Does Mercedes still test components like this?

[DjordjeC63]

3:30

Does Mercedes still use testing like this? (I think that they should)

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[Human]

Ok, first of all let's face it, DAIMLER BENZ of West Germany pioneered most of this testing methods and many safety aspects of automobility. Secondly without spending the time to Google and copy+paste all the evidence, YES these testing continues and even more extreme than any of us can imagine.

INVITE:
Now, IMHO it's time and I invinte all Contributing Members for OE-manufacturers and world famous Premium Automobile Brands to join in here, come show us how your conglomerates adhere to strict EU and international legislation and Euro-NCAP standards not forgetting nor leaving behind your own strict Germanic way of inhouse quality control in it's entirety.

Short true story:

The X1 keeps giving a 'fault message' that says: 'Increased Battery Discharge'

I took the car to the local dealer back in June 2013. Thought they were going to change the battery and let BMW Motorplan pay-up.

When they called me to come down and read the report I was STUNNED! Since we got the X1 back in June 2010 in (the cars ECU knows EXACTLY what EVERY bulb + electrical componenet has done and for how long each time. On 19 September 2010 the L/H Park lamp (larger outer Corona ring) + L/H Tail Lamps 3x LED Striped lights was activated for 3hours 19min 37sec. yes, outside NIX Pub in my town when we had dinner with suppliers. When the car is vacuumed, it records every interior bulb activated and for how long....I think you get the picture.

You can't f-up your car and think you are going to fool it's maker! Today the cars record engine speed, loads, temp, every parameter you can think of, even how many times and with how much pressure the brakes has been activated. Oh, even the boot light and what 12v socket has been used and for how long. Feul tank fill-ups. Sorry, I'll stop ok! Everything is recorded.

In the end I had to pay R634.00 for a Battery Re-Charge and the 57 (A4) page report

 

[Giannis]

Ha! It would be a blasphemy for anyone else to reply first other than Naas

 

[Betty Swollocks]

In case anybody is unaware, this is what Top Gear was like throughout the 70's and 80's. It received a revamp and is the show we know now in the 90's.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

In case anybody is unaware, this is what Top Gear was like throughout the 70's and 80's. It received a revamp and is the show we know now in the 90's.

I like this classic Top Gear. So unpretentious and car-focused.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

I like this classic Top Gear. So unpretentious and car-focused.

I've just watched the first episode of the new Series of Top Gear. What utter, utter tosh.

The first ten minutes testing the hot hatches on the track. Very good. The obviously like the Fiesta ST.

The rest was a complete waste of time. Ten mins sat on the sofa making rubbish jokes. 20 mins of Reasonably priced car, which was essentially just more messing about with a few celebrities thrown in.

And then 20 mins of the race between the sailing boat and the car. The car didn't even have any relevance. It just appeared to be a very expensive way of making a joke about all hire cars being the fastest cars in the world, because they're not yours.


This programme needs to be put out of its misery. End it now.

Far better stuff on the internet and YouTube now. Chris Harris on Cars. Evo diaries. Top Gear is just a piss take dressed up as a car programme.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

@Betty
OT but, thanks for the English "tosh" and "just a piss take dressed up as a car programm."

Never knew this forum would be so benificiary to my knowledge of the English language