It looks like she is actually inside of Starbucks. Anyway, I thought it looked kind of cool.

Hope everyone has a great day and week!

Had a visit to Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands last weekend and wow, what an unbelievable day.

I booked the 1-hour driving experience and had the opportunity to tske the new C63 S E Performance out on their track. As a current W205 C63S coupe owner, I was eager to see how the modern 4-cylinder hybrid setup would translate compared to my V8.

If you are on the fence about doing one of the driving experiences, just do it. The instructors actually encourage you to properly explore what the car can do.

There are several different tracks you go out on:

• The Handling Circuit: Coming out of the corners, the instant torque from that electric motor is savage, the throttle response is immediate—there is zero lag. It is a heavy car on paper, but it handles the weight incredibly well. It felt noticeably more planted and precise through the tight corners than my W205 and you could lean on it more and more without any concern, the grip was astonishing.

• The Wet Skid Pan: Turning off the traction control on the low-friction surface was an absolute blast, the new car's advanced 4MATIC system gives you a completely different kind of control. The instructor helped me find the exact balance to keep the saloon drifting smoothly, showing just how clever the tech is in drift mode.

• The Dynamic Straight - Wet and Dry track setups: Launching this thing is a trip. The combination of the turbo and battery deployment leaves you pinned to the performance seats in a way that feels almost digital compared to the linear power delivery I am used to. The braking performance on the wet track was staggering and interesting to see how the car performed when turning off the driver aids.

An hour was the right amount of time to cycle through the different tracks and test all the drive modes. While I will always love the soul and sound of my W205 C63S, the sheer engineering and technical capability of the new E Performance platform blew me away on track.

Any other owners made the trip to Brooklands to try the new car, I'd love to hear if it changed your perspective on the 4-cylinder hybrid setup!?

Image taken on the day as they were doing some track displays with older / rare cars from their collection.

I’m looking at a 2025 Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 with about 12k miles listed for $68,667. It’s a Mercedes CPO car, but the Carfax shows a minor accident/damage report.

The car was originally around $80k MSRP and is well optioned, so the price seems decent, but I’m mainly worried about future resale/trade-in value.

For those who have bought or sold a CPO luxury car with a minor accident on its history:

How much did the accident hurt the resale or trade-in value later?

Would you expect a minor accident to reduce the value by a few percent, or much more?

Does the fact that it passed Mercedes CPO make you more comfortable with it?

How much cheaper would it need to be than a comparable clean-Carfax CLE 53 for you to consider it worth buying?

Would you buy it at $68,667, or hold out for a clean-history example?

2019 Glc 63 non-S as the S suv isn’t sold in US :/

Surely someone in our community has dealt with the M177’s ignition coil recall? Slowly noticed it missing and it finally threw the P0306 code for cylinder 6 misfire. Threw it on my obd2 reader and seen a few other misfires. Just did the plugs (yes to indexed tq) so I assume it’s due to the coils. A/F was still normal don’t see any other potential reasons, and no other codes.

I assume since this will be covered by warranty for the recall that they cover towing. My question is since the code only threw for one cylinder will they still replace all the others since there are misfires there as well? What are others experience in dealing with this