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02-08-2010, 05:31 AM
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Rolled the W124...
The back end came out when I hit a patch of ice at 60mph yesterday. Tried to steer into the skid but must have overcompensated because the car snapped side to side twice, hit a wall then rolled sideways twice.
   As soon as the car stopped rolling I asume all of the crankcase oil ran into the cylinders as the revs went through the roof and it started belching blue/white smoke from the exhaust. About 20 seconds later is slowly seized to a stop. I managed to undo my seatbelt, open the door, then crawl out and walk away with the only damage being a slightly cut hand from crawling through glass. What a car.
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02-08-2010, 07:12 AM
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Glad you walked away from that mess.
MB strength and safety strikes again
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02-08-2010, 07:21 AM
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Wow. Glad you made it through. That is impressive. In most other cars you would have been a goner.
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02-08-2010, 07:26 AM
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oof... whereabouts was the accident? (UK I presume from the road markings?...)
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1993 320TE M104 --------------------------------------------------- past: 1983 230E W123 M102 1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2) 1967 250SE W108 M129 1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116 1980 280SE W116 M110 1980 350SE W116 M116 1992 300E W124 M103 1994 E280 W124 M104 ---------------------------------------------- "music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys
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02-08-2010, 07:40 AM
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Yeah everyone there said I was lucky to be alive. The firemen who pulled it off the road seemed very impressed by how it had held up. Even though I was the only one in there, all 4 seats remained in tact with headroom so any potential passengers would have been fine too.
It was in North Wales chazola, on the A5 near Capel Curig if you know the area.
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02-08-2010, 07:43 AM
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Just as well you were in a proper car & not some Jap C#*p or Korean coke can !!!
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02-08-2010, 08:49 AM
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... buff right out.
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02-08-2010, 09:09 AM
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Sorry for your loss, but at least the car saved you.
It looks so much easier to replace steering and exhaust components with it upside down like that.
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02-08-2010, 09:45 AM
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It had so many silly issues and rust problems that it was getting close to being parted out and scrapped anyway. So I'm not that sad about the loss of the car, it went out with a bang.
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02-08-2010, 10:24 AM
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Quote:
.Truly a testament to the safety, and now you've got an excuse to buy another.
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02-08-2010, 10:32 AM
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Glad you're ok. As soon as I saw the road markings and surface I knew it had to be somewhere in Europe. You wouldn't see a road like that in that kind of condition in the US. Road surface and markings too pristine for here.
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02-08-2010, 10:53 AM
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WOW Thank God you're alright. The construction of that car literally saved your life.
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02-08-2010, 10:57 AM
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Quote:
Glad you're intact.
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