Ouch that sucks! Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 16, 2019, at 7:20 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Wow, sorry to hear about that, and also glad to hear that no ride to the > hospital required. > > Well, those turbo engines have some value if you want to pull and keep > that. Looks like the intercooler probably got crunched though. There are > some other electronic modules that commonly go bad like the K40 relay and > the gear shifter box, and the radio. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 5:08 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Rode to a community meeting this evening with a buddy. Left his house to >> come home about 930. We had big tstorm roll through earlier. Driving down >> the road a BIG oak tree falls in the road right in front of me. I guess the >> storm had weakened the tree. I hit it full on at 45mph, managed to stomp >> the brakes but road was wet so not much good there even though I felt the >> ABS. Airbag deployed but I don’t think I hit it, seat belt tensioner must >> have fired. I’m ok just a bit rattled. I’ll probably be sore in the morning >> but right now Mr Basil Hayden is ministering my aches. >> >> I left the car by the road will go over in the morning with the trailer >> and retrieve it. FD came and cut up the tree and got the road cleared. A >> good ol boy with a pickup with a winch pulled the car off the road. >> >> I guess the car is probably not worth saving but I’ll take a look in the >> morning once I drag it home. Engine was still running but radiator and >> front end smashed pretty good. Pass door wouldn’t open. It’s got a salvage >> title been wrecked twice before. I’ll dismantle it and keep all the good >> bits. >> >> I’m thankful I didn’t arrive 1/2second sooner, that might not have ended >> quite as well. >> >> And how was YOUR evening? >> >> >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone_______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
