Mercedes Benz E250

This blog will be about a Mercedes. A new model, a new era. All the pictures are taken by me over a few weeks and a few locations. The description too is written from real life experience for about a few months. So, i hope you will enjoy this blog post =D.

Ever wondered why this car is so special? Mercedes Benz's E-class cars are all rather large with a round bulky shape and are quite "tall". It seems too much like a family car which sports 4 doors and seats for 5 people. Whereas for the Mercedes Benz's C-class, it is sporty and low, but a tad too small. As for the CLK series, it has 2 doors, is rather small and looks sporty.

So, the aim of the new E250 is to take the good points of these three classes and combine them, giving us a new era of the E-class model, the E250.



The E250 is sporty. It is low. It is generous in length, width and space (not height). And it doesn't look like a family car anymore, it looks like a sports car. It has two doors, 4 seats and a lot of new features. This really looks like an ideal car.


It has a S-4 engine which produces a top speed of 250km/h and does 0-100km/h in 7.4 seconds. It also has this new feature called the BlueEFFICIENCY, which is eco-friendly and saves petrol (money).

So, let's have a look at the exterior and the interior of the car to see if Mercedes has achieved its aim in building a car with good points from 3 different models.

Lets 1st start off by talking about the key and the interior.

This is the key of the E250. It's small, looks cool and is very useful. It doesn't function like most keys where you put it in the door and unlock. Neither is it the old "press the button to unlock or lock the door" key. This key is a sensor. And when the owner of the cars walks near it, he can unlock it by just placing his hand on the door handle and pulling it. And to lock the door, all he has to do is to make sure that the key is near to the car, eg. in his pocket, and just use the side of his hand and place it on the door.
As for the interior, it looks awesome. I personally like the cool design of the meter cluster, i.e. speedometer, fuel gauge etc. The speedometer also has a digital screen which can show many things such as the speed, distance travelled, radio channel in play, etc.
The next interesting thing about this car would be the seat belt. Due to the large car door, the seat belt is situated too far back from the front seats. Therefore, when a button is pressed, the seat belt would "move" towards the front seats. A special sensor on the seat also can tell whether someone is sitting on the seat. This allows the seat belt to know when to "move" forward.

This is definitely a very good design which took very long to design, make and test. However, it is also sometimes a little annoying as a button has to be pressed to make the seat belt move forward.

Next is the steering wheel. It has lots of buttons on it which makes it like a video game steering wheel. These buttons can allow changes to the radio channel, the things displayed on the digital screen etc.

As for the car horn, it is rather difficult to press compared to other cars' horns.

Now, on to the seat adjustment buttons. Although this is not new, but the lock and unlock door being at the side of the door is a new feature. It is commonly placed at the front panel of buttons which makes it difficult to locate which is the lock and unlock door button.
This is also a new feature, the blinds. This allows the passengers at the back to be shaded from sunlight. Just by pressing a button, the blinds will come up.
This is the digital screen displayed in the front panel of the car. It can show which song is being played, the radio channel, and it even has a feature which allows the user to change the volume of the music being played in different parts of the car. Eg. The music can be played 70% loudness at the back and 30% loudness at the front.
Next up is the cubbyhole area where items like books, sunglasses, etc can be stored in. This is a picture of the button which has to be pressed.
And this is where the items are stored. Being a driver who is on a busy highway or extremely narrow road or in other situations, opening this compartment is really really very difficult. The button to open it is placed at the wrong place, making it seem like a really silly design.
Another flaw in the design would be the glove compartment. Commonly used to store books, maps or parking tickets. This is how it looks when it is fully opened.
However, when someone is seated inside the front seat on the left, this box is extremely difficult to open. This is not even halfway open and items can hardly be taken out. Also note that my legs are not very long. Imagine this car having adults or bigger sized people, this box would really be extremely annoying. This is another flaw in the design.

Now, we move on to the exterior of the E250.

This is a picture of a E250 and a CLK. Both have 2 doors and 4 seats.

As you can see, Mercedes Benz has definitely achieved its aim.

