Mercedes vs Vauxhall

[GlenQ]

My other half had a shunt the other day.

Our 1999 W220 S500 vs 55 plate Vauxhall ?

The Vauxhall hit the Merc in the rear @ around 35MPH - 40MPH. The results can be seen below.

I'm hoping the insurance company won't write off my Merc as it has a decent LPG system fitted, boot lid wont stay closed and the shut lines don't now match, drives fine, what do folk think??

 

[moonloops]

I'm hoping the insurance company won't write off my Merc as it has a decent LPG system fitted, what do folk think??

Check the boot floor for wrinkles - that will dictate the repair/scrap question..

 

[LTD]

Not your fault. Stand your ground and insist that the repair is carried out.

 

[GlenQ]

Not your fault. Stand your ground and insist that the repair is carried out.

What if the insurance company insist it's a write-off? and refuse to repair?

The other driver has admitted responsibility and we do have full coverage.

 

[davidjpowell]

oh oh. Hear we go again

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/engine/104849-my-worst-week-end-ever.html

 

[StuartK]

Good job you bought the 500. The S600 crumples badly.

 

[John]

Really? I would have thought they would perform exactly the same given exactly the same crash?

Or did I miss a pun...

 

[Norte23]

You can demand for it to be repaired. They will repair up to 100% of car value. My brother in law is an accident repair guy & this is his info not mine so don't hold me to that but he just said its true.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

oh oh. Hear we go again

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/engine/104849-my-worst-week-end-ever.html

Litigation-happy crowd on that one?

 

[StuartK]

Really? I would have thought they would perform exactly the same given exactly the same crash?

Or did I miss a pun...

I was being a sicko. Cast your mind back to 1997.

 

[grober]

what-is-a-total-loss-or-insurance-write-off - Motor Claim Guru

 

[John]

I didn't realise that was an S600 limo or I'd forgotten.

 

[StuartK]

I didn't realise that was an S600 limo or I'd forgotten.

Supposedly the safest car in the world at the time.

 

[HB]

Supposedly the safest car in the world at the time.

It was a 280 at that time.

 

[merc85]

Confused lol doesnt take much i know Are we talking about Diana? as that was a w140 s280

 

[renault12ts]

Yep, only a 280.

 

[StuartK]

Confused lol doesnt take much i know Are we talking about Diana? as that was a w140 s280

I never knew she had the poverty model

 

[renault12ts]

I never knew she had the poverty model

It wasn't her car.

 

[merc85]

It wasn't her car.

And the only person who survived Was in the front and wearing his seatbelt! Says it all really imho.

 

[StuartK]

And the only person who survived Was in the front and wearing his seatbelt! Says it all really imho.

She would died anyway. They wanted her dead. Murdered she was.