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Old 03-03-2017, 09:42 PM
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Custom Conversion.............ouch

Wednesday wasn't a good day for me, "I didn't see the red light" is what she told the cop.

Cop told me she was doing 45-50mph.

I'm more than a bit sore.






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Old 03-04-2017, 01:44 AM
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Ooouuchh! That looks like a write-off my friend. Good thing nothing serious happened. What kind of vehicle t-boned you?
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It was a Plymouth PT Cruiser. The car in front of my GLK in the first photo.

I'm here because of the side curtain airbags is what the EMTs told me. And a friend chimed in with the comment you can thank German steel.

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Thankfully the majority of the impact is behind you
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nooooo!!!! this is why we can't have nice things when people don't take driving privileges seriously.
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Originally Posted by LesF
It was a Plymouth PT Cruiser. The car in front of my GLK in the first photo.

I'm here because of the side curtain airbags is what the EMTs told me. And a friend chimed in with the comment you can thank German steel.
I was t-boned by a PT Cruiser 2 weeks ago and that idiot driver ran a red and hit the drivers door of my car as well, doing about the same thing but a little more damage on my end, which is why I am looking at GLK's to replace it.
What is it with bad PT Cruiser drivers.
Did most of your airbags go off?
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I was t-boned by a PT Cruiser 2 weeks ago and that idiot driver ran a red and hit the drivers door of my car as well, doing about the same thing but a little more damage on my end, which is why I am looking at GLK's to replace it.
What is it with bad PT Cruiser drivers.
Did most of your airbags go off?
Hope you weren't hurt.
All my driver side curtain bags deployed but not the front facing bags. Did you spin when you were hit? When she ran into me I wound up doing a 180 heading originally east then ending up facing west. Her car did not go through me it bounced backwards.

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Glad to hear that you are only sore. I would hope that the LEO issued a very big ticket to the idiot that hit you.

How did the folks in the PT fare in the accident?
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Originally Posted by LesF
Hope you weren't hurt.
All my driver side curtain bags deployed but not the front facing bags. Did you spin when you were hit? When she ran into me I wound up doing a 180 heading originally east then ending up facing west. Her car did not go through me it bounced backwards.


PT drivers seem to be oblivious to the world around them.
Yeah I was banged up a little. Both my front airbags went off and I was not hit there. I didn't spin, but he pushed me about 10 feet sideways. I should post the pics. Glad you weren't hurt either.
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Glad to hear that you are only sore. I would hope that the LEO issued a very big ticket to the idiot that hit you.

How did the folks in the PT fare in the accident?

The PT was a total loss with more damage than it was worth. She had a foot injury and abrasions from the front airbag.

The Cop wrote her for FS 316.075(1)(C)(1) Failure to stop, steady red indication. (running a light)
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Glad you're ok,hopefully they salvage that vehicle and you can get into a new one? Keep us posted with insurance.
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Glad you're ok,hopefully they salvage that vehicle and you can get into a new one? Keep us posted with insurance.

My car was a declared a total loss. The other drivers company paid me promptly after my claim. The GLK retained about 60% of it's value with over 37k miles on the odometer. Sadly though MB is not importing GLC diesels at present.
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Not to mention, the GLC's styling is not appealing compared to the GLK.
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Sat in the GLC coupe the other day with it's poor rear vision and it's not very practical.

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