it's totalled......

[84300DT]

so it finally met it's end... at only 10 mph my son smacked into the back of an suv ..no one injured ...but the bad news..

left front all smashed in oil cooler cracked.. all oil lost/spit out over the engine.. radiator and supports etc all pushed back.. hood and grill all folded upwards...
bumper was untouched -

but what a pity .. the engine was running great and it just had new rear brakes and left upper control arm and a couple of other things new.

what a great parts car it would make...but no space here so likely it will go to the boneyard


'der taxi' is gone ...merry christmas ...

[JackG]

That Sucks. I am glad that everyone is OK though.......are you sure you can't pull a few parts though?

[84300DT]

Originally Posted by JackG

That Sucks. I am glad that everyone is OK though.......are you sure you can't pull a few parts though?

maybe can pull a few momentos but that's about it ... no garage/lift/tools etc etc

it's just so sad we had for 12 years...

[truckinik]

So sorry to hear the bad news man. Do you have any pics of the car. I know it's a bit painful, but we're all a little curious...Good luck though, and I hope you find a suitable replacement for her. Perhaps even get a chance to upgrade...

Nick

[79300sdtd]

we have the technology, you can rebuild it.... that is my theory my the 80 SD

[BIGRED]

Sorry and glad it was not worse.

Let a day pass, take a breath and review the possibilities of fixing it.

[84300DT]

Originally Posted by BIGRED

Sorry and glad it was not worse.

Let a day pass, take a breath and review the possibilities of fixing it.

you know i'd like to tackle the job but no place to do it. economically to have the work done i don't think makes any sense. we could probably buy 2 300D's for what the body/mechanical work would cost...

[Brian Carlton]

That's very bad news, Bob.

You've made quite an effort to maintain that vehicle and it somewhat of a kick in the stomach when someone else is careless with it.

I agree that the time and money involved is not worth the effort.

I'll try to resist making comments on who should pay for such damage..........

[Stevo]

Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

That's very bad news, Bob.

You've made quite an effort to maintain that vehicle and it somewhat of a kick in the stomach when someone else is careless with it.

I agree that the time and money involved is not worth the effort.

I'll try to resist making comments on who should pay for such damage..........

My daughter still owes me for the "C" section she cost us.
Her 29th birthday was last Saturday and she still hasn't payed up

[84300DT]

Originally Posted by Stevo

My daughter still owes me for the "C" section she cost us.
Her 29th birthday was last Saturday and she still hasn't payed up

hahah lol ain't it the truth! she'll pay up when she makes you a grandad though

[84300DT]

Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

That's very bad news, Bob.

You've made quite an effort to maintain that vehicle and it somewhat of a kick in the stomach when someone else is careless with it.

I agree that the time and money involved is not worth the effort.

I'll try to resist making comments on who should pay for such damage..........

thanks - since it was my son i guess i can't be tooo hard on him right?? lol

maybe we should pull that nice piece of stainless steel where the egr used to be eh?

[Brian Carlton]

Originally Posted by 84300DT

maybe we should pull that nice piece of stainless steel where the egr used to be eh?

GD right........don't send it to the junk man with that plate on there.........

[jkoebel]

Originally Posted by 84300DT

thanks - since it was my son i guess i can't be tooo hard on him right?? lol

maybe we should pull that nice piece of stainless steel where the egr used to be eh?

Pull everything that you can get off the car, that isn't destroyed, I have no doubt you'd be able to move most of it and recoup a decent bit of your investment.

I've a laundry list of parts I'm vaguely interested in, for instance, so do tons of other people.

[bustedbenz]

10 mph???

[bgkast]

If it was a lifted truck you hit, I would be on them for some of the damage. If the bumper of the truck was at the legal height there would have been little to no damage.