Mercedes-Benz of Southampton

CARNIVAL!!!!

2010-06-25T11:50:00.001-07:00

The carnival is in town and when you go there - stop here and check out the new facility!

New member

2010-06-09T08:52:00.001-07:00

We would like to welcome Ken Jones to the Mercedes Benz of Southampton family!

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2010-05-21T10:38:00.000-07:00

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2010-05-21T10:29:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday AMY!!

2010-05-17T10:00:00.001-07:00

We're MOVING!!!

2010-05-17T09:25:00.000-07:00

We are officially moving to the new location this week - 2 weeks. It will obviously take a few days to get straightened out. The new address for the dealership is: 575 County Road 39A Southampton, NY 11968. The phone numbers should be remaining the same.

631-204-2500 - Main line

2011 Mercedes Benz E-Class Wagon - 2010 New York Auto Show

2010-05-13T13:21:00.000-07:00

2011 E CONVERTIBLE - AVAILABLE TO DEMO

2010-04-26T08:42:00.000-07:00

The all new 2011 E350 convertible has arrived! Available for demonstration, now at Mercedes-Benz of Southampton!

Finally, a convertible that won't have your hair in a tizzy after five minutes of topless motoring! Introducing Aircap, a tiny spoiler that sits atop the vehicle's windshield frame and automatically deploys when its convertible top is lowered so that wind is deflected over the cabin instead of directly inside. The Aircap system also includes a draft-stop between the rear seats. According to Mercedes, this limits the amount of wind intrusion into the passenger compartment up to speeds of 100 mph, keeping your perfectly coifed hair in check and making conversations easier when storming the autobahn, writes Autoblog.

The 2011 E-Class convertible will also feature Benz's patented Airscarf technology; which blows warm air on passengers' necks to keep them comfortable when the cool wind blows. This is made possible by heater-like vents in the head rests. Together, Aircap and Airscarf make for an interesting drop-top experience.

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2002 Mercedes Benz G500 | Southampton | eBay Classifieds (Kijiji) | 1943674

2010-04-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

2002 Mercedes Benz G500 Southampton eBay Classifieds (Kijiji) 1943674

2010-03-24T08:21:00.000-07:00

Families with teenagers stuck for something to do during their Easter school holidays are promised an all-action day out at Britain's number one automotive brand experience centre. Mercedes Benz World, at Brooklands, Surrey, has created a special programme of activities and entertainment that's sure to appeal to the young, and the young at heart.
Highlights include an Easter Trivia Trail - complete with delicious chocolate treats - and the opportunity for parents to ride in the back for free as their child takes the wheel of a 4MATIC Mercedes Benz M-Class to tackle a 10-acre off-road course.
For four lucky winners each day, there will also be an opportunity to take part in a performance by the unforgettable Silver Arrows Display Team. Beneath the bonnets of their high-performance Mercedes-AMG cars lurks one of the world's most potent production engines, a 6.2-litre V8 with a thundering exhaust note that's guaranteed to set pulses racing.
Commercial Operations Director Mercedes Benz Cars Andrew Mallery explained: "Our Easter programme of events offers families a wide range of activities, The opportunity for youngsters to swap places with their parents and drive them around our off-road course is great fun - it's one of the only times where people are encouraged to get the car dirty!
"Mercedes Benz World is constantly delivering new and innovative ways for visitors to spend a day with us, and whether you're a first-time visitor, or call in regularly, there will be something new to see, experience and participate in."
The Easter Trivia Trail wends its way through the three-storey visitor centre's themefields. Children taking part will be able to follow clues through the displays of current and classic cars that will lead them to the answers they seek. It's a great way to learn some of the amazing facts about Mercedes Benz and its heritage.
Kids must be over 1.5 metres tall to take part in a challenging Off-Road Driving Experience, which costs £45 for 30 minutes or £80 for an hour. Mercedes Benz is renowned for its commitment to safety, so participants are accompanied by a professional driver who retains dual control of the Mercedes Benz M-Class throughout.
A ride over the off-road course in the back of an Mercedes Benz M-Class is memorable in itself making it an exciting experience for the whole family to enjoy. Mercedes Benz World usually levies a charge for passengers - this is waived for the Easter holiday, though, and up to three people can travel in the car at no extra cost.
The Silver Arrows Display Team will be performing every day at 1pm. Delivered on Mercedes Benz World's Handling Circuits and Wet Skid Circle, their demonstrations of precision driving skills have to be seen to be believed.
Not forgetting all of the usual attractions that combine to make Mercedes Benz World such an exciting destination: these include 'Build', a 3-D simulator ride through the process of manufacturing a Mercedes Benz car, and 'Watch', an 88-seat theatre/cinema showing films that celebrate 124 years of automotive innovation, starting with the first ever car, patented by Karl Benz in 1886.
Entrance to Mercedes Benz World is free of charge and the Easter programme runs from 1st to 18th April 2010.
For just £15, visitors can also experience the power and dynamic handling abilities of the Team's awesome Mercedes-AMG cars at first hand, by climbing aboard for a few 'hot laps'.

