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HEY

i wanted to know if the e class in the U.S. are equipped with SBC HOLD and/or SBC STOP!

bmms8

i believe these are standard features on the MY04

Mellow

I dont know what SBC stop is but ive tried SBC hold and its AMAZING! i didnt even know we had it except by coicidence, its absolutley an essential feature

drb

OK, I give up what are SBC hold and SBC stop?

MPTLPTR

SBC Hold keeps you stopped at, say, a traffic light without you having to keep your foot on the brake.

SBC Stop automatically slows you down in stop and go traffic.

Apparently these features aren't available in U.S. W211s. I would have liked the hold feature Maybe they'll be available in 04. I know the BMW 745s have a hold feature.

Turbo2

I assume to have SBC stop, you would have to have the Distronic Cruise Control as well, correct? Because without this the car would not know how close you are to the other car infront of you in stop and go traffic.

MPTLPTR

The SBC hold is independent of the Distronic. It just slows the car down gradually once you get off the gas pedal but you have to press the brake if it doesn't slow you down quick enough.

muhri

Where are pics of your car man!

Mellow

Dude weve had it for a good two weeks now, im tryin to take some proper pics but the wether sucks *** here in kuwait, major sand storms, heres a preview of it @ the local car wash

Mellow

Ok guys went downstairs and took some pics, heres what it looks like while im driving normally

Mellow

I tried to activate SBC hold while parked and got this message, maybe its coz my parktronic sensors were on red or cause the wheels wernt straight, hell, maybe it was the weather! hey it works when i need it to and thats all that matters

Mellow

So i took it into the drive way and activated it there, this is what it looks like, a few points about sbc-h

To activate it you have to depress the brake pedal fully, which is so much easier and more functional than the retarded button bimmer have got in their new 7, mb wins another one, but then again, what would you ecpect from the company that gave you idrive
When your slowing down at the light, you cant just continue to depress the pedal completley, i guess this is to safeguard against the car staying in its place too long after an emergency stop and getting rammed from behind or something, you have to lift slightly to signal that your happy with your current position (ie the car dosent creep just a slight lift of pressure) and then depress the brake pedal fully and viola!

To get moving you either give the brake pedal a little prod or just accelerate, which is particulary nice coz you get a rather instaneous forward motion as apposed to mb's characteristic comfort oriented throtle, the car doesnt lunge forward or anything , none of your passengers or the nearby cars will notice, but its a nice feeling, could be fun for racing, if thats your thing

muhri

I wanna see the blue interior !

Mellow

Dude the blue is freakin gorgeous! everybodys comenting about it, ill take some good pics and post them soon

craigng

Hey Mellow - when was your car built?

My car is a Jan 03 built, and I tried to activate SBC Hold a few times, but without success!

Juanjo

It is available in cars produces after the first decade of March.

sf49ers79

Anyway what sbc stand for? what's the function of SBC?

Mellow

Craig im not sure when the car was built we got it on the last week of april so im thinkinglate march? something like that im not sure, i cant remember what sbc stands for sensotronic brakin somethin but mannual says it combines a hydraulic brake system with an electronically controlled boosting effect increasing saftey (true) and comfort (errrr can we talk?)

I've read for ages on this board about the touchy brakes that gives your passengers that old fuzzy 'im a teenager learning how to drive' feeling, now if only people looked forwrd to that sort of thing. The upside to SBC is every other car i drive now feels like its got mushy brakes, its like the mb's system is challenging you, i approach lights doin 60 and its as if its sayin fine dont brake yet, i dont care, always still stops me at the line without breakin a sweat, really impressive , the dowside is, well i never thought id say this, but i dont think ill EVER learn how to brake smoothly with these things if im progressivley trying to increase braking force, coz thats the problem with the pedal, its not linear, im not being car and driver picky here, im talking nice firm braking ur putting ur foot down even further with a linear increase in braking force and suddenly whoa! your checking your rear view mirror to see if your gonna get rammed! Guess you cant have it all, so how soon is SBC stop coming out and how do you know if youve got it, i feel the car does slow down a bit more than id like when i lift my foot of f the accelerator but i dont know if thats due to engine braking or sbc stop