WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.899 a little while ago we checked out the Mercedes eqs and uh frankly it was 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:13.259 terrible good thing though we have the eqe today and it is much improved let's 00:00:11.219 --> 00:00:18.359 check with little brother starting with the looks now it does still have the 00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:21.960 Bean or a shoe appearance of the eqs but the proportions overall are much better 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:26.400 and I like how they have these lines along the hood the little duckbill 00:00:23.939 --> 00:00:32.220 spoiler at the back and overall I think it just looks a lot better compared to 00:00:29.220 --> 00:00:33.600 the normal E-class uh yeah this is not 00:00:32.220 --> 00:00:38.340 the better looking one around the side we've got these 19-inch 00:00:36.180 --> 00:00:43.200 AMG rims that are wrapped in winter tires for some reason if you're 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:48.600 wondering uh I have not been thrashing this but there is still rubber all up 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:52.920 this side do not use winter tires when it's 30 degrees out the more you know 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:57.059 above that we've got our windshield washer Reservoir because Mercedes will 00:00:55.320 --> 00:01:01.440 not let you open the hood once again there are two little releases if you 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:04.680 want to but uh guys please just give us a normal latch 00:01:02.699 --> 00:01:09.659 the drag coefficient of this thing is only 0.22 which is definitely helped by 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.439 these door handles that pop out so you get them but uh they don't they don't 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.180 always pop out for me oh they did it right there but I have consistently had 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:22.979 to go and unlock it using the key fob like a filthy animal around back a light 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:27.299 bar that goes all the way across and I think looks pretty good and a rear view 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:31.080 camera that's hidden behind the Mercedes logo that's also how you open up the 00:01:28.860 --> 00:01:36.479 trunk Works quite well in the trunk there isn't a whole load of space for a 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:38.759 car of this size like LTT backpack takes 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:42.900 up heaps of space in here unfortunately we do have a tiny little compartment for 00:01:40.860 --> 00:01:47.159 your first aid kit tire repair kit and of course an LTC water bottle 00:01:44.479 --> 00:01:52.500 ltdstore.com up here we've got our power close close unlock and also releases for 00:01:49.979 --> 00:01:55.439 both of the rear seats which is very nice to have they won't come back up 00:01:54.240 --> 00:02:00.960 though for charging we get to up to 170 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:05.700 kilowatts DC although you won't be needing to charge as much as you might 00:02:02.939 --> 00:02:11.400 expect now Mercedes says this right here with its 90 kilowatt hour battery is 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:16.560 good for 418 kilometers of range but strangely I've been getting more like 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:18.540 500 uh most of the time they overdo the 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:22.319 range but it's very strange that they've massively underdone it for this one it 00:02:20.700 --> 00:02:27.860 seems popping into the back seat we've got a 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:31.200 sort of enough space if my head's in the 00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:34.200 sunroof area otherwise I'm 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:36.360 I'm smacking it right there that said 00:02:34.200 --> 00:02:40.739 leg room there is plenty of and these are very very comfortable seats also 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:46.019 have a nice little rear climate display and heating for the rear passengers 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:50.459 we've also got 200 watt usb type-c chargers which are an optional extra and 00:02:48.660 --> 00:02:54.660 a little armrest that has one of these confusing 00:02:51.980 --> 00:02:59.519 there are the cup holders hopping into the driver's seat this is a 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:04.800 very comfortable spot to be we've got heaps of adjustments like adjustable 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:09.860 bolsters pneumatic lumbar massaging functions and of course it's all an 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:14.580 optional extra everything in here just you really need to get this thing out in 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:19.879 order for it to be worth it this thing's like 40 Grand above starting that said 00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:25.920 though everything in here is exceptionally well built like the 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:31.980 squishiness of the cushions here on both of the armrests oh man it is a relief 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:36.959 after the pole star there are some kind of chintzy bit like these capacitive 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:40.620 touch buttons right here move around a bit more than I'd like same with the 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:45.540 ones over for the heating and cooling