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Old Mar 6, 2025 | 07:50 PM
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Even if it doesn’t hold I can put felt on those edges and it should solve it. Crazy!
Old Mar 6, 2025 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
My S580 is the first car I have ever had with no engine temp readout on the gauge cluster. Kinda weirds me out.
There has to be an option to display it though, no way you get all that screen space and can't setup it up like you want lol!
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Old Mar 6, 2025 | 08:00 PM
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There has to be an option to display it though, no way you get all that screen space and can't setup it up like you want lol!
You can see it in the information screen, but not in any ordinary gauge configuration.

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Originally Posted by Stroock639
you can have it shown on the other screen if you bring up the engine data from within MBUX, i agree not ideal and i'd much prefer it be shown in the regular gauge cluster but it can at least still be accessed

this is from the GLE450 but i'd imagine your version looks fairly similar


you actually get a boost gauge! even my AMG doesn't get a boost gauge
Yep very similar. I can put a boost gauge on the instrument cluster also!
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That would be my default screen, I would also like to be able to have a section for MPG metrics and live suspension pressure/valve state info.

Sucks that cars don't allow any real customization though
Old Mar 6, 2025 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
I went catted but no emissions testing no.

Holy cow, $10k fine and license suspension???? What’s the point in stopping?

Hey with the X7 and BMW Supra I finally have an ACCURATE DTE fuel gauge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So they parked and locked my car yesterday at about 4:15...no call. This morning...still parked and locked at 10:30, so I messaged them. "He's going to get back to it today and I'll have an update this afternoon". Miraculously 10 minutes later I get a notification that the engine was started.

I've never seen a car dealership less driven to get a car back into a customers hands lol
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I really like the matte wood trim on this GLC loaner. Lots of nice texture...I gotta say Im getting to where I prefer this to gloss wood

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You can see it in the information screen, but not in any ordinary gauge configuration.

@Toys4RJill We we’re talking about the roof rack mounts


that’s pretty cool
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
My S580 is the first car I have ever had with no engine temp readout on the gauge cluster. Kinda weirds me out.
You may not have owned one, but many vehicles over the years did not have a formal coolant-temperature gauge....they used red or blue "idiot" lights for hot/cold temperature. In fact, my old 1965 Buick used a GREEN dash-light for cold temperature....that was before the days of regulated dash-markings.

Perhaps the cheapest and most insulting design of all was used on some early-1980s Ford and Chrysler products. Two underhood sensors were wired to a single red "ENGINE" light on the dash...which came on if the engine had EITHER overheated or lost oil pressure (perhaps both). You had to stop, shut the engine off, and find out yourself if it was a coolant or oil problem...or have the car towed to a repair shop. And these were the cars that Lido Iacocca was touting, in his slick TV ads of the time, were better than their Japanese competition, and Ford ads were touting as "Quality is Job 1" and "Have you Driven a Ford...Lately?"

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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Hilarious they had it for 3 days and it sounds exactly the same lol
you're very patient and understanding. what was their explanation after not fixing it after 3 days?

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I literally just fixed the creaking lol. It’s the fabric trim on the bottom of the seat back rubbing on the plastic sides. Pushed the fabric in to in front of the plastic where it’s not supposed to be. No creaking.
well done, but does it look ok that way?

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You can see it in the information screen, but not in any ordinary gauge configuration.
i couldn't believe this... looked up a '24 driver display and it's there?



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Originally Posted by mmarshall
You may not have owned one, but many vehicles over the years did not have a formal coolant-temperature gauge....they used red or blue "idiot" lights for hot/cold temperature. In fact, my old 1965 Buick used a GREEN dash-light for cold temperature....that was before the days of regulated dash-markings.
Hence why I said its the first car that I have had, nit the first car ever.

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you're very patient and understanding. what was their explanation after not fixing it after 3 days?
They thought they did fix it. They had to order a "Special lubricant" which did nothing.

well done, but does it look ok that way?
Yeah its under the seat, you'd never notice.

I couldn't believe this... looked up a '24 driver display and it's there?

Mine has an EQ meter in that location. no engine temp gauge. My S560 had a temp gauge there.


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i see that now in the manual too, thanks.
they've got a lot of screen real estate in that display... they could have given you a temp gauge!
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Hence why I said its the first car that I have had, nit the first car ever.



They thought they did fix it. They had to order a "Special lubricant" which did nothing.



Yeah its under the seat, you'd never notice.



Mine has an EQ meter in that location. no engine temp gauge. My S560 had a temp gauge there.

​​​​​​ What's amazing is your RPM's at 80 mph 👍. There are cars that look almost like that at idle 😅
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
i see that now in the manual too, thanks.
they've got a lot of screen real estate in that display... they could have given you a temp gauge!
Its weird. The screen in my S560 was actually more configurable. I could choose what gauges were in each spot etc. This car has more layout options but no configurability within those options.

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​​​​​​ What's amazing is your RPM's at 80 mph 👍. There are cars that look almost like that at idle 😅
Oh yeah, it really just loafs along.
Old Mar 7, 2025 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its weird. The screen in my S560 was actually more configurable. I could choose what gauges were in each spot etc. This car has more layout options but no configurability within those options.
That absolutely HAD to be the result of whining. No more walking dumb customers through undoing their mistakes, just "keep pressing the arrow until you like how it looks".
Old Mar 7, 2025 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
​​​​​​ What's amazing is your RPM's at 80 mph 👍. There are cars that look almost like that at idle 😅
corvettes and particularly the vipers have always had a super overdrive 6th gear, the viper is literally also at 1500 rpm at 80 mph lol







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