messer262

I upgraded my wifes car on Monday and traded her 2014 C300W4 in for a new 2016 C300W4. What a great car. She loved her "old" 2014 but I liked the new style and options so for our anniversary I upgraded her. I bought from existing dealer stock, so I wasnt able to get 100% of what she wanted since there was not a single one in the US that had Black/Black with the Burl interior trim. That amazed me but ended up getting her a
2016 C300W4 Black, black MB-Tex, Black/Al trim, P1, P2, heated steering/seats, rear spoiler, basically loaded minus the active lights, fragrance dispenser and NO Sport suspension. The sport suspension would have been a waste and seemed to make it drive worse so I made that a must to not have it.
She loves that car, I love it. I was pleasantly surprised last night to find that it actually had the illuminated star. I kinda like it. I didn't know it had the star when I bought the car but I am pleasantly surprised it has it.

I love all of the safety options and gadgets this thing has. The blind spot and radar based systems on it are awesome. It really is a Baby S. I started to test the automatic braking, but only had the stones to let it warn me with a quick blink of the light, I haven't had the nerve to just let go and allow it do its thing. Has anyone tested the automatic braking?
So far the 140 miles it has have been flawless and

rbrylaw

What a nice hubby you are! Congratulations and may she (and you) drive the car with great happiness and health.

Mine is supposed to be built tomorrow in Tuscaloosa. Waiting is so hard........

messer262

You should not be disappointed. The car is amazing. When MB first changed to the "external" screen for the Multimedia/Nav/Controls, I wasnt sold on it, since every other vehicle has it integrated into the dash, but it really is nice, and the wrap around rear view cam has much better resolution than the 2014.
My ONLY complaint so far is that I have been unable to stream my iphone via bluetooth. I guess that is not a feature that is avail at this time. Im sure I can just try to plug it into the media interface in the console, but haven't had a chance to mess around with that yet. Too many other gadgets to play around with

rbrylaw

Do you not have command? I know on Command systems you should be able to stream audio from your iPhone. I'm not sure if the same is true of the Audio 20 system? Even my 2012 E350 Coupe with Command, streams audio from my iPhone.

C_Class_Dad

Yes, inadvertently tested the auto breaking / lane keeping.

Scenario. 5:30, driving up the nj turnpike, I took an exit which split into two lanes. On the right was a concrete barrier. And the exit wound to the left.

As I took the exit, I crossed the line without signaling and was going perpendicular to the wall. About a second before turning my steering wheel the car took action. Applied the left rear brake and pulled me back into the lane and away from the wall.

messer262

Pretty Sure it has Command. It has the Full Multimedia package, with NAV, phone, bluetooth phone, voice control, HD screen, etc. I dont know if it is a limitation of the iPhone BT driver, but I tried it yesterday and it says no BT enabled device was connected, but it was connected for phone. I havent checked the manual yet for instructions, but I am almost positive it has that Command system. It has P1 and P2 with Multimedia package.

DapperStyle

2015 C300 Loaner I had worked perfectly with my iPhone 6 bluetooth streaming for Apple Music, spotify and ESPN Radio.

messer262

I have been checking out the Apple forums and it seems that one of the suggestions is to turn on the Apple Hot spot. Do you have that turned on? I guess I just need to mess around with it and see if I can get it working, but it never seemed to work properly without plugging it into the connector on the 2014 either.

rbrylaw

Then you have full streaming capability from your iPhone to your car. Did you try to stream via Media? That's where the iPhone would stream music through.

messer262

yeah I went into media after I had it paired for phone, (it auto-connects) and went to media, then to my apple music app, on the Media screen it showed as no bluetooth playback device detected (something like that) I had not yet tried turning on the tethering, or messing too much with it. I just figured it sucked like in the 2014 and would require me to plug it in. Sounds like it may not suck as I expected and I will have to mess with it some more this evening.

rbrylaw

Go to Settings > Music and see if Use Cellular Data is turned on. If it is off, this could be why you couldn't stream music.

BlackjackM

You DEFINITELY can stream music though your iPhone. You may have to click "connect last device" or something when you first go to the BT streaming screen.

