fuzzy

1500 miles in and what can I say....what a machine ! puts a smile on my face even when just burbling through town at 20....put the foot down at any speed and it burst into life instantly, the noise it produces is more addictive than drugs.... 15mpg is a small price to pay....

whos the big names in tuning these days for mercedes? I want to see what sort of options there are for these....? it was allegedly remapped but even though I have the full service history right back to the original sales receipt I have no proof so will probably take it in somewhere with a rolling road and mapping facility

Adam-M

Andrew gallacher at Ag might be able to sort you out he’s had quite a few amg mercs and maps them

fuzzy

moorfield motor services....? everything else on google about ag motorsport is facebook related ?

Adam-M

Yep moorfield motor service / Ag motorsport. He is on Facebook but worth phoning him and see what he says.

visa_broke

I do like the look of that quite a lot, Just think the wheels could have been a size bigger to fill the arches or maybe a different style.

I'm still torn between either a merc or a mustang as a replacement for the current car. Both have plus/minus points so we will see.

fuzzy

you also get the 19 inch multi spoke similar to bmw alpine wheels but im wondering if the ride might become a bit harsh....its firm but not overly so with 18's....I will be getting the multispokes though in one of the sizes.

fuzzy

what sort of price would I expect to be paying for a rolling road remap ?

Fil

Very nice, the noise they make frightens most children

fuzzy

my 13 year old daughter doesn't like speed or noise....yesterday she asked me to go fast....doughnuts in the industrial estate , tyres smoking and she was laughing her head off as she got thrown around in the back....

Glenn_

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I really like the look of these. Are the front arches wider than the rears??

visa_broke

and you didn't think to get video's for us lot

fuzzy

the top looks bigger on the front because the wing angles back more. theyre both similar sized arches.

fuzzy

ive done some calcs….ive spent £510 on v power in 3 weeks....ive done 1300 miles....by my calcs at £6.30 a gallon using 81 gallons ….16.05 mpg....2.54 miles to the £ or 39 pence per mile.....
on the plus side the oil levels not dropped at all...the oil is like golden honey and the coolants sitting bang on.....l

nick46

Holy shit

Glenn_

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Do these use a bit of oil??

I really do like these. I also like the old Audi RS4s.

I think the cossie has better mpg.

fuzzy

I got my cossie bmw down to single figure mpg when driving hard, not manage that yet in this..... oil level hasn't dropped at all. beat an rs3 today.....

fuzzy

spoke to them last week , they've not bothered phoning back...
I seen some ecotune cars at crail quarter mile today, they do a remap that gives me 60bhp and 50 nm for £500. ill go see them.

Adam-M

Unfortunately some people’s communication in the car scene is shocking

fuzzy

ive found that out many times over the years,,,i don't know why some people don't just say no....they cant do it !

Adam-M

Yep allot of people do struggle to say no and do hit you with the I’ll get back to you lol

fuzzy

found these on ebay locally......set of genuine Mercedes AMG staggered 19x8 and 19 x 9 satin black multispokes with polished rims and genuine centre caps......bought them so just need to go get tyres now.....not usually a fan of black wheels so ill get them diamond cut next time they need refurbed but they will go well with my car colour.....

smiley

Perfect

RichieST

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Have fun keeping those clean

Adam-M

Will make it look allot better I think

fuzzy

haz87

Vast improvement!

ProjectBobcat

Yeah way better, the other wheels look very 'business rep style' in comparison, looks a lot tougher now.

fuzzy

totally transforms the look of the car !

boost monster

Wheels are so much better if a little more tricky to clean.
How’s the ride been affected by them.

Caddyshack

Love it. Looks great.

fuzzy

a £4 jet wash does the job.....rides feels slightly more jiggly on 30 profile tyres but not overly so.overall im fairly impressed....rides still good and it looks so much better.....

Glenn_

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Does look nice.

Jay,

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Fuzzy I love these and very tempted but keep hearing horror story about injectors sticking open and destroying the motor but i do want one lol

fuzzy

cars like this are exceptional pieces of engineering....similar to M3's and RS4's......not heard those horror stories....I have heard similar stories about audi RS cars though at £1000 per injector....not sure if theyre urban myth old wives tales or if they actually happened though.... all the online stuff I read was generally about how bombproof these are....early cars had headbolt issue recalls and facelift apparently prone to overheating if driven hard for a long time....reasonable for service costs and service parts (unless you have the performance pack upgrade ) I was driving mine at 70 on the motorway the other day and the temp was going down below normal running temps because I wasn't driving it hard enough......

Jay,

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I didnt want to hear this now want one more lol