Any Car Body Experts Here ???
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Let me guess, he got off scot free?
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I actually clicked that link expecting a website
me too, but i was hoping for a "post your car" section full of modded chav-mobiles
Ok lets look at this your going to need
1 x new bonnet
1 x near front wing
1 x headlight
1 x front bumper
1 x alloy wheel
1 x front grille
1 x new arch liner.
and then the damage underneath the visible
so new suspension springs, shock absorbers, possibly drop links, maybe drive shaft as well
then the crash panel behind the front bumper, and then possibly new metal behind that, that will be behind the wings
did the airbag go off ? thats another couple of hundread for a new one of them and reprogramming the new one.
If you go through the insurance, for them to properly warranty the work, they will insist new panels are fitted, rather than bending existing ones back and bodging it with filler.
that little lot could easily come to 5 grand, which is going to make it a write off. And thats before we go over what damage there is on the other side ....
i dont think it will be less than the value of the car. Even if it was slightly less, they wont offer you the oppertunity to pay part of the repair and not have it written off.
To be honest, that car is that badly damaged if it was repaired, it would never be the same again. You want rid of this car, not to keep it.
1 x new bonnet
1 x near front wing
1 x headlight
1 x front bumper
1 x alloy wheel
1 x front grille
1 x new arch liner.
and then the damage underneath the visible
so new suspension springs, shock absorbers, possibly drop links, maybe drive shaft as well
then the crash panel behind the front bumper, and then possibly new metal behind that, that will be behind the wings
did the airbag go off ? thats another couple of hundread for a new one of them and reprogramming the new one.
If you go through the insurance, for them to properly warranty the work, they will insist new panels are fitted, rather than bending existing ones back and bodging it with filler.
that little lot could easily come to 5 grand, which is going to make it a write off. And thats before we go over what damage there is on the other side ....
i dont think it will be less than the value of the car. Even if it was slightly less, they wont offer you the oppertunity to pay part of the repair and not have it written off.
To be honest, that car is that badly damaged if it was repaired, it would never be the same again. You want rid of this car, not to keep it.
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It's a 40mph zone and judging by the damage done to your vehicle you must have crashed at a good 35mph to fold the wheel, what made you decide to stick it into a pole? Which direction where you traveling in the second photo you posted, could you not have gone into the field bit?
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Well as he was going about 100 mph i thought the pole would be the safer option , call me old fashioned .
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^ Yeah, I was wondering how the logistics of the accident worked? If a chav was overtaking you - or overtaking a car heading for you, how did you end up hitting a pole in the middle of the road? Surely the you'd veer to the nearside?
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The field was the better option i agree but the chav had already started heading that side , so yep i went for the pole side.
What you got against the Poles then ???
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I like the humour in this thread , i need cheering up. lol
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The picrures don't add up.
The first one is of a BMW that has been mullered into a kerb.
The second is of a flattened pole.
It's possible the ripped wing was done on the pole and then the car went into the other side of the road and a kerb (can't see if there is a kerb due to police van). Now that would imply the driver of the BMW came alongside the warning box thing and then pulled into the pole. If a 'chav' doing '100mph' was headed straight for the OP I would expect the chav either went into the field, or the OP WAY over reacted and the chav trundled along on the wrong side of the road past the crashing OP.
Most people will swerve away from an oncoming vehicle, into the field, not into a pole.
It all smells rather fishy to me.
The first one is of a BMW that has been mullered into a kerb.
The second is of a flattened pole.
It's possible the ripped wing was done on the pole and then the car went into the other side of the road and a kerb (can't see if there is a kerb due to police van). Now that would imply the driver of the BMW came alongside the warning box thing and then pulled into the pole. If a 'chav' doing '100mph' was headed straight for the OP I would expect the chav either went into the field, or the OP WAY over reacted and the chav trundled along on the wrong side of the road past the crashing OP.
Most people will swerve away from an oncoming vehicle, into the field, not into a pole.
It all smells rather