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Title: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: n/a on March 01, 2006, 17:04:38
Hello all, I just joined with this great community today  :)
I'm enjoy to be here...

Folks, have you ever heard about mercedes benz without steering wheel?

If you want to know please check this : http://www.m-benzforum.com/new-benz-w-out-steering-wheel-vt652.html
how does it works?  :D
what do you think? I'm still confuse until now   :)

thanks for time

cheers,
abud

M-BenzForum.com
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: terry shores on March 01, 2006, 18:03:37
Don't know about that steering wheel, but those are sure butt ugly rims!
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: Naj ✝︎ on March 02, 2006, 13:27:25
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Have you ever seen this before?


Yes, its an experimental prototype that was exhibited at the Customer collection center at Sindelfingen when I picked up a new car in Apr 2002.
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Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: Ricardo on March 02, 2006, 15:40:16
Sure is discouraging to note that you can't tell an MB from a GM except for the hood ornament....what ever happened to style...they're all squeezed out of the same toothpaste tube now....
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: Chad on March 02, 2006, 16:49:36
quote:
Originally posted by Ricardo

Sure is discouraging to note that you can't tell an MB from a GM except for the hood ornament....what ever happened to style...they're all squeezed out of the same toothpaste tube now....


ditto...

It's perfect for when Johnnie Pontiac wins the lottery.
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: rwmastel on March 02, 2006, 22:26:10
Note that all controlls are symmetrical, so you can sit on either side to drive.  A universal design.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: Mike Hughes on March 03, 2006, 14:54:14
Sure.  But the instrument cluster is still set up for left hand drive!  Maybe they ought to copy some recent BMW practice (horrors!) and centralize the instrument pod like the Z8 or Mini!

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
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Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: rwmastel on March 03, 2006, 15:12:15
It looks like a digital screen, so I bet you could just toggle a button and the display would flip-flop to the other side.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420
Title: Re: Have you ever seen this before?
Post by: Raymond on March 03, 2006, 21:16:55
Can you imagine that in a rental fleet?  Granma visits Lauderdale, hops in and tries to take it out of the airport.  First turn: Crunch-crunch-bash!  So, that's what an airbag smells like.  :D



Ray
'68 280SL 4-spd Coupe