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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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OEM or Upgrade? Hmm.

Sounds like a great opportunity to graft onto the C that new system that's designed for crash avoidance. You know, the one that applies the brakes when a frontal crash appears imminent and you haven't reacted in time. And, you might consider that option that watches your facial movements (and eye movements) and decides to wake you up whenever you seem to be nodding off.

Safety is more important than a few scratches, eh?

Real mods.

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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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That's gonna be expensive to repair, especially since it looks like you've damaged the headlights...
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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here is the pic sof my car i had the accident a month ago and its still at the shop not even touched cuz of some bs investigation from the insurance denyin the rear damage that happened to my back bumper


this is what it looks like now at the shop saw the car 2 days ago (((

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Old Nov 19, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard2011
I don't really see a need to clean the engine bay. I don't have a cool painted engine cover like AZN_C300.

How would I clean it anyways? Hose it down?

curious question, are u actually being serious about not seeing a need to clean the engine??? its part of the car, u just clean the exterior and not the interior?? if u keep it clean then it just helps on overall preventative maintenance of the vehicle, ie: noticing leaks, possible broken parts.

i dont no??? im a mechanic, so dirty engine is a pet peave! plus never understood, how someone can spend $400-$500 a month on a car and not want to keep it clean.
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Old Nov 19, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Crash avoidance system

Originally Posted by jstaneff
OEM or Upgrade? Hmm.

Sounds like a great opportunity to graft onto the C that new system that's designed for crash avoidance. You know, the one that applies the brakes when a frontal crash appears imminent and you haven't reacted in time. .........

Safety is more important than a few scratches, eh?

Real mods.

My C300 has just such a system and at no cost. It uses two day/night sensors on the front of my head with a high powered processor between my ears. Has worked flawlessly for many years resulting in no crashes.
Not marketed by Microsoft, might I add.
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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by RLE
My C300 has just such a system and at no cost. It uses two day/night sensors on the front of my head with a high powered processor between my ears. Has worked flawlessly for many years resulting in no crashes.
Not marketed by Microsoft, might I add.
Maybe IBM's new cat-brain software can be adapted to appropriate sensors and the car can literally drive itself. Then you can relax and leave the driving to ..... Microsoft!

Have you seen the DARPA Grand Challenges for automatic driving in desert and city situations. Really cool stuff, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon did well. Amazing to see those vehicles running about without drivers.

Unfortunately, though, such things as system faults do occur and it's nice to have a backup system. That's frequently known as the "back seat driver", eh?
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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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My C300 has just such a system and at no cost. It uses two day/night sensors on the front of my head with a high powered processor between my ears. Has worked flawlessly for many years resulting in no crashes.
Not marketed by Microsoft, might I add.
LMAO!!!
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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by white_glass_top
curious question, are u actually being serious about not seeing a need to clean the engine??? its part of the car, u just clean the exterior and not the interior?? if u keep it clean then it just helps on overall preventative maintenance of the vehicle, ie: noticing leaks, possible broken parts.

i dont no??? im a mechanic, so dirty engine is a pet peave! plus never understood, how someone can spend $400-$500 a month on a car and not want to keep it clean.


u should clean it.. super dirty.....
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