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EQS 580 too low in front with no raise option
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EQS 580 too low in front with no raise option
Unfortunately, I am going to have to cancel my order for this $130,000 car as the EQS 580 is so low in the front that I can’t even pull it into my garage. There is no elevation option as there is in my current 2015 S550.
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2022 Mercedes EQS 580
I don't understand why there is no elevation option. I'm hoping they just need to issue it via a software update.
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This place is a joke.
There is no option to adjust the height on US models by the driver, even though the car does have air suspension. It's very strange for such an expensive car, and the fact that every other MB with airmatic has this option.
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My M550 used to autobrake as I backed out of my drive, if I went too fast (more than creep speed). And it was higher than my M4, which scraped the splitter all the time. My 450 is much higher, and poses no problem for me in my driveway, or in any parking lot entrances with which I had a problem with the M550 or M4. it would be a very severe driveway entrance if the EQS could not negotiate it.
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Eqs 580
Is it the sill at the front of the garage? Or a steep driveway entrance?
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2023 EQS580 sedan
Well that is surprising and disappointing given that it's been available on Tesla S/X for at least 7 years (my former S had it as does my current X). My driveway/garage are not an issue, but I have found myself preemptively raising the suspension through the years (the Teslas remember the location) anywhere the path looked sketchy.
So yeah, this, plus wanting autonomy functionality equivalent to Tesla's Enhanced AutoPilot (aka Navigate on AutoPilot) will probably have me painfully not following through with my purchase.
So yeah, this, plus wanting autonomy functionality equivalent to Tesla's Enhanced AutoPilot (aka Navigate on AutoPilot) will probably have me painfully not following through with my purchase.
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2022 Mercedes EQS 580
Well that is surprising and disappointing given that it's been available on Tesla S/X for at least 7 years (my former S had it as does my current X). My driveway/garage are not an issue, but I have found myself preemptively raising the suspension through the years (the Teslas remember the location) anywhere the path looked sketchy.
So yeah, this, plus wanting autonomy functionality equivalent to Tesla's Enhanced AutoPilot (aka Navigate on AutoPilot) will probably have me painfully not following through with my purchase.
So yeah, this, plus wanting autonomy functionality equivalent to Tesla's Enhanced AutoPilot (aka Navigate on AutoPilot) will probably have me painfully not following through with my purchase.
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EQS 450+
Supposedly, the car's sensors are supposed to measure if the height needs to be raised, automatically. Personally, I would like GPS-based manual settings, myself. I always used that on my Tesla in spots like drive-thru's with deep curbs.
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The sill is at the end of the garage before the entry to the house. Just a little curb that my last two S550s had no problem with. This new EQS is so low in the front it would’ve damaged the bottom of the front end— forget a little scraping; it would have been major. I would think you’d have to be closely watching that at every parking spot with a curb at the end.
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At comfort level, I've never had any issues scraping my E43 anywhere. The EQS is the same height. The EQS only rides low in sport or economy modes. It really should have no issues with clearance unless it's an unusual situation.
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The sill is at the end of the garage before the entry to the house. Just a little curb that my last two S550s had no problem with. This new EQS is so low in the front it would’ve damaged the bottom of the front end— forget a little scraping; it would have been major. I would think you’d have to be closely watching that at every parking spot with a curb at the end.
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2015 s550
Do you have EQS 580 and where are you located. The salesman couldn’t get it to clear and he scraped underneath when he went down the slope in the driveway and he showed me in the car that there’s no option to raise it. This seems crazy since I have no problem with my S550.
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Reply from my salesman:
It was in comfort I believe which would be highest setting. The E43 is an older model that they don’t make anymore, it is now the E53. I’m off today but checking with several people tomorrow
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2022 Mercedes EQS 580
Do you have EQS 580 and where are you located. The salesman couldn’t get it to clear and he scraped underneath when he went down the slope in the driveway and he showed me in the car that there’s no option to raise it. This seems crazy since I have no problem with my S550.
BTW Lucid doesn’t have height adjustment either so if you want a sedan EV with height adjustment your options are Taycan or Tesla.
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17 E43; 21 GLS580
Do you have EQS 580 and where are you located. The salesman couldn’t get it to clear and he scraped underneath when he went down the slope in the driveway and he showed me in the car that there’s no option to raise it. This seems crazy since I have no problem with my S550.
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Agree. I have an EQS 450+. My garage sill is 3.5 inches high, and my lip has just short of 7 inches of clearance in Comfort mode, with AMG exterior package. The 580 may be different?
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Correct, 7 inches is pretty much standard for sedans. Only SUVs and crossovers have more innate clearence. And no, the 580 and 450 are identical in all suspension parameters.
