AMWebby

After careful consideration and an afternoon spent driving around seeing people craning their necks to see what the car is, I agree with you!

User110

Just curious and I know it's prolly somewhere in the pages here, but how much was that?

ALi

AMWebby

It cost me £275 including shipping.

fatmike

Pretty good looking, I would do it..but I like distronic too much

User110

FOR WHAAAAAAAAAT!

You can make the Distronic work, you'll just need to cut out a box and add something like the S class has.....


ALi

AMWebby

That's got me thinking:
1. Can you retrofit Distronic?
2. Is the Distronic sensor capable of being detached from the star and mounted elsewhere?

User110

1.) Yes
2.) yes but no where better than there. It might not do as well on the bottom grill.

ALi

fatmike

yea..too lazy

User110

I hear ya lol

ALi

AMWebby

Anybody got a how-to on retrofitting Distronic? That, Linguatronic and the fridge in the back seat are the only extras I don't have. Every CL I looked at with a fridge it was mankey, but Linguatronic and Distronic are definitely on my list of enhancements.

User110

Linguatronic? The **** is that, son?

As for the Disco, best bet is to have Steve do it for you and that isn't cheap but it isn't shabby work either.

ALi

AMWebby

Linguatronic is voice controlled COMAND.

I'm in the UK, where's Steve located?

User110

He's a Sponser here by the name of MBenzNL

He's from the Netherlands or somewhere but he's a global dude, always somewhere by someones request. I'm sure as hell positive he frequents your country so if you want it all that bad I'm sure he'll work out a deal for you.

Here is his Site..
LINK

Only person you can call when you need to add Factory stuff. Even your dealership pays him to do it lol.

ALi

AMWebby

Ah thanks. I am aware of Steve, having taken some advice from him before retrofitting my telephone system. Despite being based in Holland but seems to get over your side of the pond more than here. I've been pondering the usefulness, or otherwise, of Distronic. Anyone care to offer any observations?

User110

Doesn't help unless you ride road trips a lot

in my opinion

ALi

AMWebby

I do a lot of motorway and autobahn travel. I'm struggling to see the value there. I thought it would be more useful in traffic?

User110

Not sure, don't have it. When I was shopping for my car I asked about it and that was the response I got. Parktronic however I will not live without!

My Denali doesn't have it and I cry when I parallel park.

ALi

AMWebby

I'm with you on parking sensors. Cost me £150 when I backed into a bollard in a rental Audi without them.

WTF's a Denali? Sounds like a curry dish.

User110

ALi

AMWebby

Ah, it's a Canyonero.

calgary

I agree the Distronic is less useful on the Autobahn, but on long distance trips on US Interstate Highways and Canadian Highways - with much less traffic - it is very useful. It also helps avoid speeding tickets by locking onto a car in front of you, that is going over the speed limit.....

AMWebby

Nope, still don't get it. As I understand it Distronic measures the distance to the car in front and applies braking power if you are too close. How is that of value on a motorway unless the traffic is densely packed?

I'm even more confused by your speed trap technique. If you lock on to a car exceeding the speed limit surely you will be exceeding the limit too and thus just as likely to get caught?

fatmike

I use it all the time to pace other cars...it's not that hard to understand it's use

AMWebby

I understand how to use it. It's why you would use it in motorway conditions I struggle with. If the aim is not to exceed the speed limit surely cruise control is better?

I can see the value in heavy traffic, whether on a motorway or in town conditions, it's the references to using it on interstates with less traffic that puzzle me.

fatmike

It is cruise control....