So, this is what I have to look forward to? Lovely! Luckily my fiance has her own car and I keep an arms length away when it has problems. I can do basic stuff on it but I'm no where near as good with newer Mazdas as I am the W126, so I keep a certain distance.

I had similar damage done to my 03 Nissan when backing out of my driveway after a large snow storm. We had 4 ft high snow piles by the driveway and the plows made a nice embankment at the end of the drive; that turned to ice. Backing out, the front of the car went over the ice embankment (maybe 8" high) and the plastic front bumper cover caught and torn on the ice. Similar to the OP's damage.

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1991 F250 super-cab 7.3 IDI. (rebuilt by me) Banks Sidewinder turbo, hydroboost brakes, new IP and injectors.
2003 S430 - 107K
1983 300SD - Tanoshii - mostly restored ~400K+.
1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K.
Monark Nozzle Install Video - http://tinyurl.com/ptd2tge

The roads up here are littered this winter with plastic front and rear bumper fascia.

Duggan to Detroiters: If your street is not plowed, go online or call city for help | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Some Detroit residents still waiting for street to be plowed - Fox 2 News Headlines

To enhance the fun, Detroit had over 500 water main breaks in January, and this will continue until ambient temperature rises above 32° F.
Water Main Break Floods West Side Detroit Neighborhood « CBS Detroit

VIDEO: Water main break, rising water strands drivers, floods southwest Detroit neighborhood

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Prototype R&D/testing:
Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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Hey if she's a good wife don't complain too much.

Letting her get her own car is not a bad idea either. She might be more careful knowing she owns it all.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

No such issues with my wife. And she drives a diesel 6-speed manual as her daily driver currently. She has never damaged any car beyond bumping a post long ago in her old buick, minor scuff on bumper. Has never damaged a MB or the VW.

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'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)

lives in upstate New York. His wife came home from shopping and told him the passenger side outside mirror just "spontaneously exploded" while she was driving along normally. Acura. I told him he should check for recalls before condemning her.

My wife was driving the 560SL (with me dozing in the passenger seat) when she became the receiver of a T-Bone at an intersection. "He came out of nowhere". Luckily no injuries to anyone although I would have been secretly pleased for her to have had a broken finger or something equally minor for punishment value.

Definitely ran something over!

Just to brag...my wifey reports in any odd noises/ vibrations/ behavior/ gauge reading. She's crazy about changing the oil at 3k, and was the one who discovered both the transmission cooler leak and the cracked head. "It keeps eating coolant and I can't figure it out arhggggg" Probably helps that the Jeep has like 6" of ground clearance.....

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

On the plus side my wife's rack has gotten me many free car repairs and discounts and such. She is a pretty good driver except that one time when me and some of my buddies were pushing her out of a snowdrift and she ran two of them over

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1978 300D

Words of wisdom.

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You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime you just might find you get what you need.

And then tell us how the rack was involved in the apology - pics included

^^^THIS
She's a good girl, my vehicles have had some bad luck with her though
I have to take the car to the shop to get an estimate and cough up the deductible and call it a day. I'll take advantage of the situation to see if I can get the car buffed.
Hopefully she'll be more careful from here on.

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W211 B-PILLAR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT
My Continental Tire Experience

By Land:
2005 E320 CDI (Unnamed as of yet)
2011 Toyota Tundra DC limited 4x4 "Big Red"
1965 euro import VW Beetle "Mojo"
By Sea:
22' Grady White Seafarer "SeaSun Pass"

Alas she is extremely camera shy. Suffice it to say I basically got a free muffler repair on the Mazda Protege I was driving before I got the benz

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1978 300D