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Has anyone taken delivery of a 2009 C350 yet?

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Old 07-28-2008, 02:24 PM
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Has anyone taken delivery of a 2009 C350 yet?

Has anyone taken delivery of a 2009 C350 yet? What is your impression of the acceleration? I was talking to the dealer over the weekend and he mentioned that MB was to have tweaked the drive-by-wire to lessen the “lag” between when you press the gas pedal down and the car downshifts (ie. To pass). Is this truly the case?
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2009 C350 I ordered in June is arriving in Jacksonville, FL on Aug 10. Dealer told me about 10 more days until I get to pick it up.
I was told this is the first 2009 production for US

Quicker reaction sounds like something that is mentioned in this forum before but it was a Mod.
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Originally Posted by Ape
Has anyone taken delivery of a 2009 C350 yet? What is your impression of the acceleration? I was talking to the dealer over the weekend and he mentioned that MB was to have tweaked the drive-by-wire to lessen the “lag” between when you press the gas pedal down and the car downshifts (ie. To pass). Is this truly the case?
My own C350W will be delilvered in Germany on 9/8/08 but my dealer called to let me know that 2009 models were in and that I could come down to examine and take a test drive.

The dealer rode with me and so I was reluctant to drive too briskly given the 23 miles on the odometer. I tried both the comfort and sport modes and can't say that I noticed any difference from my prior rides in 2008's. If they retuned the throttle tip-in it must be a fairly subtle change.

The memory seat gizmo was nice and the surprisingly controversial "hooded" gauges looked just fine. The so-called "New" grey/black interior kinda looks ..... just like the "Old" grey/black; again it must be a very subtle change.
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Ive driven the 2009... acceleration feels the same as 2008.
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Ive driven the 2009... acceleration feels the same as 2008.
I'm not surprised considering nothing has changed performance-wise. In fact, very little has changed in general for the US market except the much awaited memory seat (singular).

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Originally Posted by jorantes
Ive driven the 2009... acceleration feels the same as 2008.
Sounds like a flash/tune may be still needed then. Has anyone done the MKB tune that is suppose to take the 350 to 306 hp? They qoute 0-60 in 5.3 sec which would be good enough for what I am looking for out of a car, but the price is $2500+
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Originally Posted by Ape
Sounds like a flash/tune may be still needed then. Has anyone done the MKB tune that is suppose to take the 350 to 306 hp? They qoute 0-60 in 5.3 sec which would be good enough for what I am looking for out of a car, but the price is $2500+


But I would like some info on it as well
Anybody know if there is a thread about this. I can't seem to find one for a C350.

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