Posted on 08/26/2016 10:12:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman climbed behind the wheel of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV at an Arlington, to take it for a test drive.
A woman climbed behind the wheel of a white Mercedes-Benz SUV at an Arlington, to take it for a test drive.
But the fun was over in the virtual blink of an eye when she somehow managed to flip the pricey machine over in the parking lot.
The only explanation reported for what might have happened is that the woman somehow mixed up the gas pedal with the brake.
One of the cars she hit was her own SUV.
The foot she uses to break with probably got tangled up in her burqa.......
The trucks are Daimler-Benz. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Spain prior to the Great War was a sponsor of the Daimler racing team. In return for his sponsorship, the Daimler company agreed to market their passenger cars under the trade name “Mercedes”, the Spanish word for “mercy”, which was the name of his daughter. The agreement did not apply to lorries, Lastwagen, trucks, etc. The agreement was carried forward after the merger of Daimler and Benz.
It worked out to be a successful trade name.
Which explains why it was Daimler-Chrysler, not Mercedes-Chrystler, however briefly.
When the word "Classic" began being added to sales ads? Either that or when they actually put their logo on the Zephyr....
Love my "Merc" and play Janis's tune in it often....
Odd - Janis owned a Porsche.
I recall a April Road & Track issue (April always had a joke column or two) with a headline on the cover:
“We test an 11 liter Mercedes-Benz GT!”
It was a Garbage Truck and they put it through the typical tests, 0-60, slalom, etc. Funny stuff.
Not to worry. New warning labels will be added in short order for those things on the floor under your feet. One will be painted bright green and the other bright orange. Probably be illuminated too. Surely the consumer protection agency should weigh in on this all too frequent tragedy. To aid motorists here in Reno, the local LEOs have been waging a campaign on “distracted” driving. Taking a sip of the water bottle? Distracted. Looking in the rear view mirror too long? Distracted. Adjusting your radio? Distracted. Taking a bite of that burger? Distracted. Firing up a cigarette? Distracted. I guess the LEO gets to decide what HE or SHE believes is a distraction.
The trash collectors in my hometown had MB garbage trucks.
I always wanted to get my hands on one just to have the experience of setting up a first date and telling the girl, “I’ll pick you up at 7:00. I drive a white Mercedes.”
HA!
That’s an expensive looking muffler.
Good one!
they do say cars depreciate after leaving the lot.
In my day a Merc was a Mercury!
That guy obviously doesn’t know his head from his hind quarters.
My ‘85 has 270K on it. The drivetrain is still strong...just needs a heater fan and a rear window seal.
A “Merc” is a Mercedes in the same way a “Vette” is a Chevette.
Her mind is tiffany twisted
She’s got the Mercedes bends...
First time I went to Europe, in 1970, I was a rube. I stopped in the middle of a main street, my jaw dropped when I saw my first MB garbage truck in Paris...
In Stuttgart back in the '70s I saw a Mercedes Benz sedan outfitted with equipment to clean the strassenbahn tracks. Folding carriage under the sedan that would lower into the tracks.
I think you’re right about that. It’s also another reason they get away with charging $400.00+ for an “oil change”.
Was "it" the moose or the truck??? ;o)
Merc was Mercury (in the US) before you were born. Back then they said the whole word “Mercedes.”
“Merc” was also slang for “mercenary,” as in “merc work.”
“Benz” for a Mercedes-Benz automobile has its origins with gangster rappers who probably couldn’t spell it out.
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