Strange Switch....

[Matt Crooke]

Go and have a look at this link, does anyone know what this switch does?

http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/attachment.php3?s=&postid=211924

its from a W116, not sure of the year though. There is much conversation on this US forum i am a member of, and the pic is from a European car...grateful for all assistance!!

Cheers

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[Baldguy]

Its the cars mood switch......

A = I'm going to start
B = Be nice to me and I will start
C = I might start
D = I think I'll cough and splutter a bit first before I start
E = I dont want to start
F = Not on your life will I start

Just a bit of humour!!! I'm sure my old Jeep had one of these......

 

[steveperry]

lol :biggrin:

That certainly is one weird-arse looking switch.

for those who are lazy

S.

 

[steveperry]

The really strange thing is that the arrow isn't pointing to A, B, C, D, E or F.

S.

 

[Baldguy]

It'll never go then if you don't give it an option!!!!!

)

 

[fuzzer]

two guesses ,

its either somthing to do with the suspension , or lumbar support

how close do you think i am ?

 

[Baldguy]

Thats some crazy suspension setting switch....what is it hydraulic set-up.......

 

[Malcolm Brown]

This is the control switch for a primitive navigation device (pre-dating SatNav by more then 15 years) that tells you how far it is between A & B, etc. In the setting shown, the analogue display will show the distance from Frankfurt to Aachen. It've checked on mine and it's about 260km

A= Aachen
B = Bonn (or Berlin on post-unification models)
C = Koln (they use the English spelling Cologne to avoid confusion with Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Kassel and several thousand other German towns & cities)
D = Dusselforf/Dortmund/Duisberg (they are so close together that it makes no difference on the display)
E = Essen (round about equidistant form the above-mentioned D- towns)
F = Frankfurt-am-Main

Some of the later models have more complex switches that allow for inclusion of Stuttgart. In these models, the switch goes staight from L to N because our friends don't like to mention Munchen.

This navigation option was not often installed on models sold in the UK because the system is hard-wired and cannot be adjusted to show, for instance, the distance between Aberdeen and Bristol (which, incidentally, is a very long way, both geographically and culturally).

 

[Shude]

well, that told us!  Cheers Malcolm!

 

[fuzzer]

I must admit , i prefer the 5.5" tft , but , everyone to their own ...

 

[pentoman]

lol Malcolm

 

[Matt Crooke]

Blimey, Malcom saves the day!

The USA can sleep sound at night now knowing that!

My guess was it would be a damper setting or something like that, primitive sat nav never crossed my mind!