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Old 04-30-2007, 10:43 PM
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I would like to say that it wasent my fault but I was driving to fast, around a corner, supposedly traveling 70-80mph, also not thinking about the worst case senario. Anorther car happend to be doing the same thing, I turned to avoid him and the RWD sedan swung out like a hinge, skidded sideways twice, with ASR working against me I was bound for an embankment encounter. Of course with my luck I hit a pile of rocks a mason left on the peoples property from a wall job. The left side of the car flew up and the rocks severed the oilpan. It chopped a small tree down while it was in the air and landed right on the roof 40 ft later according the the police report , it skidded on the roof until it hit a pretty decent sized tree which ended up falling on top of it, thus the circular indentation on the rear passenger side in the second picture. I walked away after I became consious, so did my best freind located in the passenger seat. I ended up with a $200 speeding ticket thanks to my uncle who has a law degree. However there isnt anything more impacting than waking up, comming to, and finally realizing that the car your looking at was yours while firemen are prying the flipped car apart to get your best friend out. When I woke up and saw the car I started praying for obvious reasons, and I am by no means religious in any way. I was lucky. I would also like to add that the 7 grand I saved up for the car is a cheap life learned lesson that, under the circumstances was a miracle. I am a diffrent driver for life, however the thing that scares me is that there are people out there who still drive like I did. All in all I'm still alive and still pissed off at mercedes for designing the sunroof cable with stupid plastic sections that jam the cable and get stuck in the guide tube AHHH!

Benzbro from benzworld.org mentioned using compressed air, a pretty nifty thought that I will try this weekend when I get the chance to drive to my dads shop. I'll let you know what the turnout is guys!
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