akbro93704

Rear ended by drunk driver Monday night(Cadillac SRX), she was arrested. My mom was driving; was stopped at a stoplight when it happened, thank god she was okay, just a little shaken up and sore now. Pushed our car into the Honda in front of her. SOS did its job, police came immediately! Body shop hasn't dismantled the car yet to see if there's any serious damage. Not quite sure why the drivers seatback popped off, maybe because of neck-pro?

reckrab

Ouchie! Glad everyone is okay. Looks like the car held up pretty good considering. Just goes to show no matter how careful you are bad stuff can still happen.

BenzE350

Glad to know that nobody was seriously hurt.

I feel your pain.

Hope it gets fixed or replaced soon.

hyperion667

man that sux! I hope they cream that drunk driver.....
justice should be on your side, good luck to you and your mother...

on another note, it's interesting to see the way the car crumpled....

K-A

That is FUUUU*&ED!!!!

Glad to hear everyone's alright. Now prosecute that idiot driver.

What city was this in?

akbro93704

Thanks y'all, I thought the rear crumple zone was interesting too....it happened in Fresno.

lyjw88

glad to hear that no one's hurt.
hope they total the car and get a new one for you!

fromthebeginnin

Glad you're ok, all the best with the car.

kingofire

Oouch, it really is hard to see those pictures. I am glad the MB kept your family safe. You can now be included in those MB commericial about how your MB knew what to do in an accident.

lyjw88

replacing both Xenon headlights alone will cost at least 2k...
the drunk driver is screwed in many ways.

BPhillyBenz

Wow...sorry.
Crumple zones look very effective however. Try and remember it could have been worse...thank god it wasnt.

K-A

Well, no doubt the W212 is probably the safest car of all time right now. M-B doesn't sleep on advancing every aspect of safety (usually, at least, and definitely not in this case) in even a span of a year or two. Case in point, the W212 uses more high strength, and ultra high strength steels than the W221 S-Class, and uses the latest tech available since that 3 years ago as well.

Hopefully they total that thing, that's a lot of damage. With M-B repair costs, I would be shocked if they attempt to fix it.

Hopefully if it's a Lease, you don't have too large a downpayment on it.

akbro93704

Yeah, we are hoping it's totaled, it's just too much repair work if its not, and it just won't be the "same"! And no, the car is not leased, it's actually paid off.

We also had a 2000 E320 years ago that was totaled by a red-light runner, and no one was injured. These cars are very, very safe!!

hyperion667

lol @ kingOfire, always thought those were so funny!
I didn't know I was an idiot.....but my car did!! LOL

MCF

Ouch!!! Sorry to hear about your incident, glad to hear everyone is ok. Looking at those heardrests, is that included on all 'E' classes? How does it work - do they move forward suddenly in an accident??

K-A

It's the "NECKPRO" feature. It prevents whiplash.

MCF

Thanks. I am going to start asking questions twice to save time -

Is it included on all 2011 E350/550?
Is it included on all 2011E350/550?

K-A

Yup, standard since '07 or '08 on all Benzes I believe.

pmb600

Wow, I'm glad you are all alright. I would definitely fight to get that car totaled, especially if you own it you will take a huge hit when you try to sell it if it is repaired. Does Cali have laws where you can get claims for diminished value from the person responsible?

mbfoup

Sorry to see this. Your car will be totaled, that seems obvious.

Spirit Crusher

Cars are replaceable and repairable, I'm just glad to hear your mother and everyone else involved weren't hurt!

Rimbaud

First, so glad everyone was alright. But having said that, OUCH! I really feel for you I hope everything works out for you.

newyorker

Back in 2001, I had similar accident in NYC, where drunk driver heat my rear and I hit the big highway sign in the parkway. I ended up getting repaired because I had to leave out of country for business trip and I knew a body shop that was good at repair. When I came back from the trip, car looked perfect in outside but it was not in performance. I had rattles and cracks everywhere after about 3 month. Bodyshop tried to fix but it was everywhere.
So I ended up selling car and buying another. Certainly I lost at least 3~4k because of the accident, and I was so angry. So I learned lesson. If someone hit you, you go for totaled and get new car if the damage is more than bumper replace. For your case, they will check your rear frame and I am sure they pushed in, so that is good way of start to fight. Tell them that they can't straight frame perfectly like the new car. Also rear quarter pannel should be replaced. This will cause the more gaps or less gaps between rear door and pannel, or I should say frame, then this will cause rattles.
No matter how the bodyshop repairs, your trunk will not be smooth as before.

SO my last tip.!!!!

GET replaced.

I am glad you did not get hurt. Back in 2001, I was driving M3 and I was fine.
BMW AND MERCEDES are good in protecting people.!!

SalTheMan

Sorry to hear that... Glad everyone is safe! Hope everything works out and you could get a new Benz!

AMGFREAK

Looks totaled to me... I would not want it back after an accident like that.... Looks like all the saftey systems performed as they should.