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Originally Posted by lietuviai
Several years ago I got spun into a guard rail with a Camry. It hit so hard that it spun around and the rear also hit the guard rail. I drove the thing home since no one stopped to even take a look what had happened. It was still drivable. It was totalled since it would have cost over 10K to fix.
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I was walking through a junk yard today and specifically looked at the w124 doors and those on the Camry's to note differences in terms of side impact protection. I was surprised to find that the mid 90's Camry has the same size round interior door brace as on the Benz. Basically both doors have about a 2 inch round bar that runs horizontal across the door interior and it is attached on both ends with a lessor attachment in the middle area.
From the picture of the w124 it looks like either passenger side occupant would have suffered impact injuires. I've also examined a w126 that was T-boned and noted the "B" pilar was really caved into the occupant area - much more so than what I'd been led to believe if you listen to the MB faithful.
Based on the cars I've seen, a direct side impact is going to be bad news no mater what you are driving.