2010-02-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

Mercedes E-class Convertible (2010) CAR spy photos
By Alex Michaelides
17 February 2009 12:39

Hours after bringing you the first official photos of the new Mercedes E-Class Coupe, CAR Online can now reveal our first spy shots of the E-Class Convertible. Complete with cloth roof, it's a natural rival to Audi's homegrown rival, the A5 Cabriolet.
What no folding acrobatic metal roof?
Nope, they're reserved for Merc's sporting roadsters such as the SLK and SL. So the E-class Convertible will stick with a canvas roof, all the better for minimising excess weight and cabin intrusion. Our scoop photos reveal the rear end is slightly modified to accommodate the rag top, but otherwise it's nigh-on identical to its hard-top relative.
That means you can safely expect the same five engine choices as in the E-Class Coupe: we're talking three petrol and two diesel units, stretching from a super-efficient four-pot diesel up to a 5.0-litre V8 E500. We expect to see the Mercedes E-Class Convertible later in 2009, carrying a premium of a few thousand quid over the equivalent E-class Coupe

INTERVIEW - BMW, Mercedes to use Intel Atom-chips

2010-01-15T06:46:00.000-08:00

INTERVIEW - BMW, Mercedes to use Intel Atom-chips

Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:45pm IST
By Jens Hack

MUNICH (Reuters) - Technology company Intel Corp will receive some additional business from the German car industry and heavy machinery sector in the coming years, its head of German operations said.

Premium German carmakers BMW and Mercedes will be using Intel's microprocessor chips in information and entertainment systems in their automobiles from 2012, Hannes Schwaderer told Reuters in an interview on Friday.

"We have also won new customers in the durable goods industry such as Bosch Rexroth", he added.

German producers of televisions and settop boxes would also soon implement the new generation of Atom-chips -- which are designed for use in netbooks and mobile devices.
"In 2009 we have basically seen no revenue from that but that will start to change already in 2010," Schwaderer added.

Intel's classic business with chips for personal computers and servers will continue to dominate in the immediate future.

Last year, business in Germany remained stable thanks to solid demand for laptops, Schwaderer said, adding the consumer division compensated for a decline in corporate business.
Schwaderer said he expected Intel's new line of notebooks and desktops to be launched soon in Germany, adding: "We are counting on profitable growth."

Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday and gave a bullish margin outlook on higher prices and firm demand for server chips.

Touring the Temples of German Automaking

2010-01-04T14:14:00.000-08:00

Touring the Temples of German Automaking

Follow the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/automobiles/03museums.html

How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution in 2010

2010-01-02T09:46:00.000-08:00

How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions: Advice from the Experts

By MAIA SZALAVITZ Maia Szalavitz – Fri Jan 1, 2:40 pm ET:

About half of all American adults (48%, according to a Marist poll taken in December) say they are at least somewhat likely to make a New Year's resolution this year. Their top vows: to lose weight (19%), quit smoking (12%) and exercise more (10%). Sound familiar?

