What's it worth?

[Jayse]

Congrats RocketC63 on the new purchase!

IMO i reckon the silver is not "agro" enough for a car of this nature. If i had a choice, i'd go black or white....haha, like if i had a choice!!
FWIW i like the wheels....maybe paint them tho.

I guess you could tart this one up a lil..any plans?

Cheers,

Jayse.

[Leagle]

Nice car Rocket, even if wheel wrong side :

Re 'bye' I assumed u would want to hang out at MB forums now

Re c class vs Passat, I had a friend who recently had a loaner c classn for a test drive (he ended up buying an E class).. Anyway we both fell over laughing when we realised the car was fitted with a rear camera and we had to - wait for it - slowly wait for the display to unfold before safely reversing... Sorry but that's a tad ridiculous IMHO.

[tryingavw]

Nice car Rocket, even if wheel wrong side :

Re 'bye' I assumed u would want to hang out at MB forums now

Re c class vs Passat, I had a friend who recently had a loaner c classn for a test drive (he ended up buying an E class).. Anyway we both fell over laughing when we realised the car was fitted with a rear camera and we had to - wait for it - slowly wait for the display to unfold before safely reversing... Sorry but that's a tad ridiculous IMHO.

i usually leave the display up for nav and phone in which case the RVC is instant. It pops up while i start the car and put on the belt and is ready by the time i am to reverse. it remembers the last position of the screen.

Glad you got a laugh out if anyway

BTW there are reasons for the foldaway screen; it is in an ideal position when you are driving ( no need to look down) and also the hideaway is good for security especially in Europe where sat navs are stolen all the time.

Friend of mine with a golf in Berlin has had the sat nav stolen 3 times- wrecking the dash each time. reckons his next car wont have a vw style sat nav -too much of a temptation..

[Leagle]

i usually leave the display up for nav and phone in which case the RVC is instant. It pops up while i start the car and put on the belt and is ready by the time i am to reverse. it remembers the last position of the screen.

Glad you got a laugh out if anyway

BTW there are reasons for the foldaway screen; it is in an ideal position when you are driving ( no need to look down) and also the hideaway is good for security especially in Europe where sat navs are stolen all the time.

Friend of mine with a golf in Berlin has had the sat nav stolen 3 times- wrecking the dash each time. reckons his next car wont have a vw style sat nav -too much of a temptation..

Your comments make sense, didn't realise you could leave the screen up. BTW to be fair to Merc, I actually thought the screen brightness was a lot better than VW's too as was the actual size of the display when reversing -- though no guidance lines! Its quite funny but I personally think its small omissions like that which annoy people and lead to lost sales.

Re VW style satnav being too much of a temptation, I never really gave it much of a thought, maybe you are right. Having said that, what a hassle it would be to defeat the alarm and deadlocking on a late model Passat and then rip out the RNS510...

[okisub]

....what a hassle it would be to defeat the alarm and deadlocking on a late model Passat and then rip out the RNS510...

A brick should make pretty short work of an alarm and deadlock.

[tryingavw]

A brick should make pretty short work of an alarm and deadlock.

yep i reckon it would be all over in about 20 seconds. who listens to alarms anyway?

re the guidance lines if you never knew about them you wouldn't miss them. VW spoils us with lots of gadgets and good ideas.

[PassatB6]

Sweden eh? Hope your car has heated seats!

[Swallowtail]

Very noice C63. Love the exhausts LOL. Not much subtlety there...

[apom]

Very noice C63. Love the exhausts LOL. Not much subtlety there...

So true... and Rockers is such a subtle guy!!!

Love the wheels Rockers!!

[Rocket36]

Loving it so far! Would have preferred white but realistically, I wasn't fussy. Just wanted one, found one, bought one. Yes in Sweden, then drove it back to where I'm living (not in Sweden). Mostly because the tax on cars where I am is OUT OF CONTROL!!!

No plans for mods - doesn't need any. Just enjoying the drive!

Petrol prices where I am for 95 RON is about the same as $2.20 - $2.50 a litre Australian. No big deal for me to be honest. Always said when I was driving big Aussie V8s back home that I wouldn't blink at $3.00 a litre. In fact would be better on the roads - less traffic! lol

OK, off to the shooting range this morning... Out doing my old man at his own sport is still amusing me. I sewed my ADF crossed rifles patch onto my vest. It's funny when locals ask me what it's for and I tell them it's basically a sniper rating in the ADF.