It would be a daily driver. I drive about 7 miles to work. Also I live in Charlotte so we might see 1 maximum 2 days of snow a year. Even when we do get snow the whole city shuts down cause no one knows how to drive in it. It’s funny to me because I just moved out here from UT and over there even if we had 2 fee of snow on the interstate everyone was still going to work. :o
Either way it’s going to be a hard choice because I don’t track my car and the power is awesome! The plan either way is to keep whatever car I get for about 3 years and then trade it in for a C7 S6 when the price drops another 10-15k. ;D
Yeah the 2010 na 63 is nice still 30k+ but actually handles much better and 6.3 is solid, I yhink there were some stud or hg issues yho, but yeah
I’d 100% avoid any ABC car, just like the advice above. It’s a fucking nightmare. The costs I found are even more than quoted above, because the hoses all leak, and many of them require the engine to be moved to get at them. And if you blow a hose or strut? Likely your pump fried too, if you left it on for an extra minute, so chalk up a bonus $2000 for that.
Do you need the room? I’ve had the e39 M5, b8 S4 stage II, an S600 with the V12TT, and I recently picked up a C63 with the forged motor. There’s no comparison which car I want to drive daily - the C63 is near-perfect to me. I’ve driven the early model C63s too, the early interior is a little lacking like the E55, but otherwise it’s fabulous. The trans programming is like a true manual when in “M” - it doesn’t upshift for you and will downshift to redline no problem.
The only thing to watch for the 6.2 motors is the soft rockers that wear out (get them replaced with the SLS rockers if it’s in that range of build, at some point they fixed that) and that the mileage is incredibly dismal. The C63 is also a little stiff and, if you’re a big guy, the seats are incredibly tight. But you’d probably hold as much value in a C63 compared to a E55 over the next couple years…lots of kids will want to pick up a C63 in a few years. The E55…not so much.
Both are going to be high maintenance and personally I know a better and affordable Audi mechanic, unless I’ve got someone in my corner, I’m not switching teams. I truly feel like the Big 3 German automakers “borrow” ideas from each other. You can see it on every level from design to technology and they each have their own pros and cons. If I gave you an E55 or an S6 or an M5, you’d have fun and probably wouldn’t complain.
Solid point for a used car. My NSX mechanic is recently ex-Mercedes and now at the new Porsche dealer but still works extra time out of his shop next to his house - it was a big factor in getting another Benz. Never found a good Audi indy here.
so true. rwd not so great most of the time
Did you buy a 507 coupe?
No, 4-door with the P31 package. It comes with the forged motor at 480 hp, and the limited slip diff.
Keep in mind guys I do like in Charlotte so I can drive a RWD 99% of the year.
If you are serious my buddy who is a dealer (deals mostly with AMGs) has a 2005 E55 Black with 44k miles that he just picked up. Send me your e-mail if you want me to connect you two!
Would be interesting to see what it does on street tires stock at cayuga.
I agree. :-). I have seen 11.95 @ 118 posted for the P31 stock, but you and I know that a lot of C63 runs at cayuga end up with 13 second slips.
I had it out a few weeks ago for laps, but had to run afterwards so didn’t stick around for the strip.
I’m going again tonight in the NSX instead - I wanted to take the C63 but need these tires to last until next week.
I may go next Wednesday to take a guy lapping with his 991S…then the drag strip perhaps…after that I’m not available till August. I’ll let you know what happens. Would be interesting to see your car run with the new JHM exhaust setup - I think it would be hard to catch you in the second half of the track.
Passed along your contact info, should be reaching out regarding details soon!
ABC suspension is reserved for the SL, CL, and S body(s). The E55 (w211) comes with airmatic and there are a few strut kits out there to convert the airmatic out. The E55 group on MBWorld is a very active bunch with guys still bring various products to market. The models basically pan out like this; W211> W212…W211<W213. Using EuroCharged as a basis, the W211 with their Stage 2 package, output is 607hp/671tq , the W212 with the same package is 570hp/534tq, and finally the W213 with just a basic tune tops all with 675hp/705tq. For the money, it is hard to find a german muscle car that can compete against a staged E55 (hell, even a stock one will put a lot of cars in its rear view mirror) but be prepared, the little things will nickle and dime you to death (either by wasting your time having to fix or your money having to pay someone) and the gas mileage is terrible. With that said, I will never sell my Stage 2 S55 (ABC has gone out on me, the tandem pump is $1,200 cost and it still took 5 hours with an experienced tech helping), but full torque at 2000rpm is an unreal feeling.
I think it would be the other way around. The c63 is the one with the legs. Mine only traps 110 or so.
I’ve run against a bunch of C63 guys. Beat them all but one. He whooped my ass every time. He had street tires too. He was in the 12.4-112-114 range when I was stock and running high 12s. Doesn’t seem like much but that’s 3-5 car lengths if we react equally. That was an old one with a couple of mods.
Yeah man, exactly, “would be hard to catch you in the second half of the track”.
It was the same race with Bear in the S4 and me in pop’s F430. I was trapping 122-123, but he would pull 2 lengths on me that I couldn’t make up. He was running 12.1 or 12.2 @ 114 if I remember right. I’ll find the vid.
We should do this for old times sake lol
How about the C5 RS6 vs E55 AMG? ???
Did my buddy ever reach out? I’ll ping him again if not…
I will likely bbe going with baadtoyz in the fall. He has a stage 1 supercharger kit on his car. Mistro generally likes to come and he has a full bolt on RS4. bangoman has tune and full exhaust. I have full exhaust (which apparently is quite quiet…was side by side with an S5 4.2 with exhaust and holy fuck was his car ever louder than mine!)
You can come along but you have to wear your helmet, visor down, all day.
Yes he got back to me. Thank you very much.