SELF PARKING CARS! | Mercedes vs BMW
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Mercedes & BMW both have Park Assist so I put them both head to head and even test my parking skills too!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:07 Parallel Park (Me vs Mercedes vs BMW)
4:56 Bay Parking (Me vs Mercedes vs BMW)
8:04 Summary
#Mercedes #BMW #ParkAssist
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was never shown how to use parking assist when buying during covid and been too scared to try it myself. this video though has given me some confidence in attempting it. i never realised it would bay park either,
Another well-presented video. I will have to go and try out my Mercedes Amg park assistance over the weekend. I have never used it; I still park manually. I think you should do a poll to see how many drivers use park assist or still park manually.
AMG GLA45 for the last three years. Probably used park assist three or four times a year. My findings are that you have to drive too far past the space for the system to kick in.
If you have another car up your backside I can almost guarantee you’re not going to use Park Assist.
Thank you! Yeah that’s a good idea!
I made one on the CZcams Community tab, go vote if you want to!
www.youtube.com/@npoleary/community
@PhilbyFavourites ah that’s b cause the entire length of the car (the last parking sensor) at the back has to have driven past the space and a bit of the other car. It’s using ultrasound 🤓
@@npolearycheers Nick, I had read that in the manual (I’m an RTBF sort of guy 🤓🤓). It has the potential for being very useful. But it will only be when every one uses it. Much like cruise control would be great if it were linked (another step on from the radar guided cruise control). Take every one out of the link and automate it all “Google Cars” and you’d take the variable of the human being out of the equation.
I’ll be long gone by the time that happens - but I bet you will experience it in your lifetime.
Keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻
My Formentor had park assist, used it as a gimmick to show off to mates, however it did have a handy feature of getting you out the space even if it didn’t park itself. Worked very well when some numpty parks atrociously around you or too close!
Ps, thanks for all your help and suggestions at the county show a couple of weeks back! He’s loving his new A Class! This page has definitely helped me and him figure stuff out… like changing the key battery and its many features 😂
Cars with the key fob operation are good for bay parking that''s cramped. At first exposure to that, I didn't want to have anything to do with it. Then I saw it demonstrated in a real life situation. It amazes me how slowly and smoothly the car moved, but it was done in about 30 seconds.
In over three years of owning my C class, I've tried it out but never found any reason to use it. Two reasons:
First I can manually reverse into a space that's too short to even be noticed by park assist. Second, on a busy road I can pull up and reverse into a space (getting out of the way of the other traffic) before park assist has even got its brain into gear.
I guess it might be of some use for a driver who's not capable of parking without it. 😅
That is great thanks, UX1 and EQB are currently on my shortlist for next lease car. The EQB 250 spec could swing it, if it is significantly cheaper, but don't know yet.
I've had mixed experiences with park assist. I had a B-Class and the park assist was great, no issues whatsoever. I now have a CLA, the park assist is terrible in comparison and struggles to identify a space even when the car could clearly fit. Great vid though, Nick! Loving the new content.
Thank you! Glad you’re loving the videos! 🤓
UN-R Regulation could be possibly why, it may only do bay parking and not parallel parking.
@npoleary ah that would make sense! It did seem to find the bay ok. Thanks for the clarification 😁 !
Great comparison Nick
Thank you! 🙏
I find the merc system does well if the space is really tight, but not so well it its huge (Like the ones you showed)
I do love my park assist on my mercedes Benz AMG 2021.... it's pure ded brilliant...like this video..
Thank you! 🙏
I saw a Lamborghini parked perfectly, one inch away from the curb. Only problem was, there was no way his girlfriend could get out! (Door too close to the ground, below curb height.) Edit: For the parallel park, yeah, it's nice to show off, but you also have to get back out, and someone might park a couple of inches off your bumper. Leaving yourself a few inches closer to the street is not always a bad idea, just be careful warning a passenger not to misstep and twist an ankle or scuff her shoe against the curb. It's always nice to go around and hold the door.
Very true! Never been in a Lamborghini so not sure if they have park assist in their cars 😅
Very true on some models you wouldn’t be able to park that close!
Just tried the park assist in 250+ works well but is terrifying! 😀
Nick. Well done you showing how parking should be done on camera. How many takes did you take?! Good content as always. Thank you. I rarely use Park Assist on my CLA. Not sure I trust it 100%
Oh that was all one take! Haha
That’s why I didn’t manage to park that close to the kerb! 😅 I normally can, I promise! 😂
Hi Nick, great broadcast. However, I would be grateful if you could answer a question. Why does Mercedes Me not work on Apple watch ultra?
Mercedes me sadly isn’t on Apple Watch it’s just an iOS app or Android App
I heard a rumour that Mercedes trialled it years ago but sadly isn’t around now.
