Re: [MBZ] OT Volvo C30 wreck

2019-06-05 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Certainly good advice on how to respond to the insco. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 7:02 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A friend got in a crash this morning in her 2008 Volvo C30, that little > hatchback coupe. It was in pretty decent

Re: [MBZ] OT Volvo C30 wreck

2019-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On June 5, 2019 at 8:03 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > > May have to pay dealer or someone to re-program > after the airbags are replaced? After I paid somebody $40 each to clear the crash codes out of two airbag computers, I found out that somebody with a really good scan

Re: [MBZ] OT Volvo C30 wreck

2019-06-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
My '95 E300 buy-back price was $300, so total check will be about $3100. Plenty more than I need to make a decent looking repair. She should pray for a total loss, get some junk-yard air bags and a door, buy you a PDR kit for $70 and you can probably make it look pretty darn decent, and she'll

Re: [MBZ] OT Volvo C30 wreck

2019-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
If it has air bags that deploy in sets, she should replace the driver's side ones if she's going to drive it. The US cars tend to deploy head curtains in all or nothing fashion, and other side bags in full side fashion, but I don't know about Volvo. If she keeps the car and lets them mess up

[MBZ] OT Volvo C30 wreck

2019-06-05 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
A friend got in a crash this morning in her 2008 Volvo C30, that little hatchback coupe.  It was in pretty decent condition, she took pretty good care of it.  Whatever hit it dented in the passenger door and the panel right behind the door ahead of the rear wheel.  Looks like the side airbags