NYbenzzz

Hello fellow benz owners.

i have owned my 2016 zero miles C300 for exactly 1 week. love the car, but i have some questions:

my car has the sports package with the sport body, 18" amg wheels. what i'm not sure of its:
1) Sports seat, how can you tell they are the sport seats?
2) Aluminum pedals, anyone got any images? my pedals do have alluminum, but they have a lot of rubber spots.
3) Sports steering wheel: i specifically asked for HEATED steering wheel. my car was delivered with the regular Rounded steering wheel. is the sports steering wheel not available with HEAT? this is baffling to me. my paddle shifters are made of black aluminum and plastic.
The window sticker does specify a Sport steering wheel with FLAT bottom and silver paddle shifters.
Again, this might be due to me requiring heated steering wheel, but i'm not sure.

3) illuminated star, yes i paid $550 for some bling bling. any way to make this ON all the time? it's $550 for crying out loud, i want it on ALL THE TIME.
4) AIR balance= i did not get this option, but even if i didn't, shouldn't the thing be available in the glove compartment for me to just buy and install the canisters on my own?
my glove compartment does not have this at all.
5) How safe are the OEM wheel locks that came with the car? i work in a very shady area of brooklyn, NY, i've seen enough cars on bricks. Any suggestions?
6) Ionization - i've read in the manual you can turn this on or off. i cannot find this option in my car's menu. I have the multimedia package with command navi (hard drive).

Any help, suggestions are welcome!

Thank you!

MASSC450

Google is your friend...if you have the "Sport" pkg., you have them. More side bolster than the regular seats.



Yep...sounds like you have them...just like I have.



Right again. No heated "Sport" flat bottom steering wheel yet from Mercedes. If you wanted a heated wheel, you got a round one.


Don't waste your time over this, the LED on the Gen 2 star is much weaker than the older Gen 1 which did not come on while driving. You wouldn't see it during the day anyway. I've read though there's way's to re-wire to do this, still think it's a waste of time.



I've heard that the people who have this complain it takes up most of the glovebox.



I've read the stock Mercedes locks are pretty good. A "pro" will get your wheels regardless what you have.

NYbenzzz

Thanks for your answers, gives me a piece of mind now ^^.

as far as being a waste of time....well....

a lot of people tell me a car gets you from point A to point B, so in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter what you drive.

well, to a car guy, the CAR IS THE POINT.

i'm a car guy ^^

MASSC450

I'm a car guy too.

From one car guy to another...the $550 Illuminated Star was a waste of money...I won't be choosing that option again. I'd be happy if it would also come on when the car is locked/unlocked, but no...only comes on with the headlights.

NYbenzzz

haha true.

btw, the $550 will look like i hit the jackpot compared to the $200 i'm about to spend in order to bypass Command navi and DVD video when the car is in motion.

still contemplating if i should do it.

LateC300

MASSC300 did a fantastic job addressing all of your questions/concerns. Next time maybe a little pre-purchase research would have allowed for a more informed experience. I spent months on this forum, checking for all the options, doing my due diligence. Forums like these are a well of good information with informed people like homeboy above me. Welcome to the forums!

MASSC450

On a lease? No way...unless it's a real simple, safe & reversible mod.

NYbenzzz

there are 2 ways of doing this.

one is via a DVD, which i have to provide vin number

other one is via OBD plug-in. i'm leaning towards this since i can ebay it or sell it here in the forums after i return the car.

both ways are 100% reversible.

you are 100% correct. this was a last minute decision for me. i basically researched what the packages were and spent most of my time negotiating with 2 benz dealers and 3 insurance companies (geico had the best rates by a long mile).

i spent 4 months on the lexus forums, since i was interested in the RC350 but changed my mind when the dealers weren't willing to negotiate on the price.

LateC300

didnt realize lexus dealers were stiff on their prices, that sucks. i guess they think people will buy their cars no matter what (seems to be true....)