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Superb on a quick country lane (cornering at 70mph with no fear of going off the road) but negated by the 20 mins crawling at 5mph round my housing estate to avoid destroying it on the speed bumps.
MPG was about 30mpg so not too bad. I don't remember the tax being so high though. Servicing costs were ridiculous though, random filters costing five times a normal one etc. And no fun parking at your local morrisons and trying to get out of the thing with a massive driver door when you're so low down like trying to climb out a manhole.
Irony is you ideally need to be doing upwards of 50 miles a day to keep these things running efficiently - though thats the same with any car really, traffic lights and rush hour are your biggest enemy. And you only get the noise you get these cars for by giving it a bit of beans which isn't an opportunity that comes round near enough to enjoy it.
That said, i had a PT Cruiser covertible which did about 16mpg, full price tax, massive money pit, slow and had the turning circle of the queen mary so the M3 was definitely not my most expensive motoring period by a long chalk.
I couldn't do that thing anymore. My back isn't ageing very nicely so my days of my arse being 6 inches off the road are long gone. Give me a nice big Volvo 4x4 any day!
Go for it I say. Driving can be fun and for the cost of keeping ANY car on the road its nice to get something back.
That said, taking it out in the evening / early morning is a hoot. I did a road trip across Wales a few weeks ago, and the roads in Wales are so much more fun than in the UK, so maybe your experience will be better.
I dunno what Merc's are like for reliability, but I got a 2 year warranty with mine and honest to god...9 hours after the warranty expired the engine management light came on and it's off to BMW on the back of a low loader. I guess AMG will be the same as M cars, in that although they are (relatively) cheap to buy secondhand, when they go wrong, you are buying parts for something that would have cost 70-100K, and that's how the spares are priced.
Also, you have to let the oil warm up, in the M3, it's about 10 miles till the oil gets to temp, so the rev's have to be kept under 3k for short journeys. If the AMG is similar, the car won't be warmed up until you have got to work, so it will be slower than a diesel and cost 4 times as much to run for your commute.
Do it!
I could have sworn i got fairly decent mpg but thinking back i think 30 is over egging it. I was doing a lot of motorway miles though.
Bloody fun though.
That said, he did loose his license......
In the real world you will be able to hustle a little 3.2 Caymen around a lot faster on the road and they corner far better
Don't fancy a Beemer and I've driven Mercs for years - the 350 E Class I have now is a wonderful car, I just feel though that I am pushing money into something (PCP) that I'll have nothing to show for it at the end of the 4 years (coming up next year) - I'd rather cut the ties now and invest in something that will be mine.
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Ours has 270 bhp, weighs nothing and go's like a scalded cat. Sounds great too.
Tyres are less than £800 all round and if you get a standard one you will have a super reliable car. Cheap to service and parts are great.
I've driven the STI and standard WRX and the Prodrive Performance pack is the pick of the bunch.
A wagon is also super practical.
I use ours daily for the gym and school run, 30 miles round trip. I work from home. It's great. Comfy, leather, heated seats, everything you need.
Ok it's not the super refined AMG but it's light, smallish, cheap to run in comparison and will give you a cracking sound track when boost comes in.
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