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 ACC More 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 >> >> *"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 > > _______________________________________ 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
