Sorry to hear about your accident, glad you are OK.
I hope the car can be saved, it's a shame that a nice rust free car had
to take a hit like that.
It's always a worry in the back of my mind that once we get our cars all
sorted out to a level that we desire, that in an instant it could be wiped
out with little chance of getting a truly fair amount of insurance money.
Unless we buy a car from one of the folks here in this group it's unlikely we could truly replace an older Benz with insurance money only.
I got rear ended a few weeks ago, and that was my first thought that
my car would be "totaled" by a minor accident. I intended to look into
a "stated value" policy like I had on my 61 Corvette years ago, but I don't
know if you can even get one on a non-collectable vehicle.

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