[MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Mathieu J . Cama
My fiancee, Jennifer, was rear ended in her 240D this morning. She is OK, the car did its job. Left rear of the car is toasted and there is frame damage. She was hit by a large Ford work van that went over her bumper at about 30-35 mph. I'll post a link to pictures as time allows. Off to battl

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread John Ervine
Mathieu J. Cama wrote: Anyone care to start a pool to see what the insurance will settle at? I'll put my bet on "precisely what you want, and not a penny less". -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 268+kmi 1980 300TD 170+kmi 1980 300SD 277+kmi 1977 280S 4-spd 80+kmi

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Mathieu J . Cama
Pictures of the car are at: http://oldworldauto.com/240RIP/240D_RIP.htm Body shop estimates $5400 in damages. OUCH!

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Werner Fehlauer
ED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP Pictures of the car are at: http://oldworldauto.com/240RIP/240D_RIP.htm Body shop estimates $5400 in damages. OUCH! ___ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list spo

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread David Brodbeck
Werner Fehlauer wrote: First, glad to hear that the driver came through OK. But the damage really doesn't look that hard to repair, assuming the door frames aren't distorted. By missing the bumper, the energy was absorbed by the fender sheet metal, from what I can see - which would mean that t

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
2500? Mathieu J. Cama wrote: My fiancee, Jennifer, was rear ended in her 240D this morning. She is OK, the car did its job. Left rear of the car is toasted and there is frame damage. She was hit by a large Ford work van that went over her bumper at about 30-35 mph. I'll post a link to picture

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread R A Bennell
Buy it back as salvage and transplant the drivetrain into another body! Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mathieu J. Cama Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:39 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] 240D RIP My fiancee, Jennifer

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread R A Bennell
Get out the bondo. I expected it to look much worse. It could be fixed. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mathieu J. Cama Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:27 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP Pictures of the

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Ed Booher
Biography: "Do the job once and do it right." Don't have to tell him that, he makes his living fixing old Benz :) On 1/24/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Buy it back as salvage and transplant the drivetrain into another body! > > Randy -- Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread R A Bennell
Well, then that should be even easier. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Booher Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP Biography: "Do the job once and do it right.&qu

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-24 Thread Loren Faeth
Matt, It is good to see you on the list, even in less than desirable circumstance. THe good new is that Jennifer was not injured seriously. Loren At 11:38 AM 1/24/2006, you wrote: My fiancee, Jennifer, was rear ended in her 240D this morning. She is OK, the car did its job. Left rear of the

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-25 Thread John Berryman
On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at 01:26 PM, Mathieu J. Cama wrote: Pictures of the car are at: http://oldworldauto.com/240RIP/240D_RIP.htm Body shop estimates $5400 in damages. OUCH! Good thing Jen's alright. I hope the insurance co. is fair to you. Good Luck, Johnny B. I Mac Ther

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-25 Thread John W. Reames III
I'm going to bet you get paid NADA classics high retail plus taxes tags, titling fees. I had a similar case recently: Just before thanksgiving i was rear-ended at about 30 or so by a monte carlo... 1984 300sd, 197kmi (man was I pissed, I wanted to watch it roll 200k!) Both drivers were SF drive

Re: [MBZ] 240D RIP

2006-01-26 Thread BimotaBiker
Care to sell whats left of it? -Scott -- Original Message -- From: "Mathieu J. Cama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:38:30 -0500 >My fiancee, Jennifer, was rear ended in her 240D this