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Old 08-21-2022, 07:09 PM
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Mine came with the Continentals also. Boo!!
I was hoping for Michelin's.

I live in Michelin land - Upstate South Carolina.
I'm going to see if I can work a deal for a tire exchange.
I think I'll just turn on drift mode and burn these tyres up. They get horrible reviews on tirerack compared to the Sport 4s
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So, I got mine on Friday, but it was raining so I took pics on Saturday, and then I messed up my password and lock myself out. 😅
The 1000 mile break-in is going to be really hard. For now, I'm keeping her in COMFORT and trying to restrain myself. It's so easy to get to 4500 RPM...

Tint is a must in FL. Had it done the same day.

I thought I cropped out the garage from this...

Continentals for me too.
Sorry for the giant photos. First time I've uploaded pics and I wasn't sure what it would do to them. Tried from my phone several times with no love. Had to switch over to my PC.
Happy to be the newest member of the owner's club. Can't wait until the 2023 schedule comes out for the Performance course!
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The 1000 mile break-in is going to be really hard. For now, I'm keeping her in COMFORT and trying to restrain myself. It's so easy to get to 4500
I hear you, I’ve been sticking around 2500, 3000 max, but even just lightly pressing the gas to pass someone on the highway the rpms just go. I’m at 700 miles now, Sport+ and Race modes are going to be fun.
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I hear you, I’ve been sticking around 2500, 3000 max, but even just lightly pressing the gas to pass someone on the highway the rpms just go. I’m at 700 miles now, Sport+ and Race modes are going to be fun.
I'm only around 250 and I'm traveling for work this week. I don't generally put a lot of miles on my cars and I'm working mostly from home now so it's going to be a long time coming. I don't have the DYNAMIC package so no race mode for me, but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be just fine with SPORT and SPORT+ (when I can finally use them). 😁
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So did anyone actually end up getting AR navigation and AMG track pace or are we all out of luck?
You're probably out of luck. I think there's some cars in the beginning that just didn't have cameras... but the computers were still there. So if you added the camera you could code it in. But then they switched the computer hardware inside the car and the newer hardware doesn't have the capability for AR. So if you have that computer hardware you can't add AMG Track Pace or AR Nav.
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Damn im only at 350 and have had it 3 weeks.
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Old 08-24-2022, 12:47 AM
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Damn im only at 350 and have had it 3 weeks.
We can do this (maybe)! I only get to keep mine for 12 months so I could run her hard, but I don't want to screw over whoever ends up with her next. They will never know how much pain I went through for them. 😜
Old 08-24-2022, 10:23 AM
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Damn im only at 350 and have had it 3 weeks.
well, this is going be my daily for the next 6-9 months. Gotta buy my kid a car which I’ll be stealing occasionally to keep the miles off the CLA.
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Originally Posted by Sockinatoaster
well, this is going be my daily for the next 6-9 months. Gotta buy my kid a car which I’ll be stealing occasionally to keep the miles off the CLA.
Noooooooo... don't buy a fun to drive car to NOT drive it... lol
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Noooooooo... don't buy a fun to drive car to NOT drive it... lol
Dont worry Ive enjoying the looks driving it to the grocery store lol. 417 miles now.
Old 08-28-2022, 07:13 AM
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I'm also at around 350 miles - I did have an idiot almost hit me Friday.
I had no choice but to gun and swerve. The car hit 5,000 RPMs like a rocket briefly.
FARK!!!!

FYI… my salesperson recommended me doing some drives in manual and occasional rev p close to 4K and let the car naturally rev down.
I have a nice little neighborhood loop - I do it in the evening and do manual shifting on those rides.

I also took my car to the Upstate Cars and Coffee; it was packed out at Michelin. Most had no idea what my car was - the ones that did seem to be BMW M-owners.
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That was range?

Got back from CA late Friday. Jumped in my car yesterday and realized the ODO isn't shown in the instrument cluster and I had been looking at range. I'm only at 62 miles now. 😭

Anyway, here's a pic of HQ I snapped the last night I was there. I reckon you're looking at about $400k of EV right there. And yes, that's a giant, illuminated, rotating star in the background. 😁


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Originally Posted by CarolinaPirate
I'm also at around 350 miles - I did have an idiot almost hit me Friday.
I had no choice but to gun and swerve. The car hit 5,000 RPMs like a rocket briefly.
FARK!!!!

FYI… my salesperson recommended me doing some drives in manual and occasional rev p close to 4K and let the car naturally rev down.
I have a nice little neighborhood loop - I do it in the evening and do manual shifting on those rides.

I also took my car to the Upstate Cars and Coffee; it was packed out at Michelin. Most had no idea what my car was - the ones that did seem to be BMW M-owners.

Come to Morrisville C&C, will blow that one away lol.
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Originally Posted by Uncle D
So, I got mine on Friday, but it was raining so I took pics on Saturday, and then I messed up my password and lock myself out. 😅
The 1000 mile break-in is going to be really hard. For now, I'm keeping her in COMFORT and trying to restrain myself. It's so easy to get to 4500 RPM...

Tint is a must in FL. Had it done the same day.

I thought I cropped out the garage from this...

Continentals for me too.
Sorry for the giant photos. First time I've uploaded pics and I wasn't sure what it would do to them. Tried from my phone several times with no love. Had to switch over to my PC.
Happy to be the newest member of the owner's club. Can't wait until the 2023 schedule comes out for the Performance course!
I have mine booked for ceramic tint this Friday. Have you run into any problems since tinting yours? I've been reading that some MBs have antennas in the glass.
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Originally Posted by Sockinatoaster
I have mine booked for ceramic tint this Friday. Have you run into any problems since tinting yours? I've been reading that some MBs have antennas in the glass.
I don't really listen to the radio, but I can check it out for you. We're the complaints about AM or FM?
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I don't really listen to the radio, but I can check it out for you. We're the complaints about AM or FM?
AM and keyless go. Not that worried about the radio, I use CarPlay.
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Added a stripe, a little gold, tinted the headlights, and wrapped the chrome part of the door handles.
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@Alpha006 Looks great
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Done with messing with this for now. Put the euro mirrors on on Wednesday and finished up the badges today. I wanted the extended night package but I didn’t like that it blacked out the grill. Plus you don’t get the black Mercedes logo. Only problem is I just saw the new GT63 has black chrome badging so now I want those.
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What are Euro mirrors?
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What are Euro mirrors?
The European mirrors have a wider angle for minimizing blind spots. The dotted line is where the glass curves.



They're not that much better honestly, but I like modding my cars with OEM stuff we don't get here. I'm trying get the EU center console next.

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Finally got mine back on Saturday just in time for Cars and Coffee from Ceramic coating. and what a fine job they did.
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How is everyone enjoying their 45. Im at 934 miles since August 2nd. So Close.
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How is everyone enjoying their 45. Im at 934 miles since August 2nd. So Close.

my car been sitting at port for week now man. I just want it to come when do you think it’ll come
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Originally Posted by bxozbas
my car been sitting at port for week now man. I just want it to come when do you think it’ll come
Outbound port or inbound? Mine was built June 21, got to Bremerhaven a few days later and then didn’t move for a month. When it got here it was in and out of the VPC in a few days. When it was released it only took two days to get to me. It seems really random. Some people got theirs quickly, others waited a bit. I’m sure MB has some logic to how they ship, but I can’t see it.


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