The E250 is sporty. It is much larger in terms of length and width. It is also lower than the CLK.
This car is definitely a very nice car. Rarely seen and is the 1st of its kind. Having taken a picture of 2 Mercedes sports cars, the CLK really does look inferior in terms of exterior design.

The E250 really is, a very nice car. It's much lower off the ground than other cars are. It really does look very sporty. It also has 2 doors, but can fit a family of 4 inside. It is also beautiful when all its windows are wound down. It also has a luxurious interior. And also, its headlights look magnificent.
This car truly is magnificient. Presenting to you,

The new, Mercedes Benz E250 coupe.

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Home learning Task B

My stronger areas according to the test are: Logical, followed by Naturalistic and a tie between musical and linguistic. Since there isn't a logical component, i shall be do the tasks on Naturalistic and Musical.

Naturalist:

a. Do a research on the natural habitat of mockingbird. In your research, include the kind of flora and fauna you think exist in Maycomb and explain why the mockingbirds live in Maycomb.

A mockingbird is a songbird which has small heads, a long thin bill with a downward curve, and long legs. Their wings are short, rounded, and broad, making the tail seem much longer in flight.

Mockingbirds are overall gray-brown, with two white wingbars on each wing. The white outer tail feathers are also obvious in flight. The Mockingbird enjoys making its presence known. It usually sitting on high vegetation, fences, telephone wires. Found alone or in pairs throughout the year, mockingbirds aggressively chase off intruders on their territory.

As or its habitat, all year-round the Mockingbird is found in areas with open ground and with shrubby vegetation like hedges and fruiting bushes. It also likes grassy areas, rather than bare spots. Common places to find Mockingbirds include parkland, cultivated land, suburban areas and in second growth habitat at low elevations, which can be backyards as well.

A picture of a mockingbird.

Mockingbirds usually like to be in hedges.

Mockingbirds also enjoy being in parkland.

Mockingbirds are also found in cultivated land.

Mockingbirds usually live in suburban areas.

Here is a picture of a mockingbird in someone's backyard.
I think that there are quite a lot of trees and forested area in Maycomb compared to high buildings or big building structures. There s probably a lot of green in Maycomb. Maycomb is also possibly a suburban area where people have backyards with trees, hedges and maybe even fruiting bushes. This are reasons why there are mockingbirds in Maycomb and even in people's backyards.

Since there

Source:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Mockingbird/lifehistory
http://www.peilandscaping.ca/editor_images/privet-hedges-01.jpg
http://www.wentworthcastle.org/files/eastparklandpopup(3).jpg
http://surguja.gov.in/images/Field-3.jpg
http://www.vienna.cc/wienpix/vorstadt2.jpg
http://images.new-jersey-birds.com/uploaded_images/Northern-Mocking-bird-734541.jpg
http://www.thegarden.org/images/backyard.jpg

Musical :

b. Write a poem on the Tom Robinson Trial / life in Maycomb/ any other incident.

I swear to tell the truth vowed the Ewells,
But this was not so as the evidence tells,
Tom Robinson was accused,
For something he did not abuse.

Tom Robinson was just being kind,
But ended up being stabbed from behind,
He was innocent, but he was black,
Which is why the jury attacked.

Prejudism was the word to describe the jury,
Making the hearts of others build up with fury,
Atticus was being courageous,
But Whites thus felt outrageous.

Tom robinson was charged with rape,
And tried to escape,
He ended up being shot,
And the Ewells were not caught.

The Whites in Maycomb then were so unfair,
Everyone was surely aware,
But things in America would not stay that way,
As the people would soon show that being treated that way was not okay.

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Home learning Task A

I feel that the multiple intelligence test is rather accurate, but to only a certain extent. One must answer all the questions honestly in order to obtain accurate results. Also, the multiple intelligence test can only tell us a bit of who we are, what we are good at, and our weaknesses. It can only tell us this much as it is only a test made up of 40 questions which we are to choose from a few multiply choice questions. Although this is not absolutely accurate, but it is rather accurate as it analyses our likes, dislikes and what we do often. Something we like and do often would result in a higher and better result in this test. Overall, i feel that i should improve on my weaker areas while applying myself in my stronger areas.