The Marist poll also found that while 65% of people who made a resolution in 2008 kept their promise for at least part of the following year, 35% never even made it out of the gate. Indeed, when you wake bleary-eyed on the first day of a new year - or decade - resolutions to "cut back" and "moderate" seem both an excellent idea and an impossibly hazy dream. (See TIME's special report on health and happiness.)

But consider this: if hard-core addicts can break bad habits - some by moderating, not just quitting - there's still hope for you. Whether your goal for 2010 is to get fit or tame your drinking, experts say there's a lot you can learn from people who have successfully moderated their habits to help keep you off the resolution merry-go-round.

1. Don't Kid Yourself
"The most important thing is to be honest with yourself," says Howard Josepher, a former heroin addict and president of Exponents Inc., an organization that provides support and educational services to people with substance misuse issues. "You need to know the difference between enjoying yourself and self-medicating. It's not that self-medicating is necessarily bad - but you should give yourself parameters. If you are adhering to them, O.K. If not, you need to check yourself." (See the year in health 2009.) Successful moderators decide in advance how much is "too much" - and stick to their limit, no matter what. Have a cookie a day, if that's what you've deemed acceptable. But if you "cheat" by having "just one more," know that you are only cheating yourself and exacerbating the problem, experts say. The point is to learn how to hold yourself accountable. For those who are concerned about drinking in particular, a free, research-based online tool called Drinker's Checkup can help you determine whether you are drinking at unhealthy levels, and what to do if you are.

2. Quit Cold Turkey - Temporarily
"Theoretically, there are very good reasons to take a break from a behavior, totally," says Reid Hester, director of research at Behavior Therapy Associates, explaining that an initial period of complete abstinence can make it easier for people to moderate behavior, by eliminating the habitual, automatic aspect of the unwanted activity. (See America's health checkup.)
Take a cue from the self-help group Moderation Management (MM), which advises problem drinkers to abstain completely for a month before attempting moderate drinking. If you can't achieve a month of abstinence, the thinking goes, successful moderation is unlikely.
The best way to stay on course is frequent self-monitoring; use as many behavior-modification tools, support groups and programs as you can. In October, Hester and colleagues published a randomized controlled trial in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment comparing heavy drinkers who used MM's website to help them quit with those who used the MM site plus another online tool, which teaches behavior-control tactics and helps chart drinking. While both groups significantly reduced their drinking and alcohol-related problems, the group that used the additional tool had more days abstinent and drank less when they drank.

3. Do What the Dalai Lama Would Do Alan Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, studies "mindfulness-based relapse prevention," which uses meditation and other ideas from Buddhist teachings to help people break bad habits. (Read "Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many?") "Between stimulus and response, there's a space, and in that space is our power to choose our response, and in our response lies our growth and freedom," says Marlatt, quoting author and Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl. Marlatt says, "Mindfulness gets you into that space." Being mindful may involve traditional meditation, in which you sit quietly and observe your thoughts and breathing without judgment. But here, it is also used to focus awareness on thoughts and feelings that lead to unwanted behavior. Simply recognizing the triggers to relapse can help you choose not to give into them. "When there's a fork in road, craving is pulling you one way. Well, what's the other way? You have to look down other road see where it takes you. Then, you have a choice, instead of being on autopilot," says Marlatt. One tactic he recommends for resisting those cravings is called "urge surfing." It involves being mindful of the fact that craving is like a wave - it rises to a peak, then falls. This happens whether you yield to the urge or not, though most people erroneously think their craving will escalate endlessly, unless they give in. In fact, succumbing to cravings only reinforces them - resisting, in contrast, reinforces resistance. Marlatt advises watching your urge, noting its peak and "surfing" it, rather than allowing it to wipe you out. Another trick to recognize is that willpower is like a muscle - it gets stronger with appropriate use, but ultimately weakens if overloaded. That's why Hester recommends setting short-term goals that are "moderately difficult, realistic, concrete and measurable." As with weight-lifting, starting at a level that is challenging but not overwhelming can provide a sense of achievement and success - which can give you the drive to take on bigger challenges.

