I just come across this thread and it's taken about 20minutes to read it! Being an engineer, this legal stuff slows me down.

Tump, sorry about your 'disaster'! It certainly is one, no joke.

My offering to this thread is this:
Had bought a '94 E320 that was in a BAD rear end accident. But it was not disclosed to me nor was it in the (usless) CarFax reports.

Let me say, that the car was repaired perfectly! No rattles, vibrations, wheel pulling at any speed. Tires wore symtrically. Could drive on a flat road without hands on the wheel. In short, it was perfect. I drove it for two years or so, and never knew.

But the kicker came when I went to sell it. The car's tradein value, if I remember correctly, was $22K. I ended up taking a $5k beating! Got $17K. It could have been more since the dealer wanted to sell his car.

I imagine that when you try to sell the 'fixed' car, you will take a bigger beating than me. But, as one of the responders said, if you drive it forever, it won't matter.

Hope you prevail!

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Regards . . . . JimF
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