C350e anyone considering one?

[MaidenheadMerc]

Hi MM,

Just how does the charge lead locks into the car, and is it a physically secure connection ? Also what duration did you leave it and charge percentage before and after......

Thanks

B&O (due mid Nov)

When you plug the connector into the car and it begins to charge you hear it lock in place, obviously with a 3 pin connector someone could switch it off or unplug the other end, but fingers crossed they don't!

I plugged in at around 18% (as the battery doesn't really drop below that in normal driving without the engine charging it a bit) and came back a few hours later with it fully charged. You can check on the progress though with the Mercedes Me app.

I'm using a 3 pin connection at work and it takes around 3 hours to go from 20% to 100%.

 

[350e]

If you would like to see the burr walnut finish, look here.

For those that would like to see the burr walnut wood finish on a 350e see below.
We love it with the light leather coupled with the illumination provided by the panoramic roof.

 

[Rdt123]

Hi all

First change from a string of BMWs for me.

I've just ordered a Prem+ in diamond silver and added...

Crystal grey leather
18" alloys
Surround camera
Adaptive LEDs
Privacy glass

Left the gloss trim on in the end as on the MB configuration I preferred the look

Advised a lead time of......32 WEEKS!!!!

Uncertain whether to just wait or get something else. If they r spins to the demand I'd kick myself if that would have come down as I guess I'd wait 16 weeks for anything

Rob

 

[350e]

Hi all

First change from a string of BMWs for me.

I've just ordered a Prem+ in diamond silver and added...

Crystal grey leather
18" alloys
Surround camera
Adaptive LEDs
Privacy glass

Left the gloss trim on in the end as on the MB configuration I preferred the look

Advised a lead time of......32 WEEKS!!!!

Uncertain whether to just wait or get something else. If they r spins to the demand I'd kick myself if that would have come down as I guess I'd wait 16 weeks for anything

Rob

Welcome to club
Yes you will need to endure the wait, see previous 90 odd pages ! , but it will be wothwhile, particularly if you have the BIK charge in mind. Got mine yesterday after a 6 month wait but back in April the 350e was just a car on paper. Now it is as hot as the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

 

[Rdt123]

Thanks for the swift reply. I tell myself time always flies by!

What are your thoughts on it? What's the rolling acceleration like, thinking kind of motorway overtaking etc which matters much more than the 0-60 stuff

Rob

 

[350e]

The word "insane" has been used by another poster in relation to the available torque in the mid range.
I have only had mine for a day and can only say that after my Jaguar XF it is light years ahead in so many ways. A real joy

 

[350e]

Duplicated post

 

[quonker]

The word "insane" has been used by another poster in relation to the available torque in the mid range.
I have only had mine for a day and can only say that after my Jaguar XF it is light years ahead in so many ways. A real joy

350e you should be sponsored by MB, the more you describe it the more it what mine now!!

Glad you are enjoying it and it's exceeding expectations.

 

[Deane x]

Welcome to club
Yes you will need to endure the wait, see previous 90 odd pages ! , but it will be wothwhile, particularly if you have the BIK charge in mind. Got mine yesterday after a 6 month wait but back in April the 350e was just a car on paper. Now it is as hot as the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

I would call the Mitsubishi outlander a lot of things but hot is not one of them lol ...is your interior beige ?as I have crystal grey and could only have the other wood trim as a option

 

[quonker]

Hi all

First change from a string of BMWs for me.

I've just ordered a Prem+ in diamond silver and added...

Crystal grey leather
18" alloys
Surround camera
Adaptive LEDs
Privacy glass

Left the gloss trim on in the end as on the MB configuration I preferred the look

Advised a lead time of......32 WEEKS!!!!

Uncertain whether to just wait or get something else. If they r spins to the demand I'd kick myself if that would have come down as I guess I'd wait 16 weeks for anything

Rob

Welcome Rob, I know it seems like a long time but as they say time flies!

