TheCorm
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I reckon the way forward there is a 13A single euro extension lead, cut off the euro socket and replace with a UK one.
I reckon the way forward there is a 13A single euro extension lead, cut off the euro socket and replace with a UK one.
I would think that would do it - the adapters are very low quality, whereas a decent Euro plug and a decent UK socket would solve the issue..
First time poster... took delivery of my C350e (leased through the company scheme) about 3 months ago now. And with apologies to the brilliant blue crowd, metallic hyacinth red is the way to go.
Living in London, this is the first car I've owned in about 8 years (last one was a CLK320). The vast majority of journeys I make are <10 miles across town, so on full battery. Plus typically a longer journey about once a month to the in-laws.
Fortunate enough to have a Source London charging point 2 minutes walk from my house, so get unlimited charging for £5/year. Assume that pricing will go up at some point, at which point I'll switch to charging at home.
Overall love the car, and learn something new about it all the time (mostly thanks to this forum, thanks everyone!).
My favourite parts about it:
(i) the look, comfort and style
(ii) fuel economy for the trips around town, even on the longer trips it has me driving like a pensioner, easing off the accelerator when the battery indicator goes to red
(iii) distronic plus
And the not so good:
(i) the satnav... seems very poor at estimating time to arrival and changes route far too often. Have lost confidence in it, just use Google maps on my phone.
(ii) parking assist, seems to really struggle to recognise parking spaces, unless they're exactly the right size
(iii) the manual to end all manuals, am far too busy to read it
Oh, and my wife driving it, she's already scraped all the hubcaps parking and slightly grazed the side reversing out the drive!
Living in London, this is the first car I've owned in about 8 years (last one was a CLK320). The vast majority of journeys I make are <10 miles across town, so on full battery. Plus typically a longer journey about once a month to the in-laws.
Fortunate enough to have a Source London charging point 2 minutes walk from my house, so get unlimited charging for £5/year. Assume that pricing will go up at some point, at which point I'll switch to charging at home.
Overall love the car, and learn something new about it all the time (mostly thanks to this forum, thanks everyone!).
My favourite parts about it:
(i) the look, comfort and style
(ii) fuel economy for the trips around town, even on the longer trips it has me driving like a pensioner, easing off the accelerator when the battery indicator goes to red
(iii) distronic plus
And the not so good:
(i) the satnav... seems very poor at estimating time to arrival and changes route far too often. Have lost confidence in it, just use Google maps on my phone.
(ii) parking assist, seems to really struggle to recognise parking spaces, unless they're exactly the right size
(iii) the manual to end all manuals, am far too busy to read it
Oh, and my wife driving it, she's already scraped all the hubcaps parking and slightly grazed the side reversing out the drive!
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I do often see a metallic red merc and think it is a good alternative to the blue.
Interesting on the sat nav, mine never, ever changes route of its own accord? I don't have the pack with distronic though perhaps this adds something to the PP nav?
and on point 2, mine seems to detect opportunities all the time, in useless places! Then then the other day I wanted to use it and it didn;t play ball.
On that last point, should have gone for 360 cams
TheCorm
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I have find the sat nav slow to start and the program and difficult to operate, I don't find it easier than a touchscreen, however I found it works pretty well once it's going perhaps, I just have the standard one.
I agree about the 360 camera, it's great for parking.
I too find the self park is a bit random, some say indicating the way you want to park makes it a bit more reliable, I always enjoy creeping in traffic and it's telling me there is a space to the left "yes car, park us on the verge....."
The Source London seems like a good value scheme but the company that has taken it over is shocked to see the state of a lot of the points and is having to refurbish them all so sure costs will go up to cover this.
Hubcaps? With a kerbing wife I bet you wish it had hubcaps! Don't you have the expensive 18" wheels too!?
Going back to the euro charge thing, reminds me of when I plugged a compressor into a 3 way 12v adaptor when I was younger and was like, why is it slowing down, looked inside to see the adaptor melting and smoking.....
I agree about the 360 camera, it's great for parking.
I too find the self park is a bit random, some say indicating the way you want to park makes it a bit more reliable, I always enjoy creeping in traffic and it's telling me there is a space to the left "yes car, park us on the verge....."
