flat6buster
Active Member
G'day Fast Boys (and girls) of the AMG lounge.
I am slowly coming round to thinking an E55K might just be the perfect all-rounder and present the opportunity for me to substantially reduce my 'fleet'.
I don't want to waste any garage's time though so I wonder if you could answer a nagging doubt/worry I have:
Every Mercedes I have had with flappy paddles/switches on the steering wheel has been a disappointment. They have been linked to the gearbox by string. Pull the paddle/button, the switch has a little thinkypoos, decides it might just send a message to the gearbox to swap cogs, the message is sent, drops off at a coffee shop en route for a latte, has a quick fag, then finally asks the gearbox if it minds swapping cogs. After a minute or so's umm-ing and aaah-ing something finally happens.
Now to date this has occurred on my 320 S211, 420ML, 500ML & my current dreadful E220 S212 that I hate with an undying passion. In fact the paddly/switch stuff is worse & slower than the tippy-toes-tronic on my old S210 E430 (now that was a nice car). OK these are not fast cars so I can just ignore the paddly things. However, on a 475bhp dual carriageway express, if I want to drop a cog or two; or, more likely, if I am coming into a bend fast and want a downshift, I want it now, not next week.
Do AMG reprogramme the shift patterns?
Thanks in anticipation.
I am slowly coming round to thinking an E55K might just be the perfect all-rounder and present the opportunity for me to substantially reduce my 'fleet'.
I don't want to waste any garage's time though so I wonder if you could answer a nagging doubt/worry I have:
Every Mercedes I have had with flappy paddles/switches on the steering wheel has been a disappointment. They have been linked to the gearbox by string. Pull the paddle/button, the switch has a little thinkypoos, decides it might just send a message to the gearbox to swap cogs, the message is sent, drops off at a coffee shop en route for a latte, has a quick fag, then finally asks the gearbox if it minds swapping cogs. After a minute or so's umm-ing and aaah-ing something finally happens.
Now to date this has occurred on my 320 S211, 420ML, 500ML & my current dreadful E220 S212 that I hate with an undying passion. In fact the paddly/switch stuff is worse & slower than the tippy-toes-tronic on my old S210 E430 (now that was a nice car). OK these are not fast cars so I can just ignore the paddly things. However, on a 475bhp dual carriageway express, if I want to drop a cog or two; or, more likely, if I am coming into a bend fast and want a downshift, I want it now, not next week.
Do AMG reprogramme the shift patterns?
Thanks in anticipation.