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12-24-2018, 11:12 AM
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Like I said I’m no expert but my Audi SQ5 also has Ceramic pads, oversize bakes and lots of dust. But it will stop on a dime...when we first got it my wife almost put me through the windshield several times. The 2018 Q5 has low dust but it’s stopping power isn’t very good. I’ve had one as a loaner when I took ours in for service.
I hate brake dust and agree with you....Mercedes give us low dust brakes! There must be a way besides the high dollar Porsche ones. My truck has 100M mile brakes and rotors- my Audi 30M. Unfortunately, Mercedes designed & sourced brakes long ago so all we can do is hope.
MB is WAY behind the curve here.
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12-24-2018, 12:07 PM
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I was on the fence about E-ABC because of the $6,490 up charge compared to AIRMATIC ($1,610) but after seeing the price of ceramic brakes for the Porsche Cayenne, I thought why not try to add E-ABC to my build. My dealer called Distribution who said they'll call Germany on my behalf. It may be to late to change my build but no harm in trying.
I keep thinking the same thing! I will hate myself if I don’t order it and find that it was really trick. It’s only money....good luck!
12-24-2018, 02:28 PM
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I don’t know but on the SQ5 you replace the Rotors and the Pad. Maybe some of what I see is metal from the Rotors. Just based on price there seems like a wide disparity in price of aftermarket Ceramics. There probably aren’t any rules governing what they can call Ceramic.
12-24-2018, 02:40 PM
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During morning coffee I configured a Porsche Cayenne S (has little engine big power) and got close to 130M skipping a lot of options. No wonder Porsche is so profitable! Have you thought about calling your contact person? That might work better than the dealer going through the chain of command.
12-24-2018, 02:55 PM
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During morning coffee I configured a Porsche Cayenne S (has little engine big power) and got close to 130M skipping a lot of options. No wonder Porsche is so profitable! Have you thought about calling your contact person? That might work better than the dealer going through the chain of command.
12-24-2018, 02:57 PM
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12-24-2018, 06:40 PM
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My dealer is great at handling such issues. When I called him to ask if he could still add E–ABC to my build, he called the contact person at distribution right away and made the request and we are now awaiting her reply. To this day he still cannot see my updated build when he accesses NetStar at the dealership. I find it odd MB still doesn’t have the bugs worked out in Netstar only weeks away from production start up for the US market.
12-24-2018, 07:18 PM
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My dealer is great at handling such issues. When I called him to ask if he could still add E–ABC to my build, he called the contact person at distribution right away and made the request and we are now awaiting her reply. To this day he still cannot see my updated build when he accesses NetStar at the dealership. I find it odd MB still doesn’t have the bugs worked out in Netstar only weeks away from production start up for the US market.
12-24-2018, 07:43 PM
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Without a MB Internet build for consumers we have no way to know or check our orders against a real DOG-not the temporary one out now. It can’t be that hard to modify the German DOG, convert to English and price. I’m almost certain that one item required in my build isn’t valid. Maybe the first week of January all will be clear!
12-24-2018, 10:21 PM
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All production 350 orders have PO# and spec sheet available from NetStar - production orders scheduled 2/20 are Red (this year more Pink really) locked down - production orders scheduled 2/21 or 3/1 still show Green today - may flip to Red/Pink lock down Weds/Thurs - I don't think there will be a Yellow warning for 2/21 or 3/1 when they flip .. .
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
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All production 350 orders have PO# and spec sheet available from NetStar - production orders scheduled 2/20 are Red (this year more Pink really) locked down - production orders scheduled 2/21 or 3/1 still show Green today - may flip to Red/Pink lock down Weds/Thurs - I don't think there will be a Yellow warning for 2/21 or 3/1 when they flip .. .
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
12-24-2018, 10:39 PM
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All production 350 orders have PO# and spec sheet available from NetStar - production orders scheduled 2/20 are Red (this year more Pink really) locked down - production orders scheduled 2/21 or 3/1 still show Green today - may flip to Red/Pink lock down Weds/Thurs - I don't think there will be a Yellow warning for 2/21 or 3/1 when they flip .. .
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
The 2/21 orders are there because Vance thinks they can upside original end-February production..
Distribution can't normally "open" a locked down Red/Pink order - they can do two things - they can check if someone had a last-minute option cancellation on another order same production date for that same options - have to be real dang lucky - or distribution might be able to "switch" that rig with another rig the dealer has Yellow/Green (with new delivery date) - Distribution won't change slots between two dealers - dealers have to do that between themselves and switch PO#'s between then - then Distribution has to confirm that PO swap....
Edit- Googled Vance & see thats the Towns name in Alabama near where the plant is located.
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12-25-2018, 04:50 PM
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