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Offline simonfa

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Gutted
« on: 10 February 2013, 18:29 »
Totally gutted!

Tyre deflation on a roundabout at 35mph.... Kerb and armco seconds later!

Does anyone have any dealings with Classicline insurance?


 
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Offline JC

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #1 on: 10 February 2013, 18:39 »
D;oh
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Offline SI74

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #2 on: 10 February 2013, 19:18 »
That don't look that bad mate. wing, bumper and maybe a grill would you put it through the insurance if that's all it is? Just remember it could have happened on a corner when you where going faster and ended up with more damage. 
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Offline simonfa

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #3 on: 10 February 2013, 20:41 »
Quote from: SI74 on 10 February 2013, 19:18
That don't look that bad mate. wing, bumper and maybe a grill would you put it through the insurance if that's all it is? Just remember it could have happened on a corner when you where going faster and ended up with more damage.

I fear it may be worse than it looks, cant open the bonnet and it now looks like the lower metal work is pushed back in where the towing eye is, also the metal work for the bumper thats on the car is now off center by about 100mm. In retrospect i should have let the car spin as i had the room but knee jerk reaction was to try and save it, i did twice then all of a sudden it snapped and it went into the kerb. Could have been a lot worse though like you say. Reason i was thinking of insurance is because my excess is only £100 with no volentary excess and its gonna cost me a fair bit more than that just to source the bits and thats wiothout spraying to the correct colour
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Offline theclash

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #4 on: 10 February 2013, 21:28 »
Insurance will write it off for sure
There's enough people breaking  mk2s for you to put it right cheaply
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Offline zebedee

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #5 on: 10 February 2013, 21:41 »
Keep the faith dude.  :smiley:
Could be far worse, get the front end off and start again. Plenty of parts about to sort her out. DONT SCRAP IT!!!
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Offline antogoof

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #6 on: 10 February 2013, 22:45 »
get the bumper iron off and the wing then see how bad it is, youll probably need a wing a slam panel and a grille. it dosnt look that bad really. :smiley:

yeah dont bother with classic line, they will write it off for sure, itd cost you less than £100 to get it roadworthy again.

paint will be the most expensive part unless you find an oakey breaking.

even if you are not too handy with the spanners its not a hard fix.

you need to asses the chassis leg first and go from there.
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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #7 on: 10 February 2013, 22:50 »
You survived and that is minor. Don't worry  :smiley:
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Offline SI74

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #8 on: 11 February 2013, 08:46 »
Quote from: simonfa on 10 February 2013, 20:41
Quote from: SI74 on 10 February 2013, 19:18
That don't look that bad mate. wing, bumper and maybe a grill would you put it through the insurance if that's all it is? Just remember it could have happened on a corner when you where going faster and ended up with more damage.

I fear it may be worse than it looks, cant open the bonnet and it now looks like the lower metal work is pushed back in where the towing eye is, also the metal work for the bumper thats on the car is now off center by about 100mm. In retrospect i should have let the car spin as i had the room but knee jerk reaction was to try and save it, i did twice then all of a sudden it snapped and it went into the kerb. Could have been a lot worse though like you say. Reason i was thinking of insurance is because my excess is only £100 with no volentary excess and its gonna cost me a fair bit more than that just to source the bits and thats wiothout spraying to the correct colour

Just make sure you have a good look at her before you do anything. Me and a mate fixed one the other week with a few tools that was hit harder on that corner.
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Offline simonfa

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Re: Gutted
« Reply #9 on: 12 February 2013, 11:46 »
Well had my first quote to repair the damage.... £1200... Seems not only the asthetic parts were damaged, coilover bent drivers side, coilover spring broken near side, camber is out, steering arm, anti roll bar, power steering pump bracket, control arm, engine mount and all the plastic covers. Needless to say the insurance want to write it off and give me market value!!! Doh Not even sure what that is until the guy from the insurance company comes out and tells me.
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