deejaybee
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- Your Mercedes
- Now - W210 E320cdi
Am not feeling too happy with myself at the moment as I managed to have a prang in the car at the weekend. It was basically my fault as I hit the rear of a car which was stopped at the back of a queue for a vehicle waiting to turn right. I have still not really figured out why this happened as I would normally spot a situation like this a long way ahead, but in this instance by the time I realised there were cars stationary in the road and braked it was too late to stop and I made contact at about 10-15mph.
Luckily everyone was Ok except being a bit shaken up, but the vauxhal corsa I hit was fairly badly damaged and my car has some fromtal damage - it doesn't look that bad but it is more than likely to result in it being written off?
I have has the S320 for about 9 months so far and was really enjoying it! It was in very good condition with a good service history and would have probably gone on for ever. My dilema now is if I should push to get it repaired and possibly buy it back from the insurance if it is written off, or just give up on it provided the insurance offer a reasonable value?
The damage is primarily the front bumper, the grill and the front part of the bonnet. Also the radiator mounts have broken and fan surround is cracked - suprisingly both the radiator and the a/c condenser are both fine and there are no leaks. The car seems to work and drive ok and even all the lights are Ok. In terms of a right-off I think it will all depend on if the bonnet is repaired or replaced as a new bonnet plus respray will be around £1300-1400 just on its own without the rest which is probably around £1500.
My concern is that if it is repaired, what else may have been affected that is not currently obvious? What about things like engine / transmission mounts etc. The impact was not enough to set the airbags off but nonetheless was still not something I hope to repeat!
Part of me says that the car is just too good to right-off and send to the scrapyard, but I am also concerned about how well it will be fixed and if I will always be worrying about it.
Any thoughts or advice gladly received.
Regards,
Dave
Luckily everyone was Ok except being a bit shaken up, but the vauxhal corsa I hit was fairly badly damaged and my car has some fromtal damage - it doesn't look that bad but it is more than likely to result in it being written off?
I have has the S320 for about 9 months so far and was really enjoying it! It was in very good condition with a good service history and would have probably gone on for ever. My dilema now is if I should push to get it repaired and possibly buy it back from the insurance if it is written off, or just give up on it provided the insurance offer a reasonable value?
The damage is primarily the front bumper, the grill and the front part of the bonnet. Also the radiator mounts have broken and fan surround is cracked - suprisingly both the radiator and the a/c condenser are both fine and there are no leaks. The car seems to work and drive ok and even all the lights are Ok. In terms of a right-off I think it will all depend on if the bonnet is repaired or replaced as a new bonnet plus respray will be around £1300-1400 just on its own without the rest which is probably around £1500.
My concern is that if it is repaired, what else may have been affected that is not currently obvious? What about things like engine / transmission mounts etc. The impact was not enough to set the airbags off but nonetheless was still not something I hope to repeat!
Part of me says that the car is just too good to right-off and send to the scrapyard, but I am also concerned about how well it will be fixed and if I will always be worrying about it.
Any thoughts or advice gladly received.
Regards,
Dave