4. Don't Try to Scare Yourself Straight
Research shows that in the long term, the pleasure of victory is a better incentive than the agony of defeat. "Punishment is a poor motivator," says Hester. "It sets people up for failure. If all you do is punish yourself for failure, you won't stay motivated to change for very long."
Instead, reward yourself for sticking to your limits and focus on the benefits of changing. For instance, if your goal is to drink less or lose weight, treat yourself to something you want - a new book or DVD, say - each time you successfully resist a tempting dessert or achieve a goal, like a month of abstinence. Success tends to beget greater success. If you do slip back into old patterns, avoid recriminations. "Don't say, 'I can't do it,'" says Marlatt. "People make mistakes. If you keep working at it, you will get better over time. That's what the research shows."
For some people, trying to moderate bad habits is not achievable or takes more effort than abstaining altogether - as the philosopher Saint Augustine put it, "Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." Recognizing this by trying and failing can also be a critical step toward behavior change.

5. Get Better Friends
Consciously and unconsciously, people tend to imitate those around them. That's why the latest research shows that things like happiness, quitting smoking and obesity can spread like a contagion through social networks. So, surround yourself with friends who can also be role models. "Make sure that people you hang out with are people who look and act the way you would like to. Social imitation is the easiest form not only of flattery but of self-improvement," says Stanton Peele, author of Seven Tools to Beat Addiction. (Read "In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young. Really.") Social support is critical to changing all kinds of behavior. Good friends can not only help you through slip-ups, but they can also help keep your New Year's resolution from taking over your life. Rather than obsessing about what you shouldn't be doing, think about things you should, experts say. The distraction will help you curb bad habits. "Focus on your higher goals and positive activities, things that both sustain you and fill your life," says Peele. If you regularly engage in meaningful activities that give you pleasure - whether it's visiting friends, picking up a hobby, taking a class or doing volunteer work (one of the most overlooked sources of personal joy and meaning is helping others) - you'll simply have less time to crave or engage in the behavior that you want to reduce.

Exclusive Video and Spy Photos: 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLC

2009-12-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

CHECK OUT THIS SPY VIDEO OF THE SLC

http://www.insideline.com/mercedes-benz/sls-amg/2011/exclusive-video-and-spy-photos-2011-mercedes-benz-slc.html

"What NOT to say when buying a car"

2009-12-14T09:18:00.000-08:00

In Depth: What Not To Say When Buying A Car
It's easy to get excited by a new car, like the $90,000 Porsche 911 Carrera S. It has a six-cylinder, 385-horsepower engine that gets to 60 miles an hour in 4.5 seconds, and it tops out at 188 mph.

But if you want a chance at getting a good deal on one of the 2010 models, keep that enthusiasm to yourself. It's the only way to walk out of the showroom with your dignity--and your wallet--intact.

In Depth: What Not To Say When Buying A Car
"Dealers kind of prey on the fact that you're going to be excited," says James Bell, executive market analyst for Kelley Blue Book, an Irvine, Calif.-based vehicle valuation company. "Getting a new car is fun, and it's exciting, and you can't wait to drive home and show your neighbors. They know that."

