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Well my time is up with my C350e, nearly 4 years as a company car has been cheap as chips to run..... Not sure it makes sense for you private owners, not looking just at the finances anyhow. Still there's lots of reasons to love the car, refinement when regularly charging, comfort, performance...

Just done a 2+ mile drive locally from cold with depleted battery in Sport mode so the engine was running all the time and it would have charged the battery a little over the 10 minutes or so. Ave 12.8 mpg. Yet averaging 50 mpg with regular charging at home and 34 miles each way commutes with...

That's the sort of fuel consumption you can expect when driving round in the winter not plugging in the car to charge the battery, so starting with a depleted battery. 18 mpg being for a very short 2-3 mile local journey from cold, it does improve round town a bit when the car is up to...

Good news that it's covered by warranty and that despite the long wait they have provided you with a courtesy car, shame it's a GLA! I've had a B class previously, not much better than a van tbh! From the cars that colleagues and myself have had over the years I don't think any of the 'Prestige...

Reckon you must be right on that count. It's another little bit extra in terms of toys to play with. As I've mentioned in previous posts I think you can manage it better yourself by using ESave at appropriate times on a journey.

Is that with Command or Garmin nav? Usually the green halo appears in a few moments after the journey has commenced, not whilst stationary at start.

Here you go.... Battery charge display with a destination set in navigation. With the engine in Economy mode the green halo at the front of the car appears highlighting the car is calculating when it's best to use the battery or ICE. Flick it into Comfort (or Sport or Sport+ for that matter) and...

Away on hols. Will see what I can do upon my return!

I've not seen that online flyer, cheers! My Command based system doe's exactly that, the engine has to be in economy setting though (I think) for it to work. For those with the Garmn Audio 20 system, I suggest putting the engine in economy mode, set a destination and then scroll through the...

No system is 100% efficient, otherwise you could create perpetual motion, consider a pendulum slowing down and stopping. Most efficient should be, (if you want battery power later in the journey), is to use ESave and harvest regen from braking. You get the strongest regen with the engine in...

Seems I'll have the same conundrum next year keep the C350e or get a model 3. I don't particularly like the wallowing in the comfort setting of the C350e, preferring the firmer Sport suspension which I have set in my Individual mode. It's also useful to be able to increase the ride height of the...

The unreliability of the service meant I didn't bother to pay for the service when my car got to 3 years old. So frustrating that half the time it wouldn't connect. Decided it was a first world problem I could do without!

6 to 7 miles for me on the coldest of days mid winter and 12 miles in the summer with local driving and it's quite hilly/urban where I live. On my commute yesterday, driving carefully at 40/ 55 mph it just managed 16 miles before the car hit 20% and the ICE kicked in, so a battery depletion rate...

I thought the unofficial position in terms of battery capacity is if it drops below 70%? That's also what Nissan covers I believe and what Apple warranted interestingly on the iPhone, when their software was slowing their phones down.

I wonder if anybody knows how to run a diagnostic on the battery condition? I asked for a report on mine when it was last serviced and the report I got was 'it's in good condition' What would have been nice to know is the % battery degradation, like you can see easily if you have an iPhone. My...

Sounds like a a car issue then, but using a local Public charging point will confirm. Main issue was water ingress on early cars, however your car being a 2017 plate would have come with the fix. Previous owner must not have bothered to charge or they would have got it sorted under warranty...

That's the top spec, exactly what I would like!!

Car envy! You will be one of the first to get. What's the delivery date and ooh, £56k for the Performance version? Might be following in your footsteps next April!

I had an annoying noise from my sunroof, always seemed it's worst when the weather was mild after a little sunshine. Could have sworn it was the doors slightly loose against their seals, then realised it stopped after the sunroof was opened just a centimetre. After numerous complaints to...

Sounds like an air leak if the car has dropped on all 4 corners potentially. I know a chap with a high mileage E class that has had a number of faults with the air suspension, have all been fixed at relatively modest cost at an Independent MB specialist in Reading, (location not much use to you...