[W126 Coupe] rear parking sensors

[malcolm369 at comcast.net]

Hi Jay, 


Having spent several hundreds of dollars with 'Paintless Dent Repair' due to others' use of car doors.. and some nameless individual trying to gain access to my car by dragging his ignition key along the length of the drivers' side of the 560 one time..... I concur.. As a result, I get lots of excercise walking from my dentless SEC to the BigStore across the parking lot.... You have heard the term: 'Boston Drivers'.............. well parking spaces here in the shruburbs are smaller by far than what you describe.... 


Grr.. 


As far as the other 'issue' mentioned.. i stay clear.. 


Be well .. Malc. 


I love driving my SEC!! 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Hirsch" <j.hirsch at mac.com> 
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:17:09 PM 
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear parking sensors 

There are some "streets" in Texas and Oklahoma that are wider than six lane highways in NY.... not a complaint but a compliment. 
i prefer parallel parking, do not have to worry about "door dings" 


Jay H 


On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:59 PM, gerryvz wrote: 




Indeed, if one was going to put some major effort into a mod, parking sensors wouldn't be my choice of it. Simply because the benefit isn't worth the amount of effort, particularly for something that I'd use perhaps 5% of the time I actually park the car. 95% of the time when I park my SEC I use pull-in spaces with plenty of space around them (this is Texas ... everything is bigger here including parking spaces), not parallel parking (where a park sensor would be most handy). 



Thankfully, I did not see Cascade in Stuttgart (nor Teutone, nor any of the other gaggle of Benzworld.org 126 forum Neanderthals). Only God knows what I would have done if I'd seen him/them. All I know is that if Cascade/Teutone et al ever shows their faces on my 500E forum, he's going to wish they hadn't expended the effort to do so. Has Cascade actually ever been outside of US borders? 








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Was 'Cascade' in town? 



Hi Gerry, 

I looked into rear sensors a while back but it was all too difficult. 

The main issue is that there is a very hefty lump of steel behind the bumper and that would have to be taken into account. 

Doable but very expensive. 


Cheers, 

marcus 

marcus johnson | 560 SEC 
Melbourne Australia 




















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