Re: Curse a local Council / bumps

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DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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"Guenter Scholz" <scholz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dori, was the CLK lowered?
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>
>
> In article <yOmdnT5bcb0keCbenZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxx>,
> Dori A Schmetterling <ng@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Went over a speed bump in London in my CLK Cab the other day, a bit too
>>quickly for the suspension. There was a bit of a clunk and the rear head
>>rests popped up in their role as roll bars. Thought nothing further of
>>it,
>>happy that the roll bar mechanism was successfully tested...
>>
>>I was just going to wait for the end of the holiday period to drive to my
>>usual Merc garage to have the head rests reset (the raise/lower switch is
>>deactivated in such circumstances).
>>
>>A couple of days later I noticed a pretty massive oil leak... After
>>driving
>>a few miles over a couple of days, using maybe 5/6 litres of oil and
>>leaving
>>puddles in several places, I finally made a connection between the bump
>>and
>>the leak.
>>
>>Had the car taken away on a flat-bed, just in case.
>>
>>Yesterday's diagnosis: cracked sump. Three hundred-and-something quid
>>plus
>>17.5% VAT. Lot of money but not worth claiming on the insurance.
>>
>>If I could recall where it happened I would consider suing the local
>>authority.
>>
>>Grrrrr.
>>
>>Would not have happened in our 190E, with which I can drive over most
>>bumps
>>at 25 mph.
>>
>>Grrrrrrrr.
>>Just venting...
>>
>>Anybody had a similar experience? Can we start a
>>mutual-commiseration-and-moaning-about-stupid-speed-bumps society?
>>
>>DAS
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>>For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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