"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/16/2014 at 12:24 • Filed to: None
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
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This is how they route the axles on a RWD-turned-AWD Mercedes. Courtesy of /r/justrolledintotheshop
Brian Silvestro
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:26 |
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wut
JGrabowMSt
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:27 |
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i saw that earlier and was like WTF. Benz had their hands in the Dodge LX platform, and the AWD setup on those is what you would call reasonable and not stupidly engineered. I mean, props for an interesting solution, but its very, um, German....
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> JGrabowMSt
08/16/2014 at 12:29 |
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"We need to route this axle, but the suspension is in the way. Solutions, Hans."
"Well, we would need to redesign the front suspension to accommodate the chang—"
"Nonsense. Let's just thread the axle through the spring."
"Wh—"
"Excellent job, Hans. Take the rest of the day off."
wacopalypsenow
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:30 |
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W210?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> wacopalypsenow
08/16/2014 at 12:33 |
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I have no idea
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:39 |
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Is this factory or a hacked together home build?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
08/16/2014 at 12:40 |
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Factory. Mercedes had a RWD car but wanted to make an AWD model off the same platform, this is how they got around that pesky suspension issue.
cnessel27
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:45 |
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Ya das ist gut.
Was going to insert photo of SNL Hans & Franz skit but realized I can't. :(
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 12:49 |
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Could only be german engineering...
His Stigness
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 13:43 |
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After a quick Google search it looks like this is a W124.
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His Stigness
> Brian Silvestro
08/16/2014 at 13:44 |
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German engineering brah!
Tareim - V8 powered
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/16/2014 at 16:36 |
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not a solution I would be happy with but at least they solved their problem while probably keeping costs down