Those w/ Adaptive High Beams. Do you leave the highs on "Auto" at all times?
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Those w/ Adaptive High Beams. Do you leave the highs on "Auto" at all times?
Slowly but surely, I am learning all the awesome stuff on this car.
Just today, for the first time ever, I understood exactly how the Adaptive High Beams work. You click it backwards, and it goes in "Auto" (click it forward, and manually hold it, and the highs go automatically on, no adaptive).
So I realized, that they work so well, it's kind of pointless to ever have to use the highs on manual. Do you guys just constantly leave it on the Auto setting, and let the car flip to highs whenever it deems it necessary?
Just today, for the first time ever, I understood exactly how the Adaptive High Beams work. You click it backwards, and it goes in "Auto" (click it forward, and manually hold it, and the highs go automatically on, no adaptive).
So I realized, that they work so well, it's kind of pointless to ever have to use the highs on manual. Do you guys just constantly leave it on the Auto setting, and let the car flip to highs whenever it deems it necessary?
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Sweet, I will be too now. This car does everything, it's really spoiling me, seriously. I don't know how I feel about that, it does everything for me practically, which forces (er, allows) me to operate at far less intensity, lol.
I've been driving my Benz on my long distance "work trips" recently, and I used to always drive my Malibu. The Benz has done the unthinkable, it's lifted me from my humble and grounded nature, making it seem "ew" to drive in a Chevy that doesn't have all the lazy luxuries, and extremely cozy ambiance.
I gotta retrain myself back. I don't want to be one of those guys! Lol.
I've been driving my Benz on my long distance "work trips" recently, and I used to always drive my Malibu. The Benz has done the unthinkable, it's lifted me from my humble and grounded nature, making it seem "ew" to drive in a Chevy that doesn't have all the lazy luxuries, and extremely cozy ambiance.
I gotta retrain myself back. I don't want to be one of those guys! Lol.
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haha, I know how you feel, and I am feeling it too.....
it's like 'what?! no heated seat?.....nah.....lets take my car'
lol.........and every other example you can think of, hehe......
it's like 'what?! no heated seat?.....nah.....lets take my car'
lol.........and every other example you can think of, hehe......
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Gotta love the "lazy luxury" ...
We have my E350 in the garage next to the wife's Lexus RX450h and for around town we take the RX but on long trips ... it's always the Benz.
We have my E350 in the garage next to the wife's Lexus RX450h and for around town we take the RX but on long trips ... it's always the Benz.
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I leave them on all the time too. The system is pretty good, you won't accidently high beam oncoming traffic.
K-A, I also have a Nissan for my work drive but I find myself driving the Benz all the time now.
K-A, I also have a Nissan for my work drive but I find myself driving the Benz all the time now.
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There is another function with the lights too. It adjusts low beams to the distance of the car in front of you or to oncoming traffic. I'm not sure if it does this if the high beam is not on automatic. I have them on automatic at all times too. I really don't see a need for not having it on auto.
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I leave mine on all the time as well. As for high beaming others, I've never had an oncoming car flash their lights at me to tell me to turn mine down. It operates very quickly. This is one of those features that I never knew I needed but will likely never be without in the future.
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I leave mine on auto all the time too,cool thing happen the other night I was driving on a dark road and my high beams came on all by themselves and turned off when I came across some street light 
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There is another function with the lights too. It adjusts low beams to the distance of the car in front of you or to oncoming traffic. I'm not sure if it does this if the high beam is not on automatic. I have them on automatic at all times too. I really don't see a need for not having it on auto.
Looks like mine will be staying on "Auto" as well. Another thing that my car will be doing for me, lol.
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The Auto high beams is a great feature especially here in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. At night time, there are a lot of deer and other furry little creatures that come out. I leave the high beams set to Auto all the time and yet have had anyone flash me for high beams.
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If I recall correctly, the auto feature only works above 45mph. So I do switch between auto and manual cause when I pull into my neighborhood at night I like my highbeams on.
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I don't think this is true. I live in a sub where speed limit is 30 MPH. Area has street lights and every time I enter on the road to the sub my high beams go off as the system sees those street lights.
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Ok I tried it down a dark country road. Here's what it does. When you start the high beams don't turn on till you hit 35mph, I then slowed down to 25 and they turned off and wouldn't turn back on till I hit 35mph again. This was verified 3 times. So on at 35mph and back off at 25 mph.
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Ok I tried it down a dark country road. Here's what it does. When you start the high beams don't turn on till you hit 35mph, I then slowed down to 25 and they turned off and wouldn't turn back on till I hit 35mph again. This was verified 3 times. So on at 35mph and back off at 25 mph.
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I like this feature but on slow mountain winding roads I would like it on but it turns off below 35 mph or so. Almost perfect but not quite yet. Still much better than doing the switch manually. Great feature I never knew I would need.
