SL/R230: Auto folding sideview mirrors on 04 SL 500
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Auto folding sideview mirrors on 04 SL 500
My car was shipped with the mirrors folded and they didn't unfold automatically when I put the car in drive... I had to just manually unfold the mirrors this morning..
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs. I called my sales rep and he said that maybe this is not a standard feature on the 04 SL.. and it may only be standard on the S class (he contradicted his statement made to me when he was training me on features on the phone yesterday)...
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
I finally drove the car.. its fantastic.... love the ride.. I cant tell what the 7 speed is buying me... im still trying to figure out all the widgetry.. wish MB gets some ideas from Lexus on how to make the User Interfce experience more intuitive.. MB should be the leader not the follower....
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs. I called my sales rep and he said that maybe this is not a standard feature on the 04 SL.. and it may only be standard on the S class (he contradicted his statement made to me when he was training me on features on the phone yesterday)...
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
I finally drove the car.. its fantastic.... love the ride.. I cant tell what the 7 speed is buying me... im still trying to figure out all the widgetry.. wish MB gets some ideas from Lexus on how to make the User Interfce experience more intuitive.. MB should be the leader not the follower....
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Re: Auto folding sideview mirrors on 04 SL 500
Originally posted by pdxxer
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
-G-
As for the folding mirrors, I don't think they're auto-fold? We have a S500 and they don't auto-fold or open when in drive...
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Re: Auto folding sideview mirrors on 04 SL 500
Originally posted by pdxxer
My car was shipped with the mirrors folded and they didn't unfold automatically when I put the car in drive... I had to just manually unfold the mirrors this morning..
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs. I called my sales rep and he said that maybe this is not a standard feature on the 04 SL.. and it may only be standard on the S class (he contradicted his statement made to me when he was training me on features on the phone yesterday)...
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
I finally drove the car.. its fantastic.... love the ride.. I cant tell what the 7 speed is buying me... im still trying to figure out all the widgetry.. wish MB gets some ideas from Lexus on how to make the User Interfce experience more intuitive.. MB should be the leader not the follower....
My car was shipped with the mirrors folded and they didn't unfold automatically when I put the car in drive... I had to just manually unfold the mirrors this morning..
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs. I called my sales rep and he said that maybe this is not a standard feature on the 04 SL.. and it may only be standard on the S class (he contradicted his statement made to me when he was training me on features on the phone yesterday)...
Can anyone with an 04 SL comment on this... Also how many of you guys use the teleaid feature.. I got it turned on, but now have been told that there is a per minute charge to use it.. No charge on my lexus (other than an annual fee)...
I finally drove the car.. its fantastic.... love the ride.. I cant tell what the 7 speed is buying me... im still trying to figure out all the widgetry.. wish MB gets some ideas from Lexus on how to make the User Interfce experience more intuitive.. MB should be the leader not the follower....
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they dont fold on our '04, or didnt while we were in germany. we'll ask our mechanic about that when the car actually gets here. as far as tele-aid goes, subscription is free for the first year and you get 30 minutes free of use, but you are required to do the 30 minutes of "training" otherwise you cant use it. and there is a per minute charge for actually calling in. if it's an emergency and it activates automatically, it's no charge.
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Originally posted by dswildfire
they dont fold on our '04, or didnt while we were in germany. we'll ask our mechanic about that when the car actually gets here. as far as tele-aid goes, subscription is free for the first year and you get 30 minutes free of use, but you are required to do the 30 minutes of "training" otherwise you cant use it. and there is a per minute charge for actually calling in. if it's an emergency and it activates automatically, it's no charge.
they dont fold on our '04, or didnt while we were in germany. we'll ask our mechanic about that when the car actually gets here. as far as tele-aid goes, subscription is free for the first year and you get 30 minutes free of use, but you are required to do the 30 minutes of "training" otherwise you cant use it. and there is a per minute charge for actually calling in. if it's an emergency and it activates automatically, it's no charge.
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Re: Auto folding sideview mirrors on 04 SL 500
Originally posted by pdxxer
My car was shipped with the mirrors folded and they didn't unfold automatically when I put the car in drive... I had to just manually unfold the mirrors this morning..
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs.
My car was shipped with the mirrors folded and they didn't unfold automatically when I put the car in drive... I had to just manually unfold the mirrors this morning..
Wasn't this feature going to be available as a standard option on 04 SLs.
Most people wouldn't want it as a permanent feature, simply because many European garages (such as mine) are so narrow, they need the mirrors folded after Drive or Reverse is selected until they clear the garage and/or other car. Its the same with many narrow car parks here.
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In the US market, only the S and as an option on the ML are the folding mirrors available. I don't think the autofold feature is available on either of those cars, for the US at least.
Someone who has a US spec car in the W211 E Class forum has retrofitted the Euro spec folding mirrors on his car, with good results. I think the mod was relatively easy, and was not too expensive. And, I think it includes a mod to the computer to allow for the autofold feature, if I am not mistaken.
Someone who has a US spec car in the W211 E Class forum has retrofitted the Euro spec folding mirrors on his car, with good results. I think the mod was relatively easy, and was not too expensive. And, I think it includes a mod to the computer to allow for the autofold feature, if I am not mistaken.
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Originally posted by GDawgC220
By "training", do you mean the setup call? Cuz when we picked up our S, the salesman sat in the car with us and hit the SOS button to connect us with Tele-Aid. From there, we setup our account, phone numbers, passwords, etc...that's the only time we've ever used it and it took about 5-10 minutes.
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By "training", do you mean the setup call? Cuz when we picked up our S, the salesman sat in the car with us and hit the SOS button to connect us with Tele-Aid. From there, we setup our account, phone numbers, passwords, etc...that's the only time we've ever used it and it took about 5-10 minutes.
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The thread on the E-Class forum was inconclusive about price.
See https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...s&pagenumber=1
PM'ing MBenzNL would be your best bet. A tutorial on how to install them was posted on here at one time, but I think we lost that post in the forum downtime fiasco.
See https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...s&pagenumber=1
PM'ing MBenzNL would be your best bet. A tutorial on how to install them was posted on here at one time, but I think we lost that post in the forum downtime fiasco.
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Originally posted by alewifebp
The thread on the E-Class forum was inconclusive about price.
See https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...s&pagenumber=1
PM'ing MBenzNL would be your best bet. A tutorial on how to install them was posted on here at one time, but I think we lost that post in the forum downtime fiasco.
The thread on the E-Class forum was inconclusive about price.
See https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...s&pagenumber=1
PM'ing MBenzNL would be your best bet. A tutorial on how to install them was posted on here at one time, but I think we lost that post in the forum downtime fiasco.
