada to figure out what's going on.

 

Them messing up something so simple as ordering a car in the proper color, and options tells you a lot about the dealership. Based off that I'd go and order the car from a different dealership.

 

Edition 1 Content Details:
Dealer Choice of Exterior Paint:
149 - Polar White
197 – Obsidian Black
775 – Iridium Silver
792 – Palladium Silver
799 – Diamond White

Unique Interior Design:
Black Nappa Leather
Red Diamond Contrast Stitching
Unique 19” Cross-Spoke Forged Wheel
Unique Red Carbon Fiber Trim
Unique Gloss Black Rear Deck Lid Spoiler
P60 – AMG Night Styling w/Chrome Tailpipes
Red Seat Belts
Full Dinamica Steering Wheel w/Red Stitching & 12 o’clock Mark
Red Accents on Grille Opening & Exterior Mirrors
AMG Sport Stripe
Edition1 Badge on Steering Wheel – Interior
555 - AMG Performance Seats
U78 – AMG Performance Exhaust
319pkg – Lighting Package
389pkg – Hands Free Package
320pkg – Multimedia Package
413 – Pano Roof
234 – Blind Spot Monitoring
235 – Parktronic
U78 – AMG Performance Exhaust

When you add it all up as options (at least in the US) the Edition 1 is less expensive.

Sorry to hear about your experience

 

In Canada all you get in the Edition 1 package is the AMG performance seats, Night package, Red Carbon Fibre, and the racing stripe etc on the exterior. Otherwise everything is optional. So the Edition 1 package should cost 4-5k max here instead of 15k like the MB Canada employee suggested lol.

As for the U.S.. The Edition 1 package is an amazing deal in my opinion, and whoever purchased a Edition 1 made the right decision.

 

My understanding is that we get a lot of stuff in the premium package, so I ordered that and the edition 1 package at the same time.

 

Looks like U.S cars are being shipped to dealers already. MB of Tampa has a C63 in their showroom

 

 

Hopefully this means that Canadian C63's are also being shipped out