Mercedes Sat Nav
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Mmm, our illustrious media strike again.
Ok, what wasn't reported on is that the woman drove down a road which was clearly signposted "Not Suitable for Motor vehicles". Additionally she then drove INTO the river assuming it was a road. The river was actually swollen with the recent heavy rainfall and hence swept the car away. Quite why someone would do this is beyond me - but clearly technology is there to help the brain dead and stupid survive.
Additionally, not sure where they got this £96k for an SL500 from? The list price of an SL500 is £75k while an SL55AMG is £99k. So glad to see that they got the fundamentals to the story correct before printing it. Oh, and it was widely reported elsewhere as an SL500 and worth £96k and that satnav had directed her into the river....
Yeah right. How about some real reporting? No, thought not....
Sorry - a bad day.
Ok, what wasn't reported on is that the woman drove down a road which was clearly signposted "Not Suitable for Motor vehicles". Additionally she then drove INTO the river assuming it was a road. The river was actually swollen with the recent heavy rainfall and hence swept the car away. Quite why someone would do this is beyond me - but clearly technology is there to help the brain dead and stupid survive.
Additionally, not sure where they got this £96k for an SL500 from? The list price of an SL500 is £75k while an SL55AMG is £99k. So glad to see that they got the fundamentals to the story correct before printing it. Oh, and it was widely reported elsewhere as an SL500 and worth £96k and that satnav had directed her into the river....
Yeah right. How about some real reporting? No, thought not....
Sorry - a bad day.
Shouldn't be too difficult to get to £21,000 over list with the help of the options list and some Designo customisation.
Poster who does not like Command - why not? I like it, though I prefer the software version in the SLK and the E to the SL. I have not yet tried the new S single-controller system, but as I hate i-drive I am not particularly optimistic about liking it. What car's system do you prefer and why?
Poster who does not like Command - why not? I like it, though I prefer the software version in the SLK and the E to the SL. I have not yet tried the new S single-controller system, but as I hate i-drive I am not particularly optimistic about liking it. What car's system do you prefer and why?
W208. It's not the system/software, which is fine. It's the hardware. I've spent a few hours going from one dealership to another trying to get them to get the autochanger and headunit to talk. I've also had the screen just shut down on me for no reason until I've parked and re-switched the engine on. And sometimes it won't give me back a CD that I've put in it. I think 15 is the number of times I've tried to eject one CD.
Best bit is, they cost £3000+VAT+fitting.
Best bit is, they cost £3000+VAT+fitting.
Comand doesnt have to cost anything like £3,000. I run a company called Comand Ltd that specialises in retro fitting COMAND to the A (W169), B (W245) c (W203) CLK (W209 & W208) range of cars. Prices start at about £750 upto £1500 depending on which model, installation and options required (ipod?)
Comand does a lot more than just navigation. Its a great headunit, controls the phone, Ipod, CD Changer and can show TV with the addition of a TV tuner. Granted its the not the best in the market place but it certainly looks the best in a Mercedes and will enhance the saleability and value of a car.
just my two pennth worth
Comand does a lot more than just navigation. Its a great headunit, controls the phone, Ipod, CD Changer and can show TV with the addition of a TV tuner. Granted its the not the best in the market place but it certainly looks the best in a Mercedes and will enhance the saleability and value of a car.
just my two pennth worth
Comand said:
Comand doesnt have to cost anything like £3,000. I run a company called Comand Ltd that specialises in retro fitting COMAND to the A (W169), B (W245) c (W203) CLK (W209 & W208) range of cars. Prices start at about £750 upto £1500 depending on which model, installation and options required (ipod?)
Comand does a lot more than just navigation. Its a great headunit, controls the phone, Ipod, CD Changer and can show TV with the addition of a TV tuner. Granted its the not the best in the market place but it certainly looks the best in a Mercedes and will enhance the saleability and value of a car.
just my two pennth worth
Comand does a lot more than just navigation. Its a great headunit, controls the phone, Ipod, CD Changer and can show TV with the addition of a TV tuner. Granted its the not the best in the market place but it certainly looks the best in a Mercedes and will enhance the saleability and value of a car.
just my two pennth worth
I heard that to retrofit one (to a car that didn't have one from new) can cause issues, especially if you also add a TV tuner - comments?
Retro fitting comand isnt that difficult at all. Comand with a TV tuner is another issue.
I can retrofit comand to a W203 c class in about 40 minutes from start to finish. A w208 CLK takes about 1 hour as you need to locate the speed pulse in the passenger sill.
The W211 e class, SL, CLS and S class cars are a bit more complicated as they require an audio gateway and/or navigation drive in the boot.
To date I've installed over a hundred units and not had to cut a single wire except my very first one which was on my own car.
I can retrofit comand to a W203 c class in about 40 minutes from start to finish. A w208 CLK takes about 1 hour as you need to locate the speed pulse in the passenger sill.
The W211 e class, SL, CLS and S class cars are a bit more complicated as they require an audio gateway and/or navigation drive in the boot.
To date I've installed over a hundred units and not had to cut a single wire except my very first one which was on my own car.
I've just bought an SL55 with Comand - I've looked through the manual, and it seems you can't programme a route with waypoints or several stopovers, like you can do with itinerary planing in TomTom. Is this the case, or have I missed something? I know you can programme one stop on a journey, but for a multi-waypoint route it would be very cumbersome to programme each step as a separate journey stop-over.
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