Tell me about the C class auto boxes
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Does a 1 series count? 
What I mean is the materies and feel of the wheel is more solid, more grippy than the BMW Sport wheel. The BMW wheel has a distinct feel to it, which is nice and I really like it for its chunkiness but the Merc wheel just feels more onepiece and solid.
It's hard to describe without pointing it out in front of the wheels themselves but it's these finer details that grabbed my attention about it.
What I mean is the materies and feel of the wheel is more solid, more grippy than the BMW Sport wheel. The BMW wheel has a distinct feel to it, which is nice and I really like it for its chunkiness but the Merc wheel just feels more onepiece and solid.
It's hard to describe without pointing it out in front of the wheels themselves but it's these finer details that grabbed my attention about it.
Seems so.
I only had a brief glimpse around last year in the new c class and thought the plastics were average but certainly not any more after having a good look and feel for an hour.
Even the door handles themselves are rubberised plastic like on the BMWs with leather armrests/surrounds and everything.
I only had a brief glimpse around last year in the new c class and thought the plastics were average but certainly not any more after having a good look and feel for an hour.
Even the door handles themselves are rubberised plastic like on the BMWs with leather armrests/surrounds and everything.
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I did say it's hard to describe the feel of this stuff without pointing to it and saying "look, touch this, now touch this, see!?"
I could have just said "it feels great" but then some bright spark will always ask "how?"
A sports saloon is what I'm going to be looking at in a few months so yeah it's one I'm now considering.
These 'BlueEfficiency' models /seem/ to offer the best balance of performance, comfort, spec and efficiency/economy.
[TW]Fox;15255192 said:
It's not hard to understand though is it surely? the whole wheel feels solid as if it were one piece of solid material wrapped in leather - the BMW "wheel" feels the same but the central area where the buttons and emblem are feel less solid.
Finer details....I just notice those things more.
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I did say it's hard to describe the feel of this stuff without pointing to it and saying "look, touch this, now touch this, see!?"
I could have just said "it feels great" but then some bright spark will always ask "how?"
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How?
never been keen on the look of mercs unless theyre the full fat AMG beasts then again dont like the C Class AMG much at all. CL63 or SL AMG tho
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Next thing you'll be saying it displays the station names as well!
Not an auto fan, so cant comment. But the new W204 c class really is a excellent car, even as standard in basic guise its well kitted out, feels a good car inside.IMO its a better car than the E90 to look at and its feels a nicer place to be.But thats to be expected, the W204 is quite new, and the E90 is realistically coming to the end of its design cycle, im guessing we'll see a new 3'er in 2 years?
I'd love a manual C250D sport, pity the manual is like stirring porridge, well it was in the C220 elegance.
I'd love a manual C250D sport, pity the manual is like stirring porridge, well it was in the C220 elegance.
I had a foot parking brake in the Toyota Aurion ATX's I hired in Aus and found it pretty cool actually.
[TW]Fox;15255623 said:
I much prefer the auto releasing electronic brake found on Audis like the A6.
Flick it up to put the handbrake on, then start driving and it will auto-release.
Although it must be said, both make handbrake turns near impossible
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