My 1st Eco Start/Stop Experience
#26
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Not about pushing a button. It is about having to push the "damn button." For a radio or other audio, navigation, etc., you are choosing.
It's like having to push the "damn button" to close a window every time you get in.
And it is about MB requiring everybody to "push a damn button" so they can sell far more profitable cars that are gas guzzlers.
It's like having to push the "damn button" to close a window every time you get in.
And it is about MB requiring everybody to "push a damn button" so they can sell far more profitable cars that are gas guzzlers.
#27
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How about the door handle, start button, steering wheel, gas pedal or brake pedal? Why does Mercedes make us operate those things? Why cant the car drive itself.
#28
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Sorry, but if this button is such a big deal to you, you obviously bought the wrong car. Maybe someone here will buy it from you.
Personally, I never begrudge my cars the gas they use, as long as they run as I expect them to run. If MB had chickened out and sold only economical cars, I wouldn't have bought one, as the performance coupled with luxury is what I wanted.
If I can't burn up a couple of dead dinosaurs on the way to work in the morning, I'm not having any fun. . .
#29
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Not about pushing a button. It is about having to push the "damn button." For a radio or other audio, navigation, etc., you are choosing.
It's like having to push the "damn button" to close a window every time you get in.
And it is about MB requiring everybody to "push a damn button" so they can sell far more profitable cars that are gas guzzlers.
It's like having to push the "damn button" to close a window every time you get in.
And it is about MB requiring everybody to "push a damn button" so they can sell far more profitable cars that are gas guzzlers.
Myself, I don't care. Most of my driving is stop and go anyway. I might go for the midcityengineering radar/laser integration though for my highway runs.
#30
Agree with the annoyance, especially in stop-and-go traffic. What MB and others need to do is put at least a 3-5 second pause before actually stopping the engine. That would really help in these circumstances. However, when caught by a long light and using the brake "hold" feature, I'm convinced the gas savings, over time, could be considerable.
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2014 E350 also restored: 1969 Camaro convertible SS 1957 Chevy Belair 2dr hardtop
Do what I did get the module that Midcity engineering in Chicago makes and have it installed and every time you get into the car the eco button is disconnected. I no longer have to press the button every time I get into t5he car. Cost was about $200 with the installation. Takes about 2 hours.
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No popped artery just annoyed. BMW has a switch to disconnect why can't Mercedes? Owners have to put up with this minor thing because of fuel ratings to make Mercedes Benz look good? I would have paid $800 to get rid of the damn thing. I do not want a car that would hesitate making a left turn with traffic coming at me. Eventually someone will get killed because of the hesitation then Mercedes Benz will install a switch.
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No popped artery just annoyed. BMW has a switch to disconnect why can't Mercedes? Owners have to put up with this minor thing because of fuel ratings to make Mercedes Benz look good? I would have paid $800 to get rid of the damn thing. I do not want a car that would hesitate making a left turn with traffic coming at me. Eventually someone will get killed because of the hesitation then Mercedes Benz will install a switch.
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Yeah MB won't install a switch because someone blames the "hesitation" for their accident... instead, MB will blame the driver for not waiting for a safe time to cross the intersection. And the insurance companies will be on their side. Good luck fighting that battle. I bought a car that didn't have that ECO stop/start, because I didn't want that "feature"
I wonder if that auto-off switch someone posted above works for the ESP and turns on S-mode automatically... because going through the cluster menu and pushing the button on the console is SO hard.
I wonder if that auto-off switch someone posted above works for the ESP and turns on S-mode automatically... because going through the cluster menu and pushing the button on the console is SO hard.