What are your "Must Have" safety features?
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What are your "Must Have" safety features?
I will not buy a car without:
-daytime running lights
-hands free calling
-rear seat, side air bags
-electronic stability control
-traction control
-active head restraints with at least adequate dynamic test results in rear-end crash testing
Harder to evaluate attributes that I must have:
-excellent brakes
-excellent emergency handling
-power to go when you gotta go
-composure over rough sections of road
(I take it as a granted that all MBs pass the tests of this paragraph).
Things that I want but haven't yet decided if they are "must haves":
-Excellent results in frontal, offset frontal, side, and rear crash testing
-blind spot warning
-lane departure warning
-brake drying
-brake pre charging when you let off on the gas quickly
-warning of an imminent crash
-night vision
-real time traffic information
-hands free utilization of at least some of the car's functions (HVAC, audio, navigation)
Am I missing something you folks would include?
What in my last paragraph would be "must haves" for you?
Obviously, some of these features rule out a MB
-daytime running lights
-hands free calling
-rear seat, side air bags
-electronic stability control
-traction control
-active head restraints with at least adequate dynamic test results in rear-end crash testing
Harder to evaluate attributes that I must have:
-excellent brakes
-excellent emergency handling
-power to go when you gotta go
-composure over rough sections of road
(I take it as a granted that all MBs pass the tests of this paragraph).
Things that I want but haven't yet decided if they are "must haves":
-Excellent results in frontal, offset frontal, side, and rear crash testing
-blind spot warning
-lane departure warning
-brake drying
-brake pre charging when you let off on the gas quickly
-warning of an imminent crash
-night vision
-real time traffic information
-hands free utilization of at least some of the car's functions (HVAC, audio, navigation)
Am I missing something you folks would include?
What in my last paragraph would be "must haves" for you?
Obviously, some of these features rule out a MB
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[QUOTE=georgedaman;2500873]
Current W211 models may not have all of these even through options but a W221 would have all except the lane departure warning, or would it?
We may then expect all of these appearing on the W212.
We may then expect all of these appearing on the W212.
