After 11 years of ownerwhip, 2 trannies and 2 engines, finally my CL-S succumbed to a broken ball joint while I was driving it.

Result: Lost control, hit the curb. Front end damage was pretty extensive including the driver side fender, bumper and front assembly(possibly suspension damage as well).

Insurance wrote the car off and took 2 weeks to settle the claim for $3200.

Going the diesel route and looking for either a ML 350 Bluetec or an X5 35D since the diesel is still a bit cheaper here in Canada.

Sad to see her go but it was certainly fun while it lasted!!

 

3200? that's IT?

 

Damn........sucks the car is gone. Diesel is a nice choice though.

 

Have you priced these things lately? They're not expensive cars at all. You could easily replace this car with that amount of money.

 

Out of curiosity, which balljoint broke?

 

Driver side..

 

I managed to negotiate upto $4k...There was also $1000 deductible, so really they gave $5k.

 

Think I may even have some spare parts that I had purchased over time..Will look in the garage and see what I have.

 

There's a 6 speed on kijiji now.....$2,700 I think they want.

 

^ saw that, blue too

 

Hmm..mine was blue as well and it was painted not too long ago..Had a new set of OEM acura rims too in mint condition!!!