When an important dash lamp bulb in my 210 burned out after only 250,000 miles, I turned on my GPS for a nighttime speedometer and kept driving to work. Mitch.
> On February 14, 2017 at 4:13 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Does the car still run and drive? If so, drive "by the seat of your pants". > You can judge your speed reasonably well, and use the surrounding traffic - > just match them. I drove my Olds V8 powered MGA for 10 years that way - > never did spend the money to convert/connect the speedo. I did have oil and > fuel gauges though - aftermarket steam gauges would work there. > > Just because it's a crappy POS doesn't mean that it won't get you from A to > B. > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > And as Clay suggests, there was a recall on the instrument clusters. I > > don’t remember the details, but I do remember seeing references to it in > > the various W220 forums. > > > > Since it’s a digital cluster, when it dies you’re flying blind as Clay > > describes. > > > > -D > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://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 > _______________________________________ http://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
