OP
OP
AMGry Man
Member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2010
- Messages
- 59
- Location
- Solihull, West Midlands
- Car
- Present: C250 CGI AMG Sport Coupe, Previous: C250 CDI AMG Sport Coupe (1 yr), C32 AMG Estate (5yrs)
Thanks for keeping the thread going, I am enjoying the interest and hope that my experience assists anyone similarly going through this exciting process!
I'll take some pics of the back seats and the Becker Map Pilot in action (not back seat action!); there's a couple of very helpful vids on You Tube too (again not back seat action!).
In the meantime, check out my earlier post about the pain of 'lack' of Comand on page 1 of the thread.
On the same afternoon of collecting brochure I ended up buying a 125 Edition of this car in white, same heated seats, panoramic and auto spec but which came with Comand (free of charge on 125 Edition); I changed my mind the next day to go with my silver one as it was in fact £8k cheaper for a 6 month old car so you can see why I'd live without Comand!
Anyway, and I'm not just saying this to make myself feel better, but I cannot see what real benefits Comand can bring as a £2k option over and above standard car fitted with the Becker Map Pilot. My MP3 player plugs in the USB and I get all tracks and albums listed on the screen as I do with the Sat Nav of the BMP (and in the instrument binnacle) which is also voice activated! All telephone contacts and functions are simply bluetoothed to the screen and binnacle too (but not voice activated)
The car I test drove had Comand and I recall the screen was just slightly larger (not that it needs to be as it could be deemed distracting enough); the other benefits of Comand is that it has a hard drive so you can download whatever onto it so you arent inconvenienced by having to transport your MP3 player in the massive centre armrest unit. If you want to pay Mr Vodafone another £40 per month, with Comand you can insert a SIM card and surf the interweb! (presumably only when car is stationary)
Sure, if its free take the Comand but not having it is no-way near the 'hairshirt' that it used to be before this new gen was available. For sure, the set up I have (the standard audio, bluetooth, with BMP) is way superior to the full Comand I enjoyed in my C32 AMG Estate. If I were speccing a new car, I'd use the £2k Comand cost on other luxuries, no question about it.
BTW, before buying this car I test drove an 11 month old VW Golf GTI (210bhp) with DSG; 3dr, red, , telephone dial wheels - what a great car. Mrs AMGry Man was not so keen, her and the 2 children in the 'back of a van' (privacy glass) The prices the stealers (yep Listers) quoted were mental; monthly payments on purchase plan were £458! I told them that I could buy a new E Coupe for less per month and duly left them to it....
A very Happy New Year to the friendly MB Club community!
I'll take some pics of the back seats and the Becker Map Pilot in action (not back seat action!); there's a couple of very helpful vids on You Tube too (again not back seat action!).
In the meantime, check out my earlier post about the pain of 'lack' of Comand on page 1 of the thread.
On the same afternoon of collecting brochure I ended up buying a 125 Edition of this car in white, same heated seats, panoramic and auto spec but which came with Comand (free of charge on 125 Edition); I changed my mind the next day to go with my silver one as it was in fact £8k cheaper for a 6 month old car so you can see why I'd live without Comand!
Anyway, and I'm not just saying this to make myself feel better, but I cannot see what real benefits Comand can bring as a £2k option over and above standard car fitted with the Becker Map Pilot. My MP3 player plugs in the USB and I get all tracks and albums listed on the screen as I do with the Sat Nav of the BMP (and in the instrument binnacle) which is also voice activated! All telephone contacts and functions are simply bluetoothed to the screen and binnacle too (but not voice activated)
The car I test drove had Comand and I recall the screen was just slightly larger (not that it needs to be as it could be deemed distracting enough); the other benefits of Comand is that it has a hard drive so you can download whatever onto it so you arent inconvenienced by having to transport your MP3 player in the massive centre armrest unit. If you want to pay Mr Vodafone another £40 per month, with Comand you can insert a SIM card and surf the interweb! (presumably only when car is stationary)
Sure, if its free take the Comand but not having it is no-way near the 'hairshirt' that it used to be before this new gen was available. For sure, the set up I have (the standard audio, bluetooth, with BMP) is way superior to the full Comand I enjoyed in my C32 AMG Estate. If I were speccing a new car, I'd use the £2k Comand cost on other luxuries, no question about it.
BTW, before buying this car I test drove an 11 month old VW Golf GTI (210bhp) with DSG; 3dr, red, , telephone dial wheels - what a great car. Mrs AMGry Man was not so keen, her and the 2 children in the 'back of a van' (privacy glass) The prices the stealers (yep Listers) quoted were mental; monthly payments on purchase plan were £458! I told them that I could buy a new E Coupe for less per month and duly left them to it....
A very Happy New Year to the friendly MB Club community!
