advans

Guys, on a slight slanted road, if you guys put the car in Winter or Cold setting, would it still go up? I use this button as a foot rest =] sometimes i hate stepping on the brakes on the way to school, 8 something in the morning...wondering what u guys think?

swale

have no idea what your tryin to say in this question, it makes no sense??????

either that or I must be thick

JohnCL

I'm confused as well. Foot rest?

E55AMG99

I think what he is trying to say is that when he puts the transmission control switch in Winter or Comfort mode, the car will not creep forward and thus allows him to remove his foot from the brake pedal to give it some much needed rest.

What do I think?

r3v1ls

First people complain about the clutch being too much work, thus the majority of the cars are auto's. And now it's the break pedal being too much work , at this rate, soon we won't need to drive, the cars are gonna do it all for us!

E55AMG99

They can always buy an SMG or other automatic clutch gearbox.

clkcadet

just downshift!!

btw is it ok to switch between C mode and S mode if the car is in drive, or in movement? i hit it by accident while driving like 10 mph

blkc230k

the reason the car will not move forward in C setting is because they car is in 2nd gear... the driver ratio is greater, therfore the car wont roll forward unless you give a gas

integlikewhoa

Ahhhh YESSS! and where might buy one of these cars you talk about? Lazy sounds good to me right now. LOL

Ohh and i thought Benz's take off in 2nd under light accel anyways? Only downshift to 1st if you step ont he pedal harder then normal when taking off. Atleast thats what i thought. Correct me if im wrong here tho.

r3v1ls

Well the new S-Class has this new Cruise Control w/ braking system (i forget all their crazy names for systems). Anyways i read that it should be able to make the car come to a complete stop, and then have it go again. This only being applied to straight roads like freeways.

integlikewhoa

Your talking about distronic and it can only apply 20% of brakeing force. SO your right we are almost there. Hey might as well have parktronic parallel park for us. And maybe soon we will have Autotronic. An autopilot for the car. LOL
Damn i guess until then ill have the wife drive. LOL

Kar don

nope hes talking about the hold feature.

advans

Lolss let the wifey drive...letting my gf drive is the scariest thing that ever happens to me...she almost ran into a parked pathfinder...lolsss shes better off driving the S40

E55AMG99

Too bad it's not available in the US.

integlikewhoa

Are you talking about what r3v1ls quoted me on? or the orginal post? I was calling distronic in regards to:

CarlsbadKmprssr

"S-classes equipped with optional Distronic Plus cruise control go beyond the standard car's safety features with a short-range radar system that "looks" at an area closer to the front of the vehicle than the long-range radar used by the cruise control. Information from the short-range system is used to increase the effectiveness of the brake-assist system (brake assist adds braking power in emergency situations, when most drivers apply insufficient pedal pressure) by adding brake pressure even faster when the radar senses objects in front of the vehicle. In cruise mode, the S-class will now come to a complete stop if traffic does and will start up again on its own."

-from Car and Driver;

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=9828

r3v1ls

Thanks Carlsbad! That's exactly where i read it from. Pretty cool how far technology has come isn't it? I just hope mercedes won't have their usual "bugs" in the new S-Class... specially with a system like that.

integlikewhoa

Well all be damned. UMMMMM........ well im speachless. I guess its here i just need to rob a bank so i can get me one of those. LOL

CE750

I don't think it's too good for the torque converter to do that, but I could be wrong. Seems like the entire weight of the car is on it, combined with no airflow from motion, could cause pre-mature wear.