AMG Durabiity
06-22-2012, 11:00 AM
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AMG Durabiity
As some of you may know, my 2004 CLK320 has reached 160K miles and it is still going great.
My friend is getting a 2012 C63 sedan and this gets me thinking. I have no experience with AMG and I am wondering if AMG is reliable. One of the reasons is because of the high performance, all the parts will have to work harder.
My friend is getting a 2012 C63 sedan and this gets me thinking. I have no experience with AMG and I am wondering if AMG is reliable. One of the reasons is because of the high performance, all the parts will have to work harder.
06-22-2012, 12:11 PM
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06-22-2012, 12:32 PM
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Surprisingly, many of the parts are the same. The differences are mostly in the AMG-built engines and suspension and transmission tweaks. Probably my biggest concern would be superchargers, simply because they tend to have a finite life of around 100K miles. On a C230 Kompressor, a new OEM supercharger can be had for around $1,200 and a rebuilt for much less. It's a fairly easy DIY swap. On the AMG, expect to at least 3x that.
06-22-2012, 05:16 PM
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AMG's are tough. But - they are not cars to buy used IMHO if you don't know their history. Some of them have been hammered at relatively low mileage & can cost big time to repair.
