View Poll Results: What do you think of the W205 floating centre screen?
Love it.
48
38.40%
Hate it.
19
15.20%
Doesn't bother me.
58
46.40%
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W205 Floating centre screen, Love it? Hate it?
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From: Netherlands
C220d Avantgarde
I like the "iPad" screen. Also the position is better compared to a screen integrated in the dash. Now you done have to look down to check your direction on the nav.
The disadvantage of a touchscreen is not only the greasy fingers. A touch screen is much harder to operate while driving. Next to having to reach, especially on bad roads, its hard to aim your finger at the right place.
The disadvantage of a touchscreen is not only the greasy fingers. A touch screen is much harder to operate while driving. Next to having to reach, especially on bad roads, its hard to aim your finger at the right place.
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From: BC
G11 750i Individual, X166 GL550 Designo, W222 S550e, W221 S63
I don't mind it when it's the upgraded version with the edge to edge glass; however, with the standard screen like on standard C Class, pre-facelift B and CLA, the plastic bezel is atrocious.
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W205
Disagreed, I have a touchscreen on my 2006 TL and greasy fingers were never an issue nor is ease of use while driving. Matter of facts, touchscreen is much easier than playing with the touch pad. Maybe it's the UI that needs to be worked on the C.
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Given up on a S205 and ordered a S212
In the UK were getting a new *yawn* Honda Jazz, very popular with the almost dead age bracket. Anyway, touch screen - but for heater controls..... Great for a winter defogging with gloves....
http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/comingsoon/jazz/
http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/comingsoon/jazz/
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Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Las Vegas NV
Corvette/2017 E-300
I didn't vote in the poll because I couldn't find an answer I liked... I don't hate it but it does bother me that the screen looks dated
If they're gonna put a large LCD in the center at least make it touch screen and more importantly a small bezel so it looks cleaner.
I don't mind the whole "stuck on iPad" look, but that's just personal preference for me. The rumored S-class design will look cleaner though.
If they're gonna put a large LCD in the center at least make it touch screen and more importantly a small bezel so it looks cleaner.
I don't mind the whole "stuck on iPad" look, but that's just personal preference for me. The rumored S-class design will look cleaner though.
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From: Netherlands
C220d Avantgarde
A good touch sceen does not get greasy easily. And For text input while standing stil, the touch screen is prefered. But while driving a bumpy road, a touch pad might be better. The interface could be better on the C, especially with so many day tot day functions depending on it.
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From: Northeast USA
AMG CLE 53
I wouldn't buy a car with a touch screen. I've owned a couple of Lexus' with touch screens and a Lexus with their mouse-joystick like remote controller. Hands down the remote controller was better. It was easier to use and much easier to keep focused on the road while making inputs or selections. I drive a Ford at work with a touch screen. It always has fingerprints especially in the right lighting conditions. It's very distracting to use while driving compared to the Lexus or the MB.
The MB touchpad and wheel offer the same benefits with multiple ways to input or make selections and is much less distracting than a touch screen once you get enough practice.
The MB touchpad and wheel offer the same benefits with multiple ways to input or make selections and is much less distracting than a touch screen once you get enough practice.
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From: East Yorkshire, England
S205 C250 Sport prem+ Airmatic / E220 CDI Coupe / Lexus RX400h
I wouldn't have bought the car if it was touch screen. My wife has a Lexus RX400h with touch-screen sat-nav / heating etc. Always looks dirty and when the sun is at the wrong angle, all you can see is finger prints and not the screen!
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Mercedes C Class
Loved the 2013/2014 C Class
I have a 2013 C Class Mercedes which I love. Sadly I am switching brands because the new c-class design is poor. 1) I can't stand the floating screen and I still can't understand why they did that because it blocks visibility, looks awkward and out of place and looks like an after thought. 2) I don't like the new exterior design - both the front and the back. The 2013/2014 model was 100000 better. I would love to upgrade my car to a new car, but Mercedes lost a customer - the car design went backwards not forwards.
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From: Mass
2026 GLE 53 Coupe
I feel the W205's interior is sleek and modern...even it's floating display is very avant-garde to me. The only thing I don't like about the floating display is the unnecessarily wide frame.
Last edited by MASSC450; May 28, 2017 at 08:34 AM.
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2016 C300 4Matic traded in for a 2022 E450 Coupe
I have a 2013 C Class Mercedes which I love. Sadly I am switching brands because the new c-class design is poor. 1) I can't stand the floating screen and I still can't understand why they did that because it blocks visibility, looks awkward and out of place and looks like an after thought. 2) I don't like the new exterior design - both the front and the back. The 2013/2014 model was 100000 better. I would love to upgrade my car to a new car, but Mercedes lost a customer - the car design went backwards not forwards.
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From: Whitefield, NH
2015 C300 Sport: Palladium, Premium, Multimedia, Leather, BLIS
Same here. Never even considered the MB brand until I saw the W205 and read the reviews. Personally, I like the LCD stand up screen and its visibility. Other brands are now using similar designs.
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2016 C300
Yeah, all of the interiors from that era, including the E, CLS and GLK were pretty dismal. Too squared off and upright, with cheap looking and cheap feeling materials and switchgear. Not Mercedes finest hour.
The 205 is a massive upgrade in terms of design detail and materials but I wonder if they didn't sacrifice something because unlike a 204 the 205's interior squeaks like there's a family of squirrels living in it.
The 205 is a massive upgrade in terms of design detail and materials but I wonder if they didn't sacrifice something because unlike a 204 the 205's interior squeaks like there's a family of squirrels living in it.
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2016 C300 4Matic traded in for a 2022 E450 Coupe
Maybe I just got lucky or 20 years of flying makes me immune to minor noise. My interior is pretty darn quiet as far as squeaks and rattles.
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2016 C300
That's great. I think yours may be an exception.
I'm accustomed to zero rattles or creaks, probably from all of the S Classes I've had. Even when they got up in miles, always perfectly quiet. The 205's tolerances aren't tight enough. Maybe it was something that got sacrificed to make the complex interior design manufacturable.
I'm accustomed to zero rattles or creaks, probably from all of the S Classes I've had. Even when they got up in miles, always perfectly quiet. The 205's tolerances aren't tight enough. Maybe it was something that got sacrificed to make the complex interior design manufacturable.
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I've had nearly all the early build W205 issues; misaligned bumpers, wind noise, screeching brakes, a couple of recalls and windshield washer pump failure, but no squeaks or rattles. The interior has been very solid.
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Benz
I wasn't planning on getting into an MB due to the W204 but after visiting the MB dealership as a formality, I was instantly sold on the W205. The exterior looked even better in person and the interior was a notch or even two notches above the F30's and W204's.
No thanks to the W204
