ACC looks way cooler and has zebrano wood for US models. End of story.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> ACC is of NO value over manual controls, IF it runs. It is actually of
> LESS value, because your options are very limited.
>
> ACC is disastrously expensive to repair and a total PITA to try to
> diagnose. BY FAR the most money I have spent to keep MBs on the road is
> for the fracking ACCMore than I spent for most cars i've ever owned.
> Costs more than a 603 head.
>
> ACC allows NO differentiation of left side/right side.
>
> ACC does not allow you have the defrost on without the blower going FULL
> BLAST! It is very annoying. This is by far my greatest annoyance.
> countless nights, and some days, I've had to drive with one hand while
> switching the DEF on, then the EC, back and forth for 6 or 8 hours.
> Manual controls let you run def with no blower (air circ from car moving)
> or blower at any speed.
>
> My total cost for maintaining manual heating/defrost over 40 years is a
> dollar two for some o-rings and a little waterpump grease.
>
> IMHO, the absolute epitome of heater/Defrost is the 110/111/112/113
> series, and carried over into 114/115, but not the 116.
>
> My ideal new MB if money was no object: OM603 engine (yeah, the car would
> have to be shipped to lower slobovia) 5 speed trans with diff gearing near
> 3.0, manual driver's window and LR window. Electric RF and RR windows,
> Rear window Def, Vacuum locks, ala 123, A key switch and key lock doors,
> ala 123, tars on no less than 65 profile, manual sunroof, DIN1 hole for a
> radio, manual seats, outside mirrors, both sides, 2 wipers.
>
> Actually, except for ACC and a few electric things I don't want, an SDL
> is pretty close. 123.123.10 is pretty close also.
>
> I'd love to walk into the MB stealership and tell em I want a car built to
> my spec, then give em these specs, and show em the cash. They'd fall all
> over themselves until the factory tells em "no way." Then they'd throw me
> out.
>
>
>
>
> ACC is WONDERFUL when it works - but is a real pain in the ass when it
>> doesn't.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> Haven't you had repeated monovalve failures leaving you cold? The only
>>> time either of my 240Ds left me cold it was a dead fan, I kicked it a
>>> couple times and it came back to life...
>>> -Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> OK Don
>>
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>>
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>> who
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>> 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!
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