Hi all,
Little intro as it's my first post. Just purchased a new C300d AMG-Line Premier as a replacement for my Audi A4 3.0 (218 Quattro) which is now over 3 years old. First impressions of the car are pretty good, it looks nice, drives well, and obviously the tech is a little more up to date. Couple of problems which I'm having to have it booked into the dealers for next week - the top few inches of the rear screen don't de-mist with the heater and the metal trim on the boot lid is coming off at one side. A bit dissapointing for a new car, but hopefully will get it sorted. Booking into the dealers was a nightmare though - Mercedes of Blackburn - endless amounts of time on hold, being told I'd be called back but wasn't etc. I ended up having to drive into the showroom and wait 20 minutes to see someone. Not the kind of customer service I'd expect - the Audi dealership over the road which I've used for the past 7 years have always been fantastic. So that's a bit of a shame. Only other things I miss is the Quattro drive and the Audi interior - the C class feels a bit cheap compared to the A4 - for example, the C Class has "fake" metal which is made of plastic around the knobs etc, whereas in the A4 that is actual aluminium. Also shutting the boot lid sounds really really "tinny" - you have to slam it somewhat else it bounces back up, but when you do, it sounds like it's made of thing sheet metal - i.e. just not "solid" construction.
But that aside, I do really like the car.
Anyway - the reason for this post is that I've noticed when the wipers are on and I switch off the engine, the wipers stay in whatever position they are at when I open the door - i.e. they don't return to a "parking position". Now this might be by design, but I really can't believe on a modern car that would be the case??
Just to be clear, this is the procedure I'm taking - which might be wrong somehow?? Heavy rain, and wipers on automatic (second setting).
- Reverse into a parking space.
- Press the "P" button to switch to Parking gear.
- Press engine start/stop button.
- At this point the wipers still work until you exit the car.
- When the wipers are mid-swipe, open the door. They stop right there halfway up the screen, and don't return to the bottom.
Is this right? Or am I missing something??
Little intro as it's my first post. Just purchased a new C300d AMG-Line Premier as a replacement for my Audi A4 3.0 (218 Quattro) which is now over 3 years old. First impressions of the car are pretty good, it looks nice, drives well, and obviously the tech is a little more up to date. Couple of problems which I'm having to have it booked into the dealers for next week - the top few inches of the rear screen don't de-mist with the heater and the metal trim on the boot lid is coming off at one side. A bit dissapointing for a new car, but hopefully will get it sorted. Booking into the dealers was a nightmare though - Mercedes of Blackburn - endless amounts of time on hold, being told I'd be called back but wasn't etc. I ended up having to drive into the showroom and wait 20 minutes to see someone. Not the kind of customer service I'd expect - the Audi dealership over the road which I've used for the past 7 years have always been fantastic. So that's a bit of a shame. Only other things I miss is the Quattro drive and the Audi interior - the C class feels a bit cheap compared to the A4 - for example, the C Class has "fake" metal which is made of plastic around the knobs etc, whereas in the A4 that is actual aluminium. Also shutting the boot lid sounds really really "tinny" - you have to slam it somewhat else it bounces back up, but when you do, it sounds like it's made of thing sheet metal - i.e. just not "solid" construction.
But that aside, I do really like the car.
Anyway - the reason for this post is that I've noticed when the wipers are on and I switch off the engine, the wipers stay in whatever position they are at when I open the door - i.e. they don't return to a "parking position". Now this might be by design, but I really can't believe on a modern car that would be the case??
Just to be clear, this is the procedure I'm taking - which might be wrong somehow?? Heavy rain, and wipers on automatic (second setting).
- Reverse into a parking space.
- Press the "P" button to switch to Parking gear.
- Press engine start/stop button.
- At this point the wipers still work until you exit the car.
- When the wipers are mid-swipe, open the door. They stop right there halfway up the screen, and don't return to the bottom.
Is this right? Or am I missing something??