Well Randall your partially right, it isn't that the cars aren't worth anything to the insurance companies it is more so the latter part, "no fault insurance." Even though without a doubt it is the other person's fault, with Michigan being a no fault state their insurance is only required to pay you a mini-tort, nothing more. Only thing you can take to court is for other damages, ie injuries suffered in the accident. There is a small chance that you could take the other person to small claims court for another $800 or whatever the limit is there, but I'm not that familiar with the law in this matter.
I'm not sure how well I like the idea of using the hazards. Why you may ask, well because you don't know the person isn't paying attention until the last moment, when you know you have to get out of the moron's way. I always use them when stopped, whether deer or traffic on the expressway at night, but in this instance I don't know how great they'd work.
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My 300CD got rear ended by a 2003 C-class coupe. It was a pretty big hit. Luckily the W123 survived w/ no damage. The other car wasn't quite as lucky.
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This is by far my biggest concern with driving these cars, I know they will take quite a hit without damage, but that means the energy is reflected and not absorbed which may only create more problems. Your lucky it was a car, what would of happened if that were a truck? On this same note, for safety sake it may be wise next time your working on your car to
glance at your bumper struts for leaks. I had a bad one on my 84, when I had it off the car I could hit it with a hammer and fluid would just gush out.