Does Anybody Else Do This? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Emmerich · #16 09-06-2009, 06:08 PM

It is beneficial for batteries. My friends with batteries in the trunk have had to buy far fewer batteries than I have. My 6.9 gets really hot under the hood. Look at the insulated wall MB starting adding in the 80's for the battery and electrical components.

Hatterasguy · #17 09-06-2009, 08:37 PM

You might be onto something in regards to batteries. I noticed on the newer MB's they last a long, long time. I think the one in my friends E300D is near 10 years old and its finaly starting to give up.

t walgamuth · #18 09-07-2009, 11:11 PM

I do it at the autocross on a hot day and on the highway on hot days when I am travleing....especially if I am towing a trailer.

Mistress · #19 09-08-2009, 10:25 AM

I don't have a garage....

Dee8go · #20 09-08-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cal Learner

Whenever I return home and put the car into the garage, I open the hood to let the heat out more quickly to keep all the plastic and rubber bits and the electronics from soaking in that heat for hours. The hood then stays open until the next time the car is driven. Been doing that for years, and everything in the engine bay still feels supple, even after 21 years. Just wondering if anyone else does this, or if it's something I ought to tell my therapist about??

That's just ridiculous, Cal. I simply hose mine down good . . .

rs899 · #21 09-08-2009, 03:25 PM

My 89 year old mother does this on her '95 Plymouth Acclaim. My late father....well you can guess.

Rick