This is where you find or contribute neat little functions you discover with your car that may or may not be in the manuals. "Little known facts."

1.As with previous model, you can manually downshift to 1 in C
2.Don't forget that isofix (LATCH) has a maximum child weight. 48lbs.
3.W204 owners enjoyed folding rear seats to hear the exhaust better. W205 has a center armrest with folding feature for this purpose. This allows use of both rear seats. Try it
4.Rolling the car without the driver (like in a carwash) in it is only possible with actual key fob in the ignition as the start stop button in place keeps putting car in park. Also be sure to turn off distronic plus in a carwash lane as per manual.
5.front cup holder is removable.
6.holding the right paddle will switch from temporary manual into auto.
7.standard wheels have a removable cover in middle. Be sure they are locked by firmly turning counterclockwise and then clockwise to hear a click.
8.push and hold unlock button on key fob will open and push and hold lock button will close all windows and roof. Indent on the door handles does the same.
9.holding the left shift paddle will down shift to the lowest usable gear.
10.No need to release the parking brake manually. Just put the car in gear (D or R) and press the gas, the brake releases automatically.
11.If you jam on the brakes really hard, the seat belts will tighten up and pin you to the seat.
12.To start the car with the performance exhaust on LOUD and or engine in sport+ just hit the start button twice with foot off the brake, than adjust the settings Like the exhaust button and then start the car and you will wake up anyone.
13.be sure wipers are lowered before closing the hood. closed hood interferes with raised wiper.
14.Hitting the Door Lock button twice in succession where The little red LED on the SmartKey flashes twice quickly and then stays lit for a second or so. Inactivated the fob. You just have to remember to hit any SmartKey button to reactivate.
15.trunk pops right open if the key is left in at and it is closed.
16.Cruise control will not engage unless the stability control is full on.

With your permission I will paste your items to this top thread. The readers should give credit to all participants not just me. I am placing this here in the AMG because that is what I have. Non amg owners can come over and enjoy here.
Please let me know if this exists already. I couldn't find one.

Suggest sticky if you find this useful.

 

You don't have to press the "M" button to go into manual. You can just start shifting with the paddle shifters.

When you want to change back to automatic just hold the right paddle down and it'll revert to auto mode.

 

holding the left shift paddle will down shift to the lowest usable gear.


No need to release the parking brake manually. Just put the car in gear (D or R) and press the gas, the brake releases automatically.


If you jam on the brakes really hard, the seat belts will tighten up and pin you to the seat. I learned this the hard way at the AMG driving academy when going into a very low speed turn ;-)

 

To start the car with the performance exhaust on LOUD just hit the start button twice with foot off the brake--than hit the per exhaust button and than start the car and you will wake up anyone close.


I also like the HOLD function at a stop sign by pushing a little harder on the brake peddle

 

I'm definitely doing this!

 

So keen on trying this first thing in the morning!

 

As nice as we all maybe, there is this one jackass quality shared among us: desire to wake up the neighbors in the morning
Been doing it myself for 7 years now thanks to AMG

 

Borrowed from w205 forum, AMG_BUFF wrote
"For those with Keyless-Go, your SmartKey is always "broadcasting" its coded signal. To save some battery life (and also maybe for security reasons, what with hackers stealing everything electronic), you can easily stop the SmartKey from sending out the wireless signal by hitting the Door Lock button twice in succession. The little red LED on the SmartKey flashes twice quickly and then stays lit for a second or so. You just have to remember to hit any SmartKey button to reactivate the wireless signal before you approach your vehicle. I turned the signal off on my spare key to save the battery. I also got in the habit of turning it off on the key I carry as soon as I exit the car and lock it."
Once confirmed I'll put it on the top.

 

I do this when in parking garages or when people are staring me down as I get into the car. It brings a lot of smiles -- including a big one on my face.

 

If you hold down the steering wheel back arrow button (left spoke), it will jump to the odometer readout in the center display.

 

Interesting, thank you

 

In comfort mode, city stop-and-go traffic - gearbox uses 2nd gear as the smallest gear.

 

Cruise control will not engage unless the stability control is full on.

 

There's about 1200 people that live in my build and there's almost always some one in the garage when I am. Seeing them get startled upon startup makes me giggle

 

as most of you my already know you can open and close your windows with the fob, for those of you w/ key less go you can also open and close the windows by holding your finger on the door handle sensor.

 

From w205:

 

Interesting.... regarding item #12 my 2016 c63s doesn't have an exhaust specific button. I only have the dynamic selector and when I hit start button twice it doesn't let me toggle to sport+ What if anything am I doing wrong or over looking? I love the sound in sport+ mode but defaults to comfort mode. I believe I even tried individual mode with same results.

 

You won't have a exhaust button if you did not purchase the performance exhaust option.

 

Ahhh, I'm a Merc AMG noob forgive me. Just checked my sticker and under performance I only see AMG Dynamic Exhaust System. I thought that as same thing as performance exhaust. Other than that console button whats the difference over AMG Dynamic Exhaust System? Thanks RDOCA

 

It has 3 flaps that open to go from regular to loud with a button push or when put in S+ or race.

 

Ok I did some digging ....Per an article I found...."Each mode changes the characteristics of the car from soft and efficient to hard and aggressive. The sound changes with the modes as well. Sport+ and Race offer the best sound experience. If you opt for the Performance Exhaust System there is a separate button to open the exhaust flaps in Comfort mode as well – certainly worth the few extra pennies!"

So not a huge concern for me to have that in valve open in comfort mode. I did however think it be cool to start it sport+ mode or have it default to that mode and if I want comfort then select it. I'm still in learning mode. This forum is a big help.

 

If you brake hard as in an emergency stop, the rear brake lights flash and the hazard warning lights come on automatically........then as you drive off they switch off automatically!

 

You aren't really in full manual mode when you shift with paddles in C, S or S+.
I could see someone testing this out on the street lol.

 

DO NOT settle with the temporary manual mode. Permanent manual gives you a F1 style shift light atop multifunction display. I can't believe I didn't see this before today.

 

Push down on the center console volume wheel to mute and turn off display screen. Push again to restore volume and screen.