Great video!
Do you have parallel parking enabled in your MB? I own EQB 2022, but the parallel parking is disabled due to regulations. :(
Due to United Nations regulations, some cars sadly don’t have it all, some only have bay parking which won’t be “on the road”.
If you chat with your local Mercedes they can let you know if it has it or not 🤓
Hey nick as a suggestion for your tips and tricks could you consider the gesture motion on mbux. Thank you
Yes I could do, might do a tips and tricks video in the future! 👀
This was an awesome video!! And stop making fun of your parking!! LOL!! So the BMW a little better. When I used it in my Mercedes gls the thing that most made me panic is the people behind me waiting for the car to park and get into the spot.. But I have it now on the Lincoln but really do not use it at all. But I will now that you did this video and reminded me of this option again. Same with the paddle shifters never used them either... The roads here in where I live in Florida are very twisty so always driving a little over the limit.... Thanks love your videos!!
Haha thank you! This was thanks to BMW UK for the car!
Of course this video is a sneak peek, I’m working on the actual review over the next couple of days hopefully for this Friday coming 🤞🏼
You’ve seen this before everyone else for being a member so thank you! 😎
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My Pleasure!@@npoleary
Very good
Thank you! 🙏
We love videoes like this more than VW videos!
Thank you! How about a VW park assist comparison? 👀
I hate seeing scratches on rims, so I’m always worried about getting so close to the curb that I scratch my M440 Cabriolet’s rims when parallel parking. I wonder if park assist can do a better job than me in getting super close to the curb without ever touching it 🤔
Nick, this is a genius comparison…well done, mate! I am aMercedes (2020 E350) owner….I hate the MB system…junk. I think the BMW won here.
Glad you enjoyed the comparison! 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Works fine in my a class. Use it all the time.
Nick - isn’t park assist on mercs disabled - I know mine doesn’t work (doesn’t scan for spaces) every thing else works on it??
It’s not disabled on all Mercedes
There was a regulation that came out for all manufacturers and is still present to this day. Not just Mercedes all car manufacturers have to have park assist systems that comply with specific regulations.
I made a video about it here: czcams.com/video/CtK2ZwMsqK8/video.htmlsi=bK2C3svMBFwQBn5-
Can you please show du how to take the black cover off the Mercedes me app. We have a black cover over our Mercedes car in the Mercedes me app and we dont know how we can take it off. Could you help is?
I saw your message on the other videos too, don't worry I read and try to reply to all of them on my channel. Or you can email me too "contact@npo-media.co.uk".
This is what I said on the other one: Oh once all of the Mercedes me services / digital extras are switched on, it disappears after a couple of days. That’s what it did for my car anyway when I bought it.
Great video/ I checked out a M3 at BMW Worst experience for me. He said he was getting paperwork he was actually outside talk to his friends so i left ...#mercades
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
You sure that it wasn’t a customer grabbing them as he was walking past? I don’t work for a dealer but I’ve seen it happen before when I bought a car last year. They have to say Hi or else the other person will complain that they’re being ignored.
@@npoleary It was Pretty bad experence fo me,, i was actully pretty nervous too at the time it would have been the most expensive car i would have bought. 2024 M3 Competition. 115000 CAD.. SAD
I'm confused. I thought assisted parallel parking was removed from recent cars due to a UN regulation. My 22 CLA can't parallel park :( it only does bay parking.
For newer cars, there’s a hands on / hands of sensor built in (so has the right equipment to be compliant)
It’s starting to come back in newly built cars I think!
Well, Mercedes-Benz is the best. They should be develop to identify parking in an empty parking lane as well. 😊
I think a couple of new models like E-Class & S-Class might be able to do that already!
Hello Nick. We really love your Mercedes tips. We have just bought a new GLC 300 Premium Plus 2023. It’s a little annoying, unless we are doing it wrong, but in our old 2019 GLC we would say “ Hi Mercedes, phone Keith”. With our phone connected Mercedes would phone Keith. With this 2023 GLC Mercedes says “ you have Apple play so phone on that” Well that is not easy to do when driving. Is there a way we can get Hi Mercedes to just phone from our contacts? Allan
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!
Ah well this is because you’re using Apple CarPlay. Remember Apple CarPlay is a replacement for the car’s multimedia system, you need to use one or the other.
So if you want to use the car’s multimedia system I.e Hey Mercedes, you need to turn off CarPlay.
On your phone go to settings, Bluetooth, find your car and turn off CarPlay.
Because CarPlay was on the car expects you to use the Siri voice assistant to make the call.
Hope that helps!
@@npoleary thank you Nick. Will do. Allan
I still haven’t dared to use this in my CLA45s 😂 too scared to damage the matte paint and AMG rims
You can slow it down using brakes down to nearly to a complete stop, it's hardly any more dangerous then than normal parking.
