Illuminated Mercedes-Benz badge can cause power steering failure
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What other such joys await undiscovered? "Don't double pump the brakes on a Tuesday if its over 60% humidity or the gas tank explodes?" Will each car be individually possessed by some demon that requires a propitiation ritual before the car runs?
They learned this from the Chrysler partnership, didn't they.
I did not know this, and on occasion I would just drive without the dash backlight. Until a kind motorists yelled at me in Australian and I figured it out.
There is a lot about cars that parallels programming, especially if you work on your own cars.
They knew their customers, and more importantly, they knew that their customers knew about their q.c. history.
The usual explanation is that, the less money you have, the more the brand values as a signal. As you get richer, the brand matters less than the material/cut/fit/etc. Though if you go too far, then it reverts back to the designer that matters
Its not too uncommon for owners to remove the model designation emblems from the rear of the car too. If you bought the cheap engine, nobody will know how much money you didn't spend. If you bought the expensive engine, your boss wont know how much extra money you spent.
The only thing that's getting in the way of an even cleaner look is that the manufacturer badges are getting massive. I don't need to know at 50 meters that the car in front of me is a VW.