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(phone plus CD) remains the only cost option.
Most dealers are selling the E-55 at sugg. MSRP.
With the new 450 E-55 due out in 20 months the currrent E-55 is less likely to command a premium above MSRP.
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There's a pic there. $143.50 for the pair.
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Congrats slugger4. Its a wonderful color combination. The rear sunshade is quite neat. In what way is the COMAND crooked? Just courious, did you elect to activate the new information service where you can receive news/stock/weather information via the COMAND. I did not do so since I think my Palm 7 does more. Evidently, it not a real-time system and it costs about $150 per year.
You must send a information request via the COMAND and the Tele-Aid folks send you back a message with the information you specified when you sign-up for the service. I don't think this 'new modification' was worth 5 months of production delay. It would nice to know how well it actually works from those of you who actually use it.
Dude, what are you trying to say? Are you another Bill Clinton saying one thing while "duh I actually meant something else"? Clearly you don't know what the difference between a Rolex and a Timex watch. get real.
M
If you come into this topic and start bashing the vehicle that the topic is about, how do you expect the owners to react? On the same token, you're being similarily defensive about your vehicle as they have been about theirs. Please keep this in mind the next time you decide to post, and leave the personal attacks out of the post. They have no place here in Townhall.
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Drew/aling
Edmunds.com Townhall host
Hope this helps!
Drew/aling
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M
One big problem came out this morning on my wife's commute....the computer, phone, CD, radio etc. quit working. My wife still had an enjoyable quiet ride in to work. We will drop off at dealer tonight. We were told it may take a few days to fix if they have to order parts.:-(
It will be hard for my wife to go back to her old car - 95 Acura Integra, but we hope to have the E320 back by this weekend.
We do find your little Grand Am friend amusing and welcome his comments. While I would never drive a domestic, I do have friends whom such purchases are darling for children and for live in help.
And mr whako, or is it Waco?, in any event never in the many posts here as anyone mentioned that they are "wealthy Guy", because my good man that would make an appearence of wealth, and the symptom of such an admission would be, well, snobish.
I appeal to my fellow friends here to simply ignore this rather appealing attempt to "rise up against the oppresser" (or shall I dare say "Kompressor" ha ha)type and in do time the little boys will go home.
Tah tah for now Mr CCCCChwhaco.
I realize people will say things that annoy us. The best way to deal with this is to use your scroll and completely ignore them; responding will only create more disruption in the topic.
And now for the benefit of those that came here to discuss the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, lets try to get along... and continue with this subject. Thanks for your participation. ;-)
Pocahontas,
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Do you happen to know the cut-off (after purchase) for U.S. owners to buy the extended MB warranty?
44264 - FWIW, my 2000 E-Class doesn't have an option to display digital speed.
1. Excessive noise on start-up, could be power steering or transmission
2. Fuel gauge problem
3. Engine fan fault light comes on when outside temp is 80F or above
4. Left rear tail-light went out for a few days, then started working again.
5. CD Changer is tempermental
Overall, I would say that MB quality is far below that of Japanese cars. Also, I find the MB dealer to be very uncooperative. When I owned an Infiniti and an Acura, the dealers were excellent when service was required.
Anybody know of a good MB dealer in Eastern MA? My dealer refuses to take care of my problems.
the cutoff date is 1 year from date of purchase. I purchased mine a year and 2 weeks ago and my sales guy told me yesterday that it is too late for me to buy extended warranty. You could also buy from third party like warrantygold.com but can you really trust them?
99e3204matic,
I bought mine from Wagner Motors in Boylston. Service is OK. Not too bad but also nothing to brag about either. I have clients who rave about the service they get from Herb Chambers Motorcars in Boston as well as his other MB dealer Flagship Motorcars in Lynnfield. Just curious what dealer is this that you are unhappy with?
Jean
Jean
M
Only thing I would add was that the orange and black cable lay over the wheel well, and the you must pull them to get them in hand and redirected through the cut out. Dad long ago said never force anything, and it was tough to pull a cable your not sure of. when done gently, it comes up and I had faith it was there and faith that if not pulled to hard and it was the wrong cable I would not do any damage.
The carpeted box from Gapa.com does not need any mounting brackets and has a nice finished look. It holds the player with cusion which I suppose could also help with skipping. Two plugs snap in very easy, and it integrated right away with the system. No need for the dealer to program anything. Perhaps if you have a command, but not with stock radio.
THe detail of the system is great and I am very happy with this bose setup.
It appears speakers in the dash are for the teleaid system. Grill near rear view mirrors is a vented port that emits mid range from lower door speaker. Door speaker is co-ax, with tweeter in front. Rear door is midrange, and back deck is woofer. Review or opinion of anysystem is a personal preference, so my opinion is that the system is very heavy with a good smooth low range. Thats my preference. Bass resoponse is tight and integrates well. The system is very bose like, in that the sum of the parts work excellent. Its a funny sysytem in that everything sounds right, but you don't know where its comming from. The radio, like most high end systems does not compare with the tape and cd/player. I don't think thats a bad thing,a s much as it cannot compare with a digital source connected by fiber obtic.
PARFIVE: thank you also for your previous posts as they were also very helpful.
I've had some problems similar to yours. Foreign Motors West in Natick corrected them promptly. Who have you had problems with? Probably, Foreign Motors West.
Bill
Can anyone give me a clue on this?
Thanks,
Fred
First, a list of things that I didn't choose. I didn't get the sunroof, telephone, heated or ventilated seats, rain-sensitive windshield wiper, or the sport package. I did get COMAND, parktronic, rear sunshade, rear manual sunshades, multicontour seats, lit door sills, Xenon headlamps, wood and leather steering wheel, wood and leather shift knob, chrome wheels, trunk handle, and chrome headlamp rings.
While driving the car home last night from the dealer, I found that the ride was extremely harsh, like a sports car. You could feel every bump. When I got home, I checked the tire pressures on the Continentals. They were all in the low to mid-40s, way over-inflated. I then set them down to the recommended 32/33. This morning, the car rode like a dream. For some reason, it seems that almost every time I get a new car, they over-inflate the tires.
Jack
I love my y2k E-320 and drive only about 6000 or 7000 miles per year. I'm going to have a tough decision next April when my first year of ownership is almost up. On one hand, I'd like to retain the car and get the extended warranty that doesn't kick in for another three years. But on the other hand, I'd also be tempted to go for a new MB when the four-year factory warranty expires and enjoy the improvements, newer technology and styling. I assume the extended warranty would cost $2k or so. Any thoughts?
Paul
Tomsky2: Interesting it took a full year to get your E430 on special order. I guess they're not set up to produce cars w/o sunroofs. Curious, why didn't you want it? Are you really tall and need the extra inches of headroom? I would think the lack of a s/r will make it hard to re-sell your car.
Purchased the phone right from the dealership for $1213.75 plus tax. It looks just like a regular star tac phone(except for the MB emblem) but my understanding is that it has proprietary software indicative only to MB. A regular star tac won't work.
I was going to install it myself because I had installed my own CD changer, but then decided against it. Way to many wires and antenna leads.
I had the dealership do it for an additional $330.
The phone works great. Reception is good, and you can dial from your radio buttons, or call preprogrammed numbers right from your steering wheel. Also answer and hang up from your steering wheel switches.
Was it worth the money? For me it was, as I'm constantly talking with clients while driving.
I've been told that people on the other end can hear me perfectly, although they say I sound a little far away.