The Source London seems like a good value scheme but the company that has taken it over is shocked to see the state of a lot of the points and is having to refurbish them all so sure costs will go up to cover this.
Hubcaps? With a kerbing wife I bet you wish it had hubcaps!
Don't you have the expensive 18" wheels too!?Going back to the euro charge thing, reminds me of when I plugged a compressor into a 3 way 12v adaptor when I was younger and was like, why is it slowing down, looked inside to see the adaptor melting and smoking.....
On the manual to end all manuals point - have you tried downloading the Mercedes Guides app? It allows you to download a local copy of the manual which is searchable and saves a lot of time. I downloaded it 6 months before delivery!
Parking assist definitely helped by indicating in my experience.
I have the Comand Nav and the route guidance does switch a lot in Dynamic Routing mode but has saved me a couple of times from epic queues and is better in that respect than the BMW Professional Nav which usually told me how the long queue was once I was stuck in it!
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Picked up my C350e Premium yesterday afternoon from the dealer.Headed back down the A34 from near to Oxford towards Bournemouth. Cruise set at 74, encountered some heavy rush hour traffic and still managed 44.8 mpg with engine off for 28 miles of the 95 mile journey. For a brand new car with a tight engine i was very very impressed.
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Just a quick thank you for all the tips, tricks, quirks, rants and reviews. It's been a long old wait since January for mine to turn up and finally had "the call" to say I've got a delivery date of 5th September! :bannana: First company car, first new car - and only the fourth car I've had in 16 years - replacing an Hyundai i30. You can imagine the grin on my face...
Although the wait has been pretty lengthy, at least I get the latest model and VRN. I wish now I'd gone for the 360 cameras and maybe the privacy glass, but not going to let that spoil it.
Cavansite Blue Saloon, Grey Leather, Premium Plus.
Thanks again for all your tips.
Hi folks
Just a quick thank you for all the tips, tricks, quirks, rants and reviews. It's been a long old wait since January for mine to turn up and finally had "the call" to say I've got a delivery date of 5th September! :bannana: First company car, first new car - and only the fourth car I've had in 16 years - replacing an Hyundai i30. You can imagine the grin on my face...
Although the wait has been pretty lengthy, at least I get the latest model and VRN. I wish now I'd gone for the 360 cameras and maybe the privacy glass, but not going to let that spoil it.
Cavansite Blue Saloon, Grey Leather, Premium Plus.
Thanks again for all your tips.
TheCorm
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Tank was down to just over 30% today, filled up...here are the stats:
32.61 litres, 795 miles since last fillup, 78% engine off, 111mpg equivalent.
So figures above 100 are possible, but it takes particular journey types and dedication to charging. Lots of family stuff coming up including Legoland and Chessington...so that will drag that figure down.
If I can sneak my extension cable out the hotel window to the car and charge though, you bet i'll be doing it
32.61 litres, 795 miles since last fillup, 78% engine off, 111mpg equivalent.
So figures above 100 are possible, but it takes particular journey types and dedication to charging. Lots of family stuff coming up including Legoland and Chessington...so that will drag that figure down.
If I can sneak my extension cable out the hotel window to the car and charge though, you bet i'll be doing it
I have just come back from a week long family camping trip in Cornwall and thought I'd give some feedback on the car.
Apart from it being a tad windy, I had a tall and fully loaded trailer (I have the factory fit towbar), with bikes on top, a large roof box on the car and two adults / two children. Suffice to say, the car was pulling some very un-aerodynamic weight around. I cruised at around 65mph on the motorway and enjoyed out accelerating several cars away from the lights, even with the trailer attached! Just over 250 miles down saw me achieve 25mpg so pretty much the entire tank was used up. I had the problem some people have reported in that nipping out shortly after arrival saw the message "fuel depleted, E mode only driving mode available", even though I knew I had a small amount of fuel left. The car went on electric to 6% and then promptly cut out and stopped in the middle of the road. Hazards on and a quick switch off of the car and back on again saw the engine fire and off I went (to the nearest petrol station!). I have the Premium Plus model but the car didn't offer to find the nearest petrol station as some have reported..
