Caporegime
Nothing like a Saab these days mate, more Audi if anything I'd say.....
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Caporegime
Still reminds me of a Saab.
The late 9-3 and the last-of-the-last Insignia based 9-5.
Its cool but also simplistic with everything in its own little module, but each module looks nice in and of itself.
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I think it looks fab, but not sure that blue sorts the R8?
Would look better on pork
Would look better on pork
Caporegime
Kinda like red on a new lambo. Looks ace, but not sure it's "the colour" for it.
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For a split second I thought it was a Noble.
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I thought that as well.
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Love it.
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I think it’s one of those colours that looks better in real life.
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My (contract hire) old man estate arrived today - Took some quick phone pictures when I was at Tesco, the car having parked itself there.
It's an E200 AMG Line Premium Plus
Digital Cockpit Display
Driving assistance plus pack
Designo metallic white
20" AMG Titanium Grey Alloys
The two big worries were the comfort/noise levels with 20" wheels and whether I would really miss the power of my 3.0 straight six diesel (258Bhp compared with 184). It's the 'slowest' car I've had since 2003!
Having driven it approx 50 miles both fears have been put to bed. It's more comfortable than my BMW 530D MSport which was on 19" alloys, and there's plenty of power for pulling away and accelerating to motorway speeds. I tried the semi-autonomous driving and it worked really well, it's a bit spooky letting the car drive around curves in the road and automatically slow down approaching roundabouts.
Really pleased with it.
It's an E200 AMG Line Premium Plus
Digital Cockpit Display
Driving assistance plus pack
Designo metallic white
20" AMG Titanium Grey Alloys
The two big worries were the comfort/noise levels with 20" wheels and whether I would really miss the power of my 3.0 straight six diesel (258Bhp compared with 184). It's the 'slowest' car I've had since 2003!
Having driven it approx 50 miles both fears have been put to bed. It's more comfortable than my BMW 530D MSport which was on 19" alloys, and there's plenty of power for pulling away and accelerating to motorway speeds. I tried the semi-autonomous driving and it worked really well, it's a bit spooky letting the car drive around curves in the road and automatically slow down approaching roundabouts.
Really pleased with it.
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Noice, looks really smart! How good is the autonomous stuff? Does it recognise roundabouts and traffic lights? Are we at that stage with these systems yet?
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Don't think it recognises traffic lights, but it was updated fairly recently with 'Active distance distronic' and uses a combination of cameras, sat nav and radar so should recognise roundabouts.
It certainly slowed down for one earlier as I got closer to one
It certainly slowed down for one earlier as I got closer to one
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I had a hire car with it and put quite a few miles on it.
First impressions: Incredible! Amazing!
Lasting impressions: Pointless gimmick
It follows the lane - so it'll turn corners for you and obviously uses the adaptive cruise to keep a safe distance from the car in front. But you must keep your hands on the wheel so the whole steering thing just feels pointless, feels more like its there incase you forget to steer.
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I would assume it’s only slowing for roundabouts because the car ahead is or is it using sat nav data?
It’s okay in my Velar... if only to keep you in lane when playing with the screens
the adaptive cruise with stop and go is pretty awesome in motorway quest but I prefer just driving myself to manage a buffer rather than tagging onto the back end of the car in front.
It’s okay in my Velar... if only to keep you in lane when playing with the screens
the adaptive cruise with stop and go is pretty awesome in motorway quest but I prefer just driving myself to manage a buffer rather than tagging onto the back end of the car in front.
Caporegime
Sticking your knee / leg under the wheel with slight pressure avoids the need to hold the wheel in the Merc.
Soldato
I had the adaptive cruise control in a hire car last week. A Skoda superb - the rest of it was very dated but this radar cruise control was an amazing feature. I drove 2.5 hours to London (and back again) without touching the pedals for 90% of the journey. It made 50mph roadworks zones and people hitting the brakes every two seconds during motorway drive, an absolute doddle with no stress.
A feature I now wish my own car had, but I imagine impossible to retrofit.
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There wasn't a car ahead of me when it did it earlier, so sat-nav data is my assumption.
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I have it on my A4 and it is a real bonus in the queuing traffic say through the m25 tunnels. A water bottle resting on the steering wheel usuallys fools the system into thinking someone is griping the wheel..