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Old 09-07-2015, 12:19 AM
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Hi guys! Any car meet going on in the bay area? Or maybe a small group w205 owners ..Once a month.... Would be great.
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Count me in, I just started a community and had one meet driving calaveras (237), we can do SF next.

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Count me in, I just started a community and had one meet driving calaveras (237), we can do SF next.

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Hi thanks for the reply. How often do you do this? I live in San jose, calaveras i s a lot closer
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Im in Fremont! count me in.
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How about first week in October?

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Start at Mountain House and 580 (start of patterson pass). The shell has 100 octane for those like me who have BMS / Chiptuning or other engine management mods. We can driver to Livermore.

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For a longer and more curvy extension we could take 84 to 237 (Calaveras) down to Milpitas.

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nice view!! am okay first week of the month!! do you have a group already?
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nice view!! am okay first week of the month!! do you have a group already?
I will post the details on my G+, so far 4 confirmed (me included). Will have a better feel towards the end of the month on how may people will go. It's a fun drive, get to exercise the car a bit.
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Cool! As long as its weekend. Am good .
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Do you guys know or recommend a shop to install springs and wheel/tires in our area, preferably near Fremont that works on MB? I found several on Yelp but not sure... tx
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Do you guys know or recommend a shop to install springs and wheel/tires in our area, preferably near Fremont that works on MB? I found several on Yelp but not sure... tx
I know few in San jose.. If you are willin to go there.. Its not far thou
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so far my choice is Motorsport Technique in Hayward or Sonic in North SJ. Which places u rec?SJ is ok.
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yeah Sonic MS is another shop.. Try speed element and Kartoyz too
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Go kartoyz they specialize with MB its in San jose and look for Toan..
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Saturday October 3rd is the tentative date @ 10 am in Mountain House Pkwy and 580 - Patterson Pass, really great views and awesome drive. I have a lot of experience on these roads, no worries. Just bring the essentials and come have fun.





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I'm in San Jose - still waiting for my '16 C450 to arrive in about a week! I got the adaptive LED headlights and wanted to enable the matrix function like the EU cars, can you guys recommend a shop that can do coding?
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I'm in San Jose - still waiting for my '16 C450 to arrive in about a week! I got the adaptive LED headlights and wanted to enable the matrix function like the EU cars, can you guys recommend a shop that can do coding?
what matrix function?. AFAIK there is not engineering mode accessible in w205, I don't know of any shop, but interested in what this does. I have the adaptive LED's as well.
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what matrix function?. AFAIK there is not engineering mode accessible in w205, I don't know of any shop, but interested in what this does. I have the adaptive LED's as well.
This is the matrix/multi-beam system on the CLS. The C-Class in Europe has most of this capability I believe, but in the US it is software-limited to just auto high beams and adaptive curve lighting. The adaptive beam pattern functionality is deactivated.

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I think it maybe more than software - sensors might be different, but it is interesting, also maybe not possible due to laws.
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I should be picking up a C300 or C450 for my wife soon, look forward to meeting some of you guys if we ever setup a meet or drive..
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I think it maybe more than software - sensors might be different, but it is interesting, also maybe not possible due to laws.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...ml#post6537216

This is what I was looking for - the extended functionality I want "unlocked". The hardware and software should all be present as the auto high beams we get need the same gear, it is probably just a factory coding that's set based on the market. That is very commonly done on world market vehicles to reduce build complexity as much as possible.

I don't have experience with Mercedes, but on BMWs an indy shop can enter the service menus and activate/deactivate market-specific features on the car. For example, BMW does not allow remote window roll-up (only down) in North America but they do in Europe so it can be selected back on.
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Here is the meet info;

Sat October 3rd @10 am

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1 Bentley, 4 Mercedes, 4 BMW's confirmed !

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I live in livermore, w204 tho. alright to come thru?
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I live in livermore, w204 tho. alright to come thru?
The more the merrier!!


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