2014/2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Thread
#586
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I saw the spec sheet for the new C300 and C400.
Holy smokes....
There are a lot of impressive features, it will be very difficult to kill someone or be at an at fault accident with this car. Brakes are locked on a red light, can sense pedestrians, 360 cameras, you can post on Facebook while driving, active LED headlights, start stop tech.
Holy smokes....
There are a lot of impressive features, it will be very difficult to kill someone or be at an at fault accident with this car. Brakes are locked on a red light, can sense pedestrians, 360 cameras, you can post on Facebook while driving, active LED headlights, start stop tech.
#587
Lexus Fanatic
I saw the spec sheet for the new C300 and C400.
Holy smokes....
There are a lot of impressive features, it will be very difficult to kill someone or be at an at fault accident with this car. Brakes are locked on a red light, can sense pedestrians, 360 cameras, you can post on Facebook while driving, active LED headlights, start stop tech.
Holy smokes....
There are a lot of impressive features, it will be very difficult to kill someone or be at an at fault accident with this car. Brakes are locked on a red light, can sense pedestrians, 360 cameras, you can post on Facebook while driving, active LED headlights, start stop tech.
#588
Lexus Fanatic
Cars are entering a new evolution of safety. It is pretty impressive the level of safety features that will be coming soon. The features will also advance faster than ever before. I think the new tech is exciting and something I like. You obviously do not agree.
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there's a lot of TERRIBLE drivers out there. there's zero chance the govt will make the driving test harder, so it's logical that there's value in smarter cars.
#593
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I'm not opposed to all high-tech systems by any means. I thought ABS, TC, and VSC were all good worthwhile systems. But I don't think we should depend on electronics to everything for us behind the wheel. One thing we have found in aviation (I was a pilot for some years) is that piloting skills have sharply declined with the growing use of automated flight-systems. When systems fail, and they do, especially with the often-unreliable electronics from Mercedes (though their reliability seems to be improving), then driving skills (just like flying skills) are needed. Many of those "terrible drivers" you mention should probably not have an active license in the first place.
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#594
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I'm not opposed to all high-tech systems by any means. I thought ABS, TC, and VSC were all good worthwhile systems. But I don't think we should depend on electronics to everything for us behind the wheel. One thing we have found in aviation (I was a pilot for some years) is that piloting skills have sharply declined with the growing use of automated flight-systems. When systems fail, and they do, especially with the often-unreliable electronics from Mercedes (though their reliability seems to be improving), then driving skills (just like flying skills) are needed. Many of those "terrible drivers" you mention should probably not have an active license in the first place.
I guarantee the new tech is smarter and will react faster than a human.
Vehicle components can be engineered to never fail, ever if wanted.
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I just look at kids of this generation (born post 1995) and they really do seem quite dull-witted.
The awful music these days doesn't help the cause.
#597
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That's part of the problem...it may react TOO fast. Jam on the brakes full-force (like some of today's advanced braking systems do when they think (?) that the driver wants or needs it) and it's a good recipe for getting rear-ended. Take a car, for example, like the Porsche 911, with superlative carbon-brakes, that can stop from 60 MPH in less than 100 feet. There's no way that Grandpa's Buick Lesabre, behind the Porsche, is going to be able to do the same thing in the same distance.
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^^ at speeds of only up to like ~30-40mph, they can prevent a crash. Anything higher and it just reduces the severity of the impact. Also, the brake lights on the Mercedes flash to warn drivers in the rear
#600
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It could be a "four-door coupe" which will be positioned between the CLA and CLS since there is a big gap to fill.