What do you use the most? the least?
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2010 E350, 2015 S550
There was a time when they said MB would never put an adjustable steering wheel in their car. Low and behold. In addition to safety there is marketing involved.
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1953 300 Adenauer, 1971 300 SEL 6.3, 1975 600, 1978 450 6.9
What if it fails? And, Toyota's would move while the car was in gear and moving. I thought that was an unsafe design. I think I hold the button all of eight seconds so its not a big deal to me. I do think that they should be synced to the key so that the seats would adjust when you push the unlock button on the key fob. Then they would be in the right position by the time you opened the door. My Avalon had two electronic keys and the seats could be set for two different drivers. But hey you know what, perhaps next years model will have it.
There was a time when they said MB would never put an adjustable steering wheel in their car. Low and behold. In addition to safety there is marketing involved.
There was a time when they said MB would never put an adjustable steering wheel in their car. Low and behold. In addition to safety there is marketing involved.
It is unlikely that you'll find those features on a MB until it becomes a mainstream feature that improves safety.
Consider also the multitude of safety features standard on the MB that is unavailable on other cars - attention assist, pre-safe and so forth.
If it is safety related, there is a good chance that it'll show up on a MB first, then on other German cars, then on Asian cars and finally on US cars.
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Porsche Macan S SportDesign / Ex M-B's: 11 & 10 & 06 E350's, 02 S500
An aspect of the 1-touch feature, even if disabled while driving, that may be considered a litigation or safety related situation for M-B is that someone who's really tall, like myself, and dates someone super small and petite, like my Girlfriend, might accidentally hit the wrong button while sitting, and get crushed up against the steering wheel. If the force isn't strong enough to hurt someone, there's still those who will want to "sue" for "damages".
Fortunately, nobody drives my car but me, so for all I care M-B could do away with the whole Memory function in general.
Fortunately, nobody drives my car but me, so for all I care M-B could do away with the whole Memory function in general.
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2000 W210 E55->2003 R230 SL500->2004 W211 E55->2007 997TT+2007 E63->2010 GLK350->2012 E550 4matic
Bringing an old thread back to life, I don't use the music registry as it takes too long to upload, loving the HOLD feature and the multi-contour seat!
