Thanks for the kind words one and all! Neck is acheing at the moment but otherwise I'm fine.
Do you want to sell the command...Wil it fit a clk w208???
I see the vultures are already circling! I currently have two COMAND units suitable for a 208 but depending on what car I get next I might need one of them!
Tescos have new pants cheap at the mo.
Two hours in the rain took care of my trousers thanks
Ouch - must of been a lot of water or your tread was a bit on the low side.
There was a tiny bit of standing water which mostly just swooshed under the tyres so I thought nothing of it, clearly what I hit was a bigger patch, much bigger. A friend of mine who lives about 3 miles from where I had the incident had exactly the same thing happen to him at exactly the same place.
Without wanting to scaremonger, may I ask roughly how fast you were going (a wink will do if neccessary!) and what tyres you were on?
Tyres are 205/55/16 Pireilli W240 SnowSport, fronts slightly more worn than rears as the rears were replaced a few months ago. Speed was an indicated 75mph ish and in the outside lane there was little spray and what I estimated was reasonable visibility. I actually slowed down a little a couple of minutes before the incident because some water hit the screen thrown up from a vehicle on the oncoming carriageway and it scared me a bit!
Wow.. thats a huge dent.. just glad you are ok.. another testament to MB.
2nd time too?..
Yeah my previous W202 was totalled (but more serious damage and worth a lot more at the time) and this car is basically only written off if I declare it so (which seems likely to me due to the amount of work I estimate is required vs pre-accident condition).
I have made room to store it while you work out what you want to do with it. Take your time, dont rush as shock can hit you overnight.
Thanks once again Ian, I will drop off some docs with you tomorrow so you can collect.
Depending on the outcome of your inspection and my next choice of car there might well be a lot of parts for sale (new and used) so there could be some goodies for present W202 owners. I've got literally tons of W202 stuff sitting around and if I don't own a W202 any more it will have to go! Will keep you all updated
glad ur ok hun 
That car was in concourse condition, as it says on the Insurance Claim Form!! 
Its one of the hidden advantages of owning a Mercedes-Benz which thankfully is not often put to the test. It's why I've had three in a row.
