CNET Rreview: 2012 ML550 4Matic - May 5, 2012
05-11-2012, 10:10 AM
#26
Senior Member
A simpler method on the W164 is to tug on the right paddle.
If you tug on the left, it goes into D1 and stays there to max revs or you tug right to change up. This is ok if you plan to drive as a manual.
But by tugging right, it still goes into 1st, but stays in "D" as a full auto.
This also engages the clutch (in the torque converter) which is another cause for slow accelaration of the line.
If you tug on the left, it goes into D1 and stays there to max revs or you tug right to change up. This is ok if you plan to drive as a manual.
But by tugging right, it still goes into 1st, but stays in "D" as a full auto.
This also engages the clutch (in the torque converter) which is another cause for slow accelaration of the line.
05-11-2012, 09:14 PM
#27
Senior Member
Doesn't work on my 550. Pulling the right paddle from a stop does nothing. Pull the left it drops to first, then pull right and it jumps to second, third, etc.
Too bad, I was hoping this would work.
Too bad, I was hoping this would work.
