Re: Eaten by the Tiger? Open Source WO is coming...

(Found in an unrelated forum on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class)

Introducing the E-Class by Cephalopodus-Benz!

After Mercedes decided to abandon the stinky Diesel engines in their
cars and replace them with more common and economical engines which
everyone uses, the engineers at Cephalopodus-Benz decided to design a
clone of the E-Class with the old, stinky Diesel engines. We were well
aware of the fact that AJRcedes, Mullecedes and Ogocedes had already
designed clones of the E-Class with stinky Diesel engines but somehow
we decided to make our own clone. One of the reasons for that was that
the original E-Class can only reach 20 miles in second gear.
Cephalopodus-Benz will change that and make the E-Class reach
top-speed in second gear by changing the transmission.

In fact, the clones now all feature different subsets of the stinky
Diesel engine: AJRcedes is still missing the crankshaft, Ogocedes's
camshaft is breaking down now and then, but it features _really_
robust pistons and Mullecedes decided not to sell its E-Class clone at
all except for one customer for whom it was developed. Rumors are that
Mullecedes is on track to finish their work on their stinky Diesel
engine by the end of the year. AJRcedes and Ogocedes are now in talks
with Mullecedes to find out how to fix their designs of the engine.

The motivation of Mullecedes was because they judged it to be the
easiest route to achieve their goal, which was getting their old
original Mercedes chassis independent from its stinky engine.

The advantages that immediately come to my head are:

- if you make an exact clone of the stinky Mercedes engine, you
already have the repair manuals.
- if you stay compatible with the original engine, you can exchange
and mix original and custom spareparts from Mercedes and Mullecedes
- they would eventually have a marketable solution for other desperate
E-Class drivers longing for the old, stinky Diesel engines.

The Cephalopodus-Benz E-Class will be available this fall with four of
those reinvented round things called wheels.

Long live the followers of the old stinky Diesel engine!