How often do you get challenged on the road?
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In the C43 I get a lot of "man that is a gorgeous car" or "hey dose that have a twin turbo V8 in it?" 
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard
I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" 
as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.
In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard
I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
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In the C43 I get a lot of "man that is a gorgeous car" or "hey dose that have a twin turbo V8 in it?"
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.
In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
I am curious as to your thoughts on the 45 vs 43 experience? I know the 45 is significantly faster not to mention probably lighter. But how is the overall experience between the two?
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.
In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
I am curious as to your thoughts on the 45 vs 43 experience? I know the 45 is significantly faster not to mention probably lighter. But how is the overall experience between the two?
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In the C43 I get a lot of "man that is a gorgeous car" or "hey dose that have a twin turbo V8 in it?"
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.
In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face.
In South Florida there are so many high performance cars on the road that most people are like stated, numb or use to seeing them everywhere. A C43 or C63 may turn heads some other place in the USA here it's just another Benz. It has to be a real exotic and I mean real unique to get any real attention. Any Friday or Saturday night take a drive on Ocean Drive on South Beach and the six digit cars are everywhere, its like the car show every weekend.
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The C43 is more subdued, relaxed. Decent power but it is delivered differently. It may be that the V6 is a tad bit under powered but it does get up and go just not what I would bring to drag race. I have ordered and did received the new tune box from vivid racing which I will install this coming week, lets see if it wakes up the old girl. All around I see the 45 as a total hooligan car and the C43 more as comfy refined 120 mph all day type ride...
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don't forget 4matic too. All that torque has to be put on the road and having 4matic just allows you to take off with no drama. I hit the cruise control at 40mph on a 35, then i just wait for the cars behind me to catch up. If they zoom pass by me it's ok... unless its a prius, i never wanna be behind any of those drivers. They step on the brake way too early so they can generate power back to the battery!
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Man... you guys are making me jealous!
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and nobody ever challenged me. Even when I travel to Seattle nobody ever challenged me on the road. May be they know the C63S is a fast car so there's no point challenging??
What are the signs of a challenge in the States? May be some people are shy to challenge you? I don't know I just moved here.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and nobody ever challenged me. Even when I travel to Seattle nobody ever challenged me on the road. May be they know the C63S is a fast car so there's no point challenging??
What are the signs of a challenge in the States? May be some people are shy to challenge you? I don't know I just moved here.
where are you at in the bay?
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No challenges as of yet for the C43. In my CLA 45 every single ricer I meet wants to run. Subarus are the worse of the ricers followed by the Honda civics with the bazooka exhausts ROFL... So far I have been able to maintain the our brands high standard I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face
I'm also hunted by every single M2 that I come across no matter if it's at a light or on the interstate. The M2's I especially love to smoke, they always ask me the same thing "hey is that stock?" as they walk away with a dumbfounded look on their face
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I work in Santana Row.. I see fast cars daily.. they've gotta be coming from somewhere. Hell, even over in East SJ viet area there's nice cars rolling... slowly... in traffic.
I destroyed the RS4 by bus lengths, but I think he gave up by the time I put 4-5 cars on him already. Given I had probably 150+ hp on him and more on tq, and it was rolling, it wasn't even fair. He knew, I knew.. but it was fun and great quick chat at the next stoplight.
I destroyed the RS4 by bus lengths, but I think he gave up by the time I put 4-5 cars on him already. Given I had probably 150+ hp on him and more on tq, and it was rolling, it wasn't even fair. He knew, I knew.. but it was fun and great quick chat at the next stoplight.
I go there pretty often.
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I'm constantly tested by punks in Pontiac G8's, and ignoramuses in hemi-powered pickup trucks. Even after showing them how fast I can put distance between us, they continue to try to ride up my backside.
It's always some guy in a pickup truck that wants to challenge me at a traffic light.
It's always some guy in a pickup truck that wants to challenge me at a traffic light.
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I'm constantly tested by punks in Pontiac G8's, and ignoramuses in hemi-powered pickup trucks. Even after showing them how fast I can put distance between us, they continue to try to ride up my backside.
It's always some guy in a pickup truck that wants to challenge me at a traffic light.
