I've had my car a good long time now, since November in fact and been a "lurker" in here but want to contribute more
In terms of the pre-entry - from what I've seen it simply choose whatever your last AC settings are when it enables itself, so if you have your car set to 21 it will come on and go to 21 for you. So in theory if you wanted to you could have your car cool in the winter and hotter in the summer if you really (really) wanted to - yet just pre-acclimatises your car based on current settings, pre-heat is a misnomer because you can use it in the summer to chill your car also if you have temps set low from the previous trip say... it works really well.
The only thing I bloody wish it would do is have a schedule, as in Monday-Friday, have it on, Sat-Sun, off. Also wish it could remember it's settings, it forgets them the second you have set, so you need to remember to "reset" it each nite from the app. That wouldn't normally be a problem, but if I park in a particular way on my drive the signal is terrible and I can't sometimes contact it from Internet - so being able to pre-programme it, and have named schedules would be amazing - possibly future software update...!
Is there a way of not having the passsenger seat heating come on? If I get into the car on a cold morning both heated seats are on, and I would like to set it to just mine. I could RTFM, but it's easier to ask on here.
That's unfortunate Simon. Like you it's my first Merc after 3 Beema's on the spin. This one has been by far the best screwed together for working straight out the box with no rattles or squeaks to resolve. At least 2 of the beema's have driven me mad till I've sorted all the niggles out, usually 18 months, in the end once sorted they've been good too it's only fair to say. I'd put pressure on your dealership to resolve all the issues. Not sure where you stand re: rejecting the car if unhappy, much harder if it's a lease car. Honest John website has good advice on these matters. Best of luck in sorting.
Yep, I just got an Ecotricity card too. Used it on the Motorway 3 days before their announcement to 'charge for charging'. Doh! One glimmer of hope, you mention IKEA, you will still be able to charge for free there as they are only medium/ slow speed chargers. It's their fast charge network that they have introduced charging on, which is all their motorway network plus some more. Enjoy the free juice still at IKEA for now.
