yikes
Better than hydraulic, but not by much
Why tf would they innovate on a mechanical gearbox anyway? Leave it as it is
Good ol' stick shifts were good.
Modern DSG, now that's an automatic I can stand behind
yep
Well... 190E and all that group was a homologation car for a Merc 190Evo rally version
I thought the Japs were the carmakers to go for stick shifts.
It had to shave every little bit of weight they could
And dog-leg gearbox is smaller, with fewer parts, and thus lighter
While also being very reliable and just as sturdy as normal gearbox
It also had handbrake as a pedal, btw
E-brake as a pedal, hmm
Rather prefer a toyota transmission to that imo
Super cliche but love me some Nippon reliability
To this day the FJ40 shits on any G-Wagen, Defender or Wrangler ever built.
Not an e-brake
Same cable-activated parking brake, just made as a 4th pedal
Ohh
Mercedes kinda like the Apple of the car industry... or is Apple the Mercedes of tech?
It would also conveniently automatically disengage if you pressed the normal brakes
So you could never drive with parking break on
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NGcAAOSw~fpZjaPf/s-l300.jpg
Can't find the photo of the pedals, this is the next best thing
Looks like cheese graters with safety filled holes
You had it on the left most side, not very convenient to engage, so you would only bother when you have parked
@Edog speaking of cheese graters, seems Mercedes is indeed the Apple of the automobile industry.
Ehh. They aren’t that big
Well, >used to be reliable, innovative brands
>newer products are outlandishly expensive and now need shitloads of accesories to make their products run effectively
The idea was that in a rally car they would have an actual e-brake handle actuated by the driver, locking the wheels in a smart way (a version of ABS) and a car would still have an actual purpose-made parking brake too
Not as stupid when you know the details
>spare parts are getting harder to get for you to maintain the product yourself, and you're forced to rush to the dealer
>repairs it for ridiculous pricing that you might just as well get a new product instead
>unlike previous years, outright showing off they ripped off ideas from smaller brands
lol, indeed
BMW is less sleazy in all of these regards
Not to mention that BMW are the only truly green company I know of
Instead of yelling at you to pay green tax, they just went an bough a hydroelectric dam to produce CO-neutral carbon fibers
They don't just yap about being green, they just do it
