I'm glad we have actual German members here to straighten us out. I made a guess at that control based upon the seller mentioning a heated driver seat. I had also considered that it might have had to do with the climate control system, but didn't consider that it was an engine pre-heater. A very slick accessory indeed. Thanks Eberhard!
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I would think that if you are going to translate it anyways, you would have done it before criticizing us on our speculations.
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First, there is no "us". I made a simple comment about eric's speculation regarding the gauges. Beyond that, I wasn't going to bother with it at all, but I can't resist trying to get facts when people come up with ridiculous explanations. Did you really think that anyone would allow a car to be imported and/or sold in America with flamethrowers on it?
And your comments about the Mafia were prejudiced and unfair. That's the only thing that offended me. I'm not criticizing, but why speculate at all without having done any research? I don't want to fantasize about what it might do, I want to know what it does. And thanks to Eberhard, now we do.
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I was unaware that people would criticize me for my grammar on this board, I am honestly sorry if I offended you with my capitilization errors.
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Capitalization isn't grammar, and always count on me to bust on people for poor grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling. I'm especially a ***** about homonyms. Although I let a lot of it pass without comment, I will mention it when someone decides to get combative. And understand that you don't offend me when you're too lazy to do it right, you offend yourself.
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Congratulations on finding online translators, altavista has a versatile translator, yet some of its translations leave me wondering if it's accurate (ass for ears?).
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I also have a library and several decades of experience. Some of the younger members here might be amazed by what they could learn from those of us who have been where they are right now. And Altavista is accurate, it's German slang for a stupid person. Kind of like, butthead. I could have called you worse . . .
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Concerning the flamethrowers, they are real, and if you really need me to find the video of them on the net, I guess I'll waste time finding it for you.
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Don't bother. I know all about it.
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BTW, I'm not about to trade in my 450SL for a Peugot, sorry. I don't need a dictionary, there's really no need for it since the people at my local euro parts store speak english.
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See, here you miss all of my points. Have you ever even driven a French luxury car? The point of having a dictionary is in case you came across something in or on your car that was written in German, you could find out what it meant right away. And from what I've been told, that thing with folks speakin' English at Euro parts stores is really startin' to catch on.
Hey, Robert, that's why most of us are here on MercedesShop. We all need and want to get references for things about these cars. Because of that, I now have links to websites that tell me what my VIN means, what the upholstery and paint codes are, what the accessory codes are, what models were American imports, and a bunch of other interesting stuff. Like what that control box does on that 1981 Mercedes on eBay.
Never stop learning.