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Originally Posted by js1sj
i was amazed , at first ,
the other car looked like it hit a wall, really, the hood and windshild were mangled and the car looked bad, but my bens looked ok,
, after the offercers told me i could leave. when i returned home i tried to upen the tunk and it was stuck and the passenger doors were jamed and there was a few ripples in the metal on the roof,
compared to the other car the benz did great, but the frame did get bent  |
Must've been a higher hit (slightly above the bumper). That's what usually happens (the rippling and the passenger doors being locked in place). Its the bottom part of the frame that is made out of ultra high strength steel. If you're going to get hit, the lower the better.
My father was at an actual full force 70 mph hit in a 300SE. The vehicle was a VW Fox on Rt 128 just outside of Boston. The impact slightly angled towards the passenger side of the bumper. The trunk was pushed inwards, the bumper crushed in and curled up, the crush zone in the passenger side C-Pillar absorbed most of the impact, but all four doors opened and shut like new.
Even the gas tank lid could be opened, closed,....AND EVEN LOCKED!
