Matteeboy

Zip; not popular with any blokes but the Mums at school (and my wife) absolutely love our M135i, especially with red leather!
Any good to you at all?

Littleted

If you included the aero pack it's a woman's worst enemy too chavvy, check out the Facebook page A45 you can see all the colours people have bought, the all black ones look nice, but if she's in an alpine you've set the bar, women are fussy lol

I though the extra exhaust was too loud, but there is a company online that for 1500 give you one that's remote controlled loud or not loud at the press of a button, the 550 merc charge for that extra is a con.

hodgy0_2

i saw an A45 in our staff car park the other day

i thought the front (grill) had styling cues from the Mitsubushi

did not look as nice as the pics on this thread - it looked a bit bland tbh

Littleted

I think they look shat if they have standard wheels on, defo need an alloy change,

Littleted

Ok after a few beers last night I added the aero pack and exhaust .... 2k extra but I think I need to differentiate it from an aclass, been toying with it a while,now.


Best view I could get of what I've got, looks same near as same colour etc

Brun

......too many beers

Littleted

Can't even tell the wife lol

jameswrx

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That about sums it up. You'd actually pay extra to have 'that' rear spoiler fitted? I'd pay to have it removed if that's how they came standard

LSherratt

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I bet you can't wait till you can finally sit down in the drivers seat and take it home.

bioforger

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god its ugly n that exhaust sounds like a wet fart...

Littleted

*******.

Well update ....finally after 6 weeks of waiting got the delivery date 14th July........ Build cycle 6th June, production Build 26th June, delivery to Port 7th July...
Extras on final order are
19 Inch Black light Alloy Wheels
Aero Kit
Harmon Kardon Stereo upgrade
AMG Pack ( includes Steering wheel, Fancy key and Leather gear stick )
Red Brake callipers
Becker map Pilot
Sports Exhaust

Should be nice and sunny once she lands, give me time to save some pennies and rag wifes car about...

romford-boy

Awesome choice, makes for an expensive hatchback though!

Littleted

totally agree, I had the same feeling when I bought this as when I did the Saloon sti and paid 33k 5 k over what it should have been.

That being said if id have ordered the S3 I wouldn't be looking forward to it, The A45 im excited.

And as of yet I aint seen one on the road

romford-boy

I'm fortunate to work in central London and see my fair share of exotica....seen a fair few of these and I think they look fantastic, in fact even the regular car with a few options and big wheels looks great.

urban

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I've seen two here in N.Ireland.
One with the roof spoiler, one without.
My wife has an A class (AMG sport) on order, delivery is mid June I think.
I assume the one with the spoiler was still being run in, because he didn't want to play

I like them - good luck to you I say

LSherratt

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I suppose having all those extras makes it a lot more desirable and easier when you eventually come to sell it down the line. I would love what you are getting!

nik52wrx

How much are they charging for Becker?
When I bought my merc last year they wanted £500 so I ended up buying one off Fleebay for half that.

Nik.

Littleted

485 I think, I did look at ebay, but if I get it from Merc its covered in the warranty.

Cheap on ebay though,

bioforger

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Oh dear it got a bit of a slating by Tiff on 5th gear Straight line jockey but not much else according to the ex BTCC and satan of slide racing driver

Littleted

Watch chris Harris video, and auto express
I didn't see this one, nor can I find it. On a slow decline on viewing me thinks

f1_fan

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Ignore the myopic muppets on this site that can't see past Subarus and just enjoy your car

One thing is for sure, it won't lunch its engine if you drive it hard.... unlike some I could mention!

Littleted

Lol nice one F1 I've just actually watched it, and it was ok.
I'm a straight line jockey so it owns that but, as for haldex, I'm not one for errr throwing it into corners to lose the back end, I've had a year of RWD and it's crap, unsafe rubbish, I don't slide round corners like the journos.. So his comments were a bit pointless, and as for under steer out of all the reviews I've watched he's the first to comment about it in anger. The rest never saw it...

It also looked ****, why don't they give them a proper one with 19s aero kit etc...the aero kit alone putts out 40kg of downforce when driving hard....

Jeremy's reveiw in the paper was great, that and chris Harris auto express and many more, I,ll leave tiff to comment in silence on his failing show

Matteeboy

Don't fall into the trap of only selecting the good reviews.
Just take a balanced view.

The following are RWD; it may not suit you but it's not unsafe;

911 CS, GT3RS, Exige, M3, all AMG until the recent ones, 99% of Ferraris, etc, etc.

Evo prefer the M135i over the A45, CH liked the Merc more overall.
Different opinions, different cars.

f1_fan

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Probably because they probably knew what sort of review they were going to get before he drove it!

Mercedes haven't forgiven Needell for comparing the SL55 to a Porsche 911 Turbo.... a car aimed at a different sector and then him saying the Porsche was better focused as a track car.... no shi1t! The show is trivial rubbish without even the humour of Top Gear.

Littleted

To be brutal though my past cars I actually bought because I liked them, I watch the reviews after. This a45 is the first car I ever test drove before purchase. All my scoobys I just bought...

This time round I did a lot of testing because nothing really got me by the sack, and the A45 was way out there above my budget. But I needed a car.

I was then Surprised when they gave me the deal I wanted , still 100 more a month than the BMW or s3 but it's where I wanted to be...

I'm Sure ill like it, gotta be better than the e350 I've just got rid of, and knowing rd tax is a mere 170 quid a year and insurance 20 quid a month it's exciting

Dingdongler

It's a very nice car, chillax and enjoy it

And I agree with you btw, rwd front engined cars with significant poke can be quite useless and even dangerous in wet/snowy conditions.

I'm sadly disappointed that the new C63 AMG has been confirmed as NOT having 4wd. I would have bought one if it did.

f1_fan

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If it's anything like most AMGs you will love it and it will grow on you. For a start if the interior is as good as other AMG interiors you are going to be amazed at just how much better it is than your Scoob was..... chalk and cheese

bioforger

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It should be chalk n cheese for 38K. I would want gold plated indicator stalks in a hot hatch for that money! Ridiculous.

f1_fan

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Gold plated indicator stalks? I think Littleted will just take an engine that he doesn't have to worry about bliowing up yet one that produces more power with better economy than an STI, styling by people who can actually see, an interior that doesn't look like the winner of a race to see who can use the lowest grade of plastic sh1te possible, a proper prestige name, a dealer in every town, a seven speed semi-auto gearbox, some proper pedigree and a car for people who have grown up along with his dose of ridiculous

bioforger

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Yea and boring as **** to drive, awesome