I don't want to disable it permanently, just turn it off from the driver's seat when I want it off.

All of my other cars with "traction control" have an off switch for the driver to help get un-stuck etc., my early quattros even had an off switch for the ABS for faster stopping in some conditions. The 4matic kind of had an off switch, under the hood though, ... I'm not sure why Mercedes takes some control out of the hands of drivers, maybe they feel that there is too much liability or their drivers aren't smart enough to operate all of the cars' systems? Either way, I'd like to find a way to defeat or switch on/off.

I read something here a little while ago mentioning a "paperclip trick" or something like that, and searches have turned up either nothing or many threads that lead nowhere, I'll continue to search and read.

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