And we score again!
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If you accidentally touch one of the shift buttons while in C or S it prevents the gearbox from shifting up beyond the gear you selected, in a sort of manual mode.AshleyF - 9/18/2005 6:58 AM
2. A few weeks later.Started the car in C mode. Maybe, I touched 'something' but the car would not shift automtically . Had to use the gear paddles. Stopped the car at the shop, started it again. No problems . May have to rtfm again.
Actually, it'll upshift at redline, if you're in C or S. If I'm doing some twisties or a sharp fast corner, I'll often flick down to 4th or 3rd. There's one place where I do that and there's a stop sign at the end. I almost invariably wind up wondering why the car isn't upshifting "normally", and the reason is that I've left it in 4.steve-p - 9/18/2005 4:17 AM
If you accidentally touch one of the shift buttons while in C or S it prevents the gearbox from shifting up beyond the gear you selected, in a sort of manual mode.AshleyF - 9/18/2005 6:58 AM
2. A few weeks later.Started the car in C mode. Maybe, I touched 'something' but the car would not shift automtically . Had to use the gear paddles. Stopped the car at the shop, started it again. No problems . May have to rtfm again.
Unless your driving a SLK55 in M mode, then manually shifting is probably not what you think it is.malibuite - 9/18/2005 7:39 AM
I can't get the hang of shifting manually. Do I just need to tap the gear shift to the left or do I need to hold it to the left until the gear changes? Can I shift down as well as up?? (Sorry, I have already packed my manual for my move tomorrow[:I])
Tap it once per gear up or down you want to change. I just give it a little wrap with the side of my hand.malibuite - 9/18/2005 10:39 AM
I can't get the hang of shifting manually. Do I just need to tap the gear shift to the left or do I need to hold it to the left until the gear changes? Can I shift down as well as up?? (Sorry, I have already packed my manual for my move tomorrow[:I])
How far forward was the front seats? I was totally unable to sit in the back when I tried the SC430 at the Geneva car show, and I'm not a very big person. Even with the seats pulled quite far forward, I barely fit in (and my friend, same size as me, was unable to comfortably sit in a driving position).bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
On rear seating, yes I did cram 4 adults in, more than once, but only as an "emergency".
True. But then you said:bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
The MB has 70+ buttons, and dials, etc. on the dash (count them), it looks very busy, and yet with all the buttons, many thing are not easy to access or intuitive (TO ME).
...so would you rather have 3 different buttons, each giving the user the chance to choose either radio, cd or CDC? This would increase the button count, so apart from increasing buttons or making shortcuts, what other way would be there to do it? (of course, CD will activate from radio if you place a CD into the drive, but how did the SC430 let one choose from each other?).bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
Hitting 3 buttons to switch from FM to CD or CD to CDC, etc.
Yeah, some people don't like the MB cruise control stalk because they accidentally hit it, but it hasn't happened to me. I guess it might be due to the way I rest my hands on the steering wheel.bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
On the cruise control, I understand this is a MB standard, but I truely don't understand how some lawsuit happy person/lawyer hasn't sued. Way to easy to mistakenly set it on, in a turn.
Definitely sucks that they've not enabled it for some markets... it works in my car []bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
No RDS on radio.
No doubt. I did that on the first day too. That's how I knew the answer []AshleyF - 9/19/2005 10:23 AM
Thanks guys, I guess have hit the paddle accidentally whilst in C.
