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New car time - might be defecting to a Mercedes.........

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Degudodger:
This is my first auto and I'm not going to lie, it sucks. Hopefully DSG is better!

Andy:
Yeah vw seem to have got the dsg box spot on

rdfcpete:

--- Quote from: Degudodger on December 12, 2015, 11:43:29 pm ---After 1,500 miles / 4 weeks I am starting to regret buying the Merc

Initial thoughts of the C204 were positive, i liked the way it drove if maybe a little sluggish but while i was getting used to the car i overlooked some its flaws.

Performance and handling
- Auto box isn’t that responsive with more lag than I had expected
- MPG is nowhere near what I was hoping to achieve at an average of 42MPG and approximately £30-£40 more a month to fill up.
- The engine is hardly refined and sounds more like skeleton pleasuring himself in a biscuit tin!
- Brakes need upgrading as there are nowhere near as sharpe as the Golf was. Loooooaaaadddssss of brake fade.

Build quality
- Interior – More squeaks than mice in a cheese factory

Entertainment
- Unbelievably bad DAB reception to the point where I have stopped using it.
- Bluetooth integration call menu is needlessly complicated and defaults to sorting by last name/first name
- Command online – Completely pointless
- Maps – cost of updating maps is stupid

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 :sad1: Sorry you're not feeling full return on your cash Anthony.

IMO all four cylinder diesels sound like a sack of sh*t, especially cold, but a DPF delete can help that and mine is certainly smoother when warm and of course tuned.

The gearbox I can relate to - is it the steering dash column gearbox control that most of the new Mercs seem to have?
I hate this tbh. It's like a 70's American estate from the old movies, just unnatural for the European market IMO. I had an early 2015 C-Class C200 saloon petrol auto earlier this year for the weekend and although the engine was poor anyway, the box didn't help that.

Is it too late to trade for a 330d? I've seen some for £20k with under 40k miles now which represents great value.

I'd be confident that for most people, the six cylinder and ZF Auto with the kit it has (in M Sport trim) would improve on 80%, if not nearly all of the points you've listed above, obviously with personal perception in mind too  :happy2:

Hope you're not tied in too much to either upgrade the above bits or chop it for something that makes you happier  :driver:

Andy:
The dpf delete is now totally illegal and company's advertising the removal and mapping around it will get prosecuted

Degudodger:
Well the Mercedes has gone

Long live the Golf!

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