StanNH

I think only the early production cars had auto breaking. The later production ones offered auto braking.

miketc

Love the Distronic feature (also known as auto braking/lane keeping); it does get hairy at first but you get use to it.

splunge

I'm looking at upgrading my 2014 and would be interested in what it cost you, MSRP of 2014 , MSRP of 2016 and your trade in value and mileage ?
Thanks in advance

gfmohn

Some other threads have concluded that if you do not put your foot on the brake, you will get only 40% braking. To get full braking, you must be actively braking yourself. I recently "tested" the automatic braking a week ago. In heavy traffic on I-287 in NY State at 60 MPH, an 18-wheeler suddenly changed lanes and cut off the car in front of me. I braked hard, but not full braking. I didn't think I needed full braking, and I was more concerned with giving the lady behind me as much room as possible. My C300 with Distronic Plus disagreed and slammed on full emergency braking. (Full emergency braking is very impressive! My wife is short, and had her seat back reclined half way back. The braking almost submarined her out from under her lap belt!)

bensales

It does work, you just need to initiate the play back from the phone rather than the COMAND system. Which rather defeats the point, but that's how it works.

Pair as you would for phone calls, go to Music or Podcasts on the phone snd start something playing. It'll come out of the car.

PelicanParts.com

What a great anniversary gift to her! Got any pictures of it?

2015C300

It works...I had a guy come into my lane on a 3 lane road and then brake to slow and get into a left lane to turn left. Before I reacted the red light flashed, the audio beep beep beep sounded, my seatbelt tightened, and then hard breaking. How cool is that.

messer262

Sorry for the delay. I drafted a post on Friday and my session timed out so it didn't post.
I was able to get the BT playback to work as described. You were correct in that I needed to setup the BT pairing in the media as well as the phone section.

As for the braking, I have only gotten to the warning part of the process, and was joking with my wife about trying out on our way to dinner, but she was not up for testing it out and being late for our reservations. :-)

Does anyone know if you turn off the car with the heated seats and heated steering wheel turned on, if the remote start will turn the seats and wheel on as well when you start it in the morning? I cant test it at the moment since it is her car and she has it with her now, but the thought just popped into my head and I thought I would ask you all here.

Ill have to take some pictures when I get home. It really is a great looking car.

messer262

That is interesting to hear since the dealer had mentioned that it only engages if you do nothing. I would be afraid to lightly press the brakes only to find out it essentially disables that feature. Sounds like it still works. Well I guess that is what insurance is for if it fails. The dealer said that at high speeds, the purpose is not necessarily to completely avoid a collision but to reduce the impact speed and subsequent impact, therefore reducing any possible injuries etc. Either way, that coupled with the myriad of airbags makes me feel very at ease knowing my wife and kids are well protected and comfortable. Her last 2014 C300 was a test of the brand. We had Audis prior and I went to the dealer and said, these are the requirements for the car:
all wheel drive
hands free phone setup integrated
heated seats
If it has all those we can find a car and I'll have her spec out the rest.
Love the MB and never set foot at the BMW dealer across the street.
I really wanted to get the AMG, but alas she would have skinned me if I spent over $80k for her just to have an engine that I wanted.

splunge

messer262 , I'm interested what the cost was for the 2 year upgrade - I'm looking at doing same thing with mine .

2015C300

Your partially correct about the breaking. If you touch the brakes then the auto braking will not work. You will still hear the audible beep and red light but not the assisted breaking. As far as reducing injuries? That just might be an attorney talking, because the way I felt the system it sure felt to me that It would stop the car without any problems. I feel very save knowing its there.

messer262

Well monthly up a bit and we optioned up a bit making the price about $51k.
If we went with their initial offering they had offered a trade up for about $75 more a month with the same money down as before.
I did get the corporate Fleet (Executive Allowance Program) discount of $2000 on the 2016 which is down from $2500 on a 2015.
It wasnt an apples to apples since my prepaid maint was more but I ended up getting $5000 off the sticker on the 2016 which i was happy with. There was no data out there to really compare on a 2016 so i was happy with that.

If you do a close apples to apples i would say it would it might be $75-$100 more at worst.

messer262

I forget the exact numbers but the 2014 had just turned 30,000 mi. I forget the MSRP on that one. Ahh just found that old packet. The 2014 was $44,009
The 2016 was $50,545
The 2014 was optioned with:
Mb-tex almond
4matic
P1
Mulimedia
Burl
Rear spoiler
Probably some other stuff but i forget the packages.

2016
C300 4Matic
Blind spot
Panoramic roof
Heated steering
Heated seats
Illuminated star
Spoiler
P1
P2
320 Multimedia
17" split 5 spoke alloy wheels

Trade in was i think $30,000

Hope that helps. If you need anything else let me know and ill see what i can dig up.