I was able to charge each day at the campsite using a 16amp to 3 pin adaptor to allow me to use the EVSE (brick charger) so got myself lots of free miles to make up for the poor initial fuel economy!. The car came in most useful one day when the kids had managed to get their coats and shoes particularly wet and we had no way of drying everything. I had a brainwave and switched the car on in E Mode - set the temp to max, turned air-con on, heated seats on full and spread the clothes around the inside of the car with shoes over the rear air vents. Everything dried out nicely in less than an hour!
I also parked went round the Eden Project for a few hours and took full advantage of the free EV charge point there to charge back up to 100% on the way home - this helped me achieve 30mpg for the 275 mile journey back. Overall over just over 800 miles in the week I managed 45mpg which I was happy enough with given the roof box stayed on the car all week.
The car now needs a very good clean - its covered in and full of sand / salt but we had a great week and the car performed brilliantly!
Apart from it being a tad windy, I had a tall and fully loaded trailer (I have the factory fit towbar), with bikes on top, a large roof box on the car and two adults / two children. Suffice to say, the car was pulling some very un-aerodynamic weight around. I cruised at around 65mph on the motorway and enjoyed out accelerating several cars away from the lights, even with the trailer attached! Just over 250 miles down saw me achieve 25mpg so pretty much the entire tank was used up. I had the problem some people have reported in that nipping out shortly after arrival saw the message "fuel depleted, E mode only driving mode available", even though I knew I had a small amount of fuel left. The car went on electric to 6% and then promptly cut out and stopped in the middle of the road. Hazards on and a quick switch off of the car and back on again saw the engine fire and off I went (to the nearest petrol station!). I have the Premium Plus model but the car didn't offer to find the nearest petrol station as some have reported..
I was able to charge each day at the campsite using a 16amp to 3 pin adaptor to allow me to use the EVSE (brick charger) so got myself lots of free miles to make up for the poor initial fuel economy!. The car came in most useful one day when the kids had managed to get their coats and shoes particularly wet and we had no way of drying everything. I had a brainwave and switched the car on in E Mode - set the temp to max, turned air-con on, heated seats on full and spread the clothes around the inside of the car with shoes over the rear air vents. Everything dried out nicely in less than an hour!
I also parked went round the Eden Project for a few hours and took full advantage of the free EV charge point there to charge back up to 100% on the way home - this helped me achieve 30mpg for the 275 mile journey back. Overall over just over 800 miles in the week I managed 45mpg which I was happy enough with given the roof box stayed on the car all week.
The car now needs a very good clean - its covered in and full of sand / salt but we had a great week and the car performed brilliantly!
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I have had my car 7months, it has just had its 15,000mile service. So far no issues at all. Main points:- Rear tyres needed replacing after 9,000miles, front tyres will need replacing before the winter, no oil usage, average MPG 40.2, car still shows 17-19miles electric range after an overnight charge, the car still manages about 15miles on electric if driven cautiously on a mostly flat route, car still out accelerates most other cars (traffic light drag races are really fun especially when next to a rep in a BMW - childish I know), the car is no sports car but handling is still fairly good for a big(ish) saloon - I have learnt that although tyre squealing is embarrassing, the car holds on impressively - safe understeer is the main characteristic although if you turn-off traction control (it can't be turned off completely) on-throttle oversteer is easily achieved before the electronic traction police takes control. All in all a very good car.
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Full maintenance lease so I have no idea - sorry.
sxileander
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How do you get 17-19 miles electric range? Mine has done only 3k but has never shown above 15, normally 14?
Still very happy though and achieving 60+mpg for normal usage 45+ on long trips.
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Still very happy though and achieving 60+mpg for normal usage 45+ on long trips.
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Oh, and any gossip on whether Apple Car Play is going to be a software upgrade? My son's girlfriend's new VX Corsa has it and it is brilliant. Embarrassed that my car at 4x the price doesn't have it [emoji15]
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I think you might be muddling the target audiences for the two cars
Corsa for cool kids
Merc, not so
At least my lack of COMAND wont make me grumpy yet...
Loving the car after 2 months and 1500 miles.
Averaging about 60mpg. Lots of short journeys on electric. Long journeys are returning between 42 and 52 mpg depending on load, charge at start, speed and traffic conditions. One 100-mile journey own the M1 getting towed along by a lot of free-flowing traffic at 52mpg. One cross-country journey without dual carriageways at 47mpg. Most journeys worse but OK for the comfort and enjoyment levels.
