You must really want that car Micky. With that many equipment deletions, a ludicrous wait and zero communication I would have given them two fingers months ago! The chip shortage isn’t Mercedes fault, but they seem to be far more affected than most manufacturers. Surely you can’t be expected to pay the same price with a few grands worth of equipment missing?
Have you test driven a Merc with augmented reality Sat Nav? I had a GLB for a week recently and was really looking forward to trying it (it was a key reason that the GLA had been on our short list). Frankly, I was disappointed. It didn’t add anything and was quite distracting given that the screen isn’t in your line of sight, so you have to take your eyes off the road. I’m now a great fan of Head Up Displays as you get the turn by turn directions directly in your line of sight, as they look as though they are projected on the road ahead of you.
I guess that the problem that you have now is that there is no comparable car left on the scheme now and if you order something else you go to the back of a very long queue. That’s where everyone is now over a barrel.