Best W140 Website Ever

[dbs600]

its the way detailing companies (or car washes) vacuum cars when they are bing put up for sale - to show that no one has used the car since cleaning.

[dbs600]

does anyone know what the red canisters under the drivers seat of many non NA market w140s are? are they fire extinguishers? if so, whats the need for them? tradition? regulation? or is it an aftermarket mod the owner made?

[dbs600]

another site with some nice photos: Mercedes.pp.ru : Ìîäåëè : W140

And, click on:

"Серийные модели Спец. версии Тюнинг Анекдоты"

to navigate additional never seen before pics, like this (no wonder MB needed Maybach after they axed the 140):

[Haku]

I don't have one in mine but, it sounds like a roadside flare?

[dbs600]

this is what i am referring to, though it has looked different in other pictures. never seen on a NA market 140s. placement / location always the same...

[Haku]

Originally Posted by dbs600

this is what i am referring to, though it has looked different in other pictures. never seen on a NA market 140s. placement / location always the same...

Interesting - that wasn't what I was thinking of...

[SSL]

Originally Posted by dbs600

this is what i am referring to, though it has looked different in other pictures. never seen on a NA market 140s. placement / location always the same...

dbs600,

It is a fire extinguisher.

[NZ Benz]

Originally Posted by Haku

Not too bad - as you say though, not really my thing either but interesting. What are the stripes in the carpet I wonder? Wear?

Vaccum or steam cleaning you see it in alot of freshly cleaned dealer cars.

[dbs600]

Originally Posted by SSL

dbs600,

It is a fire extinguisher.

do you know what the need for them is? tradition? regulation? its not like we are talking about a skyline, nsx, or 3000gt. you know what i mean...? <-- (sorry, didn't mean to leave out the supra!)

[SSL]

Originally Posted by dbs600

do you know what the need for them is? tradition? regulation? its not like we are talking about a skyline, nsx, or 3000gt. you know what i mean...?

dbs600,

I cannot vouch for other markets but in the UK it is not compulsory to have a fire extinguisher. I have never seen one fitted in a UK W140 with the possible exception of an S600 but like the other models in the range this would have been an extra cost option.

My own 1988 300SL has one fitted as standard. Because we drive on the correct side of the road the fire extinguishers are fitted below the front passenger seat which suggests that Mercedes do tend to mount them in the same place (at the foot of the front left side seat).