I remember way back in my school days, a friend got into an accident in his mum's W123. I walked away from it too. His dad had an SD at the time too. I said to his dad, too bad about the car, eh. His reply was, if you find yourself in a crash, best do it in a Benz. When he opened the door after the crash and walked away, the car paid for itself right then and there. ;-)
Ed 300E 2009/12/13 Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > I know for a fact that one is well protected, even without air bags, in a > W124 or W126 chassis -- I've been in a pretty bad accident in a W124 and > walked away. Not far away, but I was mobile and have minimal permanent > injuries from it. A 50-60 mph impact by a large vehicle (Chevy 3500 series > work van, fully loaded with heating and air tools and equipment) in the > driver' door at right angles. > > Not fun, but one heck of a lot better than if I'd been driving that old > Nissan Sentra I used to have as a work vehicle. Probably been dead in that > one, at least very seriously smashed and brain dead, which is far worse. > > A W123 is just as tough -- a customer of the guy I buy car parts from > pulled out into 45-60 mph traffic without looking (lederly lady who > shouldn't probably have been driving anymore) and got hit in the B pillar by > the front corner of a large car. Made a mess of the W123, but she climbed > out the passenger side, just like I did, with some bruises and glass cuts. > > In both cases the turn signal lever was broken off the steering column by > impact with the door panel, to give you an idea of just how crushed the car > was. The W123 had both front a rear windshields broken, and on my car the > RIGHT headlight is broken loose. > > No air bags in the W123, of course, and the steering wheel bag in my 300d > didn't deploy as it wasn't a frontal crash (for me). The ones in the van > did, and the driver walked away without a scratch -- a very good thing. > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
