Ron, yes there are some of those days
I worked around 2 stupid drivers today. One decided it was perfectly safe to drive onto the road, without looking. Luckily my horn worked well and I honked my way out of a high speed crash, circling around that driver, his wife and his dog (the only one who was actually watching traffic). Still rather annoyed by this almost-incident I almost crashed into an oncoming car. The driver was so busy using his cell phone (illegally of course) that he wasn't watching where he was going, driving on the middle of the road, yapping away.
All this while using a car that spends most of it's lifetime in my workshop. I treated it for a test drive as I had replaced the cloth upholstery with a leather one. I know I would have walked away from a crash, but it certainly would have ruined my day (not to mention the car). These cars are built like tanks.
As I always joke: my crumple zone is the other car.
British TV-Program 'Fifth Gear' crashed a similar S-Class into a simulated traffic jam. Doing 70mph the S-Class ploughed into the other cars with relatively little damage. No deformation to the passenger area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcVEnyxeo8