StephenK

Does anyone really feel that Parktronic is a useful option to have on a car as small as an SL?

pinoyamg

If you figure the cost of fixing a scratch or dent on your sl, and compare it to the cost of the option, I think having the option will save you thousands by far!

Kar don

i think so, better resale and the hood is pretty long. Comes in handy.

SUNILP

i love this feature. Helps a lot when parking.

MBZFAN55

I would put Parktronic on anything Mercedes produces, even an SLK ! The MB version works particularly well, is highly accurate, and makes urban driving easier. It's the kind of option that once you get it, you will always get it.

StephenK

My dealerr called today and my car slot for an 06 SL600 is in B1 status, today was my last chance to make changes I added the parktronic even though I think it is not really needed on a car this size. If it actually detected curbs it would be useful, but what other posters have wrote, it does not normally detect curbs.

Oh well I will be able to try it out in a couple of months myself.

carlosfernandez

You will not be disaponted about that feature.

tiggerfink

Did you get keyless go, TPMS, SIRIUS, distronics, and the heated seats?

StephenK

On the new 06 SL600, the keyless go and tire pressure monitoring systems are now both standard, the Sirius prewiring is standard, I opted to not get the factory installation since the antenna even though it's smaller is still mounted on the trunk and I really don't like the look of it. I added distronic and parktronic, cornering fog lights, sport package, the voice command which was standard last year but is now an option and i think that is it. I was told the rims for the sport package have been changed to what is on the E55, I will have to see how it looks, I really like the ones that I got on the 05 SL600 sport package.

LovinMercedes

You can make changes until your car goes into B3 status. Depending on what day your car went into B1 status that could be a day away or a week or so away.

AMG_Fan

Well I have an opposing view regarding parktronic. We've had our SL55 for almost 2 months now and typically the parktronic is the first thing we turn off when we get in the car...at most traffic lights it just starts to beep. It would be better, IMHO, if the default was off and you turned it on when you were actually parking. Also, as mentioned before if it could sense curbs then the option would be pricessless.

trin

I would never be without the parktronic feature again.

In Denmark and Sweden there are a lot of tight parking spaces where the parktronic is very useful... Actually several times a day. So that is definately one of my first choices when it comes to extras.

In the US I don't know if I would ever need it though. At least not the places I have visited "over there".

Scotsman

Agree with Trin. When we've US visitors one of the first things they say is everything is smaller and narrower than in the US, so parking and driving here can be a nightmare for them. I wouldn't do without it now that I've got it.
Miss it driving the Jeep.
However, anyone notice that at oblique angles the sensors don't work so well? I was reversing and thought I was getting mighty close to the another car so stopped but momentum made us touch. Had virtually stopped so no mark on either car but I'm a bit wary now as the sensors hadn't given much of a warning at all. Got wifey to walk in front of the sensors and got the continuous bleep so they're working OK.

vraa

Get it. I miss it on the SL and the X5. The LS430 has it and I LOVE IT!

Mustard

Absolutely wouldn't be without it.

The nose of the R230 is deceptively long and the rear from cab design is hard to judge. Its hard to estimate the clearance of the nose above the curb and I have come close to rasping the bib on concrete without warning, but generally the system is a blessing.

Get it and use it - fore and aft judgment, sober or otherwise, is a fine line in this car....

blueSL

Mustard, has the SL350 gone? Sad day....

jasab

Parktronic is very good for parking in the garage
Stops you hitting the wall and removes the need to put awful carpet on the wall.
Its also good around the grounds of the house to avoid kids toys, wheel barrows etc.

dont be without it.

vraa

Hahahah I thought your pose said.


"Its also good around the grounds of the house to avoid kids, toys, wheel barrows etc."

Hahaha, kids. Hahahahah

Stockinv

If a car pulls up close behind you at a stoplight, does it activate the beep?

mikeblah

Nope, unless you put your car in reverse....

In drive only the front sensors are active...

mikeblah

as far as it being useful...

only when i'm dating chicks in Newport Beach... A lot of parallel parking over there.

the sensors combines with the adjusting right side mirror make it a breeze.

NeilC123

So tell me Mike...do you often date feathered fowl in that area? Ahhh the american language - got to love it

Scotsman

There are some fowl birds here in the UK as well NeilC. More's the pity!

Mustard

Nope, still have it. Getting a new KPH cluster and taking it to NZ in October.
Thoroughly pissed with the really poor resale value here, and I'm not giving her away.

Bought a new Vito tday and need a new 320 Cdi Estate for the business, but the value as a trade on both new vehicles was unbelievably bad.

Raises a whole new issue on MBUK's customer care - the old times of good resale values have truly gone and MB is a mainstream car marketer; all new buyers should be aware of that. You lose a lot more than you used too. I guess you'd realise that from the SL55's value, still a great supercar and yet stupid over production has done European buyers no favours at all.

Mustard

Thats a problem too - narrow lanes in Cornwall UK means wildlife running front - pheasants, rabbits, etc, even blades of grass send the front sensors off!
Drive down a sunny quiet lane with the hood down and the birds singing and all you get is a screech from the front sensors.

(yes, I know, I do turn them off!)