A real mechanic knows German cars are garbage. Germans haven't made a reliable automobile since the 80's. Focus has gone from cars that last decades to shoving every bleeding-edge piece of tech into them and hoping for the best.

I can agree with that, but also disagree. Yes, German cars cram a ton of bells and whistles which increase the number of failure points. But I disagree that their cars are garbage. With German cars, you have to follow the instruction manual and maintenance schedule to the T, because thats how they were designed. With Japanese cars the engineers designed them with the assumption that the customer will not take care of them as meticulously. @@jahmanborneo1343

It’s like both of your opinions lol

I hope the KZfaq babies were watching.... I've always hated the comments by those joyriders... Thank you for this one Sarah 😊

Lmao mate ​@@jahmanborneo1343

How you finding the car so far

@@mynameismyname6830 I’ve had it for about 6 months now and I still enjoy it. I previously had a 2016 C450 (same car but before the name change to C43) and find the engine on my 2023 to be just as powerful as that V6. I do find the new transmission to be a bit jerky until it gets warmed up which only takes about 10 mins of driving when it’s cold outside. Other than that, no complaints. I don’t have the AMG exhaust equipped so unless I’m accelerating the car is quieter that my previous model. If I’m understanding correctly, that feature is just a more amplified sound pumped into the cabin, not a different type of physical exhaust system. Race start is an amazing feature to show off to your friends. It makes grown men giggle like little kids.

@@lincolnmarklt because I’m stupid I’m currently going thru the refund process. The car is littered with faults

That and if its rated for 1050nM of torque, its not even being stressed by this car, which might make it take even longer to come up to temp.

@@SarahnTuned I guess this transmission was designed for wide range of torque. Usually Merc designs their transmission in wide range to cover several variations of their vehicles. Clutch facing material is very sensitive to the temp and torq, so matching temp and torq will definitely bring smoother engagement to each shifts.

I love that it has an MGU-H derived electric turbo. Would have been even better if it was on the V-6 like the F1 cars where the turbo sits in the V with the hot on one side and the cold on the other. I can still dream though.

The 9 speeds in the w205s are like this too, idk if it's the same transmission. In the morning it will sometimes lurch forward shifting until the engine temps warm up into the 90s-100s

I actually have a Q8 ETRON coming now.. just after I filmed this it popped up.

@@SarahnTuned - Great News!

@paulbenoit9431 - Yeah; it ain’t gonna last.

@@ralphlazio505 - Why not?

Extended service schedules basically and owners ignorant of cosseting high output forced induction motors when cold or shutting off prematurely after being on-boost.

@@brutonstreettailor4570 - I mean couldn't you say that about any engine regardless of displacement to HP?

@@thesho21 yes true but the higher specific output power, the more susceptible to premature wear.

BMW have done that for years.

Two guys in my high school had those, they were running and didn’t make it to graduation.

No one asked for this information, tho.

Multipass !!

Why?

2.0 engines have been making 400HP for many years now…

​@@BennnWJKfrom the factory*

I'm not actually a journalist, that's probably why you feel this way.

More than meets the eye. 🦾👀