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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 04:35 PM
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Bad Morning
$7,000 worth of damage. Barely taped the Nisan Truck in front of me and this is what happens. Lame!
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Ouch! Sorry to see that. Was the truck damaged? That's a lot of money, i hope you have a good insurance company. Good luck.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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Sry that would be a bad morning. What happened? You ok?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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that sucks, looks like the trucks bumper was too high and the your grill took all the impact rather than the bumper....happened to my mom a fer years ago
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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Hate to see that. Your CLK looks to be very well taken care of. Hope you're okay, and things work out in your favor.
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 01:15 AM
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Thanks everyone. Yeah I was ok, but my poor car took a beating. Nothing happened to the truck so he didn't report it. Thanks God! It's in the shop and in the meantime I'm using a rental... Brand new Mazda 3. This car is actually pretty fun to drive. But I still miss my Benz!
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 01:46 AM
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Bet you'll be paying more attention to cars in front of you next time. Cell phone texting?

In the end, no one got hurt, that's what really matters. Cars can be fixed. Death cannot.
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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Very true! I'm so grateful that I didn't hurt myself or anybody else. It could've been a lot worse. And no I wasn't texting. I was just too darn close. You live and you learn.
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Yup. Chalk it up to a lesson learned and move on. No use losing "sleep" over it.
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bad trip....doesn't look like you just "tapped" the truck though haha

hope all goes well for you!
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:11 AM
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LOL yeah it doesn't look like it, I know. But I was only going about 5mph because I just got out of a red light. But that was enough to do a lot of damage. Meh
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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Ouch that hurts. This happened with my X3 while I was in reverse, hit the car behind me. I barely had a scratch on my bumper and his grill and headlights fell to pieces.
Coupes really suffer from these accidents because they are so damn low compared to everything else on the road.
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Suck! Sorry to hear that. Only a few ladies on the forum, and you gotta bring us bad news. What gives?!

Hope it all works out well! At least u get to keep ur w208
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