Dissecting an SLR.

[Dino Scuderia]

Well...not really dissecting, just some minor maintenance.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=693150

[drakkie]

Now that is some packaging !

[baddabang]

Thats maintenance? WTF?!

[kingofthering]

I can't even begin to imagine the labor on that little repair....

[ScionDriver]

Thats gotta be a bit more than maintenance, if not then man supercars are even more hard to maintain than I thought.

[drakkie]

Thats gotta be a bit more than maintenance, if not then man supercars are even more hard to maintain than I thought.

It was a tiny broken evaparator for the air conditioning. It is a part 10 cm's big and nothing special. The problem is that MB made the packaging very tight. A bit more room for everything wouldn't have been too bad

[Matra et Alpine]

Making servicing easy and parts accessable is why we all end being offered ugly boxes for cars !!!
SPORTS cars and SUPERCARS are about engineering and performance
Want cheap/simple servicing - buy a Kia !!!

[Cotterik]

bloody hell. thats one heck of a service

[jediali]

do you think it cost £20k like a mclaren F1

[Matra et Alpine]

do you think it cost £20k like a mclaren F1

warranty

[nota]

Making servicing easy and parts accessable is why we all end being offered ugly boxes for cars !!!
SPORTS cars and SUPERCARS are about engineering and performance
Want cheap/simple servicing - buy a Kia !!!

Re ugly boxes and in similar vein, those blocky Mercedes W140 S-Class from 1991-on are notorious for defective A/C evaporators from new. It seems the vast majority of that model have been afflicted. To replace a W140 evaporator is a nightmare as the entire dashboard needs to be removed, a huge and complex task. In labour alone this job takes between 20-28 hours plus the cost of the (expensive) part itself. Remember this if any of your friends are ever tempted by a 'cheap' W140

There are innumerable examples of modern everyday cars that may have been carefully engineered for easy mass-assembly at the factory, but with little to zero thought given by designers to cater for practical, let alone easy, post-assembly repair

Eg: the labour cost to replace a simple heater core on early Commodores (thanks Opel!) is often worth more than current book value of the car itself, compared to 45 minutes max for the same job on Holden's preceding Kingswood model

[drakkie]

There are innumerable examples of modern everyday cars that may have been carefully engineered for easy mass-assembly at the factory, but with little to zero thought given by designers to cater for practical, let alone easy, post-assembly repair

Eg: the labour cost to replace a simple heater core on early Commodores (thanks Opel!) is often worth more than current book value of the car itself, compared to 45 minutes max for the same job on Holden's preceding Kingswood model

I especially like the three hours it takes to replace a simple light in the New Beetle... When i design them, i promise i'll try and keep these things in mind

[NSXType-R]

Jeez, that looks like a freaking pain....

[Ingolstadt]

Great link!

by the way.... same goes with Audi. cooling coil down.... remove ya dash!

[carsnut]

They had to remove the entire dashboard JUST to replace a leaky A/C part? Seems like a lot of trouble...................................though you can tell the owner the hassle so you can overcharge them for labor xD