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LolololololCare to explain ?
I’ve owned Audi, VW, Mercedes and BMW
I’m still exactly the same person - the cars haven’t changed me.
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LolololololCare to explain ?
I’ve owned Audi, VW, Mercedes and BMW
I’m still exactly the same person - the cars haven’t changed me.
It still boggles my mind that MB don’t have profiles tied to the keys. My 2006 Jeep has that feature, my 2016 C350e? nope.
Good luck with the BMW, hope it treats you well.
That’s just a button relocation. The option to tie it to a key seems to be the one some people want.
Can't say you haven't been loyal to the Merc brand, so enjoy your new motor.Upfront I need to say I have had 6 Mercedes from new - needless to say I have always been very happy with them. I have had 2 CLK’s, an E Class Coupe, a CLS, a C350e and an E350e.
I wanted to change my E350e for a new E300e but Merc couldn’t deliver within 8 months and I couldn’t live with that. I went with a new BMW 530e M Sport. The £ 10k discount was the same on both cars. BMW delivery was 3 months even allowing for loads of options.
In order to provide the best px for my E350e the BMW dealer provided a free 530e ‘loaner’ for 2 weeks. Due to the excessive delivery period Merc weren’t able to provide any px value and they didn’t really want the car and said I would probably get a better deal from WeBuyAnyCar !
One of the frustrations with Merc was that they have really reduced the options available on the E Class. I wanted the same options on the E300e as the E300e but the hud & the massage seats weren’t available and the colour and interior options were restricted.
In the past I have found the Merc delivery period frustrating - no real updates from the dealer, I had to keep asking them where in the process we were (last 2 cars were months late). BMW send you emails informing where you are in the process. They kept to the original delivery date.
Having driven the 530e for a week the difference in technology is immense. Ignoring the different driving capabilities as they are aimed at different drivers. Just a few examples of other differences - the BMW has driver profiles which means each key sets everything for different drivers, you sit ‘in’ rather than ‘on’ the seats, the seats are more adjustable, the voice control is superb, the sat nav is far more informative, adaptive suspension (rather than Merc’s air suspension) reads the road ahead and current driving style, the consumption is much better, the hud is superior and the app is more user friendly.
I am sad to have left the Mercedes fold but in my case they have lost a lot of the reasons why I have bought 6 cars from them in the past
Goodbye
With MBUX that we have on A, B, CLA, GLC, GLE, GLS you now have driver profiles that are selected on the screen. That’ll be coming to E Class at facelift in the spring
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not sure how the semi autonomous systems can be better if the car cant brake itself when a speed is set
but I stand by my thinking that if the e class cant offer a HUD or massaging seats then it is a bit disappointment. it will be hard to argue that the 5 series will be more comfortable for passengers, the E class is immense but from a driver's enjoyment perspective, the 5 series will be the pick. BMW generally give their cars great 50 50 front to rear balance and a superior driver focus (AMGs aside )
JBD. That really is my point ...... coming at the facelift months ahead. BMW treat their 5 Series as a junior 7 and pass down all the ‘tech’ to it first, Merc seem to have decided that the E Class should come after the A, B, CLA - cars circa 50% of the cost of an optioned E Class. I so much wanted remain with Mercedes but their offering on the E is nowhere near as good as BMW have on the 5.With MBUX that we have on A, B, CLA, GLC, GLE, GLS you now have driver profiles that are selected on the screen. That’ll be coming to E Class at facelift in the spring
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JBD. That really is my point ...... coming at the facelift months ahead. BMW treat their 5 Series as a junior 7 and pass down all the ‘tech’ to it first, Merc seem to have decided that the E Class should come after the A, B, CLA - cars circa 50% of the cost of an optioned E Class. I so much wanted remain with Mercedes but their offering on the E is nowhere near as good as BMW have on the 5.
All I can say to that is that luckily not all manufacturers think like that and are happy to provide the options that buyers want, rather than dictated to by ‘packages’. How are the sales doing on the E & S Class ?That’s simply down to when the models changed. NTG5.5 was launched on E Class, which then filtered down. Thinking of it logically, surely the compact cars have drivers of the younger and more connected type anyway, so it’s only logical
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here is a snapshot of European sales of the E and the 5 series from the same site, car sales. Each model has their pros and cons and sales volumes are similar.All I can say to that is that luckily not all manufacturers think like that and are happy to provide the options that buyers want, rather than dictated to by ‘packages’. How are the sales doing on the E & S Class ?
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