Quirky ~ Cool ~ Fun ~ Unique or Annoying Features You've Learned About Your AMG C43
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Quirky ~ Cool ~ Fun ~ Unique or Annoying Features You've Learned About Your AMG C43
Quirky ~ Cool ~ Fun ~ Unique or Annoying Features You've Learned About Your AMG C43
What are some of the cool features you have discovered about your new car since you have taken delivery and started driving it?
I'm hoping to learn something new about my vehicle every day. The Owners Manual is obviously a great source, but communicating with actual users (drivers) might help even more
Mostly I'm looking to learn useful things that will enhance my driving experience, but also annoying things and possible work-arounds for them
Some examples of things I've already learned from this forum that are what I would call cool stuff are:
- Depressing the brake petal hard to "Hold" the brakes on
- Pressing start twice with your foot off the gas allows you to shift the car in to Sport+ without the engine being on. Turning it on the third time with your foot on the brake will turn the car on in full exhaust glory
- Holding down the left paddle shifter force drops a few gears for some really aggressive acceleration. Holding down the right paddle shifter forces the car back in to automatic mode
An example of an annoying feature:
- That Friggin' Eco Stop-Start Button! (I wish there was a work-around for this)
Looking forward to learning some new tips & tricks !!
*Credit to @5ilver-5urfer for giving me the idea to start this thread
Last edited by Jimmy C43; Mar 27, 2017 at 07:59 AM.
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2014 E63S; AMS 100 octane ECU dyno tune; EDOK TCU tune; BB intakes; sprintbooster
Hold down eject for 10 seconds resets command
this procedure resets tcu:
1. Turn the ignition key to the on (not start) position.
2. Press the gas pedal to the floor and hold for five seconds.
3. Turn the key to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas pedal
4. Wait at least two minutes for ECU to reset.
this procedure resets tcu:
1. Turn the ignition key to the on (not start) position.
2. Press the gas pedal to the floor and hold for five seconds.
3. Turn the key to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas pedal
4. Wait at least two minutes for ECU to reset.
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FYI - "Did you know" thread from the C-class forum. Likely anything non-AMG specific related features will be in here.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-you-know.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-you-know.html
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While I prefer the auto-stop/start off, I do find in this car the startup is very quick and generally without much fanfare.
I've driven other cars with it and it's much more pronounced and jerky.
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When I was a teenager and first really started to "get into cars" I seem to remember hearing that the toughest part on a car engine was starting it (even more so than getting on the throttle hard)
A big part of this I believe is the fact that during a "cold start" the engine oil is in the oil pan and not coating the parts where as a hot/warm start the oil is throughout the engine so not nearly as bad
The synthetic oils of today along with all of the improvements in engine technology certainly minimize this statement of old, but is there anything to it any more?
It just doesn't seem like starting a car dozens of times a day unnecessarily would be good for the engine (or other parts like the starter, etc)
Is there anything at all to that, or is it completely unfounded and no longer valid?
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I'm in my 50s so have been around cars for many decades
When I was a teenager and first really started to "get into cars" I seem to remember hearing that the toughest part on a car engine was starting it (even more so than getting on the throttle hard)
A big part of this I believe is the fact that during a "cold start" the engine oil is in the oil pan and not coating the parts where as a hot/warm start the oil is throughout the engine so not nearly as bad
The synthetic oils of today along with all of the improvements in engine technology certainly minimize this statement of old, but is there anything to it any more?
It just doesn't seem like starting a car dozens of times a day unnecessarily would be good for the engine (or other parts like the starter, etc)
Is there anything at all to that, or is it completely unfounded and no longer valid?
When I was a teenager and first really started to "get into cars" I seem to remember hearing that the toughest part on a car engine was starting it (even more so than getting on the throttle hard)
A big part of this I believe is the fact that during a "cold start" the engine oil is in the oil pan and not coating the parts where as a hot/warm start the oil is throughout the engine so not nearly as bad
The synthetic oils of today along with all of the improvements in engine technology certainly minimize this statement of old, but is there anything to it any more?
It just doesn't seem like starting a car dozens of times a day unnecessarily would be good for the engine (or other parts like the starter, etc)
Is there anything at all to that, or is it completely unfounded and no longer valid?
Think about delivery drivers. Every time those guys have to leave their truck (100-150 times a day), they have to turn off the motor. And these are huge motors we're talking about. Or when people freak out about driving a car with the RPM's above 4-5k. These things are engineered to go above and beyond what we put them through daily. It's fine.
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I'm pretty sure those crazy German engineers have gotten it figured out.
For me, I just drive in Sport+, problem solved!
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Found something else I love... The clarity of the paired cell phone to the COMAND Center
Crystal clear and no need to "yell" in the cabin to be heard by the other party
As long as I'm typing, I found the rear sunshade button today. The sunshade is pretty cool and might work well with bright headlights shining through the rear windshield
Crystal clear and no need to "yell" in the cabin to be heard by the other party
As long as I'm typing, I found the rear sunshade button today. The sunshade is pretty cool and might work well with bright headlights shining through the rear windshield
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Today's mission is to figure out what the gray folding box looking item in the trunk by the spare tire is (if I have a spare tire, which I don't think so? I thought I read here that one poster was disappointed/concerned that there wasn't one)
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That's a folding crate. Mine didn't have one so I contacted the dealer and they gave me one.
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What? You're not sure if you have a spare tire or not? Didn't you just say you were in the trunk (specifically in the usual spare tire location)?
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Come to think of it, I didn't see a spare tire... Is there one?
I have those P Zero run flats which came on the car, so maybe not
I'm a driver of cars, something breaks (or goes flat, I call a tow truck and drive a courtesy car until it's fixed)
Fixing stuff (even a flat tire) is not something I would do myself
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LOL Yes... Didn't think much about it, was looking at that gray box
Come to think of it, I didn't see a spare tire... Is there one?
I have those P Zero run flats which came on the car, so maybe not
I'm a driver of cars, something breaks (or goes flat, I call a tow truck and drive a courtesy car until it's fixed)
Fixing stuff (even a flat tire) is not something I would do myself
Come to think of it, I didn't see a spare tire... Is there one?
I have those P Zero run flats which came on the car, so maybe not
I'm a driver of cars, something breaks (or goes flat, I call a tow truck and drive a courtesy car until it's fixed)
Fixing stuff (even a flat tire) is not something I would do myself
