Stroock639

more like the empty runway lol... it's pretty heavy and even stock there's way more oomph than is possible to actually transfer to the road with the standard 265 section tires despite 1st gear going to nearly 50 mph, people have run 11s with just fitting big grippy drag radials and no power upgrades

it's really more for going very fast on the autobahn and isn't a track car by any means, which i'm happy for since it's supremely comfortable

plex

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Steve, congrats on the new ride love the colour combo. Looking forward to your feedback.

AJT123

Yes and while not a track car like you say, it can certainly handle the sweeping turns on autobahns at insane speeds with aplomb.

First gear goes to 50? Niccccce.

Toys4RJill

I have a friend who has an S-Class 560....superb ride....but she does have quite a few issues.....iphone not connecting...sluggish starts with start/stop...something really pissed her off was that they left the paperwork for her car on the dash with her name, phone number, address for everyone to see as it was parked over the weekend...someone looking at cars texted her that all your information is out and present for anyone to see with a pic

Well that is not great...hope they fix it for you

Stroock639

oh yea... todays cars are basically shifting into 4th to do a 0-60, this is just shifting out of 1st! 2nd goes to 85 and 3rd takes you all the way to 130, the only way to fully utilize 4th is deactivating the limiter lol... then finally you'll get 5th at about 175 where it'll eventually max out at >190, and at 70 you're only at 2000 rpm so the mpgs really aren't that bad just cruising along

SW17LS

The air suspension levels the car, so its constantly working to keep the body level. I hear it mostly when I'm backing out of my garage as it adjusts to me being in the car, etc.

I can hear the compressors when stopped and the radio is off. Theyre very quiet.

Thanks!! Yeah I have really warmed up to the color.

Yeah the engine start stop just as a feature sucks. Its way more obvious in this E350 than in my S560, but it does create a sluggishness when accelerating off the line when the engine is off thats annoying. There is a module you can buy that plugs into the OBDII port that will program it to remember the last setting, as in when you turn it off it stays off after a restart until you turn it on again. I have a similar unit installed on the Pacifica to defeat the stop/start that works great. I will likely get that.

Already heard from them, verified the issue and ordered the seal, it will be in tomorrow morning and they will swap it out.

So far SUPER impressed with the dealer. They actually sent me a video from the tech where he points out exactly whats going on with my car and lets me know the solution and a timeline.

Stroock639

i'm driving the C300 a few weeks ago and i pull up to a light right as it's changing green, but still stopped just enough to activate the auto stop for the briefest of moments, the timing of everything must've been just so that when i pressed the pedal again it was completely unresponsive! the car was just idling and pressing the gas did nothing, i had to shut the car and start it again just to keep driving, fortunately it was late at night and nobody was behind me

i prefer how some cars require you to fully depress the brake to activate the stop start, these current breed of mercedes are super aggressive about stopping the engine though no matter how lightly you're pressing the pedal, although i find that the C300 at least is generally very good about starting the engine and getting going again almost right away

Och

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My sincere condolences, must be unbearable.

SW17LS

Yeah, I just don't like the "feature" at all lol

The struggle is real! haha

Stroock639

can you not just press the button and turn it off? i've done that sometimes when there's a crucial merge coming up

SW17LS

You can but you have to remember to do it every time you start the car.

AJT123

Start stop is horrendous, thank god you can disable it.

I’d quickly get used to hitting that button every single startup lol.

FatherTo1

Congrats, Steve! The S was always high on your list and glad to see you got it.

SW17LS

Thanks FT1!

ArmyofOne

This whole thread is full of #firstworldproblems