Mercedes Benz and AMG Owners

Housey · 29 Oct 2018 at 21:53

Is it possible to get Apple CarPlay retrofitted to my E Class?

Not got Command, so standard MY19 E Class Saloon.

floatindolphin · 29 Oct 2018 at 22:11

I don’t think it is, I looked into the same for my C63 & C250

Housey · 29 Oct 2018 at 22:18

Ah well just a thought.

timmeh · 30 Oct 2018 at 00:47

Is it not standard on the E Class?

You used to need the smartphone integration package (which would remove the COMAND system from the spec) but I've just been on to spec an E-Class up and it wasn't an option.

EDIT: Ignore that, it's only standard on the E400 and up.

Participant · 2 Nov 2018 at 14:27

timmeh said:
Is it not standard on the E Class?

You used to need the smartphone integration package (which would remove the COMAND system from the spec) but I've just been on to spec an E-Class up and it wasn't an option.

EDIT: Ignore that, it's only standard on the E400 and up.

Comes with COMAND online, for people that didn't cheap out of it.

Housey · 2 Nov 2018 at 15:05

daz · 2 Nov 2018 at 15:37

miceormen said:
A-class (A45 and the biggest diesel) are a bit lackadaisical to accelerate too. Felt like driving a Peugeot (or a Renault?) .

Are you sure you were driving an A45?

timmeh · 2 Nov 2018 at 15:45

Participant said:
Comes with COMAND online, for people that didn't cheap out of it.

Ahh ok. I remember speccing up a Merc a while ago and it was either COMAND or smart phone integration which seemed a bit daft.

I wish there was a way to get it into my NTG4

Housey · 2 Nov 2018 at 16:05

The fuel economy of mine is impressing me. I saw 61mpg yesterday after a 2 hour drive, which for such a big car and down to the fact I wasn't looking to economise is really impressive, well to me at least.

timmeh · 2 Nov 2018 at 16:46

That's pretty good. If I drive really carefully with mainly interstate cruising I can get 32mpg (27 US mpg).

Housey · 2 Nov 2018 at 16:55

For me it's about less time standing at petrol pumps that makes me happiest, not least as we head into winter.

floatindolphin · 2 Nov 2018 at 19:05

I went from filling up twice a week in the C63 to filling every couple of weeks, if not longer!

225 mile per tanks to almost 700!

It’s been 4 months, I still find it weird. 1st diesel I’ve owned. ( although the C63 itch is still there....)

Housey · 2 Nov 2018 at 19:08

V8's are the thirstiest of the lot in my experience. My V10 in the R8 can get to 30mpg when the best I ever saw in my RS4 was around 24mpg and that was really hard to achieve, most of the time it was 22 or below and I did 108000 miles in that car. :eek:

Bear · 2 Nov 2018 at 19:26

The new 4l v8 in the C/E63 has 4 cylinder shut off on a cruise so it’s not too bad if I recall. I got 36mpg in my E43 on a 435mile run to Edinburgh which I thought was pretty good considering I wasn’t trying to be economical

Molemanmus · 2 Nov 2018 at 22:23

Picked this up last week

Every optional extra apart from massage seats and radar cruise control (which have heard breaks anyway) - it's more comfortable than my dad's E Class!

Already thinking about pulley and remap...

Jez · 3 Nov 2018 at 09:44

Bear said:
The new 4l v8 in the C/E63 has 4 cylinder shut off on a cruise so it’s not too bad if I recall. I got 36mpg in my E43 on a 435mile run to Edinburgh which I thought was pretty good considering I wasn’t trying to be economical

I think actually 36mpg shows how little the economy of v8 engines has changed over quite a long time period. The 4.3 v8 in my 99 S-Class (so a what, 20 year old engine) could achieve nearly that on a run that long. Of course it had a lot less power!

Jonnycoupe · 3 Nov 2018 at 09:51

Was a lot dirtier though

Bear · 3 Nov 2018 at 10:24

Jez said:
I think actually 36mpg shows how little the economy of v8 engines has changed over quite a long time period. The 4.3 v8 in my 99 S-Class (so a what, 20 year old engine) could achieve nearly that on a run that long. Of course it had a lot less power!

The 36mpg was on my E43 which is a 3l v6 so even worse considering but I was doing about 80mph indicated generally.

Jez · 3 Nov 2018 at 11:43

Jonnycoupe said:
Was a lot dirtier though

Was it actually though? It was from a time period before manufacturers fudged the tests....but petrol quantity in equal emissions out?

Jez · 3 Nov 2018 at 11:45

Bear said:
The 36mpg was on my E43 which is a 3l v6 so even worse considering but I was doing about 80mph indicated generally.

I’m a big Mercedes fanboy as anyone who knows my car history can see, so I love the e43, but I actually don’t find that fuel economy very impressive to be honest. Down at a 3l 6pot, mid to high 30s have been achievable at that speed for a good couple of decades. (I’m actually thinking about my various 3.0 BMW’s now - I’ve not had a 3.0 petrol merc).