In fact, keeping your mouth shut (at least in the beginning) about several things, like how you plan to pay for the vehicle, or the fact that you're not sure exactly what you need in a car, will serve you well when you finally do make a purchase.
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Expert AdviceTo create our list of the worst things to say to a dealer when buying a car, we consulted with car-buying experts from AAA (John Nielsen, director of auto repair and buying), Kelley Blue Book (James Bell, executive market analyst) and NADA Guides, (Mike Caudill, auto market specialist for the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based auto-data Web site). They gave us their best advice for getting the most car out of the shopping experience--and for not being taken for a ride.
One piece of advice unanimously agreed upon: Be careful when you talk numbers. Never go into a showroom and announce what you can afford to pay each month. Odds are, you'll end up paying at least that--plus extra fees, service charges and extended financing payments that the dealer pads into the monthly payment agreement.
"It gives them the framework to then build a program," Bell says. "You're giving them all the ammunition necessary to build a program that magically hits something close to [the price you name]. But nine times out of 10 that's not going to be to your advantage. It's going to be to the advantage of the dealership."
Just be clear with what you want, says Nielsen. State which cars you're considering and talk about the overall purchase price of the vehicle, not its monthly payments.
Another phrase to avoid, at least up front, is "My credit's not very good." Inevitably, if you get serious about a particular vehicle, the salesman will find out that your credit score is not up to snuff. But if you tell him outright, he'll know he's got you in a bind.
"You are truly at a disadvantage then, because now the dealer says, 'Look if I can get you financed, you'll pay what I want,'" Nielsen says.
Instead, try to arrange financing with an outside source, like a bank or credit union, and use that safety option as leverage.
"I'd tell the dealer that 'I have financing available, I've been approved, but if you can beat that, you'll get the deal,'" Nielsen says.
If you plan to pay for the car with cash, even better. But don't announce that right when you walk in the door--it'll automatically tip off the salesperson that he should charge you more up front, since he won't be making money off the dealership financing plan.
Buyer BewareResearch plays a major role in successful car buying. The months before the end of the year are prime times to snatch a good deal on an outgoing 2009 model, Caudill says. So don't tell the dealer he's the only one you're considering. If you know which car you want, how much it's really worth and where it's available, you'll be free to move on to the next dealer if the first one can't meet your terms.
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"No dealer has an exclusive product," Bell says. "If you really like that red one, you can probably find it somewhere else pretty easy. Don't ever get caught in the sense of, 'Wow I've got to have this car right now because it can never be had again.'"
Above all, be honest, decisive and direct. Despite all the horror stories about crooked car dealers, odds are that the one you work with is upstanding and provides a much-needed service: You need a car, and he wants to sell you one. There's no reason to be confrontational--just be well-informed, Nielsen says.
"By being well-educated, you can make sure that you're comfortable, so when they tell you something, you'll know right from wrong."

MOVIES - New Releases for December

2009-12-02T12:56:00.000-08:00

December 11
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (NY)
A Single Man (NY/LA/SF; Expands December 25th)
Slammin' Salmon

December 16 [Wednesday Release]
Crazy Heart (Limited)

December 18
Avatar
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Nine (NY/LA; Expands December 25th)
The Young Victoria (Limited)

December 23 [Wednesday Release]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel

December 25
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Limited)
It's Complicated
Sherlock Holmes

December 30 [Wednesday Release]
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (NY/LA)
The White Ribbon (NY/LA)

Special Dates to remember in December

2009-12-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

Saturday December 12 2009
First day of Chanukah (Jewish)

Saturday December 19 2009
Last day of Chanukah (Jewish)

Monday December 21 2009
Winter Begins

Friday December 25 2009
Christmas Day

Thursday December 31 2009
New Year's Eve

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Thanksgiving Holiday Hours of Operation

2009-11-25T05:53:00.000-08:00

We will be closed Thursday, November 26th in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Our Sales Department will re-open on Friday at 9 a.m.

Our Service Department will be closed Thursday and Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Under New Management - 11/24/09

2009-11-24T06:32:00.000-08:00

We would like to welcome Gary Gentile as the new General Manager of Mercedes-Benz of Southampton.