Where do you hang your parking permits?
03-02-2008, 09:23 PM
#26
MBWorld Fanatic!
If you hang it from the mirror they will see what they need to see, the numbers across the bottom and you'll be fine. I hang mine from the mirror and never had a problem and I do get tickets when I forget to hang it so I know they are looking.
The best was when we had a Pontiac Montana that had a metalic film inside the glass in the windshield and the toll road transponders won't work so we would get tickets all the time and then have to mail it in. There was actually one spot on the windshield that didn't have this metalic film and that was the black area behind the mirror.
The best was when we had a Pontiac Montana that had a metalic film inside the glass in the windshield and the toll road transponders won't work so we would get tickets all the time and then have to mail it in. There was actually one spot on the windshield that didn't have this metalic film and that was the black area behind the mirror.
Last edited by Buellwinkle; 03-02-2008 at 09:25 PM.
03-02-2008, 09:27 PM
#27
Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 180
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
'02 C230K Coupe
Back in school, I had this problem too. Cep't my parking cops were too lazy to look for the permit on the mirror since it was semi-difficult to see and had to get a couple tickets repealed. My spend-no-time-on-it solution was to throw it up on the dash when I parked and put it in the pocket under the radio when before I'd start the car. :shrug:
03-02-2008, 09:53 PM
#28
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento/San Gabriel/Riverside
Posts: 3,560
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
01' C32o
lamo, my permit always slides cuz i leave it on the dash.. and then sometimes my windows are open and the permit slides so far taht it almost flies out the window.. it scared the bejesus outta me! 444$
after about 13 tickets since the start of this year, i just make sure i leave it on the dash and then take it out.
after about 13 tickets since the start of this year, i just make sure i leave it on the dash and then take it out.
03-02-2008, 11:27 PM
#29
Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 80
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
'07 C230 SS
^^^hahaha. and i'm amazed how big of a problem this is for everyone it seems someone should bring this up to MB's attention 
but yeah i'm gonna try the string idea too hopefully it won't fall off that too and if anything i'll just use a little piece of take and tape it in the corner or something
but yeah i'm gonna try the string idea too hopefully it won't fall off that too and if anything i'll just use a little piece of take and tape it in the corner or something
03-03-2008, 01:41 AM
#30
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 3,109
Likes: 0
Received 208 Likes
on
199 Posts
2003 C230K Coupe Orion Blue
When I needed to hang a parking permit, I just wrapped a wire (from a coat hanger) around the mirror ball joint, then let it hang down a few inches and bent it into a hook shape at the end. Not the cleanest, but problem solved.
03-03-2008, 01:50 AM
#31
Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 200
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
C230K
I don't think the problem is the big mirror so much as the rain sensor assembly getting in the way.
I just kinda jammed it up into the rain sensor assembly. I used to laid it over the ac instake/subwoofer, but got a ticket for "improper display."
I just kinda jammed it up into the rain sensor assembly. I used to laid it over the ac instake/subwoofer, but got a ticket for "improper display."
03-03-2008, 04:08 AM
#32
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Irvine,CA
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
2007 C230 silver/black
they know we have a permit but they still wanna pick on us
03-04-2008, 05:36 AM
#34
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Irvine,CA
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
2007 C230 silver/black
problem solved with a string
I hung a string and now problem solved. one little problem that it spins wildly but I hope now the campus police wont pick on me again.
again thx for all your inputs!
03-04-2008, 06:19 AM
#35
MBworld Guru
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Diamond Bar, CA
Posts: 22,007
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
6 Posts
white and whiter
cal fullerton campus police sucks!!! i got a ticket there before...but then again i'm not a student there...lmao
you don't even have to use a string. just stuff it between the windshield and the rain sensor box thing. there's a tiny gap. OR just scotch tape it.
you don't even have to use a string. just stuff it between the windshield and the rain sensor box thing. there's a tiny gap. OR just scotch tape it.
03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
#36
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento/San Gabriel/Riverside
Posts: 3,560
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
01' C32o
UCR parking people suck. they gave me a ticket for parking in the lothian pay-per-space at 9:50pm. it's free after 10, dammit! that made it my 13+ parking ticket for the year, lmao.
03-04-2008, 01:04 PM
#39
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
2 Posts
'04 Mars Red C230K Sport Coupe (not Coup-EH)
What worked better than a string for me was a long twist-tie. That way I was able to adjust how much slack was in the line, and since it was more rigid, the permit didn't move around at all, but lay flat against the back side of the mirror. Might want to try that as well to see what you think.
03-04-2008, 04:14 PM
#40
Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: LA to LBC
Posts: 140
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
'05 C230Kss
i had a plastic bead chain (taken from an old FF7 character keychain) that snapped together and was the perfect length to hold my parking pass (top part) flush to the rear-view mirror while being long enough to easily change parking passes.
my parking pass holder mysteriously disappeared when i last visited the dealership though
i'm still sad about losing it.
