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That’s literally what the Mercedes rental specialist told me. He walked me to the car to show me how to adjust the seats. I told him I grew up in the 80s and my dad’s ‘85 Caprice had those. He chuckled and said “I’ve no idea how they’re gonna sell this thing for $50K”.
some customers don't care. They just want to drive a Mercedes. Most are leasing it as well, so they don't care. I personally would never drive one with manual seats though. It seems to be the A class, CLA's and maybe some of the C classes that have that option missing. You won't find an S class with manual seats.
They’re nice cars. Owned a few over the years. My favorite was my ‘19 E63 wagon. That was a unicorn. Super spendy out of warranty. Wife’s ‘17 GLE63s I brought in for what I thought was “just” service B. Found out I had leaky timing cover gaskets on both sides. This is at 56,000 miles. All in plopped $4 grand and traded it in for a ‘21 two days later. Got CPO through ‘27. Never again out of warranty haha.
The new engines Mercedes have are garbage when it comes to repairs. Especially the 63's. Mercedes loved shoving 10 million things in the engine bay and give us o room to do anything and pay **** to fix it. Front cover leaks on those engines are common. The turbo coolant line leaks are also common, not cheap when you are out of warranty. We rarely fix any new engines when they are flood damaged. Not worth it. Insurance totals most because Mercedes is ridiculous on their engine prices. We used to rebuild the older engines when insurance used to actually pay decent. adjusters these days nickle and dime repairs that we just shoot for engines from the get go.
Exactly. They’re so complex and crammed. Audi’s twin turbo V8s aren’t much better. When I go to cars and coffee I always spend time at the classics section. There’s a reason you’ll find ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s cars, especially Mercedes. No way modern cars are lasting that long.
Send an email to Aaron and explain your situation. He is very understanding and will do his best to get your finance deal handled. Same thing with mine, was delivered on the 9th, Aaron called me on the 14th to explain everything and I filed out the credit application and then I suspect it may have never made it to finance or if it did, it was pushed to the side, but I spoke to Aaron about it monday or tuesday and he got it squared away and finalized. He mentioned that are extremely busy right now and are doing there best to handle everyone's orders.
Beautiful truck!
Me who looks
to see if mine is to the left or right of yours. Just kidding mine is still being shipped. 
I know. Sandi initially told me 15-25+ weeks. They must build them in batches of certain trim and/or color and I lucked out when I put the order in. I’m not mad though. Was hoping to make a weekend out of the trip to pick her up but it wasn’t meant to be. We will see what my shipping options are.Me who looks
I spy a Cummins next to you.
Congrats! Crazy how fast yours was built and delivered.
dang! very jealous of how fast they built yours. I'm still waiting for D1 on my rebel
limiteds get built faster than everything else, they basically jump the line
sigh... i just can't deal with all the chrome and air suspension lol it's gonna be a desert running/ overlanding rig so the chrome and air suspension will need to go.
It switches to TBD when it’s delivered right before it updates to “delivered” status. Same thing happened to me. They’re unbelievably swamped with hundred of presold trucks drop shipped on them in the last 10 days.
It kinda looks like a baby next to the HD trucks lol.
Yikes there does seem to be an issue with that tailgate. That over spray would drive me nuts. This is when I say the high daily production volume can increase the risk of quality suffering. Those issues should have been easy to spot even with a quick glance at the factory. I hope something can be done for you.
