Things you love/hate about your S-Class
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Something else I hate about my S-Class is that it has a very loud annoying rattle coming from the headliner in the rear, where it meets the rear glass window. I had the wife drive while I sat in the back. On bumpy roads, RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE (more like a really loud vibration, I suppose). When I push up against it, it stops. I can even stick a few fingers in between the gap. This is what I'm talking about:
I'm assuming that gap isn't supposed to be there. If any W221 owners wouldn't mind checking...
EDIT: One more thing I hate is that neither of my keys work. Luckily Keyless Go still does.
...Can you say I need to schedule a trip to the dealer or what?
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Hmm... That's odd. It's been doing it since day one, even with the latest software update. No matter what I leave the volume set on, it always goes back to the same preset. I've always thought it was normal. If not, this is the first real issue I've had with the car... besides the next thing I'm about to mention.
Something else I hate about my S-Class is that it has a very loud annoying rattle coming from the headliner in the rear, where it meets the rear glass window. I had the wife drive while I sat in the back. On bumpy roads, RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE (more like a really loud vibration, I suppose). When I push up against it, it stops. I can even stick a few fingers in between the gap. This is what I'm talking about:
I'm assuming that gap isn't supposed to be there. If any W221 owners wouldn't mind checking...
EDIT: One more thing I hate is that neither of my keys work. Luckily Keyless Go still does.
...Can you say I need to schedule a trip to the dealer or what?
Something else I hate about my S-Class is that it has a very loud annoying rattle coming from the headliner in the rear, where it meets the rear glass window. I had the wife drive while I sat in the back. On bumpy roads, RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE (more like a really loud vibration, I suppose). When I push up against it, it stops. I can even stick a few fingers in between the gap. This is what I'm talking about:
I'm assuming that gap isn't supposed to be there. If any W221 owners wouldn't mind checking...
EDIT: One more thing I hate is that neither of my keys work. Luckily Keyless Go still does.
...Can you say I need to schedule a trip to the dealer or what?
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You need to get this looked into. It's not normal unless it may have something to do with one of the "preset specific-user feature" things where if you're using , say, your wife's key instead of your key, the car thinks she is getting into the car and she may have it set up that way. I've never really cared for these features as I'm the only one that ever drives my car.
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I am a little confused with how the heck you change the radio stations. We have not gotten the car yet but we are looking !!! Her truck was placed on lease-trader and all the doc's have been executed and were sent to MB yesterday. SO WE NEED A CAR NOW
I have the 08 E series and LOVE the functionality of it. WHATEVER you want to do is just one button away. No silly knob to figure out how to do . . . . . . . . . .
the engineer that designed should have been shot and the person that approved the design and allowed the car to go into production should not be far behind him / her
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we are looking at replacing wifey's R350 (with 22" amg style wheels) great FUNCTIONAL truck with a 07 s550 with the AMG package. We like the ability to move the passenger set from the drivers side so we can move the seat forward to allow the kids (still in boosters) to walk across from the drivers side to the passenger side at the school car pool lane.
I am a little confused with how the heck you change the radio stations. We have not gotten the car yet but we are looking !!! Her truck was placed on lease-trader and all the doc's have been executed and were sent to MB yesterday. SO WE NEED A CAR NOW
I have the 08 E series and LOVE the functionality of it. WHATEVER you want to do is just one button away. No silly knob to figure out how to do . . . . . . . . . .
the engineer that designed should have been shot and the person that approved the design and allowed the car to go into production should not be far behind him / her
I am a little confused with how the heck you change the radio stations. We have not gotten the car yet but we are looking !!! Her truck was placed on lease-trader and all the doc's have been executed and were sent to MB yesterday. SO WE NEED A CAR NOW
I have the 08 E series and LOVE the functionality of it. WHATEVER you want to do is just one button away. No silly knob to figure out how to do . . . . . . . . . .
the engineer that designed should have been shot and the person that approved the design and allowed the car to go into production should not be far behind him / her
I usually just tell them the basics like how to change the air temp and seat adjustments and from there on they usually admire the car and its comfortable ride.
As far as radio station changes, make sure the radio screen is on, and then type in the radio frequency on the phone pad in the console. That's the way I do it or I will use the voice command and say the frequency, but usually I'm listening to satellite radio or a CD.
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Also here in S CA I often keep the air cond off and just use vent. However in the summer I use air cond a lot more often but still like vent for cool evenings. I always had to go into the command menu to turn the A/C on and off. I didn't like it running on its own and should have an external a/c on/off button.
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excuse me but how could anyone not like S600. S600 is the only car for a man. I tell it like it is. I laugh when i see people in bmw lexus or audi cars because they think they are real people. It is funny when i drive by in my S600 and throw lit cigarettes at them. they deserve it. buy a mans car.
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
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excuse me but how could anyone not like S600. S600 is the only car for a man. I tell it like it is. I laugh when i see people in bmw lexus or audi cars because they think they are real people. It is funny when i drive by in my S600 and throw lit cigarettes at them. they deserve it. buy a mans car.
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
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excuse me but how could anyone not like S600. S600 is the only car for a man. I tell it like it is. I laugh when i see people in bmw lexus or audi cars because they think they are real people. It is funny when i drive by in my S600 and throw lit cigarettes at them. they deserve it. buy a mans car.
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
in Russia you would be considered a stupid little girl for not having S600s
Sorry I have to laugh at you but I kinda like your quote "S600 is the only car for a man" it sounds so macho
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LOL.
New stimulus for the entertainment value of S threads.
New stimulus for the entertainment value of S threads.
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I will agree with you. The S600 is a phenomenal car. I really hope you aren't such an *** in person like you are here. People like you give MB owners a bad rep, troll.
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Perhaps some entertainment is good at times. But I'd say for that owner that the one who deserves an S600 would not need to make any noise about it and would have the nerves to ignore posts that irritate him. Us who don't have one, are allowed to loose our temper. So what would he/she think about an S65AMG?
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leave the guy alone, he is a fun read on boring days.
How can you get upset at the fly buzzing on the wall?
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Im not afraid to say I drove 190E year 1989 in 1998. Now every year its brand new S600 while I still have my 1995 S600. 2 600s??? you have to show respect..
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I think there is one small thing that should work better, navi cannot give you directions to the city center - you have to select a street when you want to enter a city. If you don't know the street name or you don't want to type it in if you know the city already, you have to select the first street on the list or a random one.