This morning was going perfectly up until i rear ended a Honda Ridgeline with my 16 valve

i wasn't going that fast. but i was in bumper to bumper traffic and i didn't leave enough room to stop.

i think only the grill and chrome grill frame got damaged. but i haven't really looked at it yet. hood looks straight as far as i can tell.

thank god that that trucks bumper was so high, do you know how hard it is to find euro bumpers for this car

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

All the 2.3-16 in the world, even the ones sold in the US, have the "euro bumper" . . . they didn't make a North American version.

but they are still hard to find am i right.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

There's at least 3 of those near me....and one for sale.

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'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Nope, the bumper impact strip (the part that has the license holder)l 201 885 12 21 is about $260 retail; the foam under it 201 885 07 37 is $92; the pricey part is the bumper cover, that goes behind all that and includes the chin spoiler 201 880 11 40; that's $640 and you'll have to paint to match.

I'm aware the 2 second rule is pretty much unheard of in Southern California, but you might want to start using it.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Stop following so closely, you won't get where your going any faster.


Now your insurance is going to go up.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The fellow who owns the machine shop did the exact same thing recently. When questioned why he doesn't leave 200' between vehicles...........his response was that other vehicles would move in and take that space.....................

OK.........and the result is............your trip time will be two additional minutes.


My guess is that the total time consumed by the accident (including the time to arrange all the repairs) will probably exceed an accumulation of about 300 trips that would have saved two minutes.

I seem to recall that statement..........yet again..........about the average person............

well thank god the bumper is in one piece then.

unfortunately the frame crumpled on the driver side, about one inch. and the cross member in front the radiator was bent inward as well. the driver side headlight was cracked. and those are Euros.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

The W201 is very soft in the front and rear, due to the designed in crumple zones on the very short wheelbase car. That's also why the fuel tank is vertically mounted behind the rear seat wall.

well, im just glad it wasn't worse. all the engine components are undamaged.

but i have to get the frame hydraulically straightened. let me just add that to the list

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

Yeah, sometimes these mistakes cost a few bucks. Nobody was hurt and you had an expensive lesson. Don't beat up on yourself about it. We ALL make mistakes. I managed to break TWO windshields in less than one month. Usually this happens when we try to do too much at once. It's a message to slow down.

ya, oh well.

shouldnt be to expensive as i have the parts

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

While not defending "bad behavior" . . . the 2.3-16 is famous for inciting it.

more mis-information by mti. the fuel tank has been mounted behind the rear seat wall on mercedes cars going back at least to the w114/115 era, before mercedes was building soft crumple zones.

the reason the fuel tank is built behind the seat wall is because it's less likely to be part of the accident, not because of so-called crumple zones

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