I wonder if there is a larger lesson here for MB:
On the way, she solved numerous problems. She had to find
ligroinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligroinas a
fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel; this was available only at
apothecary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecary shops, so she stopped
in Wiesloch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesloch at the city pharmacy
to purchase the fuel. A
blacksmithhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmithhad to help mend a
chain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_chain at one point. The
brakeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brakeneeded to be repaired and,
in doing so, Bertha Benz invented brake
lining
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_lining.[5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz#cite_note-5She
also had to use a long, straight
hatpin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatpin to clean a fuel pipe, which
had become blocked, and to insulate a wire with a
garterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter_%28stockings%29
.
In my opinion, we hearty band of DIY MB owners are following in the steps
of the founder Bertha Benz, fixing our cars with our own hands. MBUSA
might be very well served to highlight our way of MB ownership!!!
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
I think Bertha would have fit right in on the list. Tonight I shall hoist
a nice haus-braued bier in her honor. And when I pick up my SLS at the
factory I shall make sure to drive the route.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz
*Bertha Benz* https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Bertha_
Benz.ogg (née *Ringer*, 3 May 1849 -- 5 May 1944)
On 5 August 1888, without telling her husband and without permission of
the authorities, Benz drove with her sons Richard and Eugen, thirteen and
fifteen years old, in one of the newly constructed /Patent Motorwagen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent_Motorwagen/ automobiles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile---from Mannheim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim to Pforzheim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pforzheim---becoming the first person to
drive an automobile over a real distance.
--R
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