Something is weird about it for sure.

I was hit on the driver side of the front clip at an intersection in my '83 SD. It was a solid ex-Texas car (only had it six weeks at the time).

I was hit by a full-size Buick sedan doing about 45-50 mph.

It spun me around about 1.5 turns and bent my front clip over at I am guessing a 25 degree angle? Insurance wrote the car off, but it was repairable should I have wanted (I did not, given the shock of the incident).

How you end up with the split I see in the accident pic (the original one) is beyond me. Either that car was terminally rusty or it hit something relatively thin but immovable.

The fact that the occupants weren't seriously injured, even in an S-Class, is remarkable given the huge forces it would have required to sever that car. That was an awful hit, however it occurred.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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