OPINION:Quality and Passion Declining in European Automakers

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Similar comments about US-made Mercs (ML), at least in its early years...
:-(

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
 
Urinate frequently and check the colour... if bright yellow you need an
infusion... :-)

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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Here's my tuppence-worth: in my CLK Cab I have TWO cupholders, no less,
which I chose as a no-cost option over a storage shelf or something. One
swings out, and it is to the right, which means (in the UK) the cup is
practically in my lap. This is the holder I tend to use more as it is
wider...
In the old days I bet Merc would have had it swing the other way in RHD
countries, so it is more bothersome to the passenger.

In the 190E there is no cupholder other than the two depressions in the open
glovebox lid and I recall managing quite well even when I was using it as my
business car and driving great distances..

DAS

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cp said:
Those "problems" are hardly a sign of a lack of durability.

cupholders, ha!

cp
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Certainly if it is. The cupholder piece cost over $50 each time to
replace and the ABS controller was $500 just for the part.

John
 
Roland said:
Cupholders problems probably came with Ford as new owner of Volvo.
Converting shareholders problems to cupholders problems. Here in Germany
a company (which?) was sued: Driving fast on bad roads coffee entered
the AC system. Judges think auto makers should be aware of the fact that
coffee is placed on the cupholder near to air hoses when bad road is
coming up ahead.
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Bzzzzt, the 850 was designed, and mine manufactured, before the Ford
purchase.

Try again Mr. Wizard.

John
 
Don't know; of the 7 cars I've had I've just realized only one had a
Mine's got a cupholder. I pass the cup to the wife and say "Hold that".
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ha! I gotta try that on my wife! :-)

cp
 
Dori A Schmetterling said:
Urinate frequently and check the colour... if bright yellow you need an
infusion... :-)

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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[...]
If you are coming to arid country learn the cardinal rules of survival:
drink before you are thirsty, and stay in the shade as much as possible.
Click to expand...
[...]
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In the sixties, I made a few trips between Montana and New Jersey. I
stopped every 200 miles whether I needed gas or not, get a drink, and
take a leak. No air conditioner and no cup holder....what the heck was a
cup holder?

Al
 
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Ann, while Bob had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had a
better effect on the teacher.
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I read somewhere before that seventeen hads is the most you can do and
still make sense, but you have to allow a middle-eastern pair of
names, "Had" and "Had Had."
 
English a language with one mother and many fathers, a bast--d of a language
..
 
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