Easter eggs or undocumented "features" you've found on your car.

[bipolardave]

In a departure from the usual tech support threads, I thought that I'd start one that almost everyone can contribute something.

What sorts of cool or interesting features have you found about your MB that you think needs pointed out because it's cool, neat, interesting, or just plain bizarre?

I filled up the other day at a quick flowing "Big Rig" pump. I didn't ease up on the nozzle in time and fuel gushed out the back.

I noticed that the overflowing diesel was draining from the recess where you open the gas cover with your finger. It was laying perfectly flat against the rear bumper and the low point also happened to be the same place you flipped it down with your finger.

Not only that, the fuel was draining between the body and my 5mph bumper....hitting the ground and nothing else on my car.

It seems as if MB were farsighted enough to realize that clutzes like me would come along so they made it easier to clean the messes we'd make.

[layback40]

Dave,
There was a thread a few years ago about what people had found in their cars. You may get a laugh to have a read of it some time.
I started one back a while ago about diesel myths, you may find that one a buz as well.

[bipolardave]

Originally Posted by layback40

Dave,
There was a thread a few years ago about what people had found in their cars. You may get a laugh to have a read of it some time.
I started one back a while ago about diesel myths, you may find that one a buz as well.

Searching now, thanks!

We're headed back to NSW this November. Can you recommend some places to source some parts for my W115?

It wouldn't be the first time I've been through customs hand carrying an oddball part. I once left New Zealand with a Safari snorkel for my FJ40.

[RML]

Originally Posted by bipolardave

. . .

We're headed back to NSW this November. Can you recommend some places to source some parts for my W115?

It wouldn't be the first time I've been through customs hand carrying an oddball part. I once left New Zealand with a Safari snorkel for my FJ40.

Am I mistaken or are you hijacking your own thread?

[layback40]

Originally Posted by RML

Am I mistaken or are you hijacking your own thread?

Hey,
He is like me, from the Southern hemisphere, we do some strange things down here. Like drive on the left side of the road.
Our weather is the reverse of yours & the wind spins the opposite way around highs & lows.

[RML]

Originally Posted by layback40

Hey,
He is like me, from the Southern hemisphere, we do some strange things down here. Like drive on the left side of the road.
Our weather is the reverse of yours & the wind spins the opposite way around highs & lows.

So, does water drain out of a sink the opposite of how it does in the northern hemisphere? I just checked and it drains counter clockwise. I checked two different sinks and the toilet, just to be sure. They all drain counterclockwise.

I have never understood how cars and roads evolved with two different and opposite conventions. Must be because you and the Brits are on islands. So, did horse drawn buggies use the left side of the road as well? If so, you would think that the colonists in America, who came from England, would have kept that convention.

[layback40]

Up the northern beaches of NSW (Byron Shire) there are a few shade tree wreckers with rows of MB's. They some times show up on ebay trying to sell stuff.
What are you after?

[okto]

I've gotten so used to my car that I can't remember all the things I thought were nifty when I first bought it.

I like the sunshade above the rearview mirror.
I like that I can operate the turn signals, high beam, windshield wiper, and cruise control with the tips of my fingers while my hand is still firmly on the wheel.
I like that the only alert sound the car ever makes is when I leave the key in the ignition or leave the lights on.

[1980sd]

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

[Skippy]

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]

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]

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.

[Jeremy5848]

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

[locry]

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

[gatorblue92]

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