Official Trunk Triangle club thread

[TheDon]

yea.. its an official club now...

Post up pics of those mounted triangle or in use triangles

[Jim B.]

You should call it the "Warndreieck-Club" I think.

I really feel that the 123ers and 126ers in US spec should really ALL have the eurolights and these triangles in them both for the look AND the safety upgrade they provide.

I obtained my trunk triangle and clip, some time after I saw them on a lapis blue 1984 500SEC AMG that was a gray market car (the owner asked me to drive it from SF to Denver, back in '85, which was when I got the idea I would like to buy an SEC one day). I got it from an ebay seller in Germany who liked to go to Mercedes junkyards in Berlin. I would have liked to have gone to them also!!


I will get pictures up one day when I can get someone to take a picture.

Are those euro lights in your trunk, about to be installed? they will look nice on your car. Is the color anthracite on Eva, and are those the original dealer installed pinstripes on it, and the original paint? It's a real nice 123 you have there Don.

[Hogweed]

no picture but i did use it when i ran out of gas on I-78 just east of allentown with no shoulder to speak of to pull off (luckily i carry extra fuel). ran back a couple hundred feet placed the triangle on the white line and watched as the traffic obeyed the signal and gave me plenty of space. great safety item to have!
gregg

[Cephallus]

Originally Posted by Hogweed

no picture but i did use it when i ran out of gas on I-78 just east of allentown with no shoulder to speak of to pull off (luckily i carry extra fuel). ran back a couple hundred feet placed the triangle on the white line and watched as the traffic obeyed the signal and gave me plenty of space. great safety item to have!
gregg

that's because they look the same as the warning reflectors on amish buggies...in socal, people would just run that **** over.

[Hogweed]

Originally Posted by Cephallus

that's because they look the same as the warning reflectors on amish buggies...in socal, people would just run that **** over.

no doubt!

I"M IN THE CLUB

[JackG]

I'M IN

[TheDon]

I Can tell my ! is to thin.. But oh well

The euros in my trunk are for a 116... I can't hold it in longer but.. I do have euros for my car on the way.. Hella's direct from the homeland...

my paint sucks... the roof is toast and the rest is iffy

[H-townbenzoboy]

Here we go...

[JackG]

Originally Posted by H-townbenzoboy

Here we go...

Whoa.......and I thought my trunk was stuffed

[tobybul]

Originally Posted by H-townbenzoboy

Here we go...

I thought that was my car looking at the inside of the trunk

[tobybul]

Here's what I meant.......
85D came with no triangle.....

[Hatterasguy]

No picture but the SDL has one.

[cmac2012]

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

No picture but the SDL has one.

That name rings a bell, I could swear I’ve heard that name somewhere before…

I came into my first triangle when I bought my 300D in late 2019. It was in a plastic/canvas tight fitting bag, the whole thing stank like hell. I used it on my first trip, I had some nailbiting experiences, turns out it was mostly all due to rust in the filters and tank, plus a broken line to the Alda didn’t help. Each time I stopped, I’d set it up, put it down the road about 30 feet, worked great.

Never thought to mount it on the underside of the trunk.

[H-townbenzoboy]

LOL, I knew the messy trunk comments would come in. That picture was taken on December 18, 2005, my b-day was on the 16th, so I considered that my b-day to myself, . The trunk has since been cleaned out.