Congrats!

New or used? Looks beautiful either way!

 

it’s a CPO 2023
7,006 miles
Pinnacle
Augmented Reality HUD
plus a bunch more, $142k MSRP

We had a blast driving 105 miles yesterday to get the battery down to 72% from 99% so I could test our 50amp Chargepoint Flex, which worked great charging to 80% last night!

I spent a bunch of time experimenting with various driving mode combinations to see how they worked together. I have to say it is a ton of fun and the car is simply magnificent to drive, so comfortably powerful and solid, it gives one the feeling that the manufacturer went out of their way to create something leading edge and special.

Using J_Boxer’s guide to adjusting the car’s driving dynamics I’ve initially been very impressed with intelligent recuperation with individual mode setup for comfort driving dynamics yet with sport suspension and steering.

I’m sure my thoughts will change with more driving but initial impressions are pretty glorious!

One oddity is even with the setting for easy exit, when I shut the car off to get out, the seat moves forward giving me less room rather than more room to get out, hence “less easy” to get out. I’ll have to play around with this!

We are planning a little trip into the mountains to visit our daughter tomorrow afternoon, returning Saturday so today I need to (yes, I have to do it!) wear the battery down enough to test charge at a couple fast chargers, I’m thinking an EA charger and a Tesla charger. I suppose I could drive until battery is down to 70%, charge at an EA fast charger to 80%, then drive until it’s down to 70% to a Tesla fast charger. I want to test both before our first trip into the mountains so I can hopefully work through getting the apps setup with attached credit cards already figured out etc.

Anyway, we are looking forward to great times ahead driving this car!

 

Lovely car! Congratulations! Glad you are really enjoying it. Wish you many happy miles ahead.

 

These are terrific cars and with access to the Superchargers using an adapter, you can literally drive anywhere in the country without range anxiety.

BTW, I only use Intelligent Recuperation and would miss it greatly if we bought another brand without it.

Once again congrats and I know you'll love it. It's beautiful.

 

Very nice looking vehicle! Congratulations!!

 

Congrats, that EQS SUV looks mint!

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Beautiful car, and in excellent condition from the exterior. If this is your first EV, a warm welcome to the club... lots to learn but this forum provides a ton of info from very knowledgeable owners.

I am a bit biased as yours is almost a twin/replica of ours purchased a couple months ago... It MSRP-ed at $141K, with 6500 miles, CPO... we paid $75K + TTL. Mind sharing what yours cost you?

 

I paid $69.2k plus TTL plus transport and I also paid to fly the east coast, plus motel, to look at and test drive, compete the purchase paperwork and then fly back. It is in excellent condition, I can't even find a paint ding. Squeaky clean CarFax too. I spent an enormous amount of time finding this car, had to be CPO, low miles, Clean Carfax, Pinnacle, Augmented HUD and pretty well loaded, no 3rd row. I will add, since I paid for my flight, hotel and transport, the dealer made a concession on the price from where it was originally priced, which was $73.9k as advertised. BTW, I would have paid more than the $69.2k all things considered.

 

That is an overall excellent deal… You did good. Enjoy your new ride in good health.

 

Congrats, great looking vehicle, enjoy!

 

I got an amazing deal on mine, it looks like. The original MSRP was $139,400, with pinnacle trim, AR HUD, etc. and I got it CPO at less than 20,000 miles for $61,500, plus they gave me free all weather floor mats, wheel locks, and first aid kit. Plus my flight out to CT to pick it up, sight unseen.

 

I strongly advise NOT to use Intelligent Recuperation! It is extremely dangerous if you are in traffic, especially on the highway. I used it at first and nearly rear ended the car in front of me and never used it since.

Because you cannot rely on a constant deceleration when lifting off the accelerator, you cannot judge how much additional mechanical braking will be required. In the second or so that your brain decides if any physical application of the brake is required, you can rear end the car in front, or be rear-ended.

This is an extremely dangerous feature. Use with caution!!
Only you are to blame if the system results in an accident.

