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Old May 13, 2002 | 06:32 PM
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New E-Class Movies

Here is a link to new E-Class movies in the Italian MB Site
http://www.daimlerchrysler.it/mbi/in...to/default.htm
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Old May 13, 2002 | 07:58 PM
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Welcome to the MB Forum.

Thank you for great E-Class clips from Italian Riviera.

I like the VARIO-roof a lot.
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Old May 14, 2002 | 08:00 PM
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The vario roof certainly looks nice! in fact the whole car looks awesome!

just one question. at the end of the first video(silver car), the driver pressed a button below the shifting guage. what is it? its shaped like a piston?

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Old May 14, 2002 | 09:47 PM
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I think that is the adjustment for the air suspension
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Old May 14, 2002 | 11:05 PM
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is it to adjust the height? or how firm/soft the ride is?
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Old May 14, 2002 | 11:29 PM
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All of them are nice. After seeing that video I'm thinking about my 1999 E55, I haven't had it for long, it is time to go for the 2003 E430?
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Old May 14, 2002 | 11:35 PM
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Originally posted by Juke-box
The vario roof certainly looks nice! in fact the whole car looks awesome!

just one question. at the end of the first video(silver car), the driver pressed a button below the shifting guage. what is it? its shaped like a piston?

thx
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He hit it twice!

I think it was to close the vario-roof, and the mesh/screen. I think, that there is an independent mesh/screen for filtering light below the vario-roof.

A very neat feature. I wonder how much this Vario-Roof costs and how much additional kg??

Porsche charges for the new Targa Roof US $7,300. It adds 150 kg of weight!
http://suncoastporsche.com/newsletter.htm#litronic
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Old May 15, 2002 | 04:07 PM
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Originally posted by pocholin
All of them are nice. After seeing that video I'm thinking about my 1999 E55, I haven't had it for long, it is time to go for the 2003 E430?
I think it is the suspension setting button (there are two setting available).

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I believe it is to lower the suspension and it also has the effect of firming the suspension thus making it sportier
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Old May 16, 2002 | 05:15 PM
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awesome!

but how much does it lower it? obviously it won't be any lowrider, but similar to AMG's height?
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Old May 16, 2002 | 09:26 PM
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It is the airmatic DC function. On WWW.mbspy.com under E-class chassis it describes in detail how it works.
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Old May 16, 2002 | 09:46 PM
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MBspy said that it would drop the car 15mm and raise it 2.5mm from normal height.

but that is only at 80km/h and above at which it drops it 15mm. can you press a button to drop the car too? or do you have to do 80km/h in order to lower the ride height?

thanks!
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Originally posted by Juke-box
MBspy said that it would drop the car 15mm and raise it 2.5mm from normal height.

but that is only at 80km/h and above at which it drops it 15mm. can you press a button to drop the car too? or do you have to do 80km/h in order to lower the ride height?

thanks!
Acutally, according to they article, you can drop the height by 15mm each time you select a sport mode.
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