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I was mistakenly under the impression that the Ad-Blue system would incrementally decrease the NO2 /NO3 levels enough for the diesel range to be sold in all 50 states. Never realised it would decrease them that much from the already 'clean' diesel levels of '08.
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Another viewpoint.
Remember that the regular CDI was very clean and met emissions standards for 42 States. That's pretty good.
I would say that Mercedes is NOT doing Ad-Blue to make the truck cleaner in those 42 states. It's doing Ad-blue because it wants to sell trucks in the other 7 States which include the markets of California, Pennsylvania and New York. It's about business for them, not being "tree huggers."
So the Ad-Blue system, it's complexities and no spare tire is a "loss" for people in 42 States, but a "gain" for people in the other 7 States because now they can purchase the product. Overall, it should be good for business for Mercedes and that is good for all of us in the end.
And if it is good for the environment, that's a plus too.
But it's a business decision, not an environmental decision in my view.
Remember that the regular CDI was very clean and met emissions standards for 42 States. That's pretty good.
I would say that Mercedes is NOT doing Ad-Blue to make the truck cleaner in those 42 states. It's doing Ad-blue because it wants to sell trucks in the other 7 States which include the markets of California, Pennsylvania and New York. It's about business for them, not being "tree huggers."
So the Ad-Blue system, it's complexities and no spare tire is a "loss" for people in 42 States, but a "gain" for people in the other 7 States because now they can purchase the product. Overall, it should be good for business for Mercedes and that is good for all of us in the end.
And if it is good for the environment, that's a plus too.
But it's a business decision, not an environmental decision in my view.
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I would say that Mercedes is NOT doing Ad-Blue to make the truck cleaner in those 42 states. It's doing Ad-blue because it wants to sell trucks in the other 7 States which include the markets of California, Pennsylvania and New York. It's about business for them, not being "tree huggers."
Jury's still out on that one. Maybe it is, or maybe it's political.
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Steve,
I agree with you totally.
You can't take capitalism out of the USA. It is what motivates the entire country. It is our engine.
Unfortunately, our politicians don't understand this. They think that small business and corporations will continue to exist even if they don't make any money because they are going to "feel so good" about keeping people employeed and providing health care. Forget it, they'll close.
We are in deep trouble, brother.
I agree with you totally.
You can't take capitalism out of the USA. It is what motivates the entire country. It is our engine.
Unfortunately, our politicians don't understand this. They think that small business and corporations will continue to exist even if they don't make any money because they are going to "feel so good" about keeping people employeed and providing health care. Forget it, they'll close.
We are in deep trouble, brother.
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Another viewpoint.
Remember that the regular CDI was very clean and met emissions standards for 42 States. That's pretty good.
I would say that Mercedes is NOT doing Ad-Blue to make the truck cleaner in those 42 states. It's doing Ad-blue because it wants to sell trucks in the other 7 States which include the markets of California, Pennsylvania and New York. It's about business for them, not being "tree huggers."
So the Ad-Blue system, it's complexities and no spare tire is a "loss" for people in 42 States, but a "gain" for people in the other 7 States because now they can purchase the product. Overall, it should be good for business for Mercedes and that is good for all of us in the end.
And if it is good for the environment, that's a plus too.
But it's a business decision, not an environmental decision in my view.
Remember that the regular CDI was very clean and met emissions standards for 42 States. That's pretty good.
I would say that Mercedes is NOT doing Ad-Blue to make the truck cleaner in those 42 states. It's doing Ad-blue because it wants to sell trucks in the other 7 States which include the markets of California, Pennsylvania and New York. It's about business for them, not being "tree huggers."
So the Ad-Blue system, it's complexities and no spare tire is a "loss" for people in 42 States, but a "gain" for people in the other 7 States because now they can purchase the product. Overall, it should be good for business for Mercedes and that is good for all of us in the end.
And if it is good for the environment, that's a plus too.
But it's a business decision, not an environmental decision in my view.
The AD-Blue system will also allow larger diesel engines to meet the future EU (Bin 5?) regulations that are a few years away, so its also about meeting the needs of a huge diesel market there. Honda's approach is to have a very specialised catalyst clean up the NOX emissions, but I believe that it is only efficient in smaller diesels.
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DISTRONIC wasn't developed for the U.S. version of the GL550.
So is Distronic available on 550 outside of US? I believe most of us are under the impression that there is no Distronic for 550 at all.
Originally Posted by GL Fahrer
Why can't it be special ordered?
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Since the Star on the front is much bigger on your 550, it could be that MB havent' got the distronic star in "oversize"
I am looking to ad the wider wheel arches from the 550 to mine. Was considering the front as well, but this would be a problem with my distronic
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Thanks for the answer.
I was mistakenly under the impression that the Ad-Blue system would incrementally decrease the NO2 /NO3 levels enough for the diesel range to be sold in all 50 states. Never realised it would decrease them that much from the already 'clean' diesel levels of '08.
Bish
I was mistakenly under the impression that the Ad-Blue system would incrementally decrease the NO2 /NO3 levels enough for the diesel range to be sold in all 50 states. Never realised it would decrease them that much from the already 'clean' diesel levels of '08.
Bish
Bluetec (without Adblue) is BIN-8. This is >60% cleaner than the current CDI, but is still not clean enough for CARB states.
Bluetec (with Adblue) is BIN-5. This is >80% cleaner than the current CDI and is certified for sale in all 50 states.
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'07 GL 450, '02 S 80 T6
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We can get the GL550, but it doesn't look like the one in the US, it looks like the other GL's.
Since the Star on the front is much bigger on your 550, it could be that MB havent' got the distronic star in "oversize"
I am looking to ad the wider wheel arches from the 550 to mine. Was considering the front as well, but this would be a problem with my distronic
Since the Star on the front is much bigger on your 550, it could be that MB havent' got the distronic star in "oversize"
I am looking to ad the wider wheel arches from the 550 to mine. Was considering the front as well, but this would be a problem with my distronic
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIjjaGkXLtA
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I did, don't know how good the quality is, recorded it with the iphone and there wasn't much light. If you can't see it, I'll try again with a real camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIjjaGkXLtA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIjjaGkXLtA
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The iPhone is available i Denmark from the 11. th of July 2008, had mine from the US since october.
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http://www.iphonevideorecorder.com/ you just have to jailbrake it. It can record in decent quality, and I'm trying to get youtube to upload the other video.
The iPhone is available i Denmark from the 11. th of July 2008, had mine from the US since october.
The iPhone is available i Denmark from the 11. th of July 2008, had mine from the US since october.
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When the iPhone update to 2.0 is released this weekend, will the "jail break" phones cease to operate like in the past with iPhone updates? If they release it in the app store then I may be interested, but I do not want to lose my data and have a problem with the phone.
PwnageTool (mac) or WinPwn (windows) should be updated to cope with firmware 2.0 very fast after the release!
Stupid that apple hasn't included a video recording app.
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A shot with better light:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_cPL0_IFo
PwnageTool (mac) or WinPwn (windows) should be updated to cope with firmware 2.0 very fast after the release!
Stupid that apple hasn't included a video recording app.
PwnageTool (mac) or WinPwn (windows) should be updated to cope with firmware 2.0 very fast after the release!
Stupid that apple hasn't included a video recording app.