Managed to squeeze over 48 litres in the first fuel-stop. "Emergency fuel reserve" message had popped up with about 30 miles of range still showing, but no COMAND here, so no petrol station routing and fortunately no fuel depleted message either.
The only strange incident to note has been overzealous assistance from the automatic braking. I was behind a car turning left off a busy road in a 30mph speed limit. An oncoming car pulled out to pass a truck parked at the side of the road and the Merc went mental. Flashing red proximity warning on the dash, harsh beeping then it slammed the brakes on briefly for less than a second, by which time the car turning left had gone, the oncoming car was back on the other side of the road and I was thinking that if I ever do lose concentration and risk shunting the car in front, I hope the system works as well again.
High point so far was leaving a Range Rover and a Maserati for dust when they tried to overtake me on a roundabout and slip road onto the M5. Not sure my better half feels the same about the glorious moment, but... :bannana:
5.5 pence per kWh on economy 7 night time tariff makes the short journeys very cheap indeed - less than 3p per mile for fuel compared to 10p per mile in my old Audi A3 diesel.
Averaging about 60mpg. Lots of short journeys on electric. Long journeys are returning between 42 and 52 mpg depending on load, charge at start, speed and traffic conditions. One 100-mile journey own the M1 getting towed along by a lot of free-flowing traffic at 52mpg. One cross-country journey without dual carriageways at 47mpg. Most journeys worse but OK for the comfort and enjoyment levels.
Managed to squeeze over 48 litres in the first fuel-stop. "Emergency fuel reserve" message had popped up with about 30 miles of range still showing, but no COMAND here, so no petrol station routing and fortunately no fuel depleted message either.
The only strange incident to note has been overzealous assistance from the automatic braking. I was behind a car turning left off a busy road in a 30mph speed limit. An oncoming car pulled out to pass a truck parked at the side of the road and the Merc went mental. Flashing red proximity warning on the dash, harsh beeping then it slammed the brakes on briefly for less than a second, by which time the car turning left had gone, the oncoming car was back on the other side of the road and I was thinking that if I ever do lose concentration and risk shunting the car in front, I hope the system works as well again.
High point so far was leaving a Range Rover and a Maserati for dust when they tried to overtake me on a roundabout and slip road onto the M5. Not sure my better half feels the same about the glorious moment, but... :bannana:
5.5 pence per kWh on economy 7 night time tariff makes the short journeys very cheap indeed - less than 3p per mile for fuel compared to 10p per mile in my old Audi A3 diesel.
Tank was down to just over 30% today, filled up...here are the stats:
32.61 litres, 795 miles since last fillup, 78% engine off, 111mpg equivalent.
So figures above 100 are possible, but it takes particular journey types and dedication to charging. Lots of family stuff coming up including Legoland and Chessington...so that will drag that figure down.
If I can sneak my extension cable out the hotel window to the car and charge though, you bet i'll be doing it
My home charging solution involves a 25m extension cable and a dribox which I keep in the boot. I am waiting for the next Premier Inn experience where I drop the cable out the window!
You are right about the type of driving. Most of mine is a 26 mile each way commute. Add in the odd long trip plus the odd round town journey and this is what I am getting:
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dunos said:
Impressive,what app is that you use?
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Windscreen replacement
Just had a bit of a shock when it comes to replacing a windscreen.
If you have the options for auto headlights and driver assist package you have to have the car recalibrated to the screen. My car is leased and they use auto glass. I was told I would have to a 200 mile round trip to get it to a centre to get it fixed and they only do this 3 days a week. Fortunately the lease company agreed that this was in un reasonable and authorised my local dealer to do it. They hope to have the screen next day and will do the job properly. I dread to think what it will cost. You have been warned!
Just had a bit of a shock when it comes to replacing a windscreen.
If you have the options for auto headlights and driver assist package you have to have the car recalibrated to the screen. My car is leased and they use auto glass. I was told I would have to a 200 mile round trip to get it to a centre to get it fixed and they only do this 3 days a week. Fortunately the lease company agreed that this was in un reasonable and authorised my local dealer to do it. They hope to have the screen next day and will do the job properly. I dread to think what it will cost. You have been warned!