of the driver's seat but overall it is 00:03:43.019 --> 00:03:50.819 pretty good that said Mercedes still doesn't have the ease of use for some of 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:55.620 this stuff that I might expect like uh the Z controls they're already over here 00:03:53.340 --> 00:04:01.920 minus uh a lot of of the other C controls that you want to have so you 00:03:57.720 --> 00:04:04.200 have to go in here menu Comfort seat and 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:09.239 now you can adjust like the lumbar support or the side bolsters or the 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:14.220 heating settings which Strangely I cannot find a button for the steering 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:18.060 wheel heat so we can do the additional steering wheel heat and that means that 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:22.500 when I turn on the seat heating the steering wheel heat turns on but because 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:25.500 I am a very clammy boy I do not like that and I just I don't know there's no 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:32.340 button down here there's nothing like that oh wait I have an idea 00:04:28.460 --> 00:04:34.500 okay okay watch this watch this 00:04:32.340 --> 00:04:38.699 seat heat's on steering wheel Heats off hey Mercedes 00:04:36.419 --> 00:04:44.540 how can I help turn on the steering wheel heat okay I'm switching on the 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.540 steering wheel Heating 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:53.639 how do I know it I can't believe there's no button for this anyway anyway let's 00:04:52.380 --> 00:04:58.199 get a couple more complaints out of the way while we're here first of all piano 00:04:55.620 --> 00:05:04.259 black it looks terrible this right here for the most part in the interior looks 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.820 very nice but no matter what you do you 00:05:04.259 --> 00:05:10.139 have to have piano black in the middle and it looks freaking disgusting all the 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:14.820 time that said we have a nice little bit of 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:19.919 storage here nice little spot for your cups there wireless charger that's very 00:05:17.100 --> 00:05:25.199 hard to get to and wireless Android auto also on the steering wheel we have more 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:30.120 crap tier capacitive buttons that they work fine enough it's pretty good but at 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:34.440 the same time What Mercedes had previously is just straight up better 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:38.699 like guys please just bring back the little roller the couple of other things 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:43.139 there's also no like next track button on here which is kind of disappointing 00:05:40.380 --> 00:05:48.479 given there's so many other controls it's just strange and poorly thought out 00:05:45.419 --> 00:05:51.360 as for the infotainment it is 00:05:48.479 --> 00:05:55.020 fine there's a lot of stuff on here that just isn't scaled quite properly like 00:05:53.400 --> 00:05:59.100 you can tell that they know what the proper scale is because you go to like 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:04.440 home you have these nice beautiful icons dragged down again nice great big icons 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:11.400 but then some of the stuff that you use constantly is not as easy like next 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:14.220 track previous track they're just a 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:16.860 little bit too small for my hands like it's fine to hit when we're just sitting 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:22.319 here but when you're going down the road bouncing around and stuff it's just too 00:06:20.340 --> 00:06:27.360 small same with the Android auto icon why is it so small guys a lot of the 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.180 time it's just like a nice big old button or something like that and it's 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:35.039 just so weird that it's so small Mercedes 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:40.800 does get points for including Android auto and apple carplay both are Wireless 00:06:37.020 --> 00:06:42.960 fantastic but it isn't as something shut 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:46.380 up something's always wrong hey Mercedes I do have to commend Mercedes for at 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:51.120 least just keeping Android auto and apple carplay on like GM and some others 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:56.039 but that said it isn't as well integrated as I would like in some areas 00:06:53.639 --> 00:07:00.539 like we have this display up here and it has a beautiful map mode especially like 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:06.060 the heads-up display when you're using the Mercedes version of their navigation 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:08.220 is absolutely exceptional now their root 00:07:06.060 --> 00:07:12.479 Guidance just simply is not as good as what Google has so the problem is you 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:16.560 have to decide do you want a really nice heads-up display experience or do you 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:23.639 want to actually arrive there on time I do feel like I've done a lot of nitpicking in here but I do have to say 00:07:20.099 --> 00:07:26.520 they have done just such a good job with 