Okay, now I understand. If I would have guessed at what you meant last night, I wouldn't have guessed right.

Anyway, that isn't any worse than revving it to redline and then shifting into the next gear. I have heard you say on numerous occasions that you like to floor your car often. So obviously you are taking it to redline. All you are doing here is taking it to redline and then letting off. The reason the acceleration is so good is because you are in the middle of the power band and you are getting all the torque that the car has pushing you forward. Instead of the torque building slowly from a stop, it is there immediately. So it feels much faster.

So to answer your question, no it isn't that bad for the car. Obviously the harder you run it, the faster the engine will wear out, but I wouldn't worry about that. If it is especially hard on anything, I would say maybe the transmission. I'm sure someone else can offer some advice on this, but it may be hard on the transmission to come off the power and then slam it down again.

My car is a stick, and if I am driving a twisty road, I hold the gears and accelerate towards a turn and leave the revs up real high without shifting, then slow down for the turn, and power back out of it. Your touchshift can do essentially the same thing.

 

Any other cool tricks? I like to hold the brake down and rev up the engine at the light but I don't get a good take off (its just fun to hear engine rev vs. the quiet cars behind me). You have any suggestions for better ways to **** off/get attention? I do plenty of stupid **** (like reverse 180s in Home Depot parking lots) or just driving in 4th gear real slow so it sounds like I got a twin-jet engine inside...

 

If you're going real slow, you're probably not in 4th gear. Just because the screen says 4 does not mean that you are in 4th gear.

 

But I am?! The RPM revs real high (thus the loud noise) but I am barely putting the pedal to tha metal.

 

I'm late to the thread

I think most people confuses the touchshift with speedshift. From what I know (correct me if i'm wrong thx) The touchshift will only shift to the lowest gear when from the stop. While the car is running you have to tap the lever to bring the gear down. For speedshift, when you hold on to the lever it will automatically downshift to the lowest possible gear for the speed. Both gearbox however will prevent downshift if the engine is running at high rpm.

this is experienced with my own car and my sister's CLK320 with touchshift. this would explain bajaiman's experience with his C200k running at 35 mph. when he held the lever it will only indicate "4" on the dash.

 

Well, if you're in 4th gear with the revs real high, then you're probably not going very slow. I think you would at least have to be going highway speeds to have the revs that high in 4th gear. Either you're not in 4th, or I'm just confused by what you're doing.


FrankW, I don't think speedshift changes what happens when you hold the lever. You still have touchshift on your car. Speedshift is just the software and I think either one will go to the lowest possible gear if you hold it. This is how I understand it, but I would have to test it to be sure.

 

If I am driving [fast] in 4th and then slow down while remaining in 4th, there's going to be loud engine noises, which is that sound telling you to switch gears. I'm no good with touch shift so I rarely use it unless I'm racing or messing around.

 

The only reason why i thought it would be that bad for the car is because i am going real slow and the RPM is at 3-4or even close to 5k for a couple seconds. The difference of this is different than floring the car in "D" because i am gaining speed and it keeps shifting. What i have been doing lately is been going slow and let the RPM stay high and not let them move for a couple seconds. I dont even think i will hit 50k miles on this car so i think it should last till then with alot of hard driving, and staying at High RPM alot.


I think what 02Impressor is trying to do is almost what i'm doing in first gear, I am going slow and the car is basicly scremaing. Which will only happen in a low gear, unless you are going at very high speeds.

 

Are you leasing the car as well, BlackC230Coupe?

 

yes, the C230 is leased, the CLK430 is bought.

 

Ah ok. See, I abuse the **** out of my car too such as flooring it at every green light or making sharp turns. I get the exclamation point in the yellow triangle all the time because I'm always revving the **** out of it and I presume you do too. At the rate I'm going, I don't even think I'll hit 10,000 miles by May (first year anniversary). I leased it for 39 months and got a crazy warranty for x amount of mileages that I won't ever reach. Whats your story?

 

did you varify this yet? I can't do it cuz my sister's not home right now...she went to Vegas

 

No, hopefully someone here with an automatic can do that. I have a manual.

 

Hey, if your car is leased and you have so much aftermarket mods don't you have to remove all of it IF you decide to return the car and not purchase it at the end of the lease?

 

Yes, most things you have to remove. But there are probably some things you don't have to worry about. I am not going to remove my window tint when I turn mine in. And unless I want to sell my pulley, I may not bother taking it off. I don't think the inspector will notice this.

If they do notice mods, does anyone know what happens then? Do they just tell you to remove them, or do they try to charge you something?

 

Hey 02 impressor. I live in north NJ about 20 mins from the city.

I beat my car too esp lite is on constantly. Its great having a lease. Warrenty service is A+ from mercedes. I love my car!

 

The dealer will likely bill you to return the car to stock condition.

 

speedshift and touch shift will both downshift to the lowest possible gear as your drving if you hold the lever to the left.


Even though u do have to return the car back to stock condition at the end of the lease, i would do it even if i diden't have to, that way i just sell all my aftermarket mods separetly.

i was actually hoping you knew the answer to this. Is there anyway for u to find out what they really do?

 

Well, now that I think about it, it probably depends on who is inspecting your car. There is always someone who inspects it before you turn it in. If you have something on your car that they don't like, you could probably just tell them that you will remove it before you turn it in and they will be fine with that. But again, it probably depends on how strict the person inspecting is.

I know I asked my sales manager once if I had to turn it in with the wheels it came with, and he said yes. I wanted to sell my C7's to get some 18's and I have the stock 16's for winter that I could turn it in with. But he said they would be looking for all the options to make sure they were there.

 

Who will be inspecting it before i turn it in? if thats hard to understand i mean when i return the car i will get to see the guy who is inspecting it? i was planning on turning it in and leaving and not being able to tell the guy i can take that or this thing off.

 

Dont get me wrong, the only way i can say my car is abused with is the speed issue. Other than that i dont let anyone come in my cars with food/drinks or let anyone smoke, i dont let my dogs in my car or even let people with dog hair on their cloths in my car. I even have to tell people where to shut the door from so they dont finger mark my car. Oh yeah, i personally wash and vacumm it 3 times a week and wipe the rims everyday. But other than going fast, i pamper my cars.:p

 

I actually don't know a whole lot about this. I have seen an inspector come to our dealer once to look at a salesman's car that he was turning in. I guess for everyone else, they come to your house and check it out. Maybe it depends on who you lease it through, but I think it always gets inspected, especially if you lease through MB credit corp. So yes, you will probably get to see this guy. Do you plan on removing all your mods first? If so, do it before it gets inspected instead of just before you turn it in. I think they do look for things like lowering springs, so get those outta there.

But I really don't know anything about this for sure. My lease will be up in 30 months and I probably won't know anything before then.

 

I will take everything off my car except for 3 things, 1. the black grille, 2. the red brake calipers, 3. tint.
i hope they dont care about those things, i also am putting the stock exhaust back on, and it will have to be welded, i hope if he looks under the car he wont care about that.

 

Well, the only thing I wonder about is the black grille. I don't think you'll have any problem at all with the calipers, tint, or exhaust. I guess worst case scenario is that you'll have to buy a replacement grille, but that shouldn't be too expensive. I would leave it go until the inspection though, it might get by.

 

it better, i think the grille is like 400$