I’m looking at leasing EQS 450+ in Los Angeles. I got a quote for my insurance and apparently it almost doubles in cost to $586/month which would negate most of my savings. I currently am driving an E450 cabriolet. Has anyone else had experience with this or have a policy from a company that is reasonably priced?
Wow the car costs more than the monthly lease* haha.
. * if you’re @djrabbi
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Yup! Same thing with my dad in NJ.
MBFS stay screwed me over again.
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They “stayed”?
Grammar police lol
Hah how’d they screw you this time? They won’t let you end the lease or transfer it?
When I called my insurance to get a quote on the EQS (Connect by Costco) they told me on the phone that they would straight up not insure the EQS because of its high MSRP. So I contacted an insurance broker who quoted 4 times higher monthly than what I am paying on my BMW M2. Then I shopped myself and found quotes that are less than double of my M2 premium. Just to try out, I added the EQS to my Costco insurance online later and it worked! Currently I am paying about $120/month for the EQS though YMMV since I have my home and umbrella policies bundled with my multi-car auto policy. Long story short, I almost gave up on my EQS deal because of insurance too but if you shop around, you should be able to find reasonable insurance pricing.
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On a separate note, does anyone notice their front suspension making a noise going over big bumps? It is not scraping the bottom of the car, it sounds like I can hear the suspension compress/decompress. I am wondering if this is how the airmatic behaves or if my fart car had been abused before me and if I need to take it in for service. The car rides beautifully, just the noise caught my attention today…
My 22 EQS has been in the shop for 3 days now. Dropped it off for the A service and evidently there were a few new recalls.
The service lady told me the recalls were taking awhile. They gave me a GLE 350 loaner which I am really liking. Is it bad that I would rather keep the 70k GLE over the 115k EQS?
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Yup. So need to figure something else
@Dany1122 or @anon65069371 can tell you if it’s better to oversteer or understeer for best results.
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You pay almost $300/mo for an E450??? Don’t worry about that EQS for now, you need to be shopping for a better rate.
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Yeah they want you cover the Negative equity after the auction lol
MB financial does not like their customers- rip em round every corner
Yes because my home policies are bundled with them. I’m selling the E450 though.
Looks like Geico can do it for $330 but they need it to go to underwriter for 15 days which is weird
Yeah that’s the airsprings - abuse and return at lease end lol
This is what made me feel the eqs pricing to be really arbitrary. It’s just not as nice as a similar Mercedes ICE suv almost half its msrp. You are paying for it being electric to save you gas, but is it really worth 40-50k more to save 1-2k a year on gas?
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It is weird seeing the gas gauge going down and knowing I’ll have to stop at the gas station to pay before I return it.
The look, braking system, and power are what’s missing from the EQS being worthy of the 100k sticker. The style needs a complete revamp and it needs to be as quick as a Lucid. It doesn’t need to be Plaid fast but I’m surprised by the lack of power.
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I think it’s quick enough. It’s more powerful than most gas SUVs over 100k. It’s already burning a set of tires every 10-20k miles. For electric cars especially big SUVs performance is the last thing I really care about. What’s kind of missing imo are eg comfortable seating for 6-7, captain chair for 2nd row, bigger recline, powered doors, less plastic in interior etc. And yeah the exterior doesn’t have the road presence of a 100k+ car.
Here’s an AMG that just hit its first birthday… roll every MB lease/equity into a wicked one pay. Same dealership also has a cardinal red one. It’s like a clone of the one you already have but cooler.
I think I inquired about another EQS they had a while ago. Only 8% off