young

for those of you still not convinced how great the panoramic moonroof truly is, i have this short story:

i leave a can of coke on the back half of the roof (temporarily of course while i get my keys out), get in the car and prepare to drive off... eileen looks up at the sky, "hey, what's that?" and i look up thru the large expanse of glass - doh!

tommy

Yeah, she noticed the same thing from the backseat of my car as well. :p

young

uhm, tommy, eileen is a guy (flash the Crying Game images)... (name is maculine in nordic/dutch) jk

Rick

:p {S doh}

MB-BOB

... and I thought this was going to be an enlightening thread!

jungleboy

I find it impossible to buy this car without the glassroof feature. What a rarity.

tommy

The new Mini has something similar. That car is so small, though, that it probably won't have such a big impact on the feel of the car.

MB-BOB - you should know better.

Notorious

I don't see the use for have a sun foof of any kind. If you are hot while driving turn on the AC or put down the window. You can't look at the sky while driving so that isn't a reason to get it. There isn't any more head room with the roof, plus unless you get a black C230 you will have a two tone car. I personaly like my car to be the same color on the whole thing. If its a nice day just put your window down and save the $1000.

tommy

And your point is?

Different likes for different tykes, I guess. I personally would NEVER get a car that did not have a sunroof option. That's the main reason why I don't have a wrx wagon. Not that it's a big part of the package, but the rain sensor is a really cool feature in its own right.

If you want to talk about a waste of money, there's one option that's a big one. I won't mention it, but it starts with "a u t o".

Rick

no, no, no....you've got it all wrong!

Owning a Mercedes is about owning a fine automobile. Consequently, it's also about image...
What better way to project that image than with a feature unlike anyone else's? Like the original t-tops of the '70's I'm sure it may grow old. But for now...The panarama roof has a curbside appeal like no other.

Notorious

I now see why I was a little worried about getting a MB because of all the snobs and their image that owned them. I didn't want to be associated with that stereo type. I got the car because it was what I wanted not for some image.

young

i guess not! i just wanted to tell a quick little funny (i hope) story but its turning into a flame war. snobs? mercedes? notorious, what were you thinking?

MB-BOB

Young, I was't commenting about your post. I thought it was funny. I leave things on my roof all the time, so I can relate. Besides, it's a unique topic. (Compared to reading for the 23rd time threads trashing the fiber-optic stereo system in our beautiful cars... that's just an example).

My comment related to how quickly the fun-loving guys around here hijacked your post with (friendly) barbs, etc. I wish I had a nickel for everytime I posted a question that quickly got sidetracked into a completely different direction...

We're all C-Class working stiffs, here. I'm daily surrounded in rush hour traffic by SUV's that cost more than my MB.
Peace.

MarkL

Some people at work give me some ribbing about having an MB, like "they must be paying you too much that you've got an $80K car"! Of course, many people think my C240 costs more that it really did. On the other hand, so many people plunk down $40K for an SUV and don't give it a second thought. If you pull up in a Mercedes, all of a sudden they think about the cost of your car

young

mb-bob,
oh, i know. i just quoted you b/c it was most appropriate re the whole thread.

re the car, you should have heard the ribbing i got when we got the bmw, i was told this joke by my boss - what's the difference between porcupines and bmws? the porcupines have *****s on the outside... ba da boom! he qualified that by saying that of course he didn't mean me (nor eileen who drives the car)! just in general. we're a funny office. of course, he drives a MB C-class w202. the next month, we got the mercedes and man, people started questioning how much i was embezzling!!! - just a note; i make very little but eileen does ok.

MB-BOB

MarkL, you are sooooo right...

MB-BOB: "I just bought a new car in May, and what a sales experience."
Friend: "Oh, a new car? What'ja get?"
MB-BOB: "Uh, well, it's an entry level Mercedes-Benz."
Friend: "A Mercedes!!! Geez!! Well, can you fit me on your country club calendar for a lunch ride someday? My wife is driving my Lincoln Navigator this week."
MB-BOB: "Sure. How about Taco Bell?"

Iceman's C230

I like Taco Bell tooo.

CunningLinguist

If you want to hijack a post, be sure to mention Taco Bell!!

Chris

JamE55

Taco Bell??

Notorious

Ok, I'm ready to have an open mind about this sunroof thing. What do you all see as the advantages of the sunroof, besides "you've got to have it for resale".?

dasMafia

on the other side, some of us live in parts of the US where it is foolish to drive a convertible year-round due to winters that qualify as colder-than-a-witch's-tit. the sunroof is an adequate substitute and offers some semblance of the joy of open-air driving but without the impracticality of a soft-top (or expense of an SLK)... on top of it all... don't knock it till you try it.

Rick

Hmmm...our old friend Aesop once said

"SOUR GRAPES"

As far as snobbery....far from it here Mr. NOTorious.

I got this car because I needed to replace my daily ride, and if I'm going to drop 30k on a car, it had to be a quality car...not some Japanese 'made in America so we can say it was' thing that would fall apart after the first major service.

Your hostility precedes you Notorious.....might I make a simple one word suggestion? DECAFF!

Rick

My girlfriend really likes it because she can recline the seat and relax while looking at the sky (day or night), and that's an advantage no matter how you slice it. I like it because, while I also have two convertibles, this car affords me the convenience of a coupe for daily driving, but also permits an open air feeling when desired.

Besides that...I haven't owned a car without a sunroof since I graduated college...

tommy

Well, a sunroof allows a much larger amount of air into the cabin, which allows for easier outgassing once one leaves the Taco Bell.

One really great thing about the panorama roof is that it'll allow sunlight in during the winter.

You should drive one - it's a much different feel with the roof open on a nice day. I've driven both, and the car feels a little claustrophobic without a roof, but that may be because I've always had one.

Flashman

I'm moving to the C230 from a Mazda Miata, so the panoramic sunroof is an adequate substitute for a convertible (or so I keep trying to tell myself).

There's something to be said about being able to drive top-down in winter, enjoying the warm sunshine, then come back to the computer and post it in a forum where frozen folks up north can read and suffer.

Rick