New with AMG
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2015 C63 Estate
New with AMG
Hi! Here is my experience with my C63 that i have had for 3 months now. This is my first AMG and actually my first Mercedes. I have had previously mostly BMW's M-models E46, E92 and F80 M3. F80 was really nice but i really wanted a estate for more practicality. M3 and C63 are quite close to each other. C63 wins 100-0 in sound. I think that interior quality is little bit better in M3 but i like the AMG performance seats much more than M3's seats. C63 also seems to be technically more reliable. When searching a C63 my must have's were performance seats, performance exhaust, panoramic sun roof and nice to have was Burmester. My C63 is a non-s but luckily it has the performance exhaust. In EU i think that ~50% are are S-models and ~50% non-S. I am more than happy with my non-S. Similar spec S would have been notably more expensive. C63 is really great to drive, sounds amazing, more than enough power, two child seats fit great (another is rear facing seat) and seems to be quite bullet proof technically.
One thing that bugs me is that you can not control the throttle response separately. The drivetrain setting changes both gearbox behavior and throttle response. I would like to change the throttle response separately, gearbox in comfort mode and throttle response in sport+.
One thing that bugs me is that you can not control the throttle response separately. The drivetrain setting changes both gearbox behavior and throttle response. I would like to change the throttle response separately, gearbox in comfort mode and throttle response in sport+.
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2019 C63S Selenite Grey, 2018 911 Turbo, Guards Red
I can't speak for your car, but in my 2019 C63S, I have my individual driving set to "comfort" suspension, and "sport" for throttle. You mentioned "gearbox" in comfort, but I assume you mean to say "suspension" in comfort. I'm not sure what is and isn't possible on a non-s, my standard drive mode is Individual which is set to comfort/sport (can't remember if it is choice of Sport or Sport+ and just says Sport), or I drive in Sport+ which is firm, but I can manage it on most roads. My preference is Sport+, but I change to my individual setting when my wife is with me. I still get faster throttle mappings, but drive in comfort mode for the suspension.
Congratulations on the car. It looks great. I was torn between the Blue and the Selenite. Ended up with Selenite as I wanted all the Carbon I could get and I liked that but it was a tough call for me. Enjoy the ride.
Congratulations on the car. It looks great. I was torn between the Blue and the Selenite. Ended up with Selenite as I wanted all the Carbon I could get and I liked that but it was a tough call for me. Enjoy the ride.
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2019 C63CS
Congrats on the new car and welcome. I can tell you are coming from BMW...haha. BMW is pretty much unique in having a separate setting for the engine/throttle response and the transmission. I don't know of another brand that does it this way. Pretty much every other performance car has a single powertrain setting that affects throttle response and transmission at the same time. Some supercars don't even have individual modes that let you mix and match. Ferrari and Lambo for example, but Ferrari at least as the bumpy road button, so you can relax the suspension at any time, but otherwise you don't have individual control over anything. Just the Manettino modes. Lambos have three fixed modes and that's it. McLaren gives you two controls, one adjusts the powertrain and the other one the chassis. For the most part, I'm in manual mode when not in Comfort mode, which makes the shift programs largely irrelevant for me.
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2015 C63 Estate
I can't speak for your car, but in my 2019 C63S, I have my individual driving set to "comfort" suspension, and "sport" for throttle. You mentioned "gearbox" in comfort, but I assume you mean to say "suspension" in comfort. I'm not sure what is and isn't possible on a non-s, my standard drive mode is Individual which is set to comfort/sport (can't remember if it is choice of Sport or Sport+ and just says Sport), or I drive in Sport+ which is firm, but I can manage it on most roads. My preference is Sport+, but I change to my individual setting when my wife is with me. I still get faster throttle mappings, but drive in comfort mode for the suspension.
Congratulations on the car. It looks great. I was torn between the Blue and the Selenite. Ended up with Selenite as I wanted all the Carbon I could get and I liked that but it was a tough call for me. Enjoy the ride.
Congratulations on the car. It looks great. I was torn between the Blue and the Selenite. Ended up with Selenite as I wanted all the Carbon I could get and I liked that but it was a tough call for me. Enjoy the ride.
Congrats on the new car and welcome. I can tell you are coming from BMW...haha. BMW is pretty much unique in having a separate setting for the engine/throttle response and the transmission. I don't know of another brand that does it this way. Pretty much every other performance car has a single powertrain setting that affects throttle response and transmission at the same time. Some supercars don't even have individual modes that let you mix and match. Ferrari and Lambo for example, but Ferrari at least as the bumpy road button, so you can relax the suspension at any time, but otherwise you don't have individual control over anything. Just the Manettino modes. Lambos have three fixed modes and that's it. McLaren gives you two controls, one adjusts the powertrain and the other one the chassis. For the most part, I'm in manual mode when not in Comfort mode, which makes the shift programs largely irrelevant for me.
When i am in Sport+ i always use gearbox in manual mode because i don't like the gearbox behavior in automode in sport+. I really miss the possibility to control the gearbox, throttle, suspension and steering all separately and even have two buttons for individual presets (M1 and M2 buttons).
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2019 C63CS
When i am in Sport+ i always use gearbox in manual mode because i don't like the gearbox behavior in automode in sport+. I really miss the possibility to control the gearbox, throttle, suspension and steering all separately and even have two buttons for individual presets (M1 and M2 buttons).
Last edited by superswiss; Aug 13, 2021 at 11:50 AM.
