Why Doesn’t Every Hood Do This?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Replaced the main battery in my E63, and was thinking about something so simple that makes life so much easier. For someone like me that has a propensity to bang my head on everything it’s a lifesaver. Why is Mercedes the only company that does this?

[stevej37]

Hang the car on it's front to change the battery??

[ckissick]

So you can stand on the hood while working on the engine.

[stevej37]

If they shaped the underside of the hood into a drain-pan.....a great idea.

[Baz]

Here ya go.....and I agree....

[stevej37]

I don't know...I don't think I've ever hit my head on the hood while working under it.
Plus...where do you hang the the light now?

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by ckissick

So you can stand on the hood while working on the engine.

or straddle the hood and RIDE that V-8 !!

[Dantilla]

Jeep Wrangler.
Use the prop rod, and it's like any other hood.

Better: Forget the prop rod. Flip the hood over until its resting on the windshield header.

[fastfredracing]

On lots of cars, you can pop off the hood struts, and it will sit way up like that . Of course, you have to prop it up somehow.
That is a sexy motor, I love those cars .

[regency]

my 2017 Civic Coupe can do that too.

Steve

[wdfifteen]

The hood on my ‘63 Dodge pickup would fold back against the windshield.
It had the famous 225ci “leaning tower of power” engine. Some jokester friend took a picture of my girlfriend and I Inside the engine bay peering out from under the almost closed hood.

[JackDidley]

They should all open like this.

[Embraer]

Old Mercedes's have two hood settings...normal and vertical.

[fastfredracing]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

They should all open like this.

Those are still a pain in the ass to work on . You end up climbing up over the wheel, and standing behind it . Then, all the stuff on the front that is usually easy to get at, has you leaning way over .

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Embraer

Old Mercedes's have two hood settings...normal and vertical.

My R230 has the little tab that you push to move the hood up to vertical. The W212 just has a spring loaded cam that you push past to vertical.

The Wrangler is a good one, I had forgotten about that. I was totally unaware that the Civic offered it.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Those are still a pain in the ass to work on . You end up climbing up over the wheel, and standing behind it . Then, all the stuff on the front that is usually easy to get at, has you leaning way over .

Ive spent hours and hours sitting on a front tire working on them. You are not working in the dark. Never worry about scratching a fender. I prefer that to a conventional hood.

[Rodney Nelson]

I had a 2001 E55 AMG and was amazed when I realized I could click a button on the hinge to make it go vertical. Amazing, seriously. It made working on the car so easy because so many items are close to the cowl.

[unclebilly]

99-2007 gmc and Chevrolet trucks do that too.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

99-2007 gmc and Chevrolet trucks do that too.

I had a 2001 Chevy and don’t recall it having that feature.

[javadog]

Mercedes hoods have done that for a very long time.