My son emailed me today... he's talking about his huge Merc 4*4 thing....
" I was driving back from Wellington the other day in our giant ice crusher Merc. I drove over an ice block thinking that the tonne of car I was in control of would simply crush it. Not so. The front near side bottom faring thing popped (and a sensor came off) and the impact made the safety bonnet pop up and back as the car thought it had hit a person! In my Merc there is this 'safety' mechanism whereby the bonnet pops backwards to absorb some of the strike force!!! The car is in the dealership today having the bonnet reset and the sensor put back in. Will probably cost me a few quid. And what an idiot I felt.
- ice is very tough, 4x4s are not so, and electronics rule the day...."
Last edited by nick w; 08/03/18 04:42 PM.
