Hit and Run
#1
04-05-2006, 09:38 AM
Hit and Run
Some truck backed into my S320 and folded in my front grill and the corner of the bonnet at the grill. No one saw anything and no note left. Thanks a lot mate.
What do you do? Leave it for a while? Let it settle in. Every time I look at the car now it has a nasty scar.
What will a grill set me back?
Also recently had someone coin the car as well so not having a good time with my car.
Wife thinks I love car more than her...I hate it when things of beauty get wrecked. What a bitch...not my wife, just things that happen sometimes.
What do you do? Leave it for a while? Let it settle in. Every time I look at the car now it has a nasty scar.
What will a grill set me back?
Also recently had someone coin the car as well so not having a good time with my car.
Wife thinks I love car more than her...I hate it when things of beauty get wrecked. What a bitch...not my wife, just things that happen sometimes.
#3
04-05-2006, 10:57 AM
RE: Hit and Run
Hi,
I know exactly how you feel.
To keep costs down try ebay for the grill. (w220 I assume) Seen quite a few around for a reasonable price.
The grill is plastic!
The bonnet is aluminium.
Stuart.
I know exactly how you feel.
To keep costs down try ebay for the grill. (w220 I assume) Seen quite a few around for a reasonable price.
The grill is plastic!
The bonnet is aluminium.
Stuart.
#4
04-05-2006, 09:02 PM
RE: Hit and Run
it's W140.
good thing is that you can purchase and replace individual grille insert and garnish moulding for it.
good thing is that you can purchase and replace individual grille insert and garnish moulding for it.
#6
04-05-2006, 11:38 PM
RE: Hit and Run
VIN WDB1400332A318089
Plant 50
Model S320L
Chassis 1400332A318089
Engine 104994 22 068533
Transmission 722508 04 269228
Tyres
Primary CONTINENTAL
Order 0 6 823 00448
Lights BOSCH
Axle
Forward BE1691T1008762351423
Cab 00000
Delivery date 18.03.96
Dealer Hong-Kong (823)
Interior leather mushroom (265)
Paint
904 midnight (dark) blue (T) (ั 01.01.1968)
Options
223 rear seat backrest and headrests, electrically adjustable (ั 01.07.1991)
220 parking aid (ั 01.10.1993)
249 automatically dipping inside rear view mirror (ั 01.06.1990)
241 left front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ั 01.03.1983)
242 right front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to series w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ั 01.03.1983)
284 trunk set, 5-piece
wood selector lever
shift lever in wood/leather combination (ั 01.01.1990)
306 activated charcoal filter (odor filter) (ั 01.01.1990)
303 front folding armrest with tray (ั 01.01.1990)
425 5-speed automatic transmission (ั 01.02.1988)
441 steering column, electrically adjustable, W202 manually adjustable (ั 01.07.1984)
501 outside mirrors le/ri with memory (ั 01.10.1994)
518 radio MB Exquisit without traffic news decoder, without RDS (ั 01.07.1992)
524 paintcoat preservation (ั 01.01.1964)
540 roller blind, electric, for rear window (ั 01.05.1985)
551 anti-theft warning system (ั 01.11.1978 ะฟะพ 31.03.1998)
582 air conditioner in the rear - model W140 (ั 01.03.1989)
613 lamp unit, asymmetrical, l.h. traffic (ั 01.02.1963)
668
731 wood trim, burred walnut root (ั 01.08.1980)
806 Change of year of model, last figure shows new model year
819 CD changer - alpine - in trunk (ั 31.07.1992)
883 closed aid for doors and trunk lid (ั 01.07.1989)
987 battery cut-off switch for vehicles to be shipped (ั 01.02.1993)
Plant 50
Model S320L
Chassis 1400332A318089
Engine 104994 22 068533
Transmission 722508 04 269228
Tyres
Primary CONTINENTAL
Order 0 6 823 00448
Lights BOSCH
Axle
Forward BE1691T1008762351423
Cab 00000
Delivery date 18.03.96
Dealer Hong-Kong (823)
Interior leather mushroom (265)
Paint
904 midnight (dark) blue (T) (ั 01.01.1968)
Options
223 rear seat backrest and headrests, electrically adjustable (ั 01.07.1991)
220 parking aid (ั 01.10.1993)
249 automatically dipping inside rear view mirror (ั 01.06.1990)
241 left front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ั 01.03.1983)