I have a 2018 E220d cabriolet and my park assist has been remotely disabled, why is this ?
It’s remotely disabled
I made a video about it a few months ago. It affects all manufacturers: czcams.com/video/CtK2ZwMsqK8/video.htmlsi=bK2C3svMBFwQBn5-
I have a 2022 180 Line Premium, owned it for just over a month. Never tried kerbside assisted parking (opportunity has not arisen). Have tried to use it in a supermarket about four times, three times it could not identify a parking space at all, despite driving past many the fourth time it did identify but I had an impatient ‘steam out of the head driver’ behind me and I abandoned. Totally underwhelmed with it.
At least neither of them smashed your wheels in to kerb which is a bonus.
Yeah they’re pretty good these systems!
The park assist in the A35 is dreadful. It drives passed the space and only recognise it once you have driven another 20metres. Then it parks too far from the pavement
Ah the last parking sensor at the rear bumper needs to have driven past the open space and a tiny bit of the next car. By which point add the additional length of your car, you’ll be inline probably with the next car’s engine (ish) at a rough estimate
Нет,ребята,Мерседес-это Мерседес.
No, guys, Mercedes is Mercedes
Is it just me? or the mercedes is way too cool!
Nah not just you, they are pretty cool! 🙏
Park assist is just a gimmick. It takes too long. All the demonstrations are on quiet streets with no traffic. Used it once in my EQA. The camera's help especially the 360 view.
Well yes it does it take longer, that’s why I do it on quieter streets when filming!
In a real world scenario yes you can park faster but any automated system with parking will always take it slow on purpose so the driver can check the surroundings 👍🏼 (if I’m in the driver’s seat, I’m in control and responsible after all)
Thank you for all your videos. When will Mercedes come out with a self driving car like Tesla?
Thank you! Self driving is a long way off for all manufacturers, (not sure on Mercedes specifically) even Tesla’s tech isn’t allowed in all countries yet. However, can’t ignore that it’s some pretty cool tech! I’d love to check it out one day!
I use PA in my C class once a year just to see if it still works 😂
Ps. Hate that grunting sound of the brakes….
Manufacturers put you off from even trying it because of their usage WARNINGS.
i tried this on my c200. it got so scared it literally broke the rules of friction just to stop 💀
I can't use ParkAssist, it send my anxiety levels through the roof and the control freak in me leaps out at great speed :)
You’re still in control though
What model do you have and what year? 🤓
@@npoleary I have a 2019 C-class Cabriolet, not sure it's on this car, I haven't even looked but I had it on a previous car and I just couldn't get to grips with it.
Mercedes better anyday
Mercedes has this funny problem that If you come across several free parking spaces next to each other for bay parking, it'll offer you to park parallel in them. 😂 It also frequently struggles to find a spot in general.
In theory it also allows you to leave the parking space but I'd say half the time it instead starts looking for where to park, even when there are cars on both sides and it's in parking gear, so it's definitely a mixed bag of experiences it offers.
Well it’s not a problem, that’s how the system works. It’s not a camera looking for spaces like we see with our eyes, it’s using ultrasound and measuring the length of spaces. So if there’s a car parked in a bay, with a large enough gap it’ll offer a Parallel park because it’s just measuring spaces 👍🏼
@@npoleary Yeah, now that you said it, it makes more sense. I thought it uses the 360° camera as well and looks for the lines 😅
I have found it to be almost worthless. It fails to recognize legitimate spaces, and then only after passing it by a great distance. It is slow, so cars back up behind you. Not worth the money, st all.
Oh no not at all 🤓
Park Assist exists on systems without cameras too! Just ultrasound
No one cares.. It is illegal to use in public roads almost all over the world.
Definitely not illegal! I would never cover any “illegal” activity on my channel or I’m sure my video / channel would be taken down 😅
It is the driver’s responsibility to control this system. They DO NOT take their hands off the pedals and wheel and just let it go. The driver uses the brake pedal and controls the car into the space while the car steers. They have full control. If they want to take over, just grab the wheel.
@@npoleary Still illegal in my country and therefor these systems are disabled.
Being a die heart Benz gal fortunately I owned 4… thus Im not interested in comparing…❤️🫶🏼❤️
Interesting comparison. I think I have parked my AMG with Parking Assist once. I feel more comfortable doing it myself. One time when testing, it would have definitely hit my rim on the curb when attempting to park if I didn't stop and take over. Thank you.
Thank you!
It depends how others are parked, so if one other car is parked at a slight angle, it might park you slightly off centre too.
One of the reasons why I had the mirror down so I can monitor it. It is park “assist” after all 🤓