FIrst time poster, but 18 month owner (of a 12 month old used ED).
So 24 months and 37,000 miles on the clock. Love it, love it, love it. Still feels like the best made EV.
And just started a new job that requires 104 miles round trip per day (max hypermile I have ever managed was 102) so well above realistic range. Luckily I have charger at work so not a problem (and will be adding 24,000 miles per year from now on) so will quickly become a very high milage car. Will be interesting to test reliability (perfect so far)
Anyway reason for posting a question is this.
I partly chose the B-Class above others due to the slightly higher seating position. I like to raise the seat as high as possible to maximise the view (and comfort). Even though I am tallish (5 foot 11 inches), I can still jack up the seat a fair bit without my head hitting the roof but two problems.
1) even with steering wheel set as high as it goes, half of the main speedometer is hidden from view (I have learned to live with this)
2) the rear view mirror in the center of the screen drops down so much it actually obscures a large area in front of me (enough to hide a car or truck if the blind spot alignes perfectly). I'd love to be able to adjust this to be closer to the roof to remove the blind spot completely. I am sure I' still be able to see rear-wards and it would be a lot safer looking forward.
Any ideas how to fix?
My only thought so far is to 3D-print a custom mirror mounting bracket that angles it the way I want rather than it does as supplied.
Does anybody else suffer the same issue or does everyone else lower the seat so forward view is under the rear-view mirror.
Thanks for a great forum.
Mark
P.S. If its not clear what I am trying to say, I can post a drivers point-of-view photo to illustrate what I mean
So 24 months and 37,000 miles on the clock. Love it, love it, love it. Still feels like the best made EV.
And just started a new job that requires 104 miles round trip per day (max hypermile I have ever managed was 102) so well above realistic range. Luckily I have charger at work so not a problem (and will be adding 24,000 miles per year from now on) so will quickly become a very high milage car. Will be interesting to test reliability (perfect so far)
Anyway reason for posting a question is this.
I partly chose the B-Class above others due to the slightly higher seating position. I like to raise the seat as high as possible to maximise the view (and comfort). Even though I am tallish (5 foot 11 inches), I can still jack up the seat a fair bit without my head hitting the roof but two problems.
1) even with steering wheel set as high as it goes, half of the main speedometer is hidden from view (I have learned to live with this)
2) the rear view mirror in the center of the screen drops down so much it actually obscures a large area in front of me (enough to hide a car or truck if the blind spot alignes perfectly). I'd love to be able to adjust this to be closer to the roof to remove the blind spot completely. I am sure I' still be able to see rear-wards and it would be a lot safer looking forward.
Any ideas how to fix?
My only thought so far is to 3D-print a custom mirror mounting bracket that angles it the way I want rather than it does as supplied.
Does anybody else suffer the same issue or does everyone else lower the seat so forward view is under the rear-view mirror.
Thanks for a great forum.
Mark
P.S. If its not clear what I am trying to say, I can post a drivers point-of-view photo to illustrate what I mean