So if you only reset the trip counter when the vehicle is stationary does this GUARANTEE that the odometer will NEVER break???
On 7/19/07, Hendrik Riessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However it is good practise to only reset the tripmeter when the car is > stopped, particularly on the 123 chassis. > A good driver shouldn't be fiddling with reset buttons while they are > driving anyway. > I know, I know, most drivers do anything but drive. They do things like read > the newspaper, talk/text on the phone, do the nails, fiddle with the stereo, > eat/drink, have sex, etc, etc > Then when the big bang occurs they come out with the old "I only took my > eyes off the road for a second", which is all very nice except for the dead > kid who was just chasing his football. > I don't know the situation over there but here the authorities are busy > dumbing down the laws to take into account peoples stupidity. Some roads > around town you can only 40k's an hour and getting caught talking on the > phone is a couple of hundred bucks. There was just a case where someone got > fined for talking on his hands free because the police deemed pushing the > talk button on the phone was illegal. Kinda stupid when you consider that > you can fiddle with the radio all day long. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Frederick Moir'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Mercedes Discussion List'" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 7:11 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Odo reset 190DT > > > > There is nothing in the mechanism that will cause the button to stick or > > fail only when you are moving. > > > > Thanks, Tom > > 256-656-1924 > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