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:30.720 so much of it like this is the best interior lighting that I have seen in a 00:07:28.620 --> 00:07:34.500 car the way that they have the use a little vents it doesn't feel the 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:39.479 greatest but they look really really good RGB events guys and of course 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:44.039 before we set off I just want to say Mercedes thank you so much for this area 00:07:41.940 --> 00:07:50.400 down here this right here is the absolute burrito holder 5000 they even 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:51.900 have a strap not going anywhere unlike 00:07:50.400 --> 00:07:56.580 me because I'm going to the Segway to our sponsor shut up Mercedes big thanks 00:07:54.780 --> 00:08:00.660 to Super Micro for sponsoring this video discover incredible performance and 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:06.360 efficiency with super micro's h13 generation servers behind the magic are 00:08:03.479 --> 00:08:12.060 AMD's epic 9004 series processors which feature up to a stunning 00:08:08.840 --> 00:08:16.259 128 cores each which is the highest core 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:18.180 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00:09:04.260 --> 00:09:14.399 seconds which uh for that amount of power seems pretty darn long and that's 00:09:10.380 --> 00:09:17.160 because this thing is 5200 pounds that 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:23.160 said though we have a lot of mass stamping and very soft suspension so 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:25.800 this is an exceptionally comfortable car 00:09:23.160 --> 00:09:31.440 how do I know well uh the road we're on right now is banned for a roll because 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:37.140 the camera right there is just unusable in most cars while we're driving over a 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:39.480 road that is this bumpy that said in the 00:09:37.140 --> 00:09:45.839 eqe this right here is just absorbing the bumps we're just drifting right down 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:47.880 at no problems at all it is quiet it is 00:09:45.839 --> 00:09:51.120 very comfortable oh 00:09:48.959 --> 00:09:57.000 there's the road where we normally start our a-roll now once you get over about 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:59.399 120 the softness of the suspension can 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:04.980 become a problem there if you have like some big more rolly bumps because it's 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:08.040 so soft if you're in the rebound of the shocks when you hit the next bump you 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:12.360 can get just freaking launched straight into the air 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:16.860 whereas a stiffer car you just kind of be going over it one more small issue 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:21.899 with the highway driving is that this does have a little bit more road noise 00:10:18.899 --> 00:10:23.880 than I was expecting once you are going 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:28.860 at highway speeds I don't know if that's an issue caused mostly because we have 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:33.959 winter tires on this still but it doesn't have the quietness that stuff 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:36.180 like the G80 or the Cadillac lyric have 00:10:33.959 --> 00:10:40.380 that have that active noise suppression that's going to get rid of those hums 00:10:38.459 --> 00:10:45.480 and stuff another thing though that makes this an exceptional Cruiser for 00:10:42.959 --> 00:10:52.019 lower speeds is that we have ourselves a proper sunroof up here heck freaking yes 00:10:49.560 --> 00:10:57.200 this right here will be the best car for driving down like an ocean road if it 00:10:53.880 --> 00:10:57.200 were not for one thing 00:10:57.420 --> 00:11:04.560 let's pull over because that was kind of loud sunroof opened Windows down this is 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:08.880 such a great car for just comfortably cruising around town 00:11:06.540 --> 00:11:14.279 and it's kind of ruined by this right here we've got this super nice Alcantara 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:18.420 sweetie sort of stuff but if you look the window just it 00:11:16.260 --> 00:11:23.420 by like what half inch something like that means it can't have your ARM out 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:25.680 the window and just relax like this 00:11:23.420 --> 00:11:32.100 all right we've got some Corners let's torture these poor winter tires 00:11:28.079 --> 00:11:34.860 here we go chucking it in 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:40.380 heaps of body roll but that said the whole thing does feel very controlled 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:43.079 and very composed especially for how 00:11:40.380 --> 00:11:47.820 much mass this thing has that said I do have some trouble properly balancing the 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:53.700 car because the accelerator pedal has quite a bit of smoothing on it so if you 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:56.220 want to like get into the gas get off 00:11:53.700 --> 00:12:02.940 the gas there's a lot more delay than I would like to see an electric car it a 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:07.980 bit of a problem because well just kind of generally driving it I find difficult 00:12:05.220 --> 00:12:12.240 to do very smoothly I really wish they just gave us the option of having