Crashed on way home tonight

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:24 am

Just had the claims dept on the phone and was given a choice so I expressed a preference for my local Scoob garage. So I have to get said garage to quote and then the ins company's engineer has to agree costs with them, apparently.

May have to use RAC to get to the garage, but otherwise looking straightforward so far.

Andy

Tk · Post by Tk » Fri May 02, 2008 5:37 pm

sad to hear this andy and hope all goes smoothly for you,
and the most important thing nobody hurt , as said above

Scooby_RA · Post by **Scooby_RA** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:22 pm

Hope it all goes smoothly for you mate, if you have any questions/problems regards to RAC and getting your car collected give me a PM

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:50 pm

Gerry asked what 4.5k (insurance quote) of damage looked like. Here it is:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/adbdba/20 ... rUVq5BUZJo

With standard wheels swapped on it drives ok, to my surprise. Driver's front wheels is now about 1cm further back than the passenger side, and steering wheel is rotated about 30deg to the left.

You can see how the skidmarks veer left at the point of impact, and the marks on the 1m-high verge made by all 4 wheels.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:02 pm

Don't get much for 4.5K then. Bloody shame as it was a really nice car.

As we're in Members Only, Was the ABS disabled to leave those marks?

If they do let you buy the car back, I know a good man in MK.

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:40 pm

Cant be good that the A piler got a touch.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:55 am

IWANT1 wrote:Cant be good that the A piler got a touch.

Thats not bad, either that will fill or you can buy the timwork that sits over the a-pillar. From those pics I would reckon that dependant on how bad the chassis leg a nd inner wing are thats under 2k's worth of damage if you don't go through the insurance and get a deal with a bodyshop as they all charge higher labour rates and replace everything brand new that they have to remove.

parts:

Wing mirror:180 new, get one for 20 quid on ebay.
wing is 70 new
Bonnet is

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:10 am

Yup. And, 406 silver is a popular colour so there's a chance of picking up some parts secondhand from the likes of ESB.

ABS unit is in that corner, but I wouldn't mind converting it to non-ABS. [Gerry - yes indeed, I was running it with the fuse pulled at the time. Wasn't aware of having locked up at the time, and it was following the straight path I'd intended, away from the other car towards the bank]

The uncertainty of the extent of the chassis/suspension damage makes me wary though. Not sure I'd be able to get a proper diagnosis before having to make a decision. Could probably drive it somewhere local though.

Andy

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:38 am

I have a steel wishbone, if you want to change that before driving it anywhere. You may be lucky and find that's a lot of the misalignment problem. Apparently the alloy ones bend quite easily.

As for 1Ks worth of paint. The guy who did mine repaired the bonnet, and rear quarter panel, welded up all the skirt fixing holes in the sills, plastic welded the UK washer holes in the front bumper and the no. plate screw holes, straightened a dent in the rear bumper and resprayed the car to a very good standard for

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:40 am

And removed the black bump strips from the doors and wings and repaired a couple of Tesco dings.