cenzo86

I took a great little trip upstate and wanted to gloat. What tremendous weather we have had in NY the last few days. I drove up to out of the city taking the Sprain to the Taconic. I left on Thursday and there wasn't a soul on the road. I am typically a hyper milage driver, cruise control at 67 in a 55 and 74 in a 65, but I pedaled myself finding the c450 wants to be at 83mph whenever at all possible (the whole way up).
When I got off onto US9, I got buzzed by 2 bald eagles. I'm seeing more and more in the past few years, but these guys came within 10 feet of my car. I saw something even rarer on the road: the ever elusive, super wide, Afla 4c spider (che Bella) . We drove up to Olana House to see the view and took full advantage of 67* weather in Feb. Unobstructed views up and down the Hudson.


I drove home this afternoon with every intention on obeying the posted speed limits. . . So I found myself doing triple digits for a long stretch before I noticed and decided to dial it back. What an deceptively fast car. You 63 drivers must have difficulty keeping your speed down. 125 miles each way, and I averaged 25mpg. I burned just about 3/4 of a tank round trip.
I hope others here took advantage of the unseasonably perfect weather we had.
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tmoneyC450amg

The weather we had that week was perfect temps for our turbos =]

Jimmy C43

It's VERY difficult to drive at/near posted speed limits

Normally, I'm what most would consider a rather conservative driver but my new C43 just wants to run

What is really hard, is a 45 mph speed limit on a road that should really be 50 or 55... unless I constantly monitor my speed or use cruise control, I'm driving at ~62ish without realizing it

I took a long trip yesterday and exited the highway twice. Once was a quick on/off, the other was 4 or 5 miles on a secondary road to get back on the Interstate

That was tough, especially after driving 75-80 for a couple of hours

For anyone familiar with Pennsylvania, the exit is at the South end of I-380. When heading South, the secondary road I'm referring to "cuts the corner" off of the I-380 / I-80 intersection/junction

Saw 4 cops in as many miles. They must know that drivers jumping of the highway will be driving too fast. A "Local Guy" warned me at the gas station when I was filling up (the reason for my exit from I-380).

tmoneyC450amg

Ahhh young love....give it two years of ownership and you'll find yourself driving more conservatively. However, it will still be hard to turn down a challenge on the open roads...but again, dont go crazy. These stock runflats are not for performance, I suggest switching them out for Michelin Pilot AS3+ for better performance to keep up to with other players, especially during turns

sean1.8t

It was kind of hard to keep it under the limit when stock.

But since going stage 2? Holy **** I speed waaaaaaay too much now. I've always been a conservative driver with regards to speed but now it's just so fast and the car longs for the push. Luckily it's quite a bit louder (the exhaust) so that gives me a reference at times to how fast I'm driving.

usc96

Nice!! Just showed your pic and story to my wife because we would like to travel once the kids are gone. 21 mpg for such a big car, with 8 cylinders, is great.