like a 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:17.940 chill and a not chill mode for the accelerator like Volvo and Tesla and 00:12:15.420 --> 00:12:23.700 lots of other makers that said if you're interested in not driving as much this 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:28.380 is a pretty good car to do that in the lane centering is excellent some of the 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:32.940 best that I've ever seen the adaptive cruise is pretty good even if it is a 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:36.959 little bit jerky at times especially if the person in front of you is not 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:41.459 fantastic at driving I've left it on which is more than I can say about the 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:45.120 vast majority of cars that I've had and my only real complaint is that it gets 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:49.740 super mad at you to have your hands on the wheel even when you already have 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:54.420 your hands on the wheel now probably our largest complaint about the eqs was the 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:59.639 feel of the brakes and it was just God awful and here they have done an 00:12:56.880 --> 00:13:03.360 excellent Improvement in the sort sort of sense that licking a nine volt 00:13:01.560 --> 00:13:09.180 battery is better than looking at car battery it's still terrible now we're on 00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:14.100 flat ground right now so the stopping's going to be fine enough but I found that 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:18.240 when I'm on any sort of an incline it grabs the brakes when you go to stop and 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:23.760 it can just be like it's honestly crazy that Mercedes wants 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:27.480 to go all-electric by 2030 when they can't even figure out how to make the 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:32.820 break and the gas work correctly in one guys please fix that seriously what 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:37.200 doesn't need fixing though is the sound system 00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:42.000 play crab rave on title in here we've got the sound system from burmester and 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:46.560 this thing sounds so freaking good they've got the tweeters up pointed at 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:53.040 the Windows which bounce off of them and you just get this insane surround sound 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:55.260 experience that is is unlike a lot of 00:13:53.040 --> 00:14:00.480 cars that we have now it doesn't have the low end extension it starts rolling 00:13:57.300 --> 00:14:02.070 off around about 40 Hertz but it does 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:07.240 sound darn good 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:15.360 yeah see there it didn't like fully trail out like it does in the 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:19.980 Volvo or you know my golf properly measuring the system was a little bit 00:14:17.579 --> 00:14:24.480 difficult because whatever they're doing for the 3D surround does some phase 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:28.200 changes which does also show up in the frequency response so we turned it in 00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:35.579 their peer setting which sounds like trash but I just like leaving it as it is from 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:38.519 the factory and she sounds darn good so 00:14:35.579 --> 00:14:43.740 the Mercedes eqe this one that we have right here was a hundred and twenty 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:45.540 thousand dollars Canadian and uh I think 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:51.060 this right here is a really good spec for the car but that's a lot of freaking 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:54.180 money now this does feel a lot more 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:56.459 grounded as a car than the eqs did it's 00:14:54.180 --> 00:15:02.399 just as comfortable it has really all of the good things of that but it just 00:14:59.339 --> 00:15:05.339 feels better to drive in so it's sort of 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:10.620 completely eliminates the eqs from you wanting to have it that said though 00:15:07.760 --> 00:15:16.380 there are a lot of other cars that are quite a bit less money that I think are 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:20.160 just as good in many ways if you're in the market for a car like this I would 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:25.139 strongly recommend looking into the G80 EV before pulling the trigger on this 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:31.920 it's the one that I personally like more but if you want more of like the really 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:34.680 fancy RGB the eqe 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:39.120 who could do verse so guys if you like this video hit like get subscribed and I 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:47.279 promise we are going to have some cheaper EVS soon very very soon ah 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:49.860 it's really oh my God Mercedes shut the 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:54.260 up I may not be perfect but I'm getting better every day I'll believe it 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:54.260 when I see it