How can i do this safely on C300 4matic?


What are some of things to need to know before i try to be stupid.


This video shows how to turn off electronics aides

 

i did donuts and powerslides in a ski resort parking lot last winter in VT at 2am with some friends for about an hour, it was a lot of fun, went through a quarter take of gas (lol). Car doesnt hold redline which is kind of annoying so its fun to leave it in S+ and then it will fart on the 1-2 upshift (atleast in 2015's). However, the next day when it was time to drive home, my transmission would have the most brutal 5-4 downshift, i took it to the dealer it took them a week of reloading software and test drives to fix it. It's fine now, however sometimes when it's extremely cold and the transmission is doing its normal jerkiness during the first couple miles of driving in cold, i'll feel that rough 5-4 shift but it goes away when the tranny heats up. really weird. also even though i was driving on a packed down snow parking lot if you were to kick my rear bumper lightly a sandbox worth of dirt would fall out. Might do it briefly again next week when I go back but don't wanna to deal with any more tranny problems the 7G is jerky enough as it is.

Oh yeah they claimed it was a total software issue and nothing mechanical but how come a year later it would still do that rough 5-4 only in the cold for a couple miles? dont understand that. If it was software it would have gone away for good and not matter what the temp was

 

that doesn't sound good !

 

You guys don't have a button on the center console to turn it off?

 

Tips for donuts:

Make sure it's a big parking lot with no one around and try to stay in the middle. Bad things can escalate very quickly but if you have a large buffer between you and anything else, you'll be fine.

Don't hold the steering wheel at full lock in either direction while revving the motor past 3-4000 rpm. Many cars will blow it's power steering pump this way. I'm not sure if MB is this way but I doubt you want to find out the hard way.

Try to simulate real world driving situations so you know what your car can and can't do.

Practice practice practice.

 

i doubt you'd damage the pump... its electric steering in the w205

 

Ah yes, you're right about that. Forgot we're not hydraulic.

 

Just point it at a curb or wall, floor it and jerk the wheel as you approach the barrier!


What could go wrong??

 

Well now we're just being asinine

 

He did mention he wanted to do something stupid

 

Help, you do not.

 

well that took a downturn fast

 

I know right. I was trying to help.

Most people on this forum suck to be honest. I miss the Audi and Subaru community. Much less pretentious.

 

+1

 

yeah i guess i was doing power slides, donuts are boring after a minute. was a massive parking lot and yes i had the TC off

 

Exactly...how old is this guy anyway asking how to do donuts safety in his Mercedes?

By all means OP...when doing donuts at night, choose a parking lot with as many light poles as possible for maximum safety!

 

As a sidenote, glad to know this is common. I've noticed it during recent near-zero temps and was wondering.

 

Mid 20's

 

I wish I could afford a C450 when I was in my mid 20s. I was a poor student then.

 

haha I'm 24, guess that explains why this topic is on both of our minds

 

When I was in my mid 20s I had a Camaro. Now everyone knows if you are 23, driving your Camaro to the beach, and there happens to be a yuuuge parking lot with no light posts, dusted with sand, that it is you duty to get sideways ASAP.
SPIN EM, GET SIDEWAYS, YOLO ****. Insert dab here.

 

You're that 80 yr old grump at the end of everyone's street that would come out and yell at kids if they would even so much as looked at the grass in his front yard, huh?

Get bent man. I suppose you always obey every single traffic law? And wishing people hit light poles? Wow, that takes a special kind of a$$hole right there.

 

Try half that age...

I'm beginning to think you're actually retarded. Sarcasm escapes you I see...

 

I've not even begun, I've long since concluded my thinking of you being a douche.

Sarcasm isn't something that is easy to convey in text, so I understand why a person of your capacity fails at it time and time again. I'd explain it further to you, but I don't have the time or the crayons to do so.

 

And I care because? Call us even I guess because I think you're a simpleton.

This coming from someone who takes everything literally. Thank you for proving my point that you're retarded...