Thanks!. Designo Semi-Anliline Leather is only available in this light color. You can get Porcelain which I really like but it's only available under the Nappa Leather categories. The highest trim line is Semi-Anline and it's only one color option as seen below, with only the 2nd tone being the variable. The standard free Silk Beige leather looks boring I agree, but under the designo Semi-Aniline Leather configuration, it looked much better in person that what we usually see on the standard/basic leather trim. Perhaps the buttons and diamond decorations on the seats adds some level of contrast and depth; but overall, I would not argue that they should have also offered the Porcelain/Black colors (or the Nut Brown which is also nice) under the designo Semi-Aniline Leather too. My previous pre-facelift S550 had the black nappa leather and I loved it too. This time I was mostly interested in the qualify of the leather and trim so I had to accept that color to get the Designo Semi-Anliline Leather upholstery. In person, this color choice with that upholstery actually looks really good. The leather also feels rich and premium. I am not an expert in leather, but there is a difference I noticed between Nappa and Designo Semi-Aniline.

 

Are you going to fix the little scrape on the rear bumper?! Lol I kid. I actually had my eye on this car when it was on FB Marketplace. Would you mind sharing what you ended up paying for it? He had it listed at a reasonable price already, but I'm curious. Only thing I'd change is 4MATIC for Magic Body Control. Otherwise this is a dream spec. The interior looks even better than it did in the ad. Well done.

 

Thanks! Good catch on the bumper tiny spot, lol; yes! I’ll pm you today.

As for MBC, there was another vehicle available with DHP. But: 1. Members here advised me to get 4Matic instead since we have a lot of snow and then re-sale value is much better for 4-Matic. 2. Forum member here was very kind to go and inspect another loaded RWD S560 with MBC that is 11 hrs away from me, but we ended up passing on it because it needed tired, 4 pads and 4 rotors and dealer on top of these issues is asking $74K for it. It didn’t have the semi-aniline leather and had no rear seat entertainment or rear seat package, so to me that was a pass. Anyway I’ll PM u all I know.

I didn’t do any details other than normal wash. Car was barely used, rear seat never sat on “apparently”, and all accessories are still wrapped in their factory plastic wrap.

 

Moving all my personal stuff to the car today.... was shocked to realize there is no place anywhere to store sunglasses or eyeglasses !!! The small one near the roof buttons is replaced by 3D Burmester speaker, and the tunnel between the two front seats is too tiny due to rear-seat AC duct and wireless charging pad taking most of the place!!!!

Am I missing anything???!

 

Nope that’s the way it is with this option package. I too was real surprised at first. I put my sunglasses and things like that in the drivers door bin and of course there is still the glove box.

 

Yep ..this

I won't use the overhead sunglasses holder. It keeps getting stuck when I open it.

 

Congrats, very nice spec!!

 

Congrats!!!

Took me 7-8 months to find mine! I have literally every option you have besides the designo leather and mine is the 4 seat option with differentcolpr package and MBC. You will love it! Get a roku or another hdmi device for the little one in the back!

 

My daughter hates the headsets, while my wife and I like to enjoy our own music. Is their anyway to connect the rear seat screens to some sort of bluetooth or AUX speakers that I can fit next to the little kid in the back seat so they can listen to whatever they are watching without wearing headsets? Then for us we can move the sound to be focused towards the front 2 seats?

 

That's a good question. Fortunately my 8 year old girl likes them and my 16 year old daughter is in her phone with airpods anyway lol
You can focus the sound to the driver or passenger in sound settings but I don't think sound can play on both the front and back separately without the headsets.

 

No way to do that, she has to use the headsets.

 

I thought the screens have AUX output for another speaker other than factory headsets !!? I’ll check again.

 

They should...you could try different headsets.

 

I was thinking of these below. First, my daughter this way don't need to wear headset (they keep falling and she still doesn't have a good handle on them, and my wife doesn't want her to wear then for extended time). They are too small and may not interfere with our car music playing in the vehicle. If I feel they are too close the driver's ear, I can buy AUX extension cable, and set them right behind the car seat so only the kid can hear them.

 

I think you will find that won't work...the only solution we found was headphones.

 

such an awesome ride! it is a nice feeling when acquiring such an awesome vehicle with just about every upgraded option that you desired! enjoy thanks for reaching out with some good advice / tips on my ongoing & current purchase of my 17' S. appreciate ya~

 

It actually worked, and it works great.

Here is my setup:

1. AUX cable hidden behind the protector Back Seat Cover Protector.
2. 90 degrees AUX adapter to keep the AUX cable fully hidden behind the screens without force bending the AUX cable. AUX port is at the bottom of the screen so that was important.
3. AUX cable hidden under the mats, and then extended from in-between the main left-rear seat and the central seat piece, extended further behind the child seat.
4. USB powered speaker with "almost" matching colors to the cabin, hanging and installed right next to the car seat. The USB power comes from one of the two USB ports inside the central arm-resent and is also hidden. In case that USB port is needed to charge a phone, the speakers have built-in rechargeable batteries lasting 15 hours.
   • Also waiting for a Ground Loop Noise Isolator that I can plug between the speaker and the AUX to eliminate the "Humming" speaker noise.

 

That is one beautiful chariot . Congrats

 

That would drive me nuts, I can't stand hearing what they are watching/playing lol

 

Isn't better than a toddler crying the entire 4-hrs trip? lol!!! Well, the small speaker has a low-range sound, so really I adjust the sound to low (which I can also adjust from the factory remote control while in my driver seat) usually set to very low that only the kid can hear , and hence I barely hear anything with the Burmester 3D setting set to Driver seat VIP. No distraction at all. They are only allowed to listen to "vocal" learning kids stuff (no movies, no cartoons, etc) so it's mostly quite-type of videos too. Better than toddler crying each 10 min cause the headphone fell off, lol. I should be able to switch the kid to headphones after a year or so but this seems the only and best solution one could find for this situation.

 

I just made my toddlers wear headphones! Like you said though, they grow so quickly it will only be an issue for a short while

 

I agree. I prefer the headphones too. Though in some cases it helps to use this speakers setting if I want them to listen or stay engaged with us. I hate seeing them isolated in their own world. But hey, this is Mbenz forum not kids tips and hints, lol.

 

My kids have always engaged with us some and watched their tech some...

 

Beautiful, love the color

 

Thanks. Actually both cars referenced above are already sold (already sold the W222 and also sold the X5 upgrading to newer one). I was happy to pass the W222 to a good forum colleague here (I enjoyed owning this beautiful car for some time).
I loved the color, but nothing compares to the Palladium Silver that I had on my first and pre-lci W222 (even much nicer color that the newer selenite grey).