How Much Has 4 Years Of C63 AMG Ownership Cost Me?

[@w204mikull]

the c63 is a special car and its worth all the money. I wish it was less reliable so I got to work on it more.

[@NathanMannin]

@@w204mikull I couldn’t agree more! I have been pleasantly surprised with the lack of things going wrong, I suppose that’s courtesy of superb AMG engineering! Touch wood 🪵 nothing goes wrong for us both in the future! 😁

[@NomadJRG]

I've had mine just over 2 years and probably average around £2.8k in fuel a year based on 6k miles. Servicing has been about £1200 for an A, B, and gearbox service. Maintenance has been quite a bit, ABS sensors, injectors, spark plugs, aux belt and pulleys, exhaust clamps, rocket cover gasket, oil temperature sensor, drop links, both front control arms probably a total of around £3k - I did most of that myself. Luckily my insurance is low, only paying about £425/yr on average. Conti rear tyres £370. Rough total cost of ownership (VED, fuel, servicing, insurance and maintenance) of £12k in about 12k miles. When people ask I say it costs about £1/mile to run. For some it could be a little less than this, half of my fuel was during the £2/l crisis and I have been quite unlucky with maintenance costs this last year. Also probably lost about £5k in depreciation as well haha! The car is so much fun to own though, I WFH and only drive it at the weekends mainly.

[@jonnyc5254]

I've got an E92 M3. I'm at £1 per mile but that includes everything over the 4 years I've owned it and 18 00 miles. Road tax £700 + per year, tracker subscription, insurance, maintenance and fuel which at around 19 mpg is roughly 35p per mile at current prices. Edit - on a plus note don't think it's deprecated or if it has not a lot.

[@NathanMannin]

@@NomadJRG I think someone worked mine out as 82p per mile, but I still don’t think £1 per mile for this amount of car is bad at all! I haven’t sold mine yet, so I’m not sure about depreciation, but I’ll probably lose £2K judging by the current market, but considering I’ve put on about 20K of miles on it, I don’t think that’s bad going. It’s been the best car ownership experience I’ve ever had by far, and probably ever will! Worth every single penny, got to do it all whilst we can, before they price us out of these!

[@NomadJRG]

@NathanMannin I picked mine up just after the peak of the post covid pump and so definitely paid a little over what they were going for a year or two before 😬.

[@johnp6142]

Hahaha! Your reaction to the fuel cost is priceless

[@jassidhu5074]

Good video! Highly recommend getting all injectors changed as they’re known to stick open and can hydrolock the engine if you’re unlucky.

[@NathanMannin]

@@jassidhu5074 Thank you! Yes that is definitely something all C63 owners should do!

[@wibblywobbly1234]

This happened to me on new injectors. It’s the traction control that causes the hydro locking. It’s important to avoid triggering the traction control.

[@jassidhu5074]

@@wibblywobbly1234how can traction control cause hydrolocking?!

[@wibblywobbly1234]

@@jassidhu5074The traction control cuts spark but fuel still flows into the engine. IMO the ECU is not properly configured from the factory which is why so many of these cars hydrolock and bent conrods and ruin engines.

[@musmaki4109]

Well explained @wibbly Thanks 👍

[@SeanyAHardy]

Great video and lovely to see you again. Last time I watched, was the drive to Edinburgh and back.

[@NathanMannin]

@@SeanyAHardy Thank you very much for watching both videos! 🙌

[@stefaanpyra185]

Nice video bud , gives me an idea of what to expect . Bought me a 507 estate a couple of months ago. Mind you , the road tax in my country has a loop hole . I'm actually only paying 170€ a year😂 . Taxed as a company van

[@thomaswilliams4546]

What country you in?

[@stefaanpyra185]

@@thomaswilliams4546 Belgium

[@ianm4316]

If you have something that puts a smile on your face everytime you get in it. Is worth the money. only thing you have a problem with now is if you move on what can possibly replace it😉

[@NathanMannin]

@@ianm4316 Couldn’t have put it better myself! It’s a question I always asked myself out of curiosity during my ownership, where on earth would go next to replace such a car!? 😆

[@GucciBucketHat]

V10 RS6? Just big and necessarily costly. Interior won't feel the same though so maybe an R8? Great V8 sound and a much lower sportier ride

[@NathanMannin]

@@GucciBucketHat They are tremendous value these days. I haven’t driven one, but with it having forced induction, I just can’t imagine it encapsulating that special feeling the C63 has with it being such an event to drive, as well as it’s crescendo at the top of the redline. The R8 with a gated V8 manual would be quite something, but you’re looking at nearly 30K and beyond for one I think.

