It’s certainly available on many models but it may not be standard on on all trim levels. For it to activate when engaging referred the minor toggle switch must be set to the passenger side.
Now that sounds like a very useful design feature. It would certainly help me out a lot when turning left near curbs or when parking up with a kerb on the near side.
Similar thing on Tesla’s, when you reverse the wing cameras display (they are looking backwards from the front wings) so it’s practically impossible to hit the kerb if paying attention.
I swear it’s the chemicals. I take the back roads to work, so in the winter my car is hanging. On occasions I take it to the hand wash place for a good clean. I’ve always washed my wife’s myself and it’s been fine.
Tesla is leading the way to full automation. I do wonder how long it will be before certain scenarios will be taken away from us by automated driving systems. The problem is legal policies are not keeping up with technology.
Buy her a classic car with proper tyres that are taller than kerbstones .
that isn't a tyre - it is just a rubber band .
yes you can , if it's parked next to you !
Wait till they burst , otherwise waste of money .
At our monthly Alfa meet last night we had a presentation from an Inst. Advanced Motoring Instructor. Really interesting. An ex Police driver and motorcycle (and firearms) instructor. He’d just been to a conference all about car automation. And the takeaway he had was that it’s been shown a number of times in various studies that the two don’t mix well on the road (automated and manual). Even more interesting in experiments the manual drivers would “bully” the automated vehicles because they know they will yield. I’d never considered that aspect. In one test in simulated traffic he said the automated car couldn’t move at all because the manual vehicles would not let it out of a turning!
I first saw those on a Renault Safrane , more years ago than I care to remember , but if MB had not pandered to the bean-counters , then they would have kept the so well engineered deep passenger side mirrors as designed for the W201 and W124 which give a view down towards ground level , as well as still giving rear view without need for adjustment .
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After discovering two of the alloys had cracks, with one of them leaking air, I bit the billet and had them repaired and refurbished.
I also added a bit of a twist
Just waiting on the new centre caps arriving, but picked the car up today and I looks great!
Question is….how long will they last….
