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Feb 20, 2006 | 06:44 PM

#26

HELL ONA HARLEY

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From: THE NAPA VALLEY, CA

Build date 2-04 E500

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Originally Posted by mleskovar

So until it's reported that someone died or is hurt there's no problem? Smart thinking. Numerous posts by owners sharing their brake failures..and yes, accidents...are all phony? Killjoy? Only when it comes to safety. Don't you wish someone would improve your brake backup system so the car can stop safely or would you rather pretend nothing is wrong? Rhetorical question.

Just asking for your to prove what you say, thats all.... If this was such a wide problem as you make it out to be, then I'm wondering why total brake failure hasn't happened to a non-forum member out in the real world. Certainly we would have read at least one article or have seen at least one news report about the problems you report.

Improve my back-up system???? Chances are I will never need it and thanks to members here I now know how to use it to its fullest potential.

I'm quite happy to have a back-up system, tell me about your back-up system in that C ....

Feb 20, 2006 | 07:00 PM

#27

HELL ONA HARLEY

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Originally Posted by mleskovar

Killjoy? Only when it comes to safety.

Preaching of saftey.....I would put my wife and kids in an E class any day of the week over that ****ty C class of yours anytime.... L.O.L....

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:28 PM

#28

mleskovar

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Originally Posted by HELL ONA HARLEY

Chances are I will never need it

But of course not, you...and MB....are wishing for 100% reliability. Wide enough of a problem to get better closure than people have been given so far. Are you asking me to prove that the failures reported by other people on the internet actually happened...like the posts are lies? You may be insulting more than just a couple of W211 owners. I doubt brake failure is a newsworthy item until it produces multiple lawsuits. Time is on my side for that one, unfortunately. My C brakes have multiple points of redundancy and feedback that are used by every manufacturer that sells cars in the US...actually, it gives more feedback. It's a system that has been tested and refined by the collective automobile industry to maximize safety. New brake thinking is great as long as it doesn't take a step back in safety like SBC.

Feb 20, 2006 | 09:31 PM

#29

mleskovar

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[QUOTE=HELL ONA HARLEY]that ****ty C class of yours QUOTE]

You're right there, worse reliability I've ever had in a new car. But it never puts anyone in harms way.

Feb 21, 2006 | 10:53 AM

#30

SAguirre

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04 E320 4 Matic, 95 Audi S6, 99 Carrera 4 Cabrio, 12 Fiat 500 Sport, 00 BMW R1200C 10, BMW R1200R

Quote:

Originally Posted by mleskovar

With my paranoia about the system it would be like playing Russian roulette every time I started the car.

So tell me what is wrong with this interpretation of what you are saying. As H on a H pointed out, this word you chose to use really sums it all up!

Paranoia.
par·a·noi·a

1. Extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people (or Mercedes SBC equipped vehicles and/or their drivers) and their motives.

2. A psychiatric disorder involving systematized delusion, usually of persecution (or of SBC failure).

Why don’t YOU write back to Mercedes Benz and tell them that they are lying to you and prove it to them?

Seeing that your threads have been very representative of the term you used to describe yourself, I am not going to attempt to reason with you. It sure seems like you are a few shades past paranoid about something you can do nothing about. Not to mention that you let this bother you 1000% more than it has bothered me.

If you don’t like your C class, then sell it and get something you like. Or do you enjoy being a victim of inanimate objects like a C class or the SBC?

Paranoid is what paranoid does.

Feb 21, 2006 | 10:28 PM

#31

JimPurdy

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Originally Posted by mleskovar

. New brake thinking is great as long as it doesn't take a step back in safety like SBC.

New brake thinking? Seems to me that the SBC concept has been around for quite a few years in the aircraft industry.

Feb 21, 2006 | 10:47 PM

#32

martin2k1

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the SBC has saved my *** at least 3 times. The stopping distance is remarkable for the size of the car. I know for a fact had I been driving my other car, I would have caused an accident in teh same situation. Driving another car after the w211, you can really feel the difference in stopping power.

I REALLY think theres a bigger chance that the SBC will SAVE my life than failing in a critical moment.

Feb 21, 2006 | 11:11 PM

#33

mleskovar

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Originally Posted by JimPurdy

New brake thinking? Seems to me that the SBC concept has been around for quite a few years in the aircraft industry.

New for automobiles. And I think it's great as long as it doesn't take a step backwards from current technology. Even though there's no numbers to support the 'better' claim I don't doubt the users' belief that SBC is better when it works, and it usually does. I believe the increase in functionality is not worth the reduced reliability and consequences when it fails.