You can only run the self update within a fixed period of the maps being new or something. Cant remember the details now as I looked into it in January but "within 3 months" of it being new springs to mind. I failed to update it anyway...
Mikep2
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I have used the Mercedes me app to create a route which can then be sent to the car.
From the map screen tap Add Favourite > enter the postcode > then search > tap on address then done.
The address should then be showing on app screen, tap the address and the route will be displayed, then ‘send address to my vehicle’ shows at the bottom of screen.
When Sat Nav is started in the car you can then send the address to vehicle.
Personally I do feel that Mercedes are very overrated when it comes to economy. They are nice to drive and comfortable, but the economy is a joke.
Anyway, I’ve spoken to many Mercedes specialists and they all told me that they don’t know much about the c350e.
Rather than cut corners, I have booked the car with Mercedes Waltham Abbey branch for Thursday 19th December. No idea what they are like, especially after my experience with Loughton and Stratford branches.
The cost for a diagnostic is £202.80. My weekly wage is £300 after tax so I’m going to struggle for another week.
When they find out what’s wrong and if the repairs are going to cost thousands of pounds, I’ll have no choice but to trade the car in for a Ford or VW.
QUOTE="CaptainChaos, post: 2830683, member: 122698"]I do.
There is something wrong with your car. We have said that from the moment you started posting. Your car will not miraculously mend itself. All that will happen is you will keep burning money on fuel and you will get more and more annoyed with it. Then you will sell it and tell everyone that Mercedes cars are shit.
Alternatively, you could ask for a recommendation for a specialist in your area, ask them to check the car out and mend it.
Choice is yours.
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Anyway, I’ve spoken to many Mercedes specialists and they all told me that they don’t know much about the c350e.
Rather than cut corners, I have booked the car with Mercedes Waltham Abbey branch for Thursday 19th December. No idea what they are like, especially after my experience with Loughton and Stratford branches.
The cost for a diagnostic is £202.80. My weekly wage is £300 after tax so I’m going to struggle for another week.
When they find out what’s wrong and if the repairs are going to cost thousands of pounds, I’ll have no choice but to trade the car in for a Ford or VW.
QUOTE="CaptainChaos, post: 2830683, member: 122698"]I do.
There is something wrong with your car. We have said that from the moment you started posting. Your car will not miraculously mend itself. All that will happen is you will keep burning money on fuel and you will get more and more annoyed with it. Then you will sell it and tell everyone that Mercedes cars are shit.
Alternatively, you could ask for a recommendation for a specialist in your area, ask them to check the car out and mend it.
Choice is yours.
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CaptainChaos
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Good luck with it. I hope they can sort it out. It sounds like something on the engine side is not right. Someone earlier on mentioned a lambda sensor and that would make a lot of sense. Do not dismiss the economy based on your one very poor experience. However if you are watching costs, I'm afraid you have picked a massively complicated car to be running out of warranty.
If you do get rid of it and want a reliable and economical car you need to look at Japanese or Korean cars with a petrol engine, or a hybrid setup like a Toyota. I wouldn't go for a Ford or VW.
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I’d certainly prefer to be able to do the updates myself. As your car is only on second service, then it should still be under the initial 3 year warranty...so “up to” 3 map updates included at no extra cost. Trick is finding a dealer willing to do it.
I was looking at a manual diesel. For some reason, I’ve always had problem with automatics.
I’ll let everyone know what happens next Thursday.
It’s a lovely car to drive and my car has all the extras, but driving light footed and getting 18mpg on town and 38mpg on the motorway is very poor.
I’ll let everyone know what happens next Thursday.
It’s a lovely car to drive and my car has all the extras, but driving light footed and getting 18mpg on town and 38mpg on the motorway is very poor.
CaptainChaos
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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 temperature, to 30 mpg+.
I got into the car yesterday after my wife had done a 6 mile journey from fully charged. I’m not sure how much of the battery she’d used because she plugged it in afterwards, but 24mpg - how is that possible?
