Boo. I was looking through your site the other day and realized you'd had the SEL for 3 years, my how time flies.
Might this be time for a revival of the Chicken Wagon? -Curt Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:53:11 -0800 From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] RIP, Frankenheap? Message-ID: <95ae63e8-8a33-11e3-9448-000502d9a...@windwireless.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On an errand after work today, on a snowing and very icy evening, I was rear-ended at a stop light, and pounded into the car in front of me. No one was hurt, but the cars... My rear bumper was pushed in, and the trunk is jammed shut, but on the whole it doesn't look too bad. However, on the front I dove under the bumper of the SUV in front of me, which pushed the grille into the radiator, and popped it. One of the Euro headlights was smashed, as were both auxiliary high beams. The grille and surround are ruined. The hood won't open either. After all the paperwork exchange the car seemed driveable, but halfway home the heat went out. The coolant loss got to be too much, I guess. I slowed down to minimal throttle in third gear, and made it the rest of the way home air-cooled. I noticed no ill effects. I'm pretty saddened by the whole thing, I'm not sure what to do next. I've been driving this car in winters for about 10 years now, loving every minute of it. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com