2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class AMG Sports Package

Latest AMG Sports package for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the CL-Class. With revamped AMG bodystyling, attractive 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels and special interior details, both top Mercedes-Benz models can now be made more striking than ever in terms of sportiness. The AMG Sports package is now available for five Mercedes model types.
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Keep Your Distance To be Safe Driving

How safe driving recommends that every driver maintain safe distance when near ahead with its vehicles. A safe distance with the formula set out three seconds. This means that drivers must maintain distance between vehicles with his vehicle in front of far as a matter of three seconds.

This time three seconds with the assumption that people need time to react in about one second. Reaction time plus the mechanical brake system when the vehicle began to work when Braking, which takes about one second. Then more ’safety factor’ one second. So the total reaction time is required at least three seconds.

Then how is it calculated? Use standard static objects on the road, such as a tree or pole. When you pass the car in front of or benchmark, the Count how long it take your car to get to the point of benchmarks that have been determined.

Calculate its way with the “thousand and one, thousand and two, and three thousand, and so on.” If your car to the point benchmark that has been determined that in a matter of less than one thousand and three, the distance your car is too close to the vehicle in front of it.

This risk is very high when the vehicle in front of you make a Sudden Braking. When weather conditions and the road is less ideal, such as fog or rain, plus it’s count to about four to six seconds (one thousand and one thousand and four to six).

So from now on, keep a safe driving distance with other vehicles to avoid the things that are not desired. Your safety above everything.

Tips: Holidays Driving

For you who drive a car in a relatively long time, some aspects you need to see, such as:

Driving position
At least three aspects that must be observed when the driving position, namely comfort, communication, and control. Comfort, when in comfortable conditions, the body is not expected to quickly tired driving causing the concentration of fixed maximum although in a relatively long time.

Communication, drivers must get power perspective and is able to communicate best with the car or the environment. So factor ’seen and be seen’ (see and be seen) fulfilled. Control, drivers have to read the response about the environment, quickly take appropriate action and anticipate every potential danger.

Sitting position
Position the back you really stick to the back seat until the base of spine. At the back stick perfectly, use the second as the size of wrist. Wrist position on the second steering wheel (12-way), and lower, each day at the position 3 (right hand) and 9 (left hand).

If you have tilt steering, steering wheel set to the chest, give range of 10 inches. So when the air bag inflates, it will protect the chest, not the head. Position and set foot on the pedal-pedal. Place the heel of right foot gas pedal and brake pedal. This position will accelerate the reaction when sudden braking is required.

Besides adjusting the height of a head restraint up to your ear, so it can protect the head and neck injuries in the case of impact from the front and back.

Hand position
Position your hands at the 3 hours and 9 minutes, because with this position can control the vehicle better. In addition, instruments such as sein and wiper can also be moved using fingers, not your hands. Position such as this also does not make a body tired quickly, because the position of not higher than the heart.

However, that need to be, not the thumb into the steering wheel (stir). Because the front wheel of a vehicle when you get caught something, for example, blocks, pavement, embankment, and so forth, then the steering wheel will usually rotate very fast. This condition can cause injury to the wrist and finger hands.

Finally, do not forget to always use a safety belt, and Take a break once during the four-hour trip. Happy holiday.

Spooring and Balancing Time

When you’re comfortable in the car, but suddenly you feel the vibration in the great wheel of your car, especially when the cars go 80 km per hour. Or you feel a great shocks in the car after the meet with the bus or other large car on the high speed.

If this happens to you, check back soon your car, things like this do not consider the trivial because if left will cause damage to the car spare part you. This is because on the wheel does not immediately do so strong checks on the condition of tires, Suspension, every relationship in connection foot-feet.

And do a repair and balancing spooring. This is intended to find out rotary ban. Ban is not balanced / balance wheel will make you into a car wheel to vibrate, and the possibility to create a fast-worn tires can even damage Suspension vehicle.

Rains, Check Your Car Before Road

To be safe and smooth journey, you must ensure that the condition the car is ready to swift flow of rain water, wet roads, and water. Therefore, before the car ride in the rainy season you have to do some checks on the car, ie:

1. Wiper
Check the wiper motor is working well, the elastic rubber wiper, washer sufficient water is available and must be right about the spray target. Make adjustment if the wiper water spray that is less fit. You must ensure wiper worked well and can wipe a glass of water so that rain does not impede the views and vision may remain clear.

2. Lamp
Check whether the small and large can light up. Fill your car with the fog lights to be able to penetrate the fog envelop the road.

3. Defogger
Check whether the defogger can work well in a way to activate the defogger switch. Indication, glass rear defogger feel warm when activated. At the time of rain, defogger function to remove moisture with a warm glass background.

4. Ban
Make checks on the tires. Immediately replace the tires of your car if the surface is bare, breed ban is less than one millimeter, or tire less than 80%.

5. Rubber-rubber door
Check the rubber-rubber door from possible leaks. Do the replacement if the conditions are not good anymore. Rubber-rubber doors that lead to leaking rainwater seep into the cabin and the car will be the driving comfort.

6. Car body
If the car is exposed to rain water, wash and Rinse immediately with clean water. Precipitation acid that contains a bad impact for the care and body paint.

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