A few of us have looked around due to the wait times but if you it's not going to be easy to find an alternative that can achieve 0-60 in 5.9 seconds with only 5% BiK.

So my advice would be to hang in there, presume at some stage MB might get their act together and start ramping up production.

 

[wivenhoe]

OMG yes

In comparison to my Jaguar XF the 350e is light years ahead.

Have to say there was a brief moment on the way home when I decided one quick blast could do no harm. OMG it is quick

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3t0m9jw6hm0z8hh/6 October f14032391d8822a0cb1a.mp4?dl=0

Trust you agree that the XF is Fred Flintstone compared to the 350e !

350e - really glad you are so pleased with it - I am sure you now appreciate what I said about 45mpg being reasonable for its performance. I urge you to remember that in reverse the motor provides equal immediate torque as accelerating forward !!!!

 

[Rdt123]

Hi
Yes when I picked it it's either grey leather with all trims or biege but only with walnut or gloss. Went for crystal grey which looks off White to me. I have a two year old so light carpets were out of the question !

Has anyone got an image of the grey interior? It's the real leather I've picked

Rob

 

[wivenhoe]

Distronic Plus

Apologies to those that haven't specified Distronic Plus - but I am just amazed at what this does and on my crawl around the M25 I now wouldn't be without it. The only downside I have found is that sometimes my nerve gives and I 'intervene' - has anyone else noticed that if you 'intervene' the braking is not so effective as when you leave it to the system ? Do you find that following drivers tend to leave more distance as the car brakes later and more firmly than you would normally - and yes, I have adjusted the 'effective distance'.

 

[Deane x]

Hi
Yes when I picked it it's either grey leather with all trims or biege but only with walnut or gloss. Went for crystal grey which looks off White to me. I have a two year old so light carpets were out of the question !

Has anyone got an image of the grey interior? It's the real leather I've picked

Rob

There is a pic of a brilliant blue c350e with crystal grey leather on this thread , which is one of the reasons I picked the same as it looks the best combo IMO ,and I like the fact that with the gray you don't get gray carpets

 

[Rdt123]

Thanks mate you don't happen to know if it's early or late do you? There's nearly a hundred pages now

Cheers

 

[Deane x]

Thanks mate you don't happen to know if it's early or late do you? There's nearly a hundred pages now

Cheers

Sorry just been looking for ages but can't find it ..think it's in the first pages tho , some clever chap on here mite be able to help

 

[Rapidfire]

Believe me you will have enough time to read all the pages, Welcome to the madhouse!!

 

[Saxon6]

Hi
Yes when I picked it it's either grey leather with all trims or biege but only with walnut or gloss. Went for crystal grey which looks off White to me. I have a two year old so light carpets were out of the question !

Has anyone got an image of the grey interior? It's the real leather I've picked

Rob

RDT123, Photos of our grey interior with dark wood and pano roof. Quality and finish is excellent.

 

[350e]

I would call the Mitsubishi outlander a lot of things but hot is not one of them lol ...is your interior beige ?as I have crystal grey and could only have the other wood trim as a option

Yes my interior is the beige leather and I know it is old fashioned today, a world of black everything, I love the classic dark on light finish of my car.

As for the Mitsubishi Outlander, without wanting to drag us all off topic after nearly 100 page of 350e comment I can only say that MB would be pleased if they can top Mitsubishi''s success with the outlander. Driver, I think it was, told us the other day that the Outlander was removed from a company's approved list because of BIK abuse, I suppose it could be said.
In the words of Mitsubishi, from a recent press release :

The award-winning Outlander PHEV is transforming the plug-in sector. Launched in April 2014, it has now overtaken every other plug-in hybrid and pure electric car, even passing vehicles that have been on sale since 2011, such as the Nissan Leaf, to become the UK’s favourite plug-in vehicle.

 

[Saxon6]

Just had the Rolec 16a charging pod installed.
Great value at £185 installed.
After much research this seemed to be the tidiest and most compact option out there.