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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve
Well, the Mercedes commercial is for a car that has: great brakes, excellent tires, etc. One of the things you mentioned is people falling asleep...the nanny senses your head drooping and sounds a warning chime, not something you're likely to see on a cheap car. I haven't seen a commercial yet for a cheap car that touts things like performance tires and brakes..it's all about skinny tires with less rolling resistance for fuel economy.
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Great brakes? Excellent tires? I would like to believe that, but I had to go look for myself.
From a C300 SPORT Sedan:
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Dual-circuit power-assisted 4-wheel disc brakes. Front: 11.6" perforated and ventilated - single-piston floating. Rear: 11.8" ventilated - single-piston floating
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Single piston floating calipers, small rotors, presumably crappy brake pads to reduce noise.
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225/45 R17 front - 245/40 R17 rear, all-season performance
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Nothing about an all-season tire coming from an OEM says "performance."
People who buy C class Benzes are delusional. They're utter pieces of crap, from a performance and handling perspective. And the above is on the SPORT Sedan. Even for the C350 - a $40k base price car - the rotors are just larger in diameter up front with the same crappy 1-piston floating calipers and sh*tty tire package. That's pathetic.