Well... some years ago I had four adults including me in an MGB roadster, which doesn't officially have any rear seats at all, over a 120 mile round trip to the coast. It only really got tricky on the way back in the dark with the hood up, when two of them had to sit in the passenger seat as there wasn't enough headroom for two in the back. I bet it was uncomfortable for the others but the driver's seat was OK. It's amazing how you can do stuff when you are young that you just wouldn't even consider anymore []Shinigami - 9/19/2005 2:22 PM
In the top gear review of the SC430, they even demonstrated how ridiculously small the seats were... Well, anyway, you did mention it was only for emergency, so I guess one could carry 4 adults for a short trip. Hey, a friend of our drove me and my GF (on my lap) in his Miata!!! And the top was up too! We were... cramped []
Does yours display RDS Text though? I don't think COMAND does that, or I haven't noticed it in the manual anyway. A lot of car radios don't, even though it's been around for 15 years, but the Becker unit in my E does.Shinigami - 9/19/2005 2:22 PM
Definitely sucks that they've not enabled it for some markets... it works in my car []bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
No RDS on radio.
The girls were in the back, the one behind me (behind the drivers position, sat sideways with her feet in the lap of the other girl.How far forward was the front seats? I was totally unable to sit in the back when I tried the SC430 at the Geneva car show, and I'm not a very big person. Even with the seats pulled quite far forward, I barely fit in (and my friend, same size as me, was unable to comfortably sit in a driving position).bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
On rear seating, yes I did cram 4 adults in, more than once, but only as an "emergency".
Overall "human" usability is the issue. My point was even with 5 times the buttons, you still had to have multiple button presses to do common (and simple things). On the Lex, yes you have dedicated Audio selection buttons.True. But then you said:bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
The MB has 70+ buttons, and dials, etc. on the dash (count them), it looks very busy, and yet with all the buttons, many thing are not easy to access or intuitive (TO ME).
...so would you rather have 3 different buttons, each giving the user the chance to choose either radio, cd or CDC? This would increase the button count, so apart from increasing buttons or making shortcuts, what other way would be there to do it? (of course, CD will activate from radio if you place a CD into the drive, but how did the SC430 let one choose from each other?).bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
Hitting 3 buttons to switch from FM to CD or CD to CDC, etc.
[:0] crash [B)] ouch [xx(] die [V] sadbloflin - 9/19/2005 12:08 PM
The girls were in the back, the one behind me (behind the drivers position, sat sideways with her feet in the lap of the other girl.How far forward was the front seats? I was totally unable to sit in the back when I tried the SC430 at the Geneva car show, and I'm not a very big person.bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
On rear seating, yes I did cram 4 adults in, more than once, but only as an "emergency".
Yes it does.steve-p - 9/19/2005 9:41 AM
Does yours display RDS Text though? I don't think COMAND does that, or I haven't noticed it in the manual anyway. A lot of car radios don't, even though it's been around for 15 years, but the Becker unit in my E does.Shinigami - 9/19/2005 2:22 PM
Definitely sucks that they've not enabled it for some markets... it works in my car []bloflin - 9/10/2005 2:13 PM
No RDS on radio.
Really? I have never noticed that, all I ever see is the channel name, can you remember off hand which station/s it was?Shinigami - 9/20/2005 10:17 PM
But while I was driving in the UK, some of the channels displayed the track name of the tunes that were playing.
Understand the humour, but hopefully your not missing the original point. Your point (and others) was the "back seat" in the SC430 was basically unusable. Having owned one for 4 years, I was trying to broaden people's knowledge. []taroliw - 9/19/2005 2:27 PM
[:0] crash [B)] ouch [xx(] die [V] sad
I certainly don't think the restraint systems would work very well in this case... or that anyone could actualy ride comfortably this way. I'll be sure to add that to my list of possibilities for riding in the back of an SC430, though. It now stands at (1) amputation, or (2) lay legs across seat, (3) if too tall for (2) see (1). [)]
No, sorry. It was some kinda hippy modern music station, like Kiss FM or whatever it was called. I recognised a few tunes coz I hear them over here too.Slk-Gill - 9/19/2005 5:48 PM
Really? I have never noticed that, all I ever see is the channel name, can you remember off hand which station/s it was?Shinigami - 9/20/2005 10:17 PM
But while I was driving in the UK, some of the channels displayed the track name of the tunes that were playing.