The S Class is a Great Car
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The S Class is a Great Car
I found this passionate article on Car and Driver, they are apparently fans of the S Class:
https://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/s-class
https://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/s-class
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I found this passionate article on Car and Driver, they are apparently fans of the S Class:
https://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/s-class
https://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/s-class
I realize that it would be difficult—if not near impossible—to have electrically operated, reclining, heated, massaging seats fold down, but many folks like myself, almost NEVER have rear seat passengers other than kids or grandkids and do not want or need all of those features in the rear. For us, we would just LOVE it if a standard, basic, rear seat with the fold down function was available as an option. They obviously have the tech to do this, as my wife’s E350 sedan has it. The W222 trunk is small for such a large car and folding rear seats—open to the trunk—would really give some of us some additional utility. I would order it in a heartbeat.
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Im in the same boat, the wife's W212 folding seats are clutch and oddly enough, not a standard option, its a box to check which is bizarre. Plus her trunk is MASSIVE.
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None of the flagships give you the ability to fold down the rear seats because of a priority being placed on ride comfort. Torsional rigidity is compromised on very long cars if you make the rear seats foldable. Heck, the A8, as an example, has carbon fiber as a part of the structure of the rear seats holding the two sides (left/right) of the frame together.
I wish such an option existed too but I get and respect why they don't let us do this.
I wish such an option existed too but I get and respect why they don't let us do this.
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None of the flagships give you the ability to fold down the rear seats because of a priority being placed on ride comfort. Torsional rigidity is compromised on very long cars if you make the rear seats foldable. Heck, the A8, as an example, has carbon fiber as a part of the structure of the rear seats holding the two sides (left/right) of the frame together.
I wish such an option existed too but I get and respect why they don't let us do this.
I wish such an option existed too but I get and respect why they don't let us do this.
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It is great.. and it is supposed to be an extremely quiet ride:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew.../#607248ee1949
And it is indeed quiet.. but i find that there are a surprising amount of wheelnoise, at about 50-70mph. And whenever exceeding 100mph, the windnoise from the sunroof becomes annoying.
Quitest in the world? hard to belive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew.../#607248ee1949
And it is indeed quiet.. but i find that there are a surprising amount of wheelnoise, at about 50-70mph. And whenever exceeding 100mph, the windnoise from the sunroof becomes annoying.
Quitest in the world? hard to belive.
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It is great.. and it is supposed to be an extremely quiet ride:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew.../#607248ee1949
And it is indeed quiet.. but i find that there are a surprising amount of wheelnoise, at about 50-70mph. And whenever exceeding 100mph, the windnoise from the sunroof becomes annoying.
Quitest in the world? hard to belive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew.../#607248ee1949
And it is indeed quiet.. but i find that there are a surprising amount of wheelnoise, at about 50-70mph. And whenever exceeding 100mph, the windnoise from the sunroof becomes annoying.
Quitest in the world? hard to belive.
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You have Quiettrack tyres.. i just looked it up, and I can get Bridgestone Turanza T005. Is that what you've got?
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