Does the 2005 C230ss show the cruise control display with the actual speed you are cruising at inthe message center. I currently am in a loaner 2006 C230ss, when I engaged the cruise control there was a display in the message center showing my speed. Is this new for 2006?

I've never seen it on mine, maybe I haven't scrolled to the right screen... Which screen does it say it at? The one that tells you average speed/mpg/time/etc?

you must be in the digital speedo page.

i think so too. if it looks like this (0 Mph) then it's not something new for 2006.

that's ur fuel consumption page. The digital speedo page is in the main mileage pages unless you guys don't have that.

I spoke to the dealership and they told me it was new for the 2006 models. It was a nice feature because you actually knew when your cruise control was on.and the speed it was set at. I can never tell if my cruise is on until i let go of the gas, no light, no nothing to let us know if it on.

that's pretty cool, I'm wondering if Steve can activate that...

If indeed real then I love it since I use the CC everyday to and from work and have to flip to the digital speedo page...

yup it's new. i noticed the same thing too when i had my 06 loaner last month.

nice feature.

I had an '05 C240 for a short time and now have an '06 C280. The '05 didn't have it and the '06 does. Clearly, a feature they added for '06. On mine, once you engage the CC, the display returns to wherever I had it before. When the CC is engaged, there is no other indication that it is working other than my foot is not on the accelerator. I believe the speed showing in the lower portion of the info center is a user-changeable setting. On both the '05 and the '06, in the settings menu you can toggle that area between digital display of current speed and outside temperature.

Interesting... I cannot imagine living without this feature unless there was some other visual indicator that cruise is on.

I was initially also surprised that our MB's didn't show the cruise control status. The only MB we've had so far that showed it, was the '04 CLK320 cabriolet we had, and it showed it with a circular bar graph inside the speedometer.

However, when I thought about it, it's not really such a big deal. The cruise control stalk is the best interface I have ever used. Not like a lot of the other cars where you can switch on the CC but not have it actively controlling your speed (IIRC). So the question that I asked myself, and now to you, is:

"How would you drive differently if you had a CC indication?"

In my case, the answer was that in real terms it makes no difference to my driving on whether I have a CC indicator or not. I know my foot is off the gas, I know the system will deactivate the moment I touch the brakes, I can accelerate normally, etc.

Maybe it just boils down to what one is used to. We've never had non-MB cars with CC, so my only other experience with CC was with rental cars.

When you put it like that you do indeed have a point. We have other cars and I guess were just used to seeing the CC on light or text in the display... but like you said, it doesn't really make a difference in the way we drive. I think it's all in the mind... that said I'm glad that our '06 shows that CC is engaged by indicating the set speed.

can someone take a pic of this? I don't think my car does this and it's a 2006

yes i noticed this on my 2006 c280 loaner! it's a display page that pops up no matter which screen you are on, when you activate cruise control it briefly shows a screen that says "Cruise Control: 65 mph" or whatever speed you're going when you set it. i wonder if my 2005 can have this feature? i'm asking the dealership now.

I find it so funny that people need some sort of light to tell them the cruise is on! I always know when mine is on due to me activating it! I have only driven one car in my life that had a cruise idiot light on it. See I know the cruise is on because (1) I set it and (2) the car holds speed when I do not have my foot on the gas! How hard is this concept to figure out? Wow it seems we Americans need everything pointed out to us. Freakin ridiculous.

but if your hand bumps the stalk by accident or you want to know exactly what speed your cc is set to it's pretty useful.

OH - it's a brief screen - yeah mine does that too

I'm not 100% sure but I think I read in the manual that you can turn off the outside temperature display and have the CC speed in it's place and my car is a 2002 c-coupe.

I always use the digital MPH read out whenever I am using cruise control. When I use that, every increment I press the CC stock up or down will increase or decrease the speed per click (i.e. 3 clicks up will go directly to 68 mph from 65; Same thing, clicking down).