A likely scenario. Speeds involved seem significant. --FT Sent from iFōn
> On May 19, 2022, at 10:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > After looking at the pictures, I identified 7 lug nuts that are good > salvage.... rest of the car is toast. > I'm suggesting 3 other cars were involved, in sequence... 1. Hit from the > rear, 2. Rear impact drove the car into a rear end impact with the car in > front of it, with trajectory into the right hand lane, where, 3. Car 3 > struck a long blow from the rear door to the front A frame, ending up in a > "T Bone" effect. > Strike #3 suggests that Car 3 also took a freeway speed rear end impact, > about the time it got to the front of this car... > "Time to hang up the phone a drive." > > >> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 7:14 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Yeah that could be it. At least 3 big hits somehow or other. >> >> A testament to German design when it was engineers not beancounters in >> charge. I would not want to test it out but a 124 would be a good test >> subject it appears. Reminds me of Wilton’s car, white/burgundy that got >> punched in LF by a red light runner, took the hit well but it wasn’t nearly >> as bad as that. The steel up front is pretty soft, a sawzall goes right >> through it, I guess that is how it absorbs all the energy. >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> >>> On May 19, 2022, at 10:06 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would say the opposite, probably rear ended off center and shoved >> into the next lane and then t-boned. >>> >>> Driver’s door had to be pried open, but unlatched. Driver side rear >> door very likely works normally >>> >>> hopefully no one was in the rear passenger side or passenger front, but >> likely only serious injury to legs and arms. Not that the sear (and the >> floor) rose but stayed upright. >>> >>> Having personal experience with crashing a Benz, it’s hard to believe >> how little one is injured in a really bad crash in one. Very little room >> left in mine at the floor pan (A pillar shoved in at least 18 inches), but >> the only damage to me was muscles spasms in my back, bruised nerves on a >> rib, and glass driven into the back of my arm. >>> >>> A friend of mine worked as an EMT in California — said you always knew >> who was in the Benz in an accident, as they would be standing on the side >> of the road when the EmTs got there. Very very rare for all the doors to >> be stuck. >>>> On May 19, 2022, at 8:51 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Looks like t-boned and rear ended at minimum then maybe hit again. I >> wonder if it was a survivable crash. No apparent biohazard issues. >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> Sent from iFōn >>>> >>>>>> On May 19, 2022, at 9:44 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Wow, had to be multiple impacts there. At least two, possibly >>>>> three or more. (How did the engine end up laid over sideways, >>>>> anyway?) Crushed on front quarter, rear quarter, and side-swipey >>>>> on top of all that. Driver might have been OK, same with someone >>>>> behind him. Other side pretty iffy. >>>>> >>>>> Very few salvageable parts on that one. >>>>> >>>>> -- Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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
