Originally Posted by vwnate1

"I'd hazard to say even the lowest crash worthiness car built today is still safer than your 1980 anything. "

This and the other 'not as safe' comments could only be made by people who've never seen any Mercedes' after collisions .

I seem them flipped, head - oned, rear ended, 3/4 hits, T-Boned and every other collision you can imagine and nothing stands up like these old Benzes do ~ they have very carefully designed crumple zones that give their life that you may walk away from collisions that would be fatal in almost any other car .

I vividly remember a parked W126 that was rear ended by a Semi going full tilt ~ the rear bumper was almost up the the rear window yet both rear doors open and latched O.K. and no one died, not even any blood was spilled .