Giving away my age once more, at a recovery job to uplift an almost new 1972 Land Rover which was written off by a Triumph Herald. The Triumph had a new chassis fitted and back on road in 5 weeks. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

Last edited by dunroof on 14th Feb 2013 8:43 pm. Edited 1 time in total

dunroof wrote:

A couple of years ago, a Mercedes 220 hit SWMBOS FL2. It was the FL that needed a recovery vehicle. The Mercedes just carried on. The moral of the story is it depends on the area of impact. I wouldn't say one is bullet proof as opposed to the other. Down to luck!

Not luck, crumple zones, with todays vehicles it is the safest vehicle that will probably look the worst off it is that eight point "shell" within the cabin area that should look OK F k the vehicle I want to be in that undamaged "shell" the moral of the story is dont buy a merc, it'll try its best to remove you from the cabin buy a freeby it will cushion the impact but there's no need to tell you all to buy a freeby cos you all got one, haven't you

Ghyllie oo! Shiney!
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