Magic Sky Control Option
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Probably because its expensive and quite a redundant feature on an S-Class. What is the point of tinting the roof when you can just close the shade? The Magic Sky option made more sense on small coupes and roadsters that could not fit a proper and thick shade.
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Definitely not redundant as the pano roof is not equivalent and does not offer a similar experience but they are pricey and paying $7k isn‘t for everyone.
It is also effective. Some info about it:
MAGIC SKY CONTROL blocks over 99% of harmful UV radiation and substantially reduces heat inside the vehicle. Test data published by Mercedes-Benz shows the ability of the roof to reduce sun exposure to 1/20th of direct exposure levels (from over 1,000 watts/square meter to less than 50 watts/square meter). When compared to conventional automotive glass, Mercedes-Benz reported that the use of SPD-SmartGlass significantly reduces the temperature inside the vehicle by up to 18ºF/10ºC.
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Is it perhaps because they couldn't be opened? Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that they were fixed. Seemed to make more sense with the vario-roofs in the SL etc., so you could still have an open air feel if it was too hot or too cold to lower the roof, but if you wanted air you could just lower the roof. In the S Class it was just a piece of glass that you could either make fully transparent or mostly opaque. Did it even have middle settings?
Also, is it possible that normal glass roofs have just become so much better at shielding heat and have optimal tinting? I'm saying this because my current car is the second car with a pano roof, but the first car with any kind of glass roof where I don't need to keep the shade closed here in sunny California. I mostly drive with the shade retracted and it's the first glass roof I truly enjoy. With all previous cars I could only retract the shade at night. My previous Audi RS5 was the worst. There was so much light coming in through the pano roof that it reflected on the metal shiny parts of the interior and literally blinded me at times.
Also, is it possible that normal glass roofs have just become so much better at shielding heat and have optimal tinting? I'm saying this because my current car is the second car with a pano roof, but the first car with any kind of glass roof where I don't need to keep the shade closed here in sunny California. I mostly drive with the shade retracted and it's the first glass roof I truly enjoy. With all previous cars I could only retract the shade at night. My previous Audi RS5 was the worst. There was so much light coming in through the pano roof that it reflected on the metal shiny parts of the interior and literally blinded me at times.
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I find what's in the car to be the most useful option; it has you covered however you want it. Natural light check. Don't want neutral light, check. Air, check. Grandkids can entertain themselves for an hour opening and closing it, check. Another arrow in the quiver of items keeping Mrs Crab from paying attention to how I'm driving, check.
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Is it perhaps because they couldn't be opened? Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that they were fixed. Seemed to make more sense with the vario-roofs in the SL etc., so you could still have an open air feel if it was too hot or too cold to lower the roof, but if you wanted air you could just lower the roof. In the S Class it was just a piece of glass that you could either make fully transparent or mostly opaque. Did it even have middle settings?
Also, is it possible that normal glass roofs have just become so much better at shielding heat and have optimal tinting? I'm saying this because my current car is the second car with a pano roof, but the first car with any kind of glass roof where I don't need to keep the shade closed here in sunny California. I mostly drive with the shade retracted and it's the first glass roof I truly enjoy. With all previous cars I could only retract the shade at night. My previous Audi RS5 was the worst. There was so much light coming in through the pano roof that it reflected on the metal shiny parts of the interior and literally blinded me at times.
Also, is it possible that normal glass roofs have just become so much better at shielding heat and have optimal tinting? I'm saying this because my current car is the second car with a pano roof, but the first car with any kind of glass roof where I don't need to keep the shade closed here in sunny California. I mostly drive with the shade retracted and it's the first glass roof I truly enjoy. With all previous cars I could only retract the shade at night. My previous Audi RS5 was the worst. There was so much light coming in through the pano roof that it reflected on the metal shiny parts of the interior and literally blinded me at times.
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I find what's in the car to be the most useful option; it has you covered however you want it. Natural light check. Don't want neutral light, check. Air, check. Grandkids can entertain themselves for an hour opening and closing it, check. Another arrow in the quiver of items keeping Mrs Crab from paying attention to how I'm driving, check.
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Thanks for clarifying. In general, I think the issue with glass roofs is that if you end up keeping them dark most of the time, either via the shade or fluid particle field they become kinda pointless, so then paying that much money just to not have to close a shade doesn't seem very attractive.
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I have it in my 2018 s560. Very good feature. Great conversation piece to turning the switch on and off from light to dark. It definitely opens and closes like the regular one.
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I have it on my W222 S560, and found it really useful during long trips (we drive at least once between two states, 5 hrs each way).
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