LMing

Sorry to hear this but if you are selling the rims, please please let me know, thank you so much !

neilsam

Seeing this accident really makes me wonder whether i should order the Rear Side Airbags for my 06 C350. It is no longer a standard (except on the AMG verision) for 2006

Why would MB do something like that? MB has always been known for their safety. Are Rear Bags a liability or something, the same way a Bag is a liability for a kid in the front seat?

Vader13

Saprissa

cutting costs ! cheapening the brand to live up to the Daimler - Chrysler merger.

neilsam

so sad. Never thought they would skim on safety.

nlpamg

I concur, I hope that it'll be one of those options that every car gets ordered with anyways (like the sunroof package)... It's still pretty stupid. I know audi and bmw do it with the a4 and 3 series, so maybe they're just falling in line.

pokerFACE

where can I read that? That's the first I've heard of them skimping out on a safety feature for MY06.

neilsam

Saw it on my dealers screen. It was a memo sent to all dealers regarding upcoming changes for 06 C-class

Outland

That's where the cost of the V6 is coming from.

Better off with the supercharged four. Get your 05's now.

pokerFACE

somebody just commented about this, so I thought I'd ask:

did the passenger seat collapse? or did you recline it for photos?

raunen

Still, don't they go by some industry standard to place a value on the car? How do you negotiate if the gap (between appraised value and out of pocket cost) is big? Just curious.

Good luck though Fangs. (cool drawing!)

p.s. can i buy your sidemarkers? I'd like them for an experiment.
p.p.s. are the wheels 7J x 16H2 ? I'd bid on them if you're selling them.

FrankW

glad you're okay.

the car looks like it is totaled for sure. lets hope your insurance company give you what you deserve since the car's new.

YoYiTo

Ouch!!! Looks like is was a huge hit. Hope you and your girlfriend are okay. Definately go to a doctor to get checked out. You may feel okay now but later on you'll start getting pains. Good luck with the insurance.

Sent you a PM.

tyro

The car will be totalled by the Ins Co. and they will take the car. No "parting" out.
If you have any problems, PM me. I am a Philly attorney and will help.

RevStriker: Stop thwarting my cash flow

revstriker

LOL!! Hey look, there's an ambulance..... :p

-just kidding

Fangs

The seat collapsed backwards on its own when my gf unbuckled her seat belt to get out. It's either broken or it may be a safety feature, where the seats' supposed to fall back like that on its own in the even of a side impact. Now I'm curious to find out... Any one have any info on this?

ctC230K

lol!! hey a lawyer might be useful to have on a car forum. he could be like the resident advisor lol!

xxbenzc230kxx

id buy your headlights if your selling them...ill take them puppies outcha hands

Guest0001

Glad to hear you are OK. This really sucks.

Kar don

looks like it performed as designed, very glad you guys came out ok. I test drove the new ML yesterday and spoke to the sales lady about the new rear side airbag option. Apparently a lot of owners came in to get their rear side airbags deactivated with the ML and c-class because its not safe if you have a child back there. I think thats an excuse for cost cutting, but thats just me. It took them 5 years to make the airbags an option on the c-class and ML? FWIW, very few 3-series come with rear side airbag option.

Jim Banville

I don't think it is supposed to do that. You generally don't want to move anyone that has been involved in a severe impact. Had your g/f's back been injured in the collision, that seat just falling backwards could have made it worse!

And I STRONGLY agree w/ revstriker's comments! To all of you that want to "throw the book at [the guy that caused the wreck]" and soak him and his ins. co. for all their worth, have you NEVER made a mistake while driving? I certainly have. Mistakes happen. If there is no evidence that he was driving wrecklessly or was impaired, and he accepts responsibility, you should treat him the way you'd want to be treated.

WaveyKat

thats a bad hit man
hope u are ok... as long as u are alive

are u gonna sell the wheels , Calipers, anything? lol

Guest0001

Not really. Acura/Honda make extremely safe cars.

dmatre

Having owned both a Honda and an Acura prior to this car (my 2nd Benz), I can agree that they are relatively safe.

However, they were both very flexible (chassis - wise), and the doors were rather lightly constructed. If my wife tapped her foot on the passenger's footwell, I could feel the movement in the driver's footwell. Not the tapping noise - but actually the movement (deflection) of the driver's footwell.

This observation is actually what led to the purchase of our 1st Benz (with our 1st child on the way, there was no way she was going to transport him in that refashioned beer can).

I still think that the outcome of the incident would have been much different had it been a Benz T-boning an RSX.

vadim

To all of you asking for parts from Fangs' car: cut this as once! This is ****ing unethical, don't you understand? If/when he decides to offer the parts for sale, don't you think he would post it here?

Now, as for the door damage and passenger compartment intrusion - this actually looks pretty bad. In fact, it is much worse than any picture with a result of a side impact test that I have seen.

I would inform DaimlerChrysler about this and the collapsed seat.