Ok, this drives me crazy on the S65
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2006 S65
Ok, this drives me crazy on the S65
Why on earth did they have a separate stalk on the column for the cruise control?? 
I had the car for almost a year and still hit the damn thing when trying to use the turn signal stalk.
I had the car for almost a year and still hit the damn thing when trying to use the turn signal stalk.
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2006 S65
When I first bought the car, I was entering a main highway in Charlotte. I hit the cruise thinking it was the turn signal and the car started taking off. Scared the crap out of me.
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Yeah.. I don't know the reasoning behind it.. it does seem stupid.. but they do things differently in Germany.. I can tell you this: after owning four of these cars, you do get used to it and it becomes second nature to grab the lower one.. even with me driving my other cars, when I get in the S I never grab the wrong one like I did in the beginning.
By the way, the 2016 C300 I'm driving has a turbo and only about 250hp but maybe the gearing or light weight helps it, but I got on it last night and it pinned us in our seats going up a hill.. we were blown away! MB is definitely getting with the times quicker.. even the navigation looks big and beautiful..
By the way, the 2016 C300 I'm driving has a turbo and only about 250hp but maybe the gearing or light weight helps it, but I got on it last night and it pinned us in our seats going up a hill.. we were blown away! MB is definitely getting with the times quicker.. even the navigation looks big and beautiful..
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2006 S65
Yeah.. I don't know the reasoning behind it.. it does seem stupid.. but they do things differently in Germany.. I can tell you this: after owning four of these cars, you do get used to it and it becomes second nature to grab the lower one.. even with me driving my other cars, when I get in the S I never grab the wrong one like I did in the beginning.
By the way, the 2016 C300 I'm driving has a turbo and only about 250hp but maybe the gearing or light weight helps it, but I got on it last night and it pinned us in our seats going up a hill.. we were blown away! MB is definitely getting with the times quicker.. even the navigation looks big and beautiful..
By the way, the 2016 C300 I'm driving has a turbo and only about 250hp but maybe the gearing or light weight helps it, but I got on it last night and it pinned us in our seats going up a hill.. we were blown away! MB is definitely getting with the times quicker.. even the navigation looks big and beautiful..
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