In the 50s, I'd agree with you. But by the 60s, the amount of testing that was occurring outside of germany was already significant. The cars that most of us drive, even W114/5 cars, were designed for lots of markets, and tested in them. And US market cars were adapted as necessary (by MBNA, or at the factory) in most cases. Block heaters, fuel heaters (MBNA) and stationary heaters (factory) as a good example of these adaptations for cold weather operation.
I'm sure you've seen the options for suspension for countries with poor road conditions, or engines with low compression for some markets. More good examples. Of course, there are extremes, and exceptions which can cause problems which aren't easily solved. Thats when the bean counters get more involved. Jaime On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with Jaime. >> >> This is another, "If the engineers at MB thought it was warranted, they >> would have fitted one to the cars." >> >> Dan >> > > > One other thought about this: Fuel in Germany is always good. Electricity > in Germany is always stable at 50 HZ and 240 or whatever the voltage is. > This is true for most of europe. The radio station frequency does not > drift. > > In the RTW, the fuel is not always good. The frequency and voltage in the > RTW fluctuate. At one place I worked for a couple weeks, they had a grain > mill for milling corn. in the corner was a pile of european electric > motors, burned out from the frequent brownouts. The engineer said they fail > regularly. I had the same problem once. A $30,000 in 1990 dollars new > machine went bonkers because the voltage/frequency in the US are not as > stable as in the Fatherland. We made them send a new machine and we put in > a BIG buck booster to try to clean up the juice. > > The becker and Blaupunkt radios I loved in my 110s were too sensitive to > stay on station as the US stations drifted. > > The Becker radios from the 80s are better. My guess is they've added > circuitry to follow the station as it drifts. > > When it comes to systems not subject to local conditions: chassis, engine, > trans, wheels and tires etc, I always believe the MB engineers know best. > Adapting for local conditions, such as fuel, or adding extra heaters for > North of the 45th parallel is not verboten in my book. > > If the RTW could only be like the Fatherland.... Oh! That was tried 70 > years ago and it didn't work out so well. > > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
