A-Class (W176) [Official] Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W176)

[alebonau]

I think about 4 members have taken delivery with at least another 5 with cars on order.

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250

and yeah seem a few to be receiving theirs in coming weeks/months

 

[alebonau]

Hey guys who own them I would love to hear some stories about features you have found or are using. I would love to know how you access your playlists on an iPhone from the COMAND system, and any information you have on the Linguatronic system as well.

I'm just after something to keep me salivating until I own one myself.

hi joyjas, not really used the linguatronic system much. we tend to have music circulating on random from a ipod touch I have permanently connected via iphone interface in the main centre console. its just a case of select playlist, mine or select playlist kids when we have the kids in the car and want to play some kids music I have on the ipod touch. if hit disc on the centre console it selects ipod touch as source by default. if I hit radio it brings up dab+ digital radio. thats how I swap between sources

 

[Frostee]

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250

and yeah seem a few to be receiving theirs in coming weeks/months

I have a white A250 on order with Command and Exclusive - est delivery 16 Aug

 

[MercNewbie]

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250

and yeah seem a few to be receiving theirs in coming weeks/months

We have an a250 on order with the lot - "sometime in October" is all we could get out of them.

 

[Duds]

I have an A250 on order with Command and Exclusive - est delivery 16 Aug

I'm the same as Frostee; got a blue MY14 A250 order and expected mid August.

 

[Duds]

To the guys (and gals) who already have a A250 Sport, how have you found traction? Also, I've seen one reviewer claim it drives like a diesel, i.e. picks up really quickly but tapers off higher in the rev range... Has that been your experience? Or does it keep pulling to the redline?

Cheers guys!

 

[joyjas77]

I just went to dealer who made a quick call and was able to say I should expect delivery between 15th of August to 15th of September, I was hoping originally around mid August but never had set date and I changed order to a250 last month. But had my build slot. But dealer said if I ordered now would be march at earliest

 

[gumpy]

yeah I can only compare with my mk6 golf gti I owned previously and prior to that owned 3 generations of nice handling french cars over about 15 years so yeah your comparisons might be different

Yeah look I don't want to put a downer on something that's being well enjoyed. If you love it you love it...

But yeah from my point of view the near unanimous criticism of the suspension and the reason why Merc have released the lowered comfort suspension confirms that there's something off with the suspension.

For me i'm just sick of sports suspensions anyway... not sure where you're based but Sydney's simply not the best part of the world for such setups.

 

[mini_cooper4]

90% of the posts in this thread are made by people that have an A-Class as a profile picture.
Just an interesting stat, nothing more

 

[gumpy]

Just to add to the list

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200

 

[joyjas77]

Just to add to the list

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200
joyjas: White A250 (Aug-Sep ETA)

 

[joyjas77]

90% of the posts in this thread are made by people that have an A-Class as a profile picture.
Just an interesting stat, nothing more

It's not by choice that I only have an A-class profile pic. If MB could keep up with demand I would be driving mine since March.

 

[Frostee]

Just to add to the list

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200
joyjas: White A250 (Aug-Sep ETA)
frostee White A250 (mid Aug ETA)

 

[Bknight]

Just to add to the list

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200
joyjas: White A250 (Aug-Sep ETA)
frostee White A250 (mid Aug ETA)
bknight: White A250 (Command & AMG Executive pack) (Aug ETA)

 

[Shillo]

A250 in Mountain Grey over here with all 3 Packages

All this talk of you guys receiving your Cars or delivery dates getting closer has made me very jealous sooooo I emailed my Dealer today for the 1st time since the order went in at the end of April for a bit of update relief.
Received a Build Date of July 29th with delivery Mid-October which will be ideal since I requested delivery for November when I placed it.
It's a bit of a way off i know but it will soon be time to start thinking about selling the 6, sad to see her go but i'll probably forget about her pretty quickly a soon as I drive the Baby Merc

 

[Shillo]

Congrats Clip on the delivery of your new Baby ...sounds like it was all worth the wait !

 

[Bknight]

Just a bit of topic has anyone had a novated lease before?

 

[gumpy]

Just to add to the list (adding more info like others did)

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200 (Command, Exclusive, Vision) Sept/Oct ETA
joyjas: White A250 (Aug-Sep ETA)
frostee White A250 (mid Aug ETA)
bknight: White A250 (Command & AMG Executive pack) (Aug ETA)

 

[joyjas77]

Just to add to the list (adding more info like others did)

myself with : red a250 and command pack
others I can recall,
clip : mountain grey a250
mercer.dk : black a250
kdcorp : mountain grey a250
fortuner : red a220cdi
tonoboon : black a250
gumpy: White A200 (Command, Exclusive, Vision) Sept/Oct ETA
joyjas: White A250 (Command, Exclusive, Driver Assist)(Aug-Sep ETA)
frostee White A250 (mid Aug ETA)
bknight: White A250 (Command & AMG Executive pack) (Aug ETA)

 

[alebonau]

Yeah look I don't want to put a downer on something that's being well enjoyed. If you love it you love it...

But yeah from my point of view the near unanimous criticism of the suspension and the reason why Merc have released the lowered comfort suspension confirms that there's something off with the suspension.

For me i'm just sick of sports suspensions anyway... not sure where you're based but Sydney's simply not the best part of the world for such setups.

Not in Sydney gumpy, and times I've visited I've not driven got taxis instead. Am not sure of the unanimous criticism. The criticism I know centred around the overseas version with run flats. Ive driven the a250 on all sorts of roads and I don't have a problem with the suspension but then car I had before was a hot hatch and I think the a250 is a good balance of handling road feel and comfort. But yeah for those not wanting the AMG tuned suspension merc gives you the choice