Wow, sorry to hear about that, and also glad to hear that no ride to the hospital required.
Well, those turbo engines have some value if you want to pull and keep that. Looks like the intercooler probably got crunched though. There are some other electronic modules that commonly go bad like the K40 relay and the gear shifter box, and the radio. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 5:08 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Rode to a community meeting this evening with a buddy. Left his house to > come home about 930. We had big tstorm roll through earlier. Driving down > the road a BIG oak tree falls in the road right in front of me. I guess the > storm had weakened the tree. I hit it full on at 45mph, managed to stomp > the brakes but road was wet so not much good there even though I felt the > ABS. Airbag deployed but I don’t think I hit it, seat belt tensioner must > have fired. I’m ok just a bit rattled. I’ll probably be sore in the morning > but right now Mr Basil Hayden is ministering my aches. > > I left the car by the road will go over in the morning with the trailer > and retrieve it. FD came and cut up the tree and got the road cleared. A > good ol boy with a pickup with a winch pulled the car off the road. > > I guess the car is probably not worth saving but I’ll take a look in the > morning once I drag it home. Engine was still running but radiator and > front end smashed pretty good. Pass door wouldn’t open. It’s got a salvage > title been wrecked twice before. I’ll dismantle it and keep all the good > bits. > > I’m thankful I didn’t arrive 1/2second sooner, that might not have ended > quite as well. > > And how was YOUR evening? > > > > --FT > Sent from iPhone_______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
