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Favorite Comment: Fixer Daniel says, ” ‘@Diejestor :
I agree with the bullshit callers… C’mon… Only one zip tie? Unless the owner is old, senile, and impervious to social standards. ‘
Yeah, and that demographics would never buy a Mercedes.”
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Thats sounds too crazy to be true in that type of car.
You mean bc it’s a Mercedes… Peace Out
Some people miss the SW1/SW2/AM bands only radio!
I know, he just wanted to listen to some talk radio!
Somebody did this to what appears to be a high trim level Mercedes? I call BS. I think somebody just wants to get on the Interwebs.
I think they stole that cup from Pizza Hutt.
I agree with the bullshit callers… C’mon… Only one zip tie? Unless the owner is old, senile, and impervious to social standards.
Hey! I have that radio in my bathroom and it’s a good one. He/She also receives NOAA weather broadcasts, too. I see a zip tie holding it up. Maybe the driver had the radio stolen and doesn’t want/is waiting to replace it. I’m holding out hope that is the reason for this.
in a Mercedes?
Ohhhh, that’s the new BOSE Soundsystem for Mercedes! But actually it should not yet been on the market.
@Geek That’s where I got mine
So, it’s a German radio, right?
@Fixit
Evidently Blaupunkt isn’t what it used to be…
The stock radios in these are useless if stolen, they talk to the instrument cluster. So it’s not that. The stock radios also have weather band, so it’s not that. I’m at a loss on this one … but the stock radios in recent Mercedes have terrible AM, so it might be that. Might.
It’s a major upgrade from the in-car record player they had before.
There’s actually a docking station in the back for four D batteries!
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To you all that don’t believe,
you severely underestimate the stupidity and cheapness of the Radioshack customer. Now correct me if I am wrong but that is a Radioshack brand radio, and having worked at radioshack for many years(not anymore), i understand the depth of it. The story probably goes like this
Cranky old customer: My radio is too complicated, i need one with no more than 2 knobs and almost no buttons, and i need a big long display that shows every frequency, so i don’t get confused.
Employee: Here you go Mr. customer. I can even half assidly attach it to your car for you. Wow i like your thrift store plastic Pepsi cup, and the snot rag really adds to the high class atmosphere.
Cranky old customer: Why thank you for your miraculous miracles, I love you Radioshack.
Yeah, and that demographics would never buy a Mercedes.
I work at a body shop & I see Mercedes, Audis & Beamers that have all kinds of stupid electrical problems. I wouldn’t be surprised if the radio fried in that thing. The Germans are more involved with gluing wood to the dash than making basics work.
Actually that might be the problem right there. If you have a bad enough glitch that convinces the radio it’s been stolen, pfft, you have no radio. I know my mom’s car keeps thinking it’s been stolen and won’t start. Just how much error detection/correction do they put in them? Of course the dealer should be able to voodoo it back to life, but how long is my car going to be in the shop for that? Depending on the driver this may be the optimum solution.
Yeah, that’s about what my first car’s radio looked like.
Then again, my first car was a 20-year old jalopy when I got it, not a recent-model Mercedes…
I work on Mercedes at a dealer for a living and an ML is basically a chevy truck. It is not a true benz. It is made in Alabama (nothing wrong with AL, but it is not Germany). And yes our customers can be retarded, most only care about the three point star on the hood and cannot really afford them or to take car of them. So no this is not a suprise.
Maybe the stereo was stolen. Even if it can’t be put in a make or model, you could always sell it on eBay.
The radio in a 163 does not communicate with the instrument cluster. and the reason he probably did that is the stock radio (which is garbage by the way) cost about $500 plus install.
Note the Pepsi cup stolen from a cheap restaurant.
What’s with what looks like money taped to the windshield?
E.T. car phone home?
@Toni04
Those would be inspection badges.
LOL!!! I just bought a little $40 digital AM/FM radio for my car… repairs on my car stereo can only be done at the dealer ($85/hr+ labor and $??? part.)
But I hide mine in shaaaaaame!!!!
Hey, I’ve had to do something very similar to that. Although mine was a 1986 Plymoth Reliant Station wagon with only an AM radio.
Haha, I have that same soda cup.
I’ve got an 83 300D and the radio is shot in it. I’ve been seriously considering (since my cigarette lighter is shot, too) wiring a boom box directly in and setting it on the seat next to me, since I can’t afford a new radio and I think I can rig in the boom box. My climate control is also shot and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve contemplated finding a way to wire in a space heater in the winter…it’s freakin’ cold in there!
Anyway, maybe the new Benz owners are too stuck up to rig something, hence the reason folks think this is fake, but when you’ve got a car you know and love and stuff goes wrong…you fix it however you can, regardless of what means you’ve got…and if that means rigging a radio to the dash, go for it.
@Diejestor Plus the vintage Pepsi-Cola glass.
Perhaps his real radio still works and it’s behind there. Hence the one zip-tie on the top handle. He can just flip it up and use his real radio. This is the ultimate anti-stereo-theft device on the market!
That looks like a Accomack County, VA registration sticker in the windshield. Which explains EVERYTHING. (Except how someone on the Shore got themselves a MB…)
Its a secret spy equipment I say… why would anyone do that to a merc
Come on guys, that was the primium Mercedes sterio in 1990! It also looks like he got his glass ware collection at pizza hut
yessiree with the JVC SX2 200-disk changer you never have to listen to the same song again!
Controls not included.
I call BS on this. If they can afford a Mercedes, they can afford to get the radio replaced if it broke or was stolen.
Franz uses his various skill-sets to mask the $2000 Alpine stereo in his car. He can even leave the windows down and not fear theft.