When I bought this car I did something very stupid and that was up until yesterday, when I picked the car up, I had not only never driven or even sat in one of these but I had not even seen one in the flesh. Luckily for me its all worked out ok
So first impressions.....
- The sound on start up
- Its bigger than I though but seems to shrink around you when driving.
- The engine is awesome, I'm following the recommended break-in instructions but even so it rapid for a 2 ton SUV
- The one thing that overshadows the engine (at least until it's run in) are the brakes, they are mighty and they completely disguise the weight of the car
- The handling is good (only tried comfort mode) even with the 21 inch wheels, the rides pretty supple and the road noise isn't too bad.......unless you are on a concrete motorway and then you will want to kill yourself its so noisy
- Interior is nice, leather (both real and man-made) feels nice and the stitching all lines up, and the performance seats are not as uncomfortable as they look (thank god)
- Gadgets, Driving assist -
- Crazy, I dare anyone not to get behind the wheel of a car that is steering and braking all by itself and not be freaked out by it,
- 360 camera - Cool, all cars should have this, makes parking a doddle
- Head Up Display - Good, but then I'm a fan of HUD's, just needs more configurable options, and that's what kept frustrating again and again about the electronic stuff in the car, its good but its just not as configurable as the same tech in say a BMW (go into the settings for the surround sound system in a high end BMW and compare with the 3 settings you get with the Burmester in the Merc
- There's more but I'll cover those of when I've spent more time with them
Like I said, luckily for me I have not found anything about the car that I don't like or would have stopped me buying it.
Things I wish I had ordered, well there are 2, the tow bar, I didn't get it because it messes up the look of the rear valance (oh vanity
) but will probably miss it, the other is the performance exhaust, now this I didn't order because I'm 50 years old and not some kid in a Corsa with a dummy dump valve ..........until I got in the car then suddenly I am that kid and I want it to pop and bark and crackle
Now I just need to finish the first 1000 miles so I can up the rev limit (should be done next week
) and a further 800 miles so I can book it in for a diff oil change that will open up the full Race settings including launch control
I'll give an update after the first 1000 have been done, any questions feel free to ask
Cheers
Paul
