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Solar Cell roof or Climate seats.

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Old 08-22-2002 | 11:45 AM
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Solar Cell roof or Climate seats.

Which option would be best for summer time?

This is if you HAD to only choose one.

thanks,

Has anybody experienced a solar cell roof?
Old 08-22-2002 | 11:56 AM
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The solar cell is cheaper and would probably work better in my opinion. I also didn't like the look of the vent seats.
Old 08-22-2002 | 12:05 PM
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ohhhhhh man....................the solar cells!!, they are so ****ing good. Jesus, we test drove a e430 one day, and it had them. I forgot what she did to turn them on, i think she flipped them or something....but in less than 10 seconds.....the whole car was very cool. I thought that was the best feature on the car....i didnt get it on my e500, cuz we thought we wont drive it that much
Old 08-22-2002 | 12:07 PM
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ohhhhhh man....................the solar cells!!, they are so ****ing good. Jesus, we test drove a e430 one day, and it had them. I forgot what she did to turn them on, i think she flipped them or something....but in less than 10 seconds.....the whole car was very cool. I thought that was the best feature on the car....i didnt get it on my e500, cuz we thought we wont drive it that much
The E430s in the USA never had those.....
Old 08-22-2002 | 12:11 PM
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sorry, we test dorve both, e320, and e430.....it was a long time ago, before we new about the 2003......sorry, it might of beewn the e320. I dont remember..all i remember were these vent looking thing on the front of the moonroof. But they do work very well
Old 08-22-2002 | 02:40 PM
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Originally posted by bmms8
sorry, we test dorve both, e320, and e430.....it was a long time ago, before we new about the 2003......sorry, it might of beewn the e320. I dont remember..all i remember were these vent looking thing on the front of the moonroof. But they do work very well
What i meant was that no W211 E Class in the US had the solar roof. It was never an option here.
Old 08-22-2002 | 02:51 PM
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i would prefer the ventilated seats, if you have once driven....u know they are awsome!!
but like everything you have to try it by ourself and decide what u like. but these seats are worth a try
Old 08-22-2002 | 02:54 PM
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I have the solar sunroof in my audi right now and it kicks ***. It much cooler inside my car then others withouut it. Though i think have a glass roof is better. Get the vented seats and get an auto starter. That way you can start the car before you get in the seats will turn on as well as the AC.
Old 08-22-2002 | 03:29 PM
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At almost $1K option price for solor in the 500, I have a hard time justifying the cost when i can roll down the windows for a minute and crank the A/C to cool the car off. Even then where I live that is only 4 months out of the year at the most. For me it wasn't worth it.
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silver, maybe im wrong, but the lady showed us the thing on the moonroof. I always thought that was the solar panels or whatever. What were those things
Old 08-22-2002 | 08:23 PM
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Originally posted by bmms8
silver, maybe im wrong, but the lady showed us the thing on the moonroof. I always thought that was the solar panels or whatever. What were those things
I thought they were just vents....
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maybe, im not quite sure

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