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Re:Mercedes-Benz pre-safe sound by zaroth on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:28PM (#20701444)
Well tell that to whoever built the engine in my wife’s GL450. Cylinder head replacement after 40,000 miles, which involved dropping the engine.

I went to visit the shop while they were working on it. Wow, I do a bit of car work, but if I ever had my car in so many pieces I would never have gotten in back together again.

Thank god for extended warranties. I’ve never made out on a warranty so well, but one thing is for sure, I will never own that car out of warranty.

Re:Mercedes-Benz pre-safe sound by gmueckl on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:18PM (#20702304)
Well, you own an exceptionally complex car which still retains the form factor of a limousine. All the hardware for these features has to go somewhere and that usually means the space around the engine. There is not a lot the engineers can do to improve things. They are struggling to find usable space.
Re:Mercedes-Benz pre-safe sound by jakevn on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:03AM (#20702712)
I suppose Toyota / Lexus is black magic, then?
Re:Mercedes-Benz pre-safe sound by leetcrew on Thursday August 15, 2019 @02:13PM (#20708006)
why would you compare Toyota to Mercedes? they have almost nothing in common. I don't think Lexus is a good comparison either but that's more a matter of opinion.