 

I violently disagree with this recommendation not to use Intelligent mode. This car does not have a self-driving mode, so the driver must always be in control and be prepared to apply the brakes or take evasive action at any time using this mode. This is actually no different from any other mode in the car where the drivers should be attentive. As long as the driver is in control then Intelligent mode provides good one-pedal driving with minimal need for use of the brake.

The same applies to the use of DISTRONIC. If the driver is not comfortable using either feature then do not use it, but what a waste of a great convenience and safety feature.

 

Thanks for your post and you are 100% correct.

Surge doesn't list ownership of an EQE SUV or EQS SUV so one could assume he may not have any actual knowledge of how well Intelligent Recuperation works in the EQ models.

I stand by my previous post, this is a great feature and I would miss it. And wasn't speaking for anyone else but myself.

P.S. I've owned two EQS SUV's so I do have actual knowledge of how well Intelligent Recuperation works!

 

You don’t seem to understand; perhaps I didn’t do a good job explaining it. This is not at all like Distronic.
The issue is you don’t know how the car will behave when you let off the throttle. It is not constant, not predictable. Even worse, your brain will expect a specific amount of deceleration, or not, and that may not be what happens.

It’s extremely dangerous, and I’m not an old risk averse guy. I’m probably younger than most drivers of the EQS and I’m an avid sim racer (full size 6dof motion sim in my office). My main cars are the AMG GTC and G wagon.

You are doing something really dangerous - but obviously it’s your call. If you want to vary the regen, which is the only point of this “feature”, do it yourself with the paddles. Do a little bit of work - the paddles are really nice in the EQS, much nicer than the EQE for example - use them!

 

You must read more carefully. All 3 of my cars are in the signature! Not to mention that I explicitly said I used it when I got the EQS! Wow.
I have over 30,000 km and 1.5 years on my EQS. I shut off “intelligent regen” after the first month.

 

Hey Surge, your explanation was quite clear, and I believe I understand what you are saying.

The majority of my non-highway driving for the last year has been in Intelligent mode which should qualify me to say that I understand it, know how it operates, and its weaknesses. The amount of deceleration varies based on the speed of travel, the gradient of the road, and the distance to the vehicle ahead. There have been some cases where the mode was engaged late or a car snuck in front of me requiring the use of the manual brake. I do not consider this a dangerous situation. What would be dangerous is completely relying on the car, not paying attention, or seriously exceeding the speed limits while using this mode.

Maybe your caution may be applicable to highway driving, but I mostly use DISTRONIC there. For my own peace of mind I will override the system and use the brakes if there is a sudden reduction of speed in the cars ahead.

 

Calling it an "extremely dangerous" recuperation option is nonsense. Mercedes wouldn't include it if it was "extremely dangerous".

Myself and others happen to love it.

I'll leave it at that and ignore this thread since you've decided to dump on it.

 

Two years with my EQE SUV using almost exclusively Intelligent Recuperation and I have nothing other than confidence that I know how it will behave for various situations. No "scare events" for me, thus far!

 

I've been meaning to post a reply, but forgot. Regarding this feature, there are two things I think you need to keep in mind:
1 - You need to do the drive profile seat "what's your height" setup in MBUX
2 - Even having gone through that for my EQS, and with me being 6' tall, the seat back (not the whole seat) moves forward when I cut the car off. This movement actually does make it easier for me to get out

 

Congrats on your EQS SUV; it's truly a special car! Certainly feels like Mercedes went above and beyond on the car (except on cargo space). I have been seeing reviews of the 2026 Lucid Gravity and it's surprising that the EQS SUV already achieved lots of the claimed groundbreaking features even 2 years earlier. Unfortunately, the poor styling of the EQS sedan and high starting price of the EQS SUV, didn't allow the car receive the attention it deserved.

 

Since we are sharing, FWIW I paid $89k + tax for a brand new 2023 EQS450 SUV in June of ‘24. Had exactly the spec I wanted with a 3rd row and all the options (except the rear seat tablet package and no Hyperscreen). Not sure why more dealers don’t spec the 3rd row, it’s the only reason I looked at this model vs another model. Plenty of storage with the 3rd row folded.
Depreciation is not as bad as some have said, which is great.