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Braingears
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320
Posts: 1450
| 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Feb07/15_Rejuvenation_Of_A_Classic_Mercedes_Updates_Its_Legendary_G_Class.html |
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cyntaxx
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Date registered: Aug 2006
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Vehicle(s): 2002 G500
Posts: 248
| RE: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
The tire pressure monitoring device may come in useful, but I wish Mercedes would step up and incorporate something similar to H1's CTIS...
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AsianML
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
Am I one of the few that thinks the new steering wheel doesn't belong in the G? The old steering wheel which it shared with the E I think looked better. The old one looked fugly in the E, but perfect in the G. |
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4x4abc
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
| RE: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
cyntaxx,
CTIS can only e added to vehicles with off center axles (portal axles) - so, H1, Unimog, etc can have them easily. However the H1 system is so leaky that you may find your truck all flat after a long spree at the shopping mall (well, it takes a little longer, but you get my point). |
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VonEpp
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Date registered: Sep 2006
Location: Australia
Vehicle(s): w114, w124 & w460
Posts: 357
| RE: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
Here where I'm from we use CTIS on the drive axles of all logging trucks during the winter months. This is possible due to the fact that the CTIS hardware is on the outside of the hub. In my opinion not the best compromise for a SUV.
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AlanMcR
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| RE: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
4x4abc - 2/27/2007 3:54 PM
...so leaky that you may find your truck all flat after a long spree at the shopping mall (well, it takes a little longer, but you get my point).
I always wondered how a CTIS system could hold a seal for any extended period. I did see someone who had managed a CTIS system on a normal axle. The inflator was an add on that attached to the center of a "hubcap" with a swivel. It looked pretty strange and would have been removed by the first branch, but I suppose it was an engineering triumph of sorts.
edit: it was just like VonEpp posted, but it came down from above.
Edited by AlanMcR 2/27/2007 8:03 PM
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martin
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Del Mar, CA Isles of Scilly, UK
Vehicle(s): 99 G500 95 E300D 95 R1100GS 06 K1200R
Posts: 297
| RE: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
Robby Gordon's Dakar H3 race truck used a CTIS system similar to what Alan described ... I guess the 2WD trucks were permitted to automatically increase/decrease tire pressures depending on terrain.
-Martin |
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Container
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Date registered: Jul 2006
Location: Sweden
Vehicle(s): 1998 G500L, 1994 E36 AMG Coupé, 2007 E500T 4-matic
Posts: 114
| Re: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
AsianML - 2/27/2007 11:50 PM
Am I one of the few that thinks the new steering wheel doesn't belong in the G? The old steering wheel which it shared with the E I think looked better. The old one looked fugly in the E, but perfect in the G.
I agree with you. The dashboard is now much better with the more square lines, reminding of the G-exterior, but the steering wheel looks more like taken from a Smart or some other toy. Doesn´t match anything in the car...!? I saw pictures of the new C-class which is a nice design, but also with a somewhat mismatched steering wheel. Too many designers involved could be the explanation...? |
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jimmy
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Vehicle(s): 2013 G 63 AMG
Posts: 64
| Re: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
The new steering wheel is the one used in the SL and CLS. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Re: 2007.5 Mid-Year G-Wagon Facelift
jimmy - 3/2/2007 9:48 AM
The new steering wheel is the one used in the SL and CLS.
And it really doesn't look too much different than the one in my 2000 G500; which looks fine to me.. |
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