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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / July 2006Fifth Gear beats up a W124
A torture test on a W124 'estate' and it comes up smelling like a rose, despite the "colossal" mileage on the 'clock', 165k miles.  SignatureJohn Mauel '94 E320 with a near colossal 210k kms >A torture test on a W124 'estate' and it comes up smelling like a rose, >despite the "colossal" mileage on the 'clock', 165k miles. I forgot the link. Smooth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIV_hHPAFQ&mode=related&search= Now, where did I leave my '94 E320? Mmm... what a shame they did to that nice car... Still the door shuts perfectly! > Mmm... what a shame they did to that nice car... Still the door shuts > perfectly! The explosions all seem fake to my non-military eye. When they denotate a charge under the hood there's another explosion in the back. I also think that when the cannon is fired, the w124 explodes too soon. Why does everything always have to be larger than life? Ximinez SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html And why must each and every car explode every time it's smashed up or tossed over the cliff? I know from the real-world experience, they don't always explode upon impact unless the extraordinary circumstances occur. My sister-in-law's 1993 Toyota Corolla didn't explode when a new Cadillac Escalade smashed into its rear-end at 50mph... My other peeve is seeing those new Mercedes-Benz skidding and sliding during the heavy braking even though they have ESP and ABS. Yeah, I know they look 'ooooh, wow, that was damn action sh.t...'! Oh, please! >> Mmm... what a shame they did to that nice car... Still the door shuts >> perfectly! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ximinez > And why must each and every car explode every time it's smashed up or > tossed over the cliff? I know from the real-world experience, they don't > always explode upon impact unless the extraordinary circumstances occur. I think they usually even explode while in mid air. Looks even cooler that way. > My sister-in-law's 1993 Toyota Corolla didn't explode when a new > Cadillac Escalade smashed into its rear-end at 50mph... Lucky for her. Ximinez SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html >> And why must each and every car explode every time it's smashed up or >> tossed over the cliff? I know from the real-world experience, they don't >> always explode upon impact unless the extraordinary circumstances occur. > >I think they usually even explode while in mid air. Looks even cooler >that way. Yes, it's the law of movie physics: any car flying off a cliff MUST burst into flames the second it's airborne. The corollary is any car that lands with a person still alive will burst into flames the second the person is JUST far away enough to be safe. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net Now that I think of it, yes, you are right. Cannon impact also doesn't make car explode since the windows are already busted by the monster truck... They added some explosive there too. > Now that I think of it, yes, you are right. Cannon impact also doesn't make > car explode since the windows are already busted by the monster truck... > They added some explosive there too. On the second shot there's about 3 seconds between the firing and the impact. On the third there's only a fraction of a second. I wonder if the cannon wasn't shooting blanks all the time and the 'impacts' weren't all more or less synchronized explosions. It's not that safe to shoot cannons in 21st century west European countries ;) Ximinez SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html |
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