242 right front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to series w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ั 01.03.1983)
284 trunk set, 5-piece
wood selector lever
shift lever in wood/leather combination (ั 01.01.1990)
306 activated charcoal filter (odor filter) (ั 01.01.1990)
303 front folding armrest with tray (ั 01.01.1990)
425 5-speed automatic transmission (ั 01.02.1988)
441 steering column, electrically adjustable, W202 manually adjustable (ั 01.07.1984)
501 outside mirrors le/ri with memory (ั 01.10.1994)
518 radio MB Exquisit without traffic news decoder, without RDS (ั 01.07.1992)
524 paintcoat preservation (ั 01.01.1964)
540 roller blind, electric, for rear window (ั 01.05.1985)
551 anti-theft warning system (ั 01.11.1978 ะฟะพ 31.03.1998)
582 air conditioner in the rear - model W140 (ั 01.03.1989)
613 lamp unit, asymmetrical, l.h. traffic (ั 01.02.1963)
668
731 wood trim, burred walnut root (ั 01.08.1980)
806 Change of year of model, last figure shows new model year
819 CD changer - alpine - in trunk (ั 31.07.1992)
883 closed aid for doors and trunk lid (ั 01.07.1989)
987 battery cut-off switch for vehicles to be shipped (ั 01.02.1993)
#8
04-06-2006, 12:12 AM
RE: Hit and Run
we are the most complicated thing and very unpredictable 
few decades from now, microchips will be implanted under the skin and that will be our VIN.
no need for access cards. sensors know who exactly you are.
few decades from now, microchips will be implanted under the skin and that will be our VIN.
no need for access cards. sensors know who exactly you are.
#9
04-06-2006, 11:59 PM
RE: Hit and Run
ORIGINAL: sleepwalker
we are the most complicated thing and very unpredictable
few decades from now, microchips will be implanted under the skin and that will be our VIN.
no need for access cards. sensors know who exactly you are.
we are the most complicated thing and very unpredictable
few decades from now, microchips will be implanted under the skin and that will be our VIN.
no need for access cards. sensors know who exactly you are.
RFID under the skin - already happening, my friend.
#10
04-09-2006, 02:44 AM
RE: Hit and Run
Regarding the fender bender: "SON OF A BI...." (as Chris Farley would say)
Whomever probably didn't even know they hit it.
There are many brain-dead people in the world.
It was probably a big delivery truck or something.
Face it. There can be nothing wrong with that car, which a box of new parts cannot fix.
Did you know that many of the racing Ferraris have been welded and repaired numerous times.
I remember a conversation with a retired driver at Daytona 24hrs, and I can't remember their names for some reason, but he said that when he began racing with Ferrari, the car they gave him had been welded so many times that there was barely any remnant of the original frame. He said it bothered him at first, wondering what sort of car he must drive, but the cars were repaired properly and performance never suffered from the repairs.
Oh yeah, the old man's name was Gianpiero Moretti, but I think of that story every time I get some silly little bender. I also get the car repaired as soon as possible, and move on.
Charles
Whomever probably didn't even know they hit it.
There are many brain-dead people in the world.
It was probably a big delivery truck or something.
Face it. There can be nothing wrong with that car, which a box of new parts cannot fix.
Did you know that many of the racing Ferraris have been welded and repaired numerous times.
I remember a conversation with a retired driver at Daytona 24hrs, and I can't remember their names for some reason, but he said that when he began racing with Ferrari, the car they gave him had been welded so many times that there was barely any remnant of the original frame. He said it bothered him at first, wondering what sort of car he must drive, but the cars were repaired properly and performance never suffered from the repairs.
Oh yeah, the old man's name was Gianpiero Moretti, but I think of that story every time I get some silly little bender. I also get the car repaired as soon as possible, and move on.
Charles