Engine is not damaged.

Contact Sunny, they have a couple of spare engines already out..

Massive pain.

Dismayed, enraged is more accurate, this was Sunny's baby = getting full restoration.

Note: this is the green 300SD I rebuilt the front suspension/steering on at the fall tech session.

Hate to see another one off to the autobahn in the sky.

Let me know if you would would be interested in selling those front end parts, my SD needs a front end rebuild bad, but I can't afford a set of new parts.

Glad nobody was hurt!

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Wow..... yet another beautiful one gone.

Amazing how little damage there was to the front aside from the bumper/shocks.

And the rear window wasn't even damaged! Thats incredible structural design!

I am sure this car has many parts to offer to other cars, so much of it will live on.

That must have been a HARD hit, my dad's 300SD was rear ended by some small ricer (who promptly fled) about a year ago, and it juuuust barely wrinkled part of the back area, could barely tell, and it pushed in the bumper about 1"....but the shop was able to pull it back out. You can barely tell it happened. It has since driven another 20,000 miles.....its unstoppable.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

What caused the windshield to break like that?

-Jason

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

All that matters is that she is ok. The engine can bring another dead car back

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1981 300SD 512k OM603

Terrible accident. Glad nobody got hurt. Thanks for the pictures. Nice to see how the cars hold up under impact. You all drive safe. Buckle up.

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1982 300SD

bad drivers ruining nice cars, sigh

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

That's not accident damage, looks more like rage damage. I'm thinking it looks exactly like when one hits the windshield hard with the side of one's fist, in several places to crack the glass.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Glad she's alright. Another Benz gives it's life.

That damage makes me feel really good when Im in rush hour traffic and I've got some dumb a... on my butt going 70 mph....

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Thomas

2003 Jetta TDi
1983 300SD
1999 Ford Contour - died - Oil pump
1998 Chevy Blazer - money pit
1997 Toyota Corolla - wrecked
1983 Honda Civic - still on the road
1980 Datsun 310 - long dead
1976 Ford Granada - my 1st car - best A/C ever


"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

Yes, still having serious pain...

The only correction I'll make is that accident reconstruction software with detailed info on both the design of the W126 and the Silverado says he couldn't have been traveling less than 60 mph when he hit me, and confirms the cops' estimate that the Green Girl absorbed 98% of the force without passing it on to the cars in front of me.

What I couldn't get a pic of was how the trunk floor folded down and slammed into the rear of the differential, apparently shearing off two of the bolts holding it onto the subframe. Even so, she drove -- albeit very slowly -- off the freeway, down an exit ramp, and around a corner into a parking lot.

Babymog, the windshield damage was from an open case of cat food cans -- I'd just been shopping, and we buy in bulk for convenience. They flew forward and smacked the windshield. Rage, yeah, but I wouldn't have been hitting my car, I'd have been hitting whoever/whatever destroyed her! And I didn't even do that 'cause he was just a nice, scared kid.

I'm taking loads of pain meds and muscle relaxants, seeing the doc, the chiro, and the massage therapist often enough to make them all love me, and I am functioning. That's WAY ahead of where I was after a similar accident 7+ years ago when I was driving a borrowed Escort! I LOVE THESE CARS! Our granddaughter gets hers this summer -- one of our W123s.

The settlement process is slow -- Texas DOT says the car is worth almost $6,400 for the purpose of sales tax, and that's for a car that will merely pass inspection. USAA sent me a check for $2,494, which I had my lawyer return, accompanied by a firm letter. They ignored all our receipts and used w123 cars for the comps -- they can't even find a W126 in the price range they want to pay. Lawyer friend is in the process of making them miserable, so he's at least moving the ball forward.

Until we break it down -- which we can't do until USAA settles the value -- I won't know what parts we'll be getting rid of. I expect to keep most of them, since my friends on the MB dealership parts desk tell me MBUSA has stopped supporting the W126 and we have several others that will need back-ups. Dave, I definitely have a need for that engine, plus it won't be available for a while, but I have another I might part with -- I'll have to check with John.

Anyway, I got up to take a pain pill, noticed a PM from someone re. this thread, and thought I'd better report in. Back to the sack, with hopes of restful slumber!! Thanks for all the kind words and the good thoughts. It's truly wonderful to be a member of such a great community.

Sunny

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Glad to hear you are at least alive, Sunny. We had a similar accident here in Wine Country except it was a small car stopped in heavy freeway traffic and rear-ended by another small car doing 60-70 MPH and not paying attention. The car that was hit caught fire and four of five occupants burned to death, the survivor lost an arm and a leg and is still recovering. The at-fault driver has been charged with all sorts of things like vehicular manslaughter and will be in a world of legal hurt for some time to come. Like your accident, he was also a young kid. Your accident is a real testament to the strength of a Mercedes.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Jeremy's terrible story is one of the many reasons we DRIVE these cars. Thanks to MB's engineers, I am WAY better than just alive, and for that, I am appropriately thankful.

Like I told one young friend who had also seen me after the Escort accident 7 years ago, "I'm walking, I'm not bleeding, and I'm making a fair amount of sense. Could be a whole lot worse."

I love these cars, more every day, which is why I'm so sad this one is irretrievably gone. At least I want her true value out of the insurance twerps. They should be thankful I was driving that car -- they'd be facing all manner of legal action if I were hurt badly or killed, but my "old" car prevented that. [Watch yer mouth, Missy -- who're ya callin' old? This here's a classic.]

Because of my work, and because I'm just an all-round good gal, I'm one of those odd folks who has a whole bunch friends who are great lawyers -- they'll sue (and win!) just to make a point, and when I'm hurt or something, I am grateful to say they always offer their help. I'm fortunate that one of the best is trying to talk some sense to the insurance company for me, and as that fails, uses his various skills and talents to pound the sense into them.

Here, we have the right to force a 100% liable individual (or their insurance company) to repair the car -- which, with the frame damage, no one in their right mind would do -- but no one will give me a bid because there's no chance the work will ever get done.

Anyone got any ideas how I can get a couple of bids on repairs?

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras