mpcollins

build to start end of april with end of june delivery....toronto dealer...anyone anticipating earlier deliveries? thx!

amanuuh

My production started on the 14th. It was supposed to finish by the 18th. Car should hopefully be here in 2/3 weeks.

kuba.95

End of June delivery? WTF lol. It only takes the train 3-5 days to get from Alabama to Toronto.

amanuuh

Maybe they are doing the same thing they did to you to him lol

Iceman II

I was just thinking about shipping times the other day.

Anyone have any good guestimates on shipping from Alabama to:

1. East coast (MA, NY, NJ, etc.)
2. Midwest (Chicago, St Louis, KC, etc.)
3. Northwest (Seattle, Portland, etc.)
4. South east (Atlanta, Miami, etc.)
5. West coast (SF, LA, SD, etc.)

I was told to expect the car appropriately 30 days after production ends -- I'm in SoCal.

kuba.95

Haha maybe. Would be a dick move if they build his car a month late also.

kuba.95

Well I did some researching, but not on any of those. Basically I called which Canada uses but it goes all the way from Toronto to Jackson also (or some place near Jackson) It takes 3 days for a car to arrive in Toronto, and 6 days for it to arrive in Edmonton. Checked CN's website, and confirmed this. So considering the distance of Alabama to Edmonton(Train goes to Toronto first aka 3 days then 3 days from Toronto to Edmonton), and the time it takes for it to arrive from Alabama to Edmonton, I'd say it should take about 6 days for the car to arrive to most places in the U.S if it's being shipped by train.

amanuuh

I started a thread for SoCal in the regular w205 section. No answers yet. I remember someone saying it was three from when it finished production in a thread a few months ago.

I think it takes about 10 days. Then all the other delivery steps happen. So I'm assuming 2-3 weeks to get it.

TLDream

Can the informed, please educate the uninformed (me), what are the timing of things?

2015 - C63/s coupe / sedan - order / delivery
2016 - C63/s coupe / sedan - order / delivery

Black forged wheels are likely out of my interest now...

Thanks!

amanuuh

There is no such thing as a 2015 C63 w205 coupe. 2016 coupe hasn't been unveiled yet. It won't be till September. Maybe another year till those hit show rooms. I had one of the first orders (if not the first) my car went into production on the 14th. I should get it in like 3 weeks. Hopefully.

TLDream

so everyone is getting the sedan version? I guess that's good for me, cuz that's what I wanted anyways.

What's all this talk about the 2016 model, what the wait on them? I am dying to get a car, but I can always wait if the slight wait can justify the gratification

MB Dave

There is no coupe, yet.

JPMBenz

Most of the vehicles for the US are transported by Train to the various VPC's and then shipped from there. Any vehicle in the Northeast goes to Baltimore and then sent via regular truck.

Will617

MY2016 should become available for order in Sept and if you order a MY2015 now you will probably get in in July. Basically about 3 months difference in the end.
MY2016 will have the black wheels available. I like the nightstyle package with the c/f spoiler and black wheels as a compete design. Still can't make my mind up which color to choose so I'm hoping they will add new colors.

Rorie

My car was built on April 20th. shows as produced. My delivery date is now June 5th. I am in Toronto.

stolenfire

Side question, do you guys drive your C63s all year round in Toronto? Or do you have beaters for the winter. I'm in Toronto as well and still trying to decide whether to get the C450 or c63

kuba.95

I'm starting to think that the Canadian delivery dates are just place holder dates since the cars didn't get their certifications yet. Hard to believe that the guys in Toronto will get their cars end of June, Edmonton May 28th, and Calgary May 4th when all of our cars were built within a day or so of each other.

kuba.95

I plan on driving the C63S all year round in Edmonton which has quite bad weather during the winter months.

Iceman II

Seems certification is the big hold up ... at least here in the US.

kuba.95

Ya it is, but they're expecting it any day now from what I've heard. Also I'm guessing that the U.S certification is also holding up the Canadian cars because of NAFTA.

Rorie

I drive mine all year round and I am in the GTA. A Ferrari or a Lamborghini can't be driven here in the winter. Yes. But Porsche, MB AMG, or a BMW M. Yes. They are designed for Germany after all.

Difference between how a C450 and the C63 handles in the snow comes down to the horsepower. Take off from dead stop.

So to compensate for it you have to put winter tires on. And be aware that when you are starting from a full stop in heavy snow you will get the traction control kicking in. Either that or be gentle at start up and you will be fine.

Traction control makes the car more than manageable. In deep snow it will kick in a lot more. But I still drive to work in it.

That and we do not really get a lot of snow. So most days it is drive pavement. So you can still have fun with it.

But if you have some snow on the road, and you take the traction control, you can have some fun like I did:


I know a few C63 drivers, and they all drive their cars all year round.

Rorie

Rorie

Love the fact that the MB configurator says the car will cost $10,000,000,000. Like a bad Austin Powers quote. Ten billion dollars!

Rorie

Not sure what the percentages are, but you would have thought they would have done this prior to building the car. I mean other than the engine being built in Germany, and some parts coming from the EU, most of it must be sourced in the US and it's assembled here so you would think the certification would be both straight forward and figured out by now.

Ugh.

kuba.95

Based off my experiences certification always holds up the release of the cars. Don't know why MB never gets certification of the cars earlier lol. It's also holding up the release of the AMG Gt's.

NelsonRealTime

My salesman told me today the car will arrive middle of June or earlier.