note to self, don't leave the hood unlatched during hellacious extreme winds.... It blew open so fast that the full open latches didn't engage... Time to replace the hood, windshield, and fix the dented cowl....

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

OMG!!! How fast was the wind blowing?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Wow, who woulda thought?!
I went and got a trailer load of compost/mulch from the local compost facility, and parked the trailer and truck in the driveway. The wife parked behind, up towards the road, instead of safely in the garage as per normal. Well, I was on the riding mower mowing the small area next to the driveway, when it threw a rock right through the automatic sliding door window and shattered it.
It's always something, isn't it.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Benzcrusher,

Bummer--it had to be a horrible seeing that happen.

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Anders

1995 E300
2015 VW TDI Sportwagen 15K
1977 240D (197K)
2002 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (115k) (Wife's)
Gone but not forgotten:
2005 Buick LeSabre
1998 C230
1984 300D
1983 240D
1981 300SD
1974 240D
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
1968 Triumph TR250

That sucks. Damage like that for no reason.

We get sustained 70mph with 100mph gusts here in the foothills and just learn to keep all of the "hatches" battoned down at all times. No telling when we'll have bursts.

We find all manner of items in the ravine next to the house after wind storms. New people move in and don't think about bolting down their bar-b-ques, small children, Toyota's, etc. and we find 'em pilled up in the canyon next morning.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol

ouch...

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

What really pissed me off is that the cowl got dented by the hood, the corner ears of the hood dug themselves into the cowl... The windshield had a crack from a stone chip, and I have a spare hood so that dosen't bother me as much as the cowl.
I had just charged the AC system and put NEW back-up light lenses on the car right before this happened.

We are at the foothills of the Appalachian mountains and can get freeky winds, hail, tornados, lightning and torrential rains... Last March Mercedes2000 came by the farm to pick-up some parts, a wild storm came at sundown, hurricane force winds rain, hail and the temp dropped about 20* in an hour: I lost a tree that day....

Too bad!

I have a parts car that looks exactly the same way except I did it to myself by driving around with the hood strapped in place with a bungee...sometimes I'm not too smart.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

benzcrusher, if anybody feels your pain, i do....right now im rockin a black hood on a silver SD...i made my own wind though...about 30mph is enough to peel a hood back like a sardine can


also, i got a decent used hood( no dents or dings, but subpar paint) for $200 shipped out of TX...i dont really know what is a good price for a hood, but i never left my house once to look for one so $200 was well worth it to me...the name of the place is Houston European...the number is 800-567-7532....great guys to deal with

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1985 300SD 192,000miles...Astral silver/ Grey MbTex

1983 300D 194,000miles...White/Tan MbTex...my newest addiction