On 29/06/2026 at 11:44, Aspman said:

MB command system is a dogs dinner though. Drove the whole way without knowing how to skip a track on Spotify.
Still don't know if I have active cruise or not (need to read the spec sheet again).
No touch screen but touchpad/wheel where the gear shift should be and two more little thumb sized touch pads on the steering wheel.
Too easy to flick things by accident and till too hard to do things without taking your eyes off the road.

But the nanny (speed warning bongs) and drunk toddler (lane keeping assistance) are nowhere to be found🥳

It's hard to describe why but the car feels Germanic, I think the actual driving experience is close to the BMW. Same solidity and weight to controls things. Feels familiar even though I've never had a MB before.

Need to find some tunnels now...😈

On my little A series (it has the current software for touch screen etc) you simply say the word "next track" and it skips. No " hey Mercedes" required. If your car is similar, there are several commands you can use with direct speech too

On 01/08/2026 at 16:44, Lady Elanore said:

On my little A series (it has the current software for touch screen etc) you simply say the word "next track" and it skips. No " hey Mercedes" required. If your car is similar, there are several commands you can use with direct speech too

No touch screen but I've figured it out. There are teeny little touchpads on either side of the steering wheel just needs a swipe of the thumb to skip. Easy when you know how. Also no touch screen you have to the the wheel, touch pad combo thing. Which works but isn't wonderful.

On 01/08/2026 at 16:41, Lady Elanore said:

I had a colleague who had one of these. The engine sounded great and he loved everything about it....except it ate front tyres strangely enough. MB said they often do that. Something to do with the standard alignment (it hopped about at low speed, especially manoeuvring and in cold weather). In the end, he took it to an alignment specialist and they adjusted the car to what they considered a more 'sensible' set up and there was once more peace, in the world.

Yeah, salesman warned me about 'crabbing' they are prone to it, the 63s even more so. Luckily for now I'm a very low mileage driver so not the end of the world.
The tailpipe is wonderfully antisocial though. It barks and farts and bangs even when you've not got it set to noisy. Also no eco-mode on the AMG they don't even pretend