Hidden Gems for the new owners:
07-26-2010, 08:56 AM
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A small thing that many people do not know. All M-B have a hood release on the hinges that allow the hood to rest in a near vertical position. Makes access to the rear of the engine / firewall much easier. If you never spend time in the engine bay, at least it works for your mechanic.
07-26-2010, 10:56 AM
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03 E320 -wife's car now; 07 Porsche Boxster S - my toy
A small thing that many people do not know. All M-B have a hood release on the hinges that allow the hood to rest in a near vertical position. Makes access to the rear of the engine / firewall much easier. If you never spend time in the engine bay, at least it works for your mechanic.
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07-26-2010, 06:18 PM
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me: 2015 SL400 & 2015 ML400; wife: 2022 GLC Coupe kid: 2017 GLC SUV
I didn't learn much there, probably from having 4 other MBs and patrolling these forums pretty regularly. I don't know what amazes more every time I go to BenzWorld: that members will post the same comments over and over within a thread, or how patient the other members seem to be about it!
Couple of things of interest there:
not in the W209, sadly.
I'm assuming that's in the Euro Spec models only, but I'll be RTFM'ing immediately!
Couple of things of interest there:
The only use I've found for the cell phone/sunglass drawer is as a handy place to keep gas receipts. They generally fit pretty well, but they've been somewhat of a pain to get back out. While digging a batch out this morning I accidently discovered that what I thought was the inside bottom of the drawer is actually a loose lifter, and the bottom of the drawer itself has a finger hole in it, so you can push up the lifter and all the drawer contents on it, and get to everything fairly easily.
I'm assuming that's in the Euro Spec models only, but I'll be RTFM'ing immediately!
07-27-2010, 07:37 AM
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2007 E550 4-Matic, 2004 SL600
A small thing that many people do not know. All M-B have a hood release on the hinges that allow the hood to rest in a near vertical position. Makes access to the rear of the engine / firewall much easier. If you never spend time in the engine bay, at least it works for your mechanic.
