C/S button on automatic gearbox 2005 model c class

[Platinumblonde]

What does this button get used for?
Ive always been curious since i bought the car

 

[AMGeed]

C is Comfort and the car will set off in 2nd gear when selected.
S is Sport and speeds up the gear changes and you start in 1st gear.

 

[Platinumblonde]

Thank you and how do i switch off those buttons? So it drives in normal mode?

 

[AMGeed]

Normal mode will be Comfort. Just press that button and enjoy your car.
There isn't a button to turn off either. Its in C or S all the time depending on your selection.

 

[Platinumblonde]

Amazing!
When is the best time to use the S mode?

 

[EmilysDad]

Amazing!
When is the best time to use the S mode?

when you want to drive in a Sporting manner

 

[mioba]

when you want to drive in a Sporting manner

When is the best time to drive in C mode....

 

[EmilysDad]

When is the best time to drive in C mode....

All other times ....

 

[Chrishazle]

I tend to only use S when for instance joining a motorway, on a slip road etc where I may want the extra acceleration to filter into fast moving traffic, occasionally when waiting to attempt an overtake on a single carriageway road. Other than that I leave the car in C. Look in the centre dash display and you'll see a C or S depending on which mode you've selected!!

 

[DSK]

C - 99% of the time for me.
S - on the odd occasion I need to win a traffic light Grand Prix. The 7g is far to dim witted to be left in S for any period of time.


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[Tony Dyson]

Mine has E, economy and S, sport settings and I've only ever used S occasionally when being chased by the Police! I've often wondered how a gearbox settings can make you feel more 'comfortable' ?

 

[MARK.W]

I leave mine in S mode all the time. Ready for vava voom any time.

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[sausage]

Some days I am in an S kind of mood, but mostly I am in a C kind of mood. Why let rules guide you, go with your emotions.
My car changes up a gear at a lower rev range in C than it does in S. If I leave it in S it will rev much higher before changing up a gear.

 

[Botus]

they all drive better in C

S is just irritating and no faster - plus puts more wear smashing in to first and then needing to come out of it almost before it went in -

Its ONLY fitted to make German road rage more effective on the autobahn

 

[EmilysDad]

they all drive better in C

S is just irritating and no faster - plus puts more wear smashing in to first and then needing to come out of it almost before it went in -

Its ONLY fitted to make German road rage more effective on the autobahn

you're definitely a half empty kind of bloke .....

 

[Rory]

C is Comfort and the car will set off in 2nd gear when selected.
S is Sport and speeds up the gear changes and you start in 1st gear.

I just sold mine so can't look in the handbook, but I remembered S = Standard,

I've got a pdf of a US W203 and that says S Sport, for standard driving!

I'm a 'wafting along' kind of driver but only ever drove mine in S. In C it was just too dimwitted - it was especially an issue from start as it would try and start in 2nd, but then drop to 1st with a jolt with anything more than the most gentle acceleration.

 

[EmilysDad]

I .....- it was especially an issue from start as it would try and start in 2nd, but ....

MB cars are not the only autos that will start off in 2nd .... a Rover P5B would do the same all those years ago. My ML will start normally start off in 1st, however when in SPORT I don't like the gear shift pattern so mine is almost always in AUTO ( mine affects the suspension too)

 

[LostKiwi]

On the R its S and E.
It always defaults to E when restarting and 99% I just leave it there. In S it tends to hold a lower gear for a given road speed and I actually find it annoying. In E you just surf the torque.

 

[EmilysDad]

On the R its S and E.
It always defaults to E when restarting and 99% I just leave it there. In S it tends to hold a lower gear for a given road speed and I actually find it annoying. In E you just surf the torque.

I'm sure my R was C & S .... pressing it seemed to have no effect at all but I never investigated it

 

[LostKiwi]

I'm sure my R was C & S .... pressing it seemed to have no effect at all but I never investigated it

Yours was the 7G though wasn't it (pre facelift).
Mines the 7G+ (facelift) version.