Experience on soft beach sand & overland sand mode?

[Coagulation]

Looking at the AWD with outside of being a daily driver, the express purpose of also being a beach car (driving and camping on the actual sand).

I’ve seen videos of desert runs, but also the video of that one guy getting stuck on the beach (who knows if he deflated his tires, etc.)

Any real world experience here with beach driving so far? I know there is a “sand” mode which I guess forces something close to 4 wheel drive.

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[Crissa]

I’ve seen videos of desert runs, but also the video of that one guy getting stuck on the beach (who knows if he deflated his tires, etc.)

That sand was soft, deflating tires can only do so much. If you're sinking several inches in, it's not going to do anything.

-Crissa

 

[Coagulation]

Good point. Could be a one off thing.

 

[ButterEV]

I don’t have any footage of it but I recently got semi stuck in sand at Venice beach. I was able to get out once I put the truck in Baja mode and wiggled my tires back and forth. Here’s a pic of my CT at the beach after I found harder sand. You can see that the sidewalks are really sandy from digging into the soft sand

 

[Speedr]

Once the lockers can be activated, I think a lot of these issues will go away. Right now, it's a two wheel drive truck: one front wheel and one back wheel spins. At least on the AWD version.

 

[Gene]

Once the lockers can be activated, I think a lot of these issues will go away. Right now, it's a two wheel drive truck: one front wheel and one back wheel spins. At least on the AWD version.

The licking diffs is the one software update that I am most looking forward to.

 

[Coagulation]

I don’t have any footage of it but I recently got semi stuck in sand at Venice beach. I was able to get out once I put the truck in Baja mode and wiggled my tires back and forth. Here’s a pic of my CT at the beach after I found harder sand. You can see that the sidewalks are really sandy from digging into the soft sand

Which mode were you using when you originally got stuck?

how did it compare with other beach trucks youve used?

 

[TwilightHan]

We should really have Mercedes bouncy bouncy option, but not sure if this air suspension could do that.

 

[Tony stank]

We should really have Mercedes bouncy bouncy option, but not sure if this air suspension could do that.

Unfortunately the CT can’t do that (or at the same speed). MB system also has magnetic ride control and a lot more fancy than our air suspension.

(Ex Tesla engineer and now MB engineer for context)

 

[Wolfgram]

I’ve been on the sandy beaches here in south Texas… NO problems! I actually went thru real soft sand where a Raptor was being pulled out by a Jeep! The off road modes seem to work quite well, as I’m not at all experienced (yet) with this type of truck and off roading. ??

 

[TwilightHan]

I’ve been stuck out in Arizona but that’s my fault since I stopped in the worst part possible on the trail with the loosest sand because of the heat. My air suspension over heated in my GLE 63S as well and I bottomed out because of it. I had not lowered any pressures since I didn’t expected that one part on the trail. Two hours of digging later in 100+F heat and I got out.

My air suspension even overheated in 25F degree weather in Colorado mountains while off-roading as well. Those pumps must get extremely hot.

So I assumed from an earlier post about the CT air suspension over heating from going up and down a few times, it wasn’t anything near what MB current has with their advanced suspension.

 

[TwilightHan]

Unfortunately the CT can’t do that (or at the same speed). MB system also has magnetic ride control and a lot more fancy than our air suspension.

(Ex Tesla engineer and now MB engineer for context)

Tony, why does the G wagon not have that same magnetic air suspension?

 

[Tony stank]

Tony, why does the G wagon not have that same magnetic air suspension?

My personal thoughts are they got the comfort part down (which is why the gle/gls have it), but not the durability down. Especially because all G wagon models need to do schockl (a pretty insane mountain range next to the G wagon factory) like 100 times or something crazy.

 

[Woodrick]

Those pumps must get extremely hot.

It's the compression of air that releases heat.
Ever notice how a soda gets colder when you open it? Or a spray can gets cold as you use it. That's air expanding and it gets colder then. Compress it and it gets hotter.

 

[TwilightHan]

My personal thoughts are they got the comfort part down (which is why the gle/gls have it), but not the durability down. Especially because all G wagon models need to do schockl (a pretty insane mountain range next to the G wagon factory) like 100 times or something crazy.

Thanks of the info. Makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the insight.

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