While I really love my new C class, which is a cut above my old Mondeo 4.5 powershift, there are somethings where the Mondeo was far superior. I won’t include interior and boot space in my list as it was my choice to pick a smaller car so here is my list of items where I have been left wanting.
1 Very easy to lock the car keys in the boot. Just unlock the boot with the key fob but if I leave the key in the boot while loading it and then close the boot without unlocking the car first there is no way into the car or the boot. I just know I am going to do this at some point.
2 The sound quality of the radio is very poor and not as good as the Mondeo. With the MY 16 build MB removed the option of a stand alone Burmester.
3 No scan function where the radio plays a few seconds of each available station.
4 No single touch keys to play presets. Now I have to go through menus to achieve something that I could do in less than a second.
5 No heated front windscreen. Ford windscreens defrost in seconds now it is out with the ice scraper so it is back to the ice age.
6 I can’t talk to the car to change temperatures, radio stations and a dozen other things etc… so now more mucking around with menus.
7 It was impossible to misfuel a Mondeo which didn’t need a fuel cap but now it is a possibility.
8 Not only does the car not come with even a space saver spare wheel there is no provision to take one either. I just find it bizarre they make the recess square to take a collapsible crate rather than round to take a wheel.
:fail
9 The position of the electric handbrake is really bad. It would have been much better if it was on the centre console. Yes it will auto engage and release if certain conditions are met but where I park it needs too much accelerator to release it so I have to fumble for the button. In fact I can’t really link of a worse position where it has been put and it doesn’t even light up in the dark.
:fail
10 I think it won’t be long before the information screen is integrated back into the dash when the car is updated. I think it was a bold move to place it where they did but it does nothing for the cars interior.
11 I miss the rear window wiper. OK the old car was a hatchback and saloons don't have them but it was really handy for clearing the rear screen.
12 The piano black console is a nightmare to keep clean and shows every touch of a finger.
Despite my list the car is fabulous so there is no going back. :bannana:
1 Very easy to lock the car keys in the boot. Just unlock the boot with the key fob but if I leave the key in the boot while loading it and then close the boot without unlocking the car first there is no way into the car or the boot. I just know I am going to do this at some point.
2 The sound quality of the radio is very poor and not as good as the Mondeo. With the MY 16 build MB removed the option of a stand alone Burmester.
3 No scan function where the radio plays a few seconds of each available station.
4 No single touch keys to play presets. Now I have to go through menus to achieve something that I could do in less than a second.
5 No heated front windscreen. Ford windscreens defrost in seconds now it is out with the ice scraper so it is back to the ice age.
6 I can’t talk to the car to change temperatures, radio stations and a dozen other things etc… so now more mucking around with menus.
7 It was impossible to misfuel a Mondeo which didn’t need a fuel cap but now it is a possibility.
8 Not only does the car not come with even a space saver spare wheel there is no provision to take one either. I just find it bizarre they make the recess square to take a collapsible crate rather than round to take a wheel.
:fail
9 The position of the electric handbrake is really bad. It would have been much better if it was on the centre console. Yes it will auto engage and release if certain conditions are met but where I park it needs too much accelerator to release it so I have to fumble for the button. In fact I can’t really link of a worse position where it has been put and it doesn’t even light up in the dark.
:fail
10 I think it won’t be long before the information screen is integrated back into the dash when the car is updated. I think it was a bold move to place it where they did but it does nothing for the cars interior.
11 I miss the rear window wiper. OK the old car was a hatchback and saloons don't have them but it was really handy for clearing the rear screen.
12 The piano black console is a nightmare to keep clean and shows every touch of a finger.
Despite my list the car is fabulous so there is no going back. :bannana:
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