[@GucciBucketHat]

@NathanMannin there just isn't a V8 with the same feel, sound or smile factor. M3s were great but more like a great track car than an everyday compared to a C63 as much as they're both rear wheel. With or without an exhaust, this is probably my favourite sounding V8 and oddly enough I want a pre facelift saloon as they look so aggressive. A black series would be the dream but the price? I'll just cry and dream

[@KSoni-qt6jn]

I just bought a 2012 SLK55, I know it’s a different car but it’s good video to give me an idea of running costs, thankyou

[@NathanMannin]

Epic car! Thank you for watching!

[@LawrenceTimme]

Wow thats really interesting. Its seems to be pretty decent value to run. I bet my impreza sti costs a similar amount to run. I also had a TVR T350 for 3 years from 2021 to 2024 and spent more on that than you have on this C63 in 4 years. 😅😅😅 C63 seems like good value tbh. Its a lot when you add it all up with the fuel, but really its cheaper than i expected especially without the fuel.

[@NathanMannin]

@@LawrenceTimme Epic cars, I love a TVR, I’ve always wanted a Tamora! I drove one on track and they are so brutal and raw, I bet the T350 was just the same 😁 I’ve always loved the Impreza STI too, especially the blob eye one from 2003 I think? It seems we have similar car taste! The C63 is an incredible amount of car for the money, but it’s always very multipurpose and not one dimensional. You can easily long distance this car for several hours and it’s so relaxing. I did a video on my channel a few months ago, where I drove my C63 from London to Edinburgh on one tank of fuel.( 400 miles) I then drove straight home afterwards, (14 hours of driving) and I wasn’t a pile of mush when I got out, I had a bit of left knee ache but apart from that, I was fine! 😆 But a flick of the switch to sport + and some zesty throttle movement, and the car goes from benign… to bananas! 🍌

[@LawrenceTimme]

@@NathanMannin yes the Tamora is the same as the T350 underneath. Just a different body. My sti is a blob eye 2005 one of the last few, they did indeed start making them in 2003 though. I can imagine the C63 is great on a long drive. It is a Merc after all!

[@andrewf7822]

Works out as 82p per mile running costs. That's more than I paid for my 4 ltr M3 but each to his own. Interesting video.

[@NathanMannin]

@@andrewf7822 That’s very interesting to know, thanks for working that out for us. How much did your M3 cost per mile?

[@andrewf7822]

@@NathanMannin I had it for 2 years. Sold it before any big bills came in. Cost me about 41p per mile.

[@apexg6571]

@@andrewf7822how’s that more than you paid for your m3 then? You get less mpg no?

[@LawrenceTimme]

Ive just moved house and my work is now further away and im spending more than £350 a month on just fuel 😅😅😅. So £339 a month for all the bills seems good.

[@NathanMannin]

@@LawrenceTimme I’m glad it’s not as bad as you think!

[@VitalyDryburgh]

i looked at buying a c63 wagon but the fuel is insane here in nz. 66 ltr tank which is about $200 nzd per fill up (140 usd ish) and that will get you 400 kms if you are lucky. so i would be doing that 2-3 times a month so it could be over $400 usd a month in fuel alone haha

[@NathanMannin]

@@VitalyDryburgh Whilst these have always been known to be super inefficient, I can have average 28-32 MPG (UK) on a long run, if that helps? 😆 The high fuel costs is a small price to pay for the most electrifying experience, it makes your average milk run to the shops one hell of an event! 😉

[@douglastaylor8039]

Ask your stupid corrupt leaders why fuel is so expensive. There's no shortage of fuel in the world. It's because the United States & Europe control the distribution of fuel and you guys are so brainwashed. Didn't your stupid crooked government fight a war in the Falkland Islands over control of other people's natural resources??? Stinking England is sitting on the oil making killing on you idiots.

[@jamesh2515]

Thxs for posting the video.. any thoughts on depreciation?

[@NathanMannin]

@@jamesh2515 Thank you for watching! I think depreciation wise, this’ll be the lowest they’ll ever be. They’ve done all their depreciation, and with the car market being at its lowest, especially cars like these, this is the best time to buy one. As going forward in the future, I think the prices can only go up now, with them being as low as they are now.

