LexFather

We got pics at our site www.seloc.net where we had a club meeting at the Mercedes C-spot drive. THey had all the C-classes there. We could not drive the C32 but they had professional drivers take people for a spin.

WHAT A BLAST!! They pushed it to the limits and it was awesome. It is very small though, cramped (felt smaller than the IS and 3 series). They were pushing these cars to the limit all day and seemed to be holding up. With 3-4 people in the car! I was impressed with the C-32.

They even raced the C-32 vs the M3, and the race was about even but the C-32 had better brakes and won the course (did not pass the line).

It's a diff animal but a rare car.

SCWells72

The manual is about the same as the GS4, perhaps a little faster off the line but a little slower up at the top. I've run with my buddy's six-speed '01 S4 several times and they're well matched, though when we hit the corners he pulled on me obviously. I imagine the automatic is about a 6/14 sec car stock, so not blazing by any stretch but quite quick.

But as far as the warranty, you should check with your local Audi dealer about their opinions on Audi Performance Racing's chip. I know my local dealer will install it for you and respect it under your warranty similar to Dinan and some BMW dealers.

JaxFL

I found out that the car I'm negotiating for has navigation in it. I'm stoked.

Kevin

chanhichan

I think C32 or M3 is very fun to drive, but like someone mentioned eariler, EUROPEAN cars have so many problems. I and my bro had three merc C280 Brabus package, C320 Sport package, and ML430. MY GOSH, so many problem. It is not major, but so many little problem especially electrical ones. I used to go to dealers once in every two month. After I drive Lexus, those problems were gone....

I am sure BMW has similar problems. after their warranty is done, my friends seem like they don't want to pay for high cost repair bill. I think that is a trade-off between fun-to-drive and reliability.

kyle3481

my friend has a 2003 C32....the car is a pure rocket!!!!!!!!!!!
it is not stock, he has ECU, pulley, sl55 intake, custom quad exhausts and tons of other mods, he dynoed his car and it is at about 400+HP compare to the stock 360HP??
his car is just crazy fast!!!!!!!

kyle3481

this is my friend jerry's car........looks amazing and has tons of HP!!!!!!

JaxFL

Hmmm. Those are nice numbers but not much gain for the money and the potential warranty voiding. I'll probably just reduce unsprung weight and maybe air intake/ exhaust and see where it gets me. I've heard that they dyno 275-310 rwhp stock. The 275 RWHP cars are probably good for 5.2 sec 0-60 and 13.7 1/4 mile times at around 104 MPH while the 310 RWHP cars run the mid 4's 0-60 and high 12's possibly in the 1/4 mile at around 110 MPH. If I do those light mods perhaps my car will end up at the strong end of that range.

Kevin