[W126 Coupe] '91 for sale

[Jay Febish]

By driving on an unfamiliar road at 4 am looking for a warehouse. I  
was looking left and when I looked forward I saw the road making a 90  
degree left. I slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. I hit a  
berm and went up and over it into the water. I had to wait for the car  
to almost fill completely before I could get the door open and swim  
ashore. Only about 20 feet, but fully clothed in a leather jacket with  
the liner, a heavy cable knit sweater, jeans and tennis shoes I found  
it is rather difficult to swim horizontally on the surface. After  
hauling myself out, I then had to walk approx. a mile in 40 degree  
weather with the wind blowing about ten knots. Needless to say, I  
almost froze my ass off. At that moment, I wasn't really concerned  
that my car sank in about 8 feet or so of water. The recovery/tow  
people had to wait until earlier this afternoon to get the divers in  
the water to hook it up, so since it sat totally under for around 10  
hours, I'm not very optimistic.

Jay

On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:14 PM, Iain Gunn wrote:


> Sorry for your lose; but how does one loose a car in a retention  

> pond? Being

> from Midwestern Ontario, we occasionally loose cars in the spring when

> people take them out on the lakes, and we occasionally loose them when

> people drive then into ponds.

> Iain

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com 

> ]

> On Behalf Of Jay Febish

> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:52 PM

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] '91 for sale

>

> I may be interested. I lost mine early this morning in a retention

> pond. The car sank completely under water, so I'm sure the insurance

> company will total it. this car had 160,000 on it and was in nice

> shape. The only issue with it was the blower motor regulator. What's

> really bad is that it has 3 pc. AMG wheels. I still have the original

> 15" wheels but no tires mounted on them or I might be able to switch

> them out. I feel that I'll probably get lowballed by the adjuster and

> need advice on how to deal with them.

>

> Jay

> Sarasota

> '91 560SEC r.i.p.  [:-(

>

>

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