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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 11:48 PM
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Thank you and goodbye.

Want to say thank you all in W166,
Just trade-in our ML with 102K troubles free miles
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Got 2018 GLC with 6K miles on it.
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Old Nov 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM
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Good luck on the new ride. Would be nice to hear your first impressions going to the GLC. Any tradeoffs besides the smaller size? How's the ride and road noise?
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Old Nov 16, 2019 | 12:32 PM
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Good luck on the new ride. Would be nice to hear your first impressions going to the GLC. Any tradeoffs besides the smaller size? How's the ride and road noise?
First impression beside smaller size is much better ride (for me) its is more firmed, ML had steel springs and felt like a boat. Steering is more responsive and more attached to the road.

Noise, I did pay a very close attention to it, wind and road noice I think are the same as ML.

Love Burmester sound system, better than HK in ML to my taste.

Overall so far I like it, lets wait till we go on the long road trip. ))
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Old Nov 16, 2019 | 01:44 PM
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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 05:49 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2019 | 08:36 PM
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Old Nov 24, 2019 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DanD.
First impression beside smaller size is much better ride (for me) its is more firmed, ML had steel springs and felt like a boat. Steering is more responsive and more attached to the road.

Noise, I did pay a very close attention to it, wind and road noice I think are the same as ML.

Love Burmester sound system, better than HK in ML to my taste.

Overall so far I like it, lets wait till we go on the long road trip. ))
congrats. My wife wanted one. Her father got one GLC300. She couldn’t get over the size, noise and the ride. Tried the ML and never looked back. Only thing we both liked was the GLC looks more modern
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Old Dec 2, 2019 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DanD.
Want to say thank you all in W166,
Just trade-in our ML with 102K troubles free miles
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Got 2018 GLC with 6K miles on it.
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Congrats! great looking ride. Join the club lol.. did the same myself 3 months ago except my ML wasnt avaialble to be traded
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Old Dec 2, 2019 | 06:25 PM
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Congrats! great looking ride. Join the club lol.. did the same myself 3 months ago except my ML wasnt avaialble to be traded
Thank you, I do remember reading your ML story.
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Thank you, I do remember reading your ML story.
Well yes the plus side of that was the car was paid off, wasnt upside down on my loan, and was able to start fresh.

I can say the only things i miss is the 4Matic feature and the V6 Power it had. Dont miss the Gas consumption, was filling it up 1x a week, sometimes every 5/6 days.
It was my daily driver. Wife and i like to go up the mountains to enjoy the snow so i guess getting the chains will be an adjustment while we have the GLC for the time being.

Is yours 4Matic?
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Old Dec 2, 2019 | 08:03 PM
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Well yes the plus side of that was the car was paid off, wasnt upside down on my loan, and was able to start fresh.

I can say the only things i miss is the 4Matic feature and the V6 Power it had. Dont miss the Gas consumption, was filling it up 1x a week, sometimes every 5/6 days.
It was my daily driver. Wife and i like to go up the mountains to enjoy the snow so i guess getting the chains will be an adjustment while we have the GLC for the time being.

Is yours 4Matic?
Im a skier so AWD and winter tires are the must.
I missed 600 miles ML range for sure, now Im like you at the pump every 5/6 days. On average getting 23 which is about the same as ML but ML had a bigger tank and it was diesel.
So far I really like GLC, only one thing is mission heated rear seats but this option is very hard to find.
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Old Dec 2, 2019 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DanD.
Im a skier so AWD and winter tires are the must.
I missed 600 miles ML range for sure, now Im like you at the pump every 5/6 days. On average getting 23 which is about the same as ML but ML had a bigger tank and it was diesel.
So far I really like GLC, only one thing is mission heated rear seats but this option is very hard to find.
Oh nice! Well sounds like you found a good one then. For us its once every 2 weeks since it isnt my daily driver and we take it for occasions, evenings, and the occasional road trip. 23 is good, better than the 18 i was averaging with the ML i had. CPO good packages are very hard to find so you might have had to look far and wide, as many users here do for their perfect new or CPO.
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Old Dec 3, 2019 | 11:03 AM
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Oh nice! Well sounds like you found a good one then. For us its once every 2 weeks since it isnt my daily driver and we take it for occasions, evenings, and the occasional road trip. 23 is good, better than the 18 i was averaging with the ML i had. CPO good packages are very hard to find so you might have had to look far and wide, as many users here do for their perfect new or CPO.
It was very strange, i was looking for GLE 16-17, but 99% of them were with halogen lights,

And this GLC was sitting in my saved cars for months, I had a few show stoppers on GLC:
RFT and Eco (Stop-Start) I did some research and both could be fixed. So I went ahead and tested GLC, no regrets so far.
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Old Dec 3, 2019 | 12:37 PM
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I too let my ML350 BT go last spring. It had 52K so I felt as though the diesel engine might let me down pretty soon. I ended up finding a 2019 GLA 45 AMG with 900 miles for a great deal. I really miss the size of the ML but make up for it in zoom!
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Originally Posted by DanD.
It was very strange, i was looking for GLE 16-17, but 99% of them were with halogen lights,

And this GLC was sitting in my saved cars for months, I had a few show stoppers on GLC:
RFT and Eco (Stop-Start) I did some research and both could be fixed. So I went ahead and tested GLC, no regrets so far.
GLE with the 4M and the P2 package is VERY HARD to find (LED lights, ambient, etc..) but a good chunk come with the 4M/LED and even have a trailer hitch (mine did). But some are bold enough to
upgrade and pay the money and do the reprogramming to go from halogen to LED assembly

Ya, its a nimble car to drive, it drives like a compact a bit (from my experience)
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