Mercedes EQC ordered

[unseen]

I’ve taken the plunge into electric car ownership and ordered a Mercedes EQC. I’ve gone for the AMG Premium trim in Brilliant Blue with all the driving assistance gubbins as the sole option.

Predicted delivery date is May 2020 but I’m not holding my breath on that....

[ds666]

Will be interesting to see how it goes . They were on my radar but weren’t out when I needed to change . Nice looking cars

[Christian85]

unseen said:

I’ve taken the plunge into electric car ownership and ordered a Mercedes EQC. I’ve gone for the AMG Premium trim in Brilliant Blue with all the driving assistance gubbins as the sole option.

Predicted delivery date is May 2020 but I’m not holding my breath on that....

Congrats! Looking at these after my GLE deal is up in August.

Would you be happy to show the deal you got?

[unseen]

Christian85 said:

Congrats! Looking at these after my GLE deal is up in August.

Would you be happy to show the deal you got?

It’s a company car, it seemed like a no brainer to rejoin the scheme given the BIK rates. I don’t need to contribute anything towards it ( I get the princely sum of £3 per month underspend on my allowance back).

[Throttle Body]

Congratulations. The reviews on the EQC are pretty positive. I haven't sat in one yet because my Merc dealer doesn't sell them. Or at least they don't have any on display, which is the same thing, really.

[zadumbreion]

Snap!

I've just ordered one too. I think a lot of critics have completely missed the point of the EQC. Some people don't want fart sound effects when they indicate, but prefer a well made comfortable quiet car that happens to be electric. Who cares if it shares some components of the GLC (15% IIRC)??

Judge the car on its own merits.

[cerb4.5lee]

I seen a couple of these out and about this week and I really like the way they look. They seem like a really compelling package to me.

[unseen]

zadumbreion said:

Snap!

I've just ordered one too. I think a lot of critics have completely missed the point of the EQC. Some people don't want fart sound effects when they indicate, but prefer a well made comfortable quiet car that happens to be electric. Who cares if it shares some components of the GLC (15% IIRC)??

Judge the car on its own merits.

Spot on. I just want something comfy, well screwed together and easy to use.

[RobDickinson]

zadumbreion said:

Snap!

I've just ordered one too. I think a lot of critics have completely missed the point of the EQC. Some people don't want fart sound effects when they indicate, but prefer a well made comfortable quiet car that happens to be electric. Who cares if it shares some components of the GLC (15% IIRC)??

Judge the car on its own merits.

What critics? I think it's a great looking car if its abilities match what you need.

[zadumbreion]

I was very surprised when I drove it.

The steering was better than I was expecting, the car wasn't as tomb-quiet as I was expecting (but it was wet, I'm used to an S6 with double glazing on quiet 20" tyres, and the EQC was on 21" rims) but it felt very well put together and very very well sorted. I thought the Comfort suspension setting was too soft for me, but Sport seemed fine (again it could just be what I'm used to).

Overall I was really surprised how like a normal car it felt (instant torque notwithstanding) and I think that's exactly the point of the EQC. It's a normal premium car that runs on electricity.

Edited by zadumbreion on Saturday 25th January 20:29

[zadumbreion]

RobDickinson said:

What critics? I think it's a great looking car if its abilities match what you need.

All the journalists that mark it down heavily because it wasn't "designed from the ground up as an EV".

I happen to like the fact that it looks and feels like a normal car. I like having buttons and switches to turn things on and off rather than poke about on a touchscreen. Which it also has, if you're that way inclined.

Sorry to the OP, feels like I'm hijacking the thread, but I'm excited about it and wanted to share my experiences and thoughts :-D

[zadumbreion]

unseen said:

It’s a company car, it seemed like a no brainer to rejoin the scheme given the BIK rates. I don’t need to contribute anything towards it ( I get the princely sum of £3 per month underspend on my allowance back).

Exactly!! My company is paying no more for the EQC than it was on the salary I needed to cover petrol, servicing, warranty etc etc on my current car. As you say, a no-brainer for people in that situation.

Edited by zadumbreion on Saturday 25th January 20:22

[unseen]

zadumbreion said:

All the journalists that mark it down heavily because it wasn't "designed from the ground up as an EV".

I happen to like the fact that it looks and feels like a normal car. I like having buttons and switches to turn things on and off rather than poke about on a touchscreen. Which it also has, if you're that way inclined.

Sorry to the OP, feels like I'm hijacking the thread, but I'm excited about it and wanted to share my experiences and thoughts :-D

No apology necessary, it’s great to hear your thoughts.

[zadumbreion]

unseen said:

I’ve taken the plunge into electric car ownership and ordered a Mercedes EQC. I’ve gone for the AMG Premium trim in Brilliant Blue with all the driving assistance gubbins as the sole option.

Predicted delivery date is May 2020 but I’m not holding my breath on that....

Are you going to be charging at home or at work? If I read right, you can charge at work even for private use without any penalties / tax?

[unseen]

I’ll be charging at home although work are planning to install some chargers. My employers will fit a Chargemaster for me at home for free so can’t complain 😀

[RobDickinson]

zadumbreion said:

RobDickinson said:

What critics? I think it's a great looking car if its abilities match what you need.

All the journalists that mark it down heavily because it wasn't "designed from the ground up as an EV".

That certainly doesn't help it in the marketplace, less efficient, more expensive etc but as an individual if the range and cost works out its no problem.

Hopefully the UK charging network gets its issues sorted too..

[zadumbreion]

I forgot to mention - I really liked being able to choose the level of regen using the flappy paddles. I think that's going to be a lot of fun - experimenting between D+ / coasting (which I love doing in my S6) and the D- and D-- settings.

I don't know which other manufacturers let you choose the level or intensity of regen, but I think it'll make things more interesting and fun.

[RobDickinson]

Most do in one way or another, outlander, kona etc have paddles.

I find I always had it set to max and use the accelerator for coasting, just let off a little

[ds666]

zadumbreion said:

I forgot to mention - I really liked being able to choose the level of regen using the flappy paddles. I think that's going to be a lot of fun - experimenting between D+ / coasting (which I love doing in my S6) and the D- and D-- settings.

I don't know which other manufacturers let you choose the level or intensity of regen, but I think it'll make things more interesting and fun.

Etron does the same - you can chose auto or manual regen . Auto changes the regen dependent on other traffic etc

[SWoll]

I find one pedal driving one of the real benefits of EV's so don't understand why you wouldn't just have the regen set to it's highest setting all the time personally. Doesn't take long to get used to, is the most efficient I assume as every time you back off you're putting energy back in the battery and removes a lot of strain from the physical brakes which massively extends life and keeps your wheels cleaner.

Very rarely use the brake pedal on either our i3 or Model 3 in normal driving as so easy to modulate.