Easter eggs or undocumented "features" you've found on your car. - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Jeremy5848 · #16 08-16-2011, 08:03 PM

There are actually painted warnings to "Look Right" at crosswalks in the UK, complete with an arrow for the dyslexic. -->

locry · #17 08-16-2011, 08:13 PM

I like how they engineered everything with (easy/logical) disassembly/reassembly in mind.

gatorblue92 · #18 08-16-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by locry

I like how they engineered everything with (easy/logical) disassembly/reassembly in mind.

aside from the fuse box location on a W123

RML · #19 08-16-2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorblue92

aside from the fuse box location on a W123

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrbEcqIVP4o

This was posted back in 2008 by Forced Induction. Shows how easy it is to remove and replace the fuse box lid. With one hand. Off and back on in 23 seconds.

Skippy · #20 08-16-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 1980sd

The lock system. I love the way it silently buttons everything up from the drivers door

Vacuum locks are from Shaitan

Come to think of it, vacuum systems in general are less good than doing the same things electrically.

I really liked the clear fog lights on my '77. If I had had time I would have kept those (and the steering box) when I got rid of that car. I also like how you don't have to use a key to open the trunk every time.

Stevo · #21 08-17-2011, 12:09 PM

I really appreciate the vacuum locking systems of my 123s particularly when I drive the Dodge PU and have to go back

around to the driver side to unlock the passenger side door instead of everything unlocking when you open the driver door. A minor annoyance also like how the seat belt chaffs across my neck in the PU compared to the better engineered system on the MB, or how nice and quiet the windshield wipers are or how user friendly and officiant the manual heating and vent systems of the 123 are. IMO the Cummins engine compares OK to the 617/6 engines but theres not many other things about the Dodge or most other cars that I've driven, that out shine the 123s.

Orv · #22 08-17-2011, 12:56 PM

One of my favorite things about mine is the sunroof mechanism. Fold down the handle, twist 180 degrees, shove the roof back. It's the simplest, most bulletproof design for a sunroof I've ever seen.

It says something about the German character that they managed to make door locks complicated and unreliable, and sunroofs simple.

BSharp · #23 08-17-2011, 02:36 PM

After 14 months of owning mine I realized it had the gas cap holder next to the filler. Before that I thought is was an over-engineered spring for the fuel door.

vstech · #24 08-17-2011, 03:19 PM

these cars are designed SOOO well.
from the grease fittings in the door hinges, to the Hood hinge 90degree support, it's just amazing what is spelled out in the owner's manual...

Orv · #25 08-17-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by vstech

...the Hood hinge 90degree support...

You know how many times I hit my head before I figured that one out, on my first Mercedes?

Stevo · #26 08-17-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BSharp

After 14 months of owning mine I realized it had the gas cap holder next to the filler. Before that I thought is was an over-engineered spring for the fuel door.

You and about a bizillon other folks here, oh and the 90 degree hood too

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panZZer · #27 08-17-2011, 05:36 PM

[QUOTE=Orv;2772544]One of my favorite things about mine is the sunroof mechanism. Fold down the handle, twist 180 degrees, shove the roof back. It's the simplest, most bulletproof design for a sunroof I've ever seen.

I need a euro manual one for a cd

RML · #28 08-17-2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Orv

You know how many times I hit my head before I figured that one out, on my first Mercedes?

I stopped down at a friend's house to help him and his son with an 82 SD they had recently acquired. The two of them and a neighbor were all crouched under the hood trying to address a problem. I walked up to the car to help, said wait a minute, asked the neighbor on the other side of the engine bay to flip down that little piece of metal on the hood hinge, and I proceeded to lift the hood up to a 90 degree angle. Their jaws dropped and without saying another word, I became the resident expert.

bipolardave · #29 08-17-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RML

I stopped down at a friend's house to help him and his son with an 82 SD they had recently acquired. The two of them and a neighbor were all crouched under the hood trying to address a problem. I walked up to the car to help, said wait a minute, asked the neighbor on the other side of the engine bay to flip down that little piece of metal on the hood hinge, and I proceeded to lift the hood up to a 90 degree angle. Their jaws dropped and without saying another word, I became the resident expert.

Speaking of which...

Is it possible to lift the hood of a W115 to 90? It doesn't appear that way and the owner's manual mentions nothing of it.

ngarover · #30 08-17-2011, 07:31 PM

My 81 had the that great feature of getting rid of tailgaters (which in the 81 are easy to get)... just step on the fuel and smoke them out in a nice dark cloud.... but I've fixed that...