CLS55 "seat air-con" aviable in the AMG? Other tips needed too
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CLS55 "seat air-con" aviable in the AMG? Other tips needed too
Time for my very first AMG and it seems its going to be a CLS55, mostly since the new bi-turbo model goes for 170k€ and the n/a 63 at 90-100k€ due to our country's taxation while the 55 sits nicely at 60 or so...
Anyways, some questions:
Seat air-con: Most come with black leather so its hot and i'l be parking it directly under the sun most of the time. Does the 55AMG have seat air-con aviable? I have the new W204 C180cdi facelift with seat air-con and i'm totaly loving it.
ESP off: the E55 and my 06 E-class have an ESP you cant turn off COMPLETELY, it still cuts the power and hits the front breaks. There is "Dyno-mode" but that kills the ABS on my E-class too. Does the CLS55 have this issue too? Is there any way to modify the ESP?
Winter: i'l be driving the car in the winter too. Anyone have any experience on the matter? My E-class is just horrid, mostly due to the ESP an example
Corner with lights, half iced, up-hill, ESP-off: ESP cuts power regardless, my side front tire in the dry, other on ice. Front locks up when wheelspin kicks in, car spins around the on-dry-road-corner and a Q7 hits both my drivers side doors...
ESP on its just stuck, in dyno-mode it slowly crawls up with a bit off wheelspin.
Mine is E420 so wheelspin in the icy winter roads will not stop just by lifting your foot off the pedal.
A good year?: if im not mistaken, CLS55 goes from 05 to 07 or so... Any particular difference in these? Facelift turned it into 63 or am i mistaken?
Optionals: im going for the 030 performance package but is there any other optionals i should go for? Kinda dislike sat-navs.
I'l be giving it proper AMG-treatmen as in trackdays so the P30 pack's LSD comes in handy.
Anyways, some questions:
Seat air-con: Most come with black leather so its hot and i'l be parking it directly under the sun most of the time. Does the 55AMG have seat air-con aviable? I have the new W204 C180cdi facelift with seat air-con and i'm totaly loving it.
ESP off: the E55 and my 06 E-class have an ESP you cant turn off COMPLETELY, it still cuts the power and hits the front breaks. There is "Dyno-mode" but that kills the ABS on my E-class too. Does the CLS55 have this issue too? Is there any way to modify the ESP?
Winter: i'l be driving the car in the winter too. Anyone have any experience on the matter? My E-class is just horrid, mostly due to the ESP an example
Corner with lights, half iced, up-hill, ESP-off: ESP cuts power regardless, my side front tire in the dry, other on ice. Front locks up when wheelspin kicks in, car spins around the on-dry-road-corner and a Q7 hits both my drivers side doors...
ESP on its just stuck, in dyno-mode it slowly crawls up with a bit off wheelspin.
Mine is E420 so wheelspin in the icy winter roads will not stop just by lifting your foot off the pedal.
A good year?: if im not mistaken, CLS55 goes from 05 to 07 or so... Any particular difference in these? Facelift turned it into 63 or am i mistaken?
Optionals: im going for the 030 performance package but is there any other optionals i should go for? Kinda dislike sat-navs.
I'l be giving it proper AMG-treatmen as in trackdays so the P30 pack's LSD comes in handy.
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Umm... How so?
Salesman in the local dealer had ac-seats in hes non-amg and said they were great. Didnt know about amg-version since the seats are different, cant be worse atleast.
Anyone ever seen any mods to the ESP? Looking back a sertain mb-meeting with a surpricing number of Carlson, Kleeman and even Brabuss tuned mercs, most had issues with the ESP.
Salesman in the local dealer had ac-seats in hes non-amg and said they were great. Didnt know about amg-version since the seats are different, cant be worse atleast.
Anyone ever seen any mods to the ESP? Looking back a sertain mb-meeting with a surpricing number of Carlson, Kleeman and even Brabuss tuned mercs, most had issues with the ESP.
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Well, they're not really "AC", they're fans that blow air through the perforated leather, and not very well.
The salesman told you they work really well because he wants you to buy a car from him.
The salesman told you they work really well because he wants you to buy a car from him.
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That salesman wasnt giving me a "sales-speech" as hes was worth over 100k€ at the time so WAY out of my league.
There is noticable age-difference between the CLS55 and my current company-car-C180 but the C-class has a noticable "tube" going into the seat and pumping cold air into to It. Once the AC is not on, as in cut the ignition, i can hear the fans fire up.
I'd be happy with the fans alone tho...
But back to the ESP. My own E-class is similar age and shares more similarities too so im even willing to use it as a quinea-pig if there is any ESP-mods out there.
There is noticable age-difference between the CLS55 and my current company-car-C180 but the C-class has a noticable "tube" going into the seat and pumping cold air into to It. Once the AC is not on, as in cut the ignition, i can hear the fans fire up.
I'd be happy with the fans alone tho...
But back to the ESP. My own E-class is similar age and shares more similarities too so im even willing to use it as a quinea-pig if there is any ESP-mods out there.
