the_big_1

Hi Guys,


On my C63s Saloon, I can select Drive or Neutral no problem.
On press of the gear shifter and its there.
With reverse how ever, seems to be very hit or miss?
If in drive, I press once, Neutral, again, still neutral!
Can be two or three more presses until reverse is selected.
Anyone else have this?

5ilver-5urfer

I've noticed this a few times but it's mainly when the car is still very slightly rolling forward and I quickly blip Reverse. Has this happened even when the car isn't rolling forward slightly and you press and hold up on the gear shifter?

the_big_1

Sometimes it could be rolling but hardly enough to see it.
I find myself clicking up a few times, then holding it up for a few seconds before it selects it.

5ilver-5urfer

I feel you - I have the same issue with selecting park. I've had several instances where I've blipped park and it didn't engage until I held the button for a second.

sean1.8t

You hit park? What are you, a caveman?

I just hit the "stop" button and open the door. Boom, outta there!

5ilver-5urfer

sean1.8t, you're my hero

msd3075

I always select Park as soon as the car is stopped/parked in it's final location. I do it mainly from a safety standpoint; I know the car isn't going to roll/lurch/move when I'm not expecting it to.

I understand Park is automatically selected when you cut the ignition, but I never shut the car off until I'm exiting the vehicle. It's those few seconds between stopping/parking and exiting that I want to make sure the car isn't going anywhere.

mozy

Every. Damn. Time. Trying to do a 3-point turn, jam it ALL the way up thinking that did it, then BOOM loud revs and nothing. I know I'm stopped all the way. This thing is maddening.

RPM99

I really really want to get this car. However, with the gear selector where it is and the weight of the car (nearly 4000 lbs), I think I'm going to go with the M2.

Hopefully Mercedes puts the gear selector back on the console in the next generation and shaves off some lbs as well. Just can't see myself living with these things on a daily basis and hard to justify the price premium. Also, why does the coupe weigh more than the sedan? Isn't a coupe supposed to be more agile and tossable?

RDOCA

I thought the way you do before I bought the car but now if I could choose where to put it I would choose exactly where it is.
Best position possible in my estimation.
Also no problem choosing reverse.
the M2 is a nice car but does not come close to the interior quality or power or great sound of the C63S.

MarkC63

I thought the gear selector was odd when I did a test drive. Now I find cars with the traditional gear selector odd. So much easier to reverse out of a car park and select drive without having to take your hands off the wheel.

BallzOne

Is everyone on the forum too young to remember that all(most) cars had the same stalk shifter location a few decades ago? Then they started going console mounted. Now they're back where they were.

GEARS5

Park is not automatically selected when you cut the ignition... not until you open the door.

GEARS5

"Three on the tree" before they came out with "Four on the floor"

PR2000

My wife told me the other day that her grandfather had a car like that... back in style!

PR2000

Wow four on the floor... need to listen to that song now I use to love a decade ago

Lionel_Hutz

Only if you don't have the keyless start option, which will engage P when you turn off the key.

I'm trying to keep myself in the habit of always selecting P even though the W205 is idiot-proof. After a few weeks of driving my C43 I got out of our Touareg with the ignition off but the transmission left in drive. Big no-no.

the_big_1

Yeah I have the same, I pull up at work, select reverse to park just noise.
It seems I have press up once for neutral, press again for reverse.
But when in reverse, only one once for R to D.

sean1.8t

Same here. I really didn't like the gear selector on the column. About a week into it I completely changed my opinion on it. I LOVE the column shifter (also never had an issue selecting any gears with it). I hate driving cars with the center console shifter. It seems like such a waste of space for an automatic car to have a fake stick down there.

I'm afraid to give up the column shifter on any future cars.

GEARS5

You have to push the selector ALL the way up past the first resistance point to get Reverse... works every time.