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Replying to: merc1 (Aug 02, 2006 4:20 am) I took it home on Friday and there was an ESP malfunction and message to bring car into service on the computer. I did not drive the car until today when I had to bring it into service to be fixed. They will keep it two days to diagnose, Etc. If they do not have a part, I will have to bring it back again. There is also a ding on the driver side to the right and above door handle. They told me that is a difficult place to get to from the inside and my lying sales consultant suggested I let them hammer and then paint the whole door. No way do I let them paint the door of a new car for which I just took delivery. When I bought my first C320 in 2001, there was a serious problem with the paint. To make a long story short, after many months of persistence, Mercedes and the dealership split the difference and built me a new car in Germany...... it took almost three months but it was worth it. When I brought it home, the odometer read 10 miles. I don't know what the Dent Wizard will do with the ding while my car is in the shop, but if I don't like the way it looks, they will have to find me another car or give me my money back.....or maybe give me the $1500 difference. I paid cash for the car. The reason I looked the other way during some of the manipulation was because I had someone do a search and that was the only black C350 that had what I wanted on it. The salesman and the manager went beyond the expected and usual car salesman fabrication and told so many lies that they tripped over them every time they said something. Miki |
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....because the ESP is fixed and the ding is out.......... and because of my bad experience with my sales person, the GM took me over as his client ....he also gave me the 3-year extended warranty discounted to make up for the $1400 difference I could have purchased the car for if I had not been manipulated by my salesman. Is this the right forum to learn about the S/C (sports/comfort)? In my 2001 C-320, if I remember correctly, there was a summer and winter mode -- I was told to keep it in summer......this was a long time ago and once I changed it, I never bothered with it again, so not too sure what it was called. With the 320, I never took it out of Drive -- even when going over the steep roads on the Grapevine, it had plenty of power. Some guidance for the C350 as to sport or comfort would be very much appreciated. Miki PS: I enjoy driving the 350 very much and feel I made the right choice.....
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Replying to: lenf (Apr 16, 2006 7:40 am)
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Replying to: garygersh2 (Aug 14, 2006 9:12 am) |
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Replying to: michhala (Aug 09, 2006 4:08 pm) The S/C modes that you refer to are not summer/winter or sport/comfort. All it does is in the C-mode, the car engages from 2nd gear to ensure a smoother start (hence safer on ice/winter). In the S-mode, the car engages from the 1st gear, and is ideal to experience the startup kick. Hope that helps...
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Replying to: shanky (Aug 14, 2006 4:43 pm) The C350 S/C modes are defined in the MB booklet as S-sport and C-comfort. I understand the engaging from 2nd gear to ensure a smoother start -- but it is confusing to read that the S-sport is for "standard" driving (they do not define "standard"  ) I am using the S in the city and C for freeway and longer drives. Re your tires, do you keep the them at what the door sticker designates? My service department told me to keep the tires at 32 all around. I also feel the C350 drives superb. My thanks for taking the time to reply. Miki
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Replying to: michhala (Aug 15, 2006 8:02 pm) I leave it to whatever the dealer set it (during courtesy check, and 13k service)
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Replying to: shanky (Aug 15, 2006 9:42 pm) |
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Just turned the 10K mark on my odometer on my C280 4Matic. Love, love, love this car. I took delivery last October, and am very pleased with it. After a 5,500 mile road trip in May, the automatic setting for lights and wipers was acting up, so the dealer replaced the sensors, under warranty of course. No other problems. Just returned from a five day round trip from Portland, OR to Monterey, CA. I always track fuel usage, and now that the car is nicely run in, the mileage is exceptional. At sustained freeway speeds in the 70 to 75 mph range, with a/c on, and fully loaded with luggage and two people, the car averaged between 30 and 31 mpg. When it was newer, highway mileage was consistently 28 to 29 mpg, so it's definitely improving now that the engine is broken in completely. I keep tire pressure as recommended 30 and 32 front to rear. I'm extremely happy with this car--it is comfortable, good-looking, has plenty of power, shifts smoothly, brakes strongly and now I can say it's even pretty economical.
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I've had mine since April 18; a real joy to drive, very smooth, no problems at all. I paid more for my C280 than a recent poster paid for the C350, but as it is about time for the 2007s to come out and I got more options, I can't complain. So far, this is the best car I've ever owned in 27 years of driving.... although some of the reliability issues I'll be watching for later down the line - nothing at all but good things to date.
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