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      06-04-2016, 08:24 AM   #1
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TopGear reviews the C63 S Cabriolet

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      06-04-2016, 08:40 AM   #2
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What means m'lud?
Is that an certain oxfort-english slang?
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      06-04-2016, 09:11 AM   #3
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You need to check the Monty Python courtroom scenes. M'lud is how the barristers (lawyers) address the judge.
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      06-04-2016, 09:25 AM   #4
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You need to check the Monty Python courtroom scenes. M'lud is how the barristers (lawyers) address the judge.
Oh I love Monty Python!
Thanks for clarification

Out of this review, it looks like Benzos haven't focused ( figured out how ) to be a step ahead of the new M4.
On the other hand, this S63 is an convertible wich is anyway an heavy car...
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      06-04-2016, 09:30 AM   #5
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Softtop, fat, no stick. Next.
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      06-04-2016, 01:24 PM   #6
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Oh I love Monty Python!
Thanks for clarification

Out of this review, it looks like Benzos haven't focused ( figured out how ) to be a step ahead of the new M4.
On the other hand, this S63 is an convertible wich is anyway an heavy car...
I must've taken something else entirely out of the review. Especially when they said, "I’d have one over a BMW M4 Convertible not just because it’s prettier, far smarter inside and sounds leagues more authentic, but also because it’s so much more trustworthy. You wouldn’t climb out of the AMG every day glad you’d escaped with your life."
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It's 4235 lbs????.......eek
A fully loaded Toyota Highlander , which seats 7 people, weighs 100 lbs LESS than Mr Lardo here
I'm good
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It's 4235 lbs????.......eek
A fully loaded Toyota Highlander , which seats 7 people, weighs 100 lbs LESS than Mr Lardo here
I'm good
You say that as if the M4 is the featherweight - it weighs over 4000lbs as well. If 200 lbs gets me 60-80 extra hp, best in class interior and a fire breathing V8 soundtrack then so be it.
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      06-04-2016, 08:52 PM   #9
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Looks like a pretty clear endorsement for the C63 over the M4 to me.
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      06-04-2016, 09:56 PM   #10
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You say that as if the M4 is the featherweight - it weighs over 4000lbs as well. If 200 lbs gets me 60-80 extra hp, best in class interior and a fire breathing V8 soundtrack then so be it.
That doesnt excuse the AMG for what it is
BOTH the F83 AND the AMG are fat, one is just an extra FAT guy in the trunk fatter
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      06-04-2016, 10:07 PM   #11
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What means m'lud?
Is that an certain oxfort-english slang?
Short for "My Lord".
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      06-05-2016, 12:58 AM   #12
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I must've taken something else entirely out of the review. Especially when they said, "I’d have one over a BMW M4 Convertible not just because it’s prettier, far smarter inside and sounds leagues more authentic, but also because it’s so much more trustworthy. You wouldn’t climb out of the AMG every day glad you’d escaped with your life."
This.

I think it's pretty clear which car Top Gear thinks is better. I think to the overwhelming majority, the C63 (and W205 C-Class) is just the better all-around car than the M3/M4 (and F30 3er). You can't really fault one thing about it.
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      06-05-2016, 09:57 PM   #13
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That doesnt excuse the AMG for what it is
BOTH the F83 AND the AMG are fat, one is just an extra FAT guy in the trunk fatter
It's actually more like the weight of one tiny chick. 4110 for the M4 vert auto vs 4235 for the C63 vert. But yeah, they are both disgustingly overweight
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