ph47mf
Active Member
...and it's been a wonderful experience so far. 3000 miles and I still look back at the car after I've parked it. Sometimes parking alongside 5-series and A6 and I just think my god, how blend are these cars?!
It's built like a tank but sadly as slow as one too
However I noticed a couple of tiny issues I wonder if you W212 facelift guys are on the same boat.
1) I am 5'11, with the driver seat on the highest setting, I still feel I sit a bit too low
2) the side hugging boosters are a bit tight and no I am not fat at all
3) gear changes are not the smoothest and you can definitely feel it when it changes, this bit is where I think BM have done a much better job
4) Front calipers are all rusty, do you guys sand and spray or just leave it?
5) The other night I discovered a flat tyre (damn nail!), I even drove a little bit before I found out but there was no warning light etc, does it have one or does it mean the sensor is faulty?
6) Winter is here and I can see my headlights are getting foggy inside near the LEDs leave it as it's normal? take it apart and re-seal it?
7) In icy mornings, the auto mirrors struggle to unfold, in motion it creates this nasty crackling/breaking sound inside (presumably some ice inside the mechanism), do you guys disable this feature in the winter?
8) Service book, it came with one but there doesn't seem to be any space for dealership stamps etc, is it store electronically at Merc?
9) Finally, mpg, over the course of 3000 miles with 70% of it spent in cities, according to the trip computer, I am averaging 36mpg. That doesn't seem so bad but on the motorway keeping it between 70-80mph, i can only get as high as 42mpg. That I feel is a bit low. Last 3 tanks brim to brim have cost pretty much the same, £60 for 400 miles. Normal?
Thank you
It's built like a tank but sadly as slow as one too
However I noticed a couple of tiny issues I wonder if you W212 facelift guys are on the same boat.
1) I am 5'11, with the driver seat on the highest setting, I still feel I sit a bit too low
2) the side hugging boosters are a bit tight and no I am not fat at all
3) gear changes are not the smoothest and you can definitely feel it when it changes, this bit is where I think BM have done a much better job
4) Front calipers are all rusty, do you guys sand and spray or just leave it?
5) The other night I discovered a flat tyre (damn nail!), I even drove a little bit before I found out but there was no warning light etc, does it have one or does it mean the sensor is faulty?
6) Winter is here and I can see my headlights are getting foggy inside near the LEDs leave it as it's normal? take it apart and re-seal it?
7) In icy mornings, the auto mirrors struggle to unfold, in motion it creates this nasty crackling/breaking sound inside (presumably some ice inside the mechanism), do you guys disable this feature in the winter?
8) Service book, it came with one but there doesn't seem to be any space for dealership stamps etc, is it store electronically at Merc?
9) Finally, mpg, over the course of 3000 miles with 70% of it spent in cities, according to the trip computer, I am averaging 36mpg. That doesn't seem so bad but on the motorway keeping it between 70-80mph, i can only get as high as 42mpg. That I feel is a bit low. Last 3 tanks brim to brim have cost pretty much the same, £60 for 400 miles. Normal?
Thank you