flycaster

Am I missing something, or has MB gone cheap? How come MB didn't put entry handles above the door opening for the 2017 coupe?

Tej7

Did you do any research before purchasing your car? Seems like you're always finding new things to complain about

auditoamg

Can we be nice please? The car is a brand new model car. I don't think many people would have caught this and assumed it would be in ANY car.


Flycaster: Interesting omission. I had no idea. My wife won't be thrilled either, as she has A.S., and getting in/out will be a challenge.

Tej7

I'm not trying to be rude, but many of OP's other threads contain concerns or complaints of the car, which just seems odd to me. You would think that one would thoroughly research/test out the car before buying, but maybe that's just me

auditoamg

Unfortunately, there's no way to fully research and vet this car before buying it, being as it was just released last year. For me, I couldn't even drive one before putting an order in because it was only ANNOUNCED and I bought based on pictures and spec sheets (C63 S Coupe).

There are always minor details that crop up as you drive the car that you either didn't notice, things break, or have issue with as the car breaks in that would be impossible to detect during initial drives, anyway, and here's where you come for advice. It took me almost 6 months to get really acclimated to my Audi S4, and I test drove the everloving F out of that car before purchasing it, and still found things during that initial six months that drove me insane. I ended up purchasing an Audi computer system called the Vag-Com so that I could modify the engineering/computer systems more to my liking, those settings I didn't have access to as a normal driver.

Unfortunately, it appears that we don't have that option as a W205/C205 driver easily. There is a thread I started about the Mercedes Star System that I'm awaiting more info, but it requires knowledge of German - LOL and it still might not give us too much access.

But I agree with both of you... Yes, you need to test drive, but you cannot possibly get 100% acclimated to a car in that short time and no car will make everyone 100% happy, even then....

:-)

flycaster

Yeah, I did plenty of research, but got to admit that the handles were under the radar. As for complaining, no excuses there...just calling them the way I see them.

Tej7

Fair enough, you have the right to be completely satisfied with your purchase, which unfortunately doesn't seem to be the case.

flycaster

Hey guy, either you are a troll or a huge MB fanboy who can't take valid criticism of MB. Or maybe a want-to-be mind reader... I'm very satisfied with my coupe. And, take note, as previously stated by others on this thread and neatly summed up by the late and great Rosanna Danna Danna (aka Gilda Radner): "It's always something..."

SpookyTheFirst

Yes, because I found then really difficult to close once fully opened. I believe the S680 already have them

Well I only rented one for 10 days (I have a W222), maybe I could get used to those buttons. At least the door handles are available in both old and new versions (according to wikipedia…)