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Mercedes Bling

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2013-06-12 11:28 in General Discussion
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100796234

Illuminated front Mercedes logo. Marketing genius, or a desperate cry for attention? The embedded video makes it look like the best thing ever invented.

If this is good, then a holographic laser light show on your hood would be even better.

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  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-06-11 02:58
    ...or a well managed pyrotechnic display!!
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-06-11 05:06
    That is the tackiest yet, to have come from Mercedes...

    I wonder what kind of sad, sad loser will buy this?
    (Usually, these kinds of problems can be solved with little, blue pills... Can't imagine that a lifetime supply of those cost more than a Mercedes... )
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2013-06-11 08:09
    Things like that are quite necessary these days as all cars pretty much look the same (especially the SUV's).

    So without the "emblem", you wouldn't know if you should be impressed or not!

    FYI - I read the Mercedes emblem is from way back at a time that company made engines for cars, boats, and airplanes. The 3 points of the star mean land, sea, and air.

    Something you folks may be interested in... The late 1980's gasoline engine (not diesel) Mercedes 420 models and up can have all sorts of electrical problems (which many people know nothing about except us), and thus are selling for bargain basement prices of $2k or thereabouts. The higher the model number, the more electrical gadgets which may not be working and need fixing.

    Those cars are quite interesting... They have a Bosch "mechanical" continuous fuel injection system which works in conjunction with an "analog" engine fuel computer - called Bosch KE Jetronic, and this was also used on other European cars of that era.

    You read check engine diagnostic codes from the analog engine fuel computer by reading the "duty cycle" at a test connection (California models were different).

    Then all the various engine controls are in separate electronic modules - unlike how everything is all in one digital engine computer these days.

    And the gasoline was cooled by the car's air conditioning system when on.

    Here is a paper on how the mechanical fuel injection (and analog computer) works...
    http://berlinasportivo.com/Technical/lancia/Thema832/Bosch-KE-Jetronic-OCR.pdf
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-06-11 08:34
    I had a 1980 Saab 900 turbo with that same Bosch Jetronic mechanical fuel injection. Pretty reliable, never had to mess with it, fortunately. Maintenance-wise, that car was a nightmare. Not designed for the home mechanic. Nothing simple about a valve adjustment... disassemble the OHC assembly and replace tiny shims to adjust each valve's lash individually. At the risk of breaking the internal nylon timing chain snubber, which would be a complete disaster. And that BW automatic transmission was a nightmare. Even the dealers don't repair them, they just replace them. Of course I love a good mechanical challenge: I opened it up and fixed the tranny. Car ran fine afterwards, but ultimately I donated it to a charity for the tax writeoff. It just wasn't worth the effort.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-06-11 09:07
    A lot of car and motorcycle manufacturers either started with doing something else, or have done 'other stuff' later.

    BSA Motorcycles - Birmingham Small Arms...
    Renault - Check out the Renault FT-17, the first MODERN tank. Diminutive size probably didn't make it as attractive to camera men as the British Mark IV, but... It's the only tank that was used in two World Wars.(OK, it was horribly outdated in 1939/1940, and the Germans captured 1500 of them in France. Which they used as mobile machine-gun nests afterwards) License-built in the states as the M1917
    Citro
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-06-11 09:43
    Not to mention Yamaha, established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer.
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2013-06-12 08:03
    erco wrote: »
    Not to mention Yamaha, established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer.

    And then Steinway (of piano fame) was briefly a U.S. manufacturer of Mercedes engines...

    http://legendarysteinway.com/2011/10/02/steinway-mercedes-what-is-the-connection-2/
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2013-06-12 09:09
    bill190 wrote: »
    And then Steinway (of piano fame) was briefly a U.S. manufacturer of Mercedes engines...

    http://legendarysteinway.com/2011/10/02/steinway-mercedes-what-is-the-connection-2/

    Interesting factoid. Little did I know Mercedes where made just up the road from me.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-06-12 11:28
    Hah!

    They build the Moxy(now owned by Doosan) frame-steered 6WD dumptrucks a couple of stone throws from where I live.

    http://youtu.be/VIMFA6SERLg?t=1m10s

    The inside is more comfy than most Mercedes cars, too...
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