no doubt! I love this feature......makes it REALLY lame to even drive another car, LOL......unless you have keyless go on that one too

 

LOL,your gonna laugh but I think all these tricky little things is one reason why my wife(bless her heart) wont drive my car...the only other thing Im glad she doent share besides GOLF

If it wasnt for me living with her,, all of her VCR's would be blinkin 12:00

 

Someone earlier in this monstrous thread pointed out that you can lock the doors with the side of your hip. THAT'S cool! Great when your hands are full!

 

You still have VCRs? I guess that's why you're driving a MB and not a BMW

 

yes, that is true. But there must be a limit how thick clothing you wear. You cannot lock/unlock the car with your hand or finger wery close to the door handle. You need to touch it and I think it needs to be touched by someone with static electricity or some grounding.

My car locks work with standard jeans on so it should cover pretty much all normal clother we wear.

 

funny enough, i have this feature on my W211 but it didn't work on the W212. I thought it was disabled. so, what am i doing wrong?

 

Actually, if u get into the red rev zones, the transmission will upshift to prevent damage. it just holds the gear for as looooooong as possible. still, pretty cool tho. ensures u have lots of power available everytime until u put it back in 'D' by holding the right paddle shifter.

 

check ur key fob battery.. it's probably getting low on juice if u can lock it in the car.

 

The springs open the hood to a normal inclined position, if you push the hood it will open further to an almost vertical position. Makes it a lot easier to access things at the back of the engine.

Peter

 

Pen holder ?!?! Sweet!

 

When backing up slowly into a parking spot, if I open my door, the car brakes and goes into Park instantly. Caught me by surprise. But not on my buddies'2010 model e350. Is it on yours?


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Yup, mine does that , it grinds into halt if I open the driver's door when backing up slowly .

 

When the car starts to oversteer while you are dialing in some countersteer. ESP will kick back in and your seatbelt will tighten up immediately as if you are about to crash.

I found that out during some fun canyon carving action.

 

What and how do you "dial in countersteer"?

 

What I meant was ... "I was trying to save my butt from spinning and traction control did the work"

 

Reset PCM.

1. Sit on the driver's seat and close the door.

2. While keeping your feet off the pedals Turn key to position 2 (or press the start button twice on P2 cars). DO NOT start the car.

3. Floor the gas pedal and hold it in for 10 seconds.

4. While holding the gas pedal in turn key to position 1 (or press the start button once on P2 cars).

5. Release gas pedal and wait 2 minutes. Do not open door, just wait. Time it!
The actual time in my car is about 1 min 45 seconds. I know this as the speedo cluster lights up.

6. Turn key off.

7. You have just done the PCM reset. Go drive and you will see what it does.

 

I can't be the only one that has been finding neat little features!!!

 

Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but for Pre-2013 w212s, at the back of the trunk there is a secret storage. Just lift up the trunk cover(the one where u access your wheel), there should be a small hidden space that you can put things there. Underneath that is the spare wheel. I just put jumper cables there and it fits perfectly and out of sight.

 

yes, that's where I hide my tribbles

 

Pardon my ignorance, but what is PCM you are resetting?

 

It is Powertrain Control Module, PCM.

These cars, at least 2010 and 2011 models, have a "smart" transmission that learns your driving habits. As I drive a lot on highways my car learns me as a grandma very quickly and becomes very "unsporty" to drive. With this reset it returns car behavior back to a sports car.

 

Service reminder pops on the gauge cluster each time , I took a shot for it , very useful lol

 

Both front seats were "Drive Dynamic" in my W211 E500. I was a bit bummed to note the W212 option list does not include a dynamic seat for the front passenger.

 

Hard to blame Mercedes-Benz for that when our idiot politicians monkey with the dates for the change between standard and daylight savings time.

 

I tried it 3 times..cluster never lit up for me. I have '10 p2 package.