[@naskrajuciszy]

Oh mate. In Ireland you'd be paying 2500€ every year for road tax...

[@NathanMannin]

@@naskrajuciszy We do have it good in the UK, I have to admit… The prices you pay as well as other countries like The Netherlands and Belgium is astronomical!

[@TheMonneyMann]

8000€ in Belgium.

[@NathanMannin]

@@TheMonneyMann Crazy!

[@qoa9985]

oh shit just seen your car on autotrader by coincidence! thought the reg looked familiar, lovely example.

[@NathanMannin]

@@qoa9985 No way! 😁 Thank you very much, will be sad to see it go, otherwise I’d keep it forever!

[@oneel2786]

The fact is hasn’t sold for a year now says a lot

[@NathanMannin]

@@oneel2786 It is a terrible time to sell such a car, loads of C63’s have struggled to sell, as a result most of them have gone for dirt cheap. Having said that though, I don’t think my ownership has been anywhere near as expensive as I anticipated it to be.

[@Birmingham_racing]

Ok take out the fuel cost so it's not too bad to run if you don't drive it basically

[@NathanMannin]

@@Birmingham_racing It is surprisingly affordable even with fuel if you do 5K miles a year like me, but I suppose if it’s your daily, then you may feel a sting in the wallet 😁

[@lenol0315]

Badass car

[@NathanMannin]

@@lenol0315 Agreed!

[@OS993]

How much did you buy the car for?

[@ansjdbdbdkdjn]

A very arbitrary C63 running cost/ ownership costs.

[@wibblywobbly1234]

Mine blew up the engine. A warning to potential buyers: they are very unreliable cars. The fuel costs are the least of your worries.

[@NathanMannin]

@@wibblywobbly1234 Although you had an unfortunate ownership experience, what you are saying is misleading. Myself and several long term owners I’ve spoken to have had little to no issues. Yes they don’t come without their issues, such as noisy lifters, camshaft adjusters wearing and the injectors need changing, but it’s all wear and tear. As long as you keep on top of maintenance/servicing and show diligence, these cars are actually reliable and will serve you well!

[@dannyjayke8695]

Warning do buy one your ears will thank you later, Your saying a whole load nonsense they are reliable cars, yes they can be thirsty it’s expected, when looked after maintained properly they are a dream to own, your was probably a cat S special from Bradford Birmingham that’s had it’s head kicked in with 8 owners

[@Mr_Sh1tcoin]

Lol​@@dannyjayke8695

[@wibblywobbly1234]

The head bolt, cam phaser and hydro locking issues are not maintenance related. Those are the main issues but there are many others. My recommendation is to keep a large reserve to deal with any issues. Great car when it works.

[@dannyjayke8695]

@@wibblywobbly1234 Noo that’s the early 2008-2011 model the head bolts need changing as it’s a weak point anything after 2012 all those issues got sorted out, my uncle has one 200k miles had it since new never had a issue apart from maintenance

[@douglastaylor8039]

No matter what brand it's still a car. Nothing should be always so expensive. Stop giving into the car mafia. The lexus is a glorified Toyota. So they mark up their shoddy, rigged, planned Obsolescence parts. Or they stamp bmw on a part and you say well it cost more because it's a Mercedes or a range rover. it's the same garbage parts (now don't make the parts to good or to reliable we have to screw our customers) these car companies spec for the Chinese to make.

[@silversleeper484]

Nathan, dude another great video. I never thought of breaking it down like that. I will go over my costs and see how they compare with yours. Probably going to take some time though. Will post it up when I finish. :)

[@NathanMannin]

@@silversleeper484 Thank you for watching! That’ll be interesting to compare, hopefully yours will be similar with the exception of fuel 😁

[@silversleeper484]

@@NathanMannin Yeah 91 Super Unleaded was as much as $6.00+ per gallon. LOL and that's the most octance we can get here in California now it's down to $4.98 or so. I think that is 1.625 per liter

[@amjad-gz9wq]

depreciation not accounted for

[@NathanMannin]

It’s not really running costs though, is it?

[@gaspode505]

Weekend toy 😂

[@NathanMannin]

Has been my daily on numerous occasions!

[@Tom-w7p6b]

If you need to worry about running costs you are driving a car you can’t afford

[@NathanMannin]

@@Tom-w7p6b Who’s worrying?

[@Tom-w7p6b]

@@NathanMannin anyone who feels addressed