I did 30 miles more, mostly at a brisk 70mph using all the battery and only managed to get it up to 40mpg. It’s not a great time of year for economy. I tried doing the first few miles without air-con and the battery lasted way longer than it would normally do. Not something I’d inflict on a passenger though.
I did 30 miles more, mostly at a brisk 70mph using all the battery and only managed to get it up to 40mpg. It’s not a great time of year for economy. I tried doing the first few miles without air-con and the battery lasted way longer than it would normally do. Not something I’d inflict on a passenger though.
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 mix of motorway & country roads and not hanging around. Just saying to show how the fuel consumption can vary so much. Just because it can be drastically poor like I've shown today is just the way these cars are. Today's journey was half mile uphill from stone cold then flatfish.
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I suspect there’s also a bit of an effect from driving one of these things that makes us obsess about mpg! In previous vehicles, I would make a note of mpg every time I filled up, just as a check really. Now, every few hundred yards gets assessed.
Masterstein
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100% agree with that lol. My snap from earlier, Leics to Brighton starting 100%.
Not sure if it's good or bad but I'm happy with it! Would have been nice to have hit 50 but for a long trip I'm happy. Bearing in mind I only get about 6 miles at the minute on electric, I bet Mercedes would claim its driven 47 miles electric alone [emoji23]
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CaptainChaos
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I might be a lone voice on this, but I think the results you have there show why we shouldn't get so obsessed with the electric only range from a cold start. There is no way you could have done that journey in a conventional (non-hybrid) car and had the engine off for 47 miles!
Overall that's a pretty decent mpg for a car of this size and performance.
Mikep2
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Beginning to think the same way after a month of driving mine. Charged it to 100% last night showing 14 mile range. Dropped to 13 overnight, pressed ignition this morning dropped to 12, down to 11 after driving about a quarter mile.
Journey ended as shown below with me thinking what a great piece of engineering this vehicle is
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Masterstein
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I wouldn't even be able to achieve this in the summer let alone the winter.
My best in the summer is 8 miles and 6 miles in the winter, and that is why it's booked in (again) to Mercedes.
That said, it's still a great car, would just be lovely to have a better range.
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elgonView
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I have only ever managed 48mpg once, and ironically that was in sport mode. Apart from that one time, I get a maximum of 37mpg over 60,000 miles of driving this car. I won't be getting another one.
wrighty senior
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I am an ex-350e owner now (C300d replaced it) but I think that anyone that is 'worrying' about the fuel economy of a C350e has completely missed the point of its intention. It was designed to be a high performance car that 'cheated' the CO2 ratings. That is why, when the European CO2 rating system was changed, they had to redesign the Hybrid model (to increase the EV capability). I think Sraj has a technical problem - and I really sympathise. But for everyone else I suggest you just accept that the laws of physics confirm that you will not get 300bhp and 0-60 times in under 6seconds with good fuel economy. I did almost 80,000miles in mine. Only charged it in the evenings. Did a mix of long distance (100+ miles) motorway journeys and 40mile commutes and it averaged 42mpg (measured by brimming the tank) which I felt was excellent considering the fact that I thrashed it everywhere! By the way, the brimming the tank measurements for mpg gave almost identical results to the on-board computer.
CaptainChaos
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I agree with wrighty senior.
My previous car was a 320d with all the Efficient Dynamic bits, including electric radiator grills, aerodynamic 16" directional wheels(!) and all sorts of fuel saving gizmos. Average mpg was low 40s for my usage. 163bhp, 0-60 8'ish.
C350e estate - currently showing 45.6mpg average over the last 13,000 miles.
My previous car was a 320d with all the Efficient Dynamic bits, including electric radiator grills, aerodynamic 16" directional wheels(!) and all sorts of fuel saving gizmos. Average mpg was low 40s for my usage. 163bhp, 0-60 8'ish.
C350e estate - currently showing 45.6mpg average over the last 13,000 miles.