C350e owners club

[TheCorm]

I’d not thought about the l/100km option. It just goes to show how seriously MB take the mpg estimate when they refuse to show you any values more than 66% of their official ones!

I’m currently on 63mpg for a tank that included a 200 mile round-trip. Not too shabby, but not even close to yours.

Would you consider another hybrid when your lease expires?

I am hoping to go full EV next as we have a bigger and diesel 2nd car now so I can go smaller and shorter range. New Leaf is currently top of the list, hardly going to command the same luxury and presence of the Merc though

I would have loved a Model 3 Tesla but I think it will be too much in rental, even if it is available by early summer 2019 when I want to change.

New company car tax bands will mean from 2020 I could pay about £25 a month in company car tax, currently paying about £175 and this will rise to around £220 next April.

 

[Dodgy]

I am hoping to go full EV next as we have a bigger and diesel 2nd car now so I can go smaller and shorter range. New Leaf is currently top of the list, hardly going to command the same luxury and presence of the Merc though

I would have loved a Model 3 Tesla but I think it will be too much in rental, even if it is available by early summer 2019 when I want to change.

New company car tax bands will mean from 2020 I could pay about £25 a month in company car tax, currently paying about £175 and this will rise to around £220 next April.

I have similar thoughts on the EV option. There are going to be plenty of Kia and Hyundai choices out there that have some merit, but not the trim level of a Merc. Jaguar, Audi, VW, Tesla, Porsche and the like are all going to be over my budget...

 

[TheCorm]

I have similar thoughts on the EV option. There are going to be plenty of Kia and Hyundai choices out there that have some merit, but not the trim level of a Merc. Jaguar, Audi, VW, Tesla, Porsche and the like are all going to be over my budget...

Lot's of kit on the higher level model Leaf's including crazy stuff (for an average grade car) like heated seats front and rear and heating steering wheel, Android Car play which i've started to use in hire cars etc, Semi-Autonomous driving.....not sure it has self-park though. Sat in an Acenta grade model, bit plasticky as you'd expect but it would beat the c350e off the line, much more torque than the old Leaf.

 

[Dodgy]

Lot's of kit on the higher level model Leaf's including crazy stuff (for an average grade car) like heated seats front and rear and heating steering wheel, Android Car play which i've started to use in hire cars etc, Semi-Autonomous driving.....not sure it has self-park though. Sat in an Acenta grade model, bit plasticky as you'd expect but it would beat the c350e off the line, much more torque than the old Leaf.

It would beat the C350e off the line it the race was a few metres! [emoji3]

147bhp in a 2-tonne car vs 290bhp in a 2.3 tonne car - it’s only going to be throttle delay that puts the Leaf in front. Having said that, I’d love to have 147bhp of electric power to play with.

 

[Goldngin]

121bhp from the electric motor in the new C400e (C350e 80bhp) when anyone can get hold of one. Should make the car a fair bit nippier in electric mode as well as more urge when giving it a bit of welly!

 

[JAT350e]

121bhp from the electric motor in the new C400e (C350e 80bhp) when anyone can get hold of one. Should make the car a fair bit nippier in electric mode as well as more urge when giving it a bit of welly!

You know I find it leaves most cars for dead as it is (rep cars, audis etc). I do love the sleeper affect the car has.

It just after 2 years, I feels it wallows a lot in bends at speed, but i guess that's air suspension and the battery weight in the back.

I test drove the new Focus RS a few weeks ago. Even for just 30 mins it felt so connected, steering, suspension, everything. I would get one in a heartbeat but stuck with this till April 2020.

 

[Nick Harper]

I set up the Individual setting to give me economy everything except suspension. That cures the wallowing.

 

[Dodgy]

I set up the Individual setting to give me economy everything except suspension. That cures the wallowing.

I’m not sure sports suspension in the Merc is quite like an RS though...

 

[Dodgy]

You know I find it leaves most cars for dead as it is (rep cars, audis etc). I do love the sleeper affect the car has.

It just after 2 years, I feels it wallows a lot in bends at speed, but i guess that's air suspension and the battery weight in the back.

I test drove the new Focus RS a few weeks ago. Even for just 30 mins it felt so connected, steering, suspension, everything. I would get one in a heartbeat but stuck with this till April 2020.

It was never going to be tight like an RS. I’m quite enjoying the limousine effect after 4 years in an Audi Black Edition.

 

[JAT350e]

I do use individual settings on country roads to sharpen suspension but you can tell its artificial.

Ok the focus was tiring in the short time I had it. But the way it made you feel. It just makes you feel special.

 

[TheCorm]

Just got a new front tyre and the airbag fix (which i'm pretty sure they told me they already did). They reset my from reset trip though which I wasn't happy about as i've achieved a new record....luckily I took a photo when I dropped it off.....I think the actual was around 130mpg still.

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Tank is at 27% so will fill up soon as I have a trip to Brum next week.

I am going to miss this car massively, the sense of smugness in driving around all electric and green will not compensate enough.

 

[raspy]

Today, I got 55mpg cruising on the M25 at 60mph. Very boring but wanted to see what the best fuel economy I could get with my C350e.

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[C350ezoom]

Plug-in charging has stopped working :-(
When I connect the charger I can hear a pump starting but the plug doesn't get locked to the car and the contactor in the charger doesn't turn-on. I'm certain that it's the car (rather than the charger) because the car also doesn't lock the plug when I use the charging brick - BUT - the car's not booked in for a couple of weeks and it's quite a distance to the garage. Is there anyone to the west of Hereford with a wall charger who would let me check that it's the car and not my charger?

 

[Dodgy]

Plug-in charging has stopped working :-(
When I connect the charger I can hear a pump starting but the plug doesn't get locked to the car and the contactor in the charger doesn't turn-on. I'm certain that it's the car (rather than the charger) because the car also doesn't lock the plug when I use the charging brick - BUT - the car's not booked in for a couple of weeks and it's quite a distance to the garage. Is there anyone to the west of Hereford with a wall charger who would let me check that it's the car and not my charger?

Sorry - not close to me.

 

[TheCorm]

Too far away from me as well i'm afraid.....so the charging light above the connector isn't lighting up at all (red/orange/green)?

Just filled mine up, it was around 17% tank full I think, took in 41.1 litres....it's been 1132 miles since last petrol station visit so that's an epic 125mpg equivalent with the engine being off for 80% of those miles....I don't think i'll beat that.

 

[Jeddy]

Has anyone else noticed that when their car is locked and you don't have your keys on you, that if you brush past the car, well door handles I suspect, the car starts making funny noises?

 

[SafferGuy]

Just wanted to share.... I am picking up my C350e tomorrow! The wait is over!

 

[Dodgy]

Has anyone else noticed that when their car is locked and you don't have your keys on you, that if you brush past the car, well door handles I suspect, the car starts making funny noises?

Nope. Do you have keyless entry? Or whatever it’s called...

 

[Jeddy]

Nope. Do you have keyless entry? Or whatever it’s called...

Yes. It is like the car detects I'm there so starts doing its things, but at the same time knows I don't have a key so doesn't unlock the car.

 

[rossyb]

My 350e is 19 months old with 33k and I just got 'Auxiliary Battery Malfunction' message, it's a lease car so got AA to take it to dealers, service dept. say the hybrid battery pack has failed and they are awaiting a new one from Germany which should arrive next week. The dealer had no courtesy cars available (need to book 2 weeks in advance!) so Leasplan got me a Toyota CHR hire car which is a bit of fun. Rather a short life expectancy on my battery could start costing the manufacturers a lot of money if they prove to be unreliable?