tridion cell damage

[crunch]

same. Forfour uses mitsubishi drive train but body is plastic panels with tridion safety cell as with fortwo.

[mdfortwoguy]

Do I see a deployed passenger airbag in that picture as well?

[SuperGeek]

You say a 20 meter tall blue gum tree hit you while you were in motion?

Like this one? (Google image search)

If that's pretty close to what hit you, that Tridion's toast. And I'm impressed. Seriously.

[SmartCard]

ouch!!! (needless to say thats why you pick your forum name!)

welcome...wish you could have joined under better circumstances!

[crunch]

no airbags deployed. The bluegums here aren't the same as supergeek's pic. I went back to the crash site and took some pics; the tree that hit us was already being eaten by termites before it toppled, probably was struck by lightning at some stage and died. When it hit us it snapped in 2 places and bounced off the car.

The arrows show two parts of the tree, the 3rd piece (not pictured) is on the other other side of the road.

We've had hectic storms and wind lately, pictured below is another broken tree (presumably from the storms too) example, this also in the vicinity of the 'incident' but not the one that hit us. 8 people have died so far, houses have been flattened, about 5kms from the area pictured, it looks like a bomb blast, not a tree standing in the valley and many houses left without roof tiles.

[rawlus®]

it is my understanding that the tridion is not actually the "roll cage" - but rather the exterior covering over the actual roll cage tubing. if that tubing is not damaged it might be able to be prepared, but i would think the insurance adjuster and/or mercedes body shop could give you much more definitive answers than anyone here.

[crunch]

insurance wrote the car off.

[smark]

Originally Posted by crunch

Greetings.

A 20 meter blue-gum tree fell on my smart forfour and damaged the roof and tridion cell, does anyone know if this is repairable, or can I expect my insurance company to write it off? They're taking their sweet time making a decision.

This is my first post and no image links allowed but will post the pics shortly.

Small car aren't worth much. If the damage cost to fix, is over half what the cars worth. They will total it. Has the insurance company given you any numbers yet on the car????? Has anyone one had a Smart car fixed yet, with serious damage???

[lkern]

Originally Posted by crunch

insurance wrote the car off.

I suspected as much. Can't compromise on the heart of the safety system.