Rather than crawl under the Smartcar there is a lever for flipping it over turtle-like for easy access to the power train underneath...
On 11/10/06, John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, well I"m old enough to crawl about with a flashlight looking for weirdness, and not old enough so like you that I have to worry about what 15 year old car I'll have in 20 years or so to peek at too. At some point here they'll stick stickers on the door and say void's warranty, no user servicable parts etc behind panel, and likely danger high voltage authorized personal only sooner than expected I'd guess. On 10-Nov-06, at 2:50 PM, R A Bennell wrote: > I'm showing my age but I am old school enough to want to be able to > open the hood and look around. I also do not > buy new cars so it is usually a good idea for me to keep an eye on > what is happening. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John M McIntosh > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 4:48 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] smart USA vehicle announced > > > Well if they are talking about oil changes every 12,000 miles, and > service checks every 25,000 miles they are really > into the consumer doesn't need to get access to the engine now. Most > I guess will run until the idiot lamp (needs service) comes on, most > interesting one is when water separator becomes full because local > (low volume) diesel station is selling water infested diesel fuel, > then engine stops.... Still it warns you, but people report warning > versus stopping is iffy... I *belive* the new one is using different > engines, not MB made, so I cann't comment on how they will work. > > > Versus the weekly check on the two diesel with flashlight to see if > anything odd (or leaking) is happening. _______________________________________ 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