It's always some guy in a pickup truck that wants to challenge me at a traffic light.
i had the same situation happen to me .a hemi pick up truck chasing me till we hit a red light. he saw c63 emblem and he just backed off once the light turned green.
smart guy.
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a) the person isn't racing you and you're racing your imagination
b) you're racing a Prius or an altima
the c43 is a stellar car but this post made me giggle
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I get challenged almost every day here in Texas. Usually it's Mustangs, Challengers, Camaros... all of which I destroy. Occasionally, I'll see a Porsche or something more exotic, usually I can hang with them for a bit. Pulled up behind a McLaren the second day I had my AMG and needless to say, I wasn't able to hang : (
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
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I get challenged almost every day here in Texas. Usually it's Mustangs, Challengers, Camaros... all of which I destroy. Occasionally, I'll see a Porsche or something more exotic, usually I can hang with them for a bit. Pulled up behind a McLaren the second day I had my AMG and needless to say, I wasn't able to hang : (
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
I'm in Cali and people here are very nice. Besides a few selfish ones, most of the drivers are so nice that the moment you put your blinker on they slow down and let you merge.
I came from a country where you wouldn't wanna put the blinker on before you execute the lane change because the moment you do that, the car behind is just gonna fill up that gap to make sure you don't stand a chance 'jumping the line'.
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I get challenged almost every day here in Texas. Usually it's Mustangs, Challengers, Camaros... all of which I destroy. Occasionally, I'll see a Porsche or something more exotic, usually I can hang with them for a bit. Pulled up behind a McLaren the second day I had my AMG and needless to say, I wasn't able to hang : (
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
The challenges are fun, but the flip-side is people being jerks because you're in a Mercedes. Break-checking, blocking you, nobody lets you in at a merge, etc.
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I'm sure a 4 or 6cyl can be handily beaten, but a V8 version of any of the above with a good driver will not be something that is "destroyed" let along beaten at all.
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I've driven Camero and Charger before and I feel that they have major problems putting their power onto the ground. A LOT of wheel spins. I nearly drifted down Beverly Hills once in that Charger, scared the hell outa me.
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A Camaro and a Charger are 2 very different cars but both can be a handful, just like other high power RWD cars.
In terms of the Camaro, they run considerably faster to 60 and in the 1/4 than a C43 so there is no way a C43 is destroying a V8 Camaro. The advantage a C43 would have in a "street race" is that you can simply mash the loud pedal and if the other driver can't launch, you've got him covered for a while at least.
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I haven't been driving my C63 S an entire month yet, but like a few other posters indicated the big-O hemi or whatever Ford F-150 truck once challenged me. Obviously, he learned his lesson immediately. Since the car doesn't even have 400 miles on it, I'm taking it very easy on the engine, trying to drive as civilized as possible! So that could be part of it.
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
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I haven't been driving my C63 S an entire month yet, but like a few other posters indicated the big-O hemi or whatever Ford F-150 truck once challenged me. Obviously, he learned his lesson immediately. Since the car doesn't even have 400 miles on it, I'm taking it very easy on the engine, trying to drive as civilized as possible! So that could be part of it.
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
I still remember vividly that on the first day I got the car, a Dodge Charger was reving at me at a traffic light. He was very friendly. I rolled down my window and told him that the car is brand new and I couldn't press it yet.
Other than that, a sky blue Subaru BRZ friendly 'challenged' me on the freeway and immediately was taught a lesson.
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I haven't been driving my C63 S an entire month yet, but like a few other posters indicated the big-O hemi or whatever Ford F-150 truck once challenged me. Obviously, he learned his lesson immediately. Since the car doesn't even have 400 miles on it, I'm taking it very easy on the engine, trying to drive as civilized as possible! So that could be part of it.
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
But I must say having come from Audi RS5, I remember even in the first days following picking up my RS5, I was getting challenged by all sorts of cars on the road (especially stupid, stupid Prius--God so irritating hahaha). Audi (especially RS5) somehow must trigger something in people that the C63 doesn't (or hasn't yet?). A non-scientific observation I made was that each time I had the car washed (it was a phantom black pearl color in case it makes a difference), I'd immediately notice that other cars would be much more hostile near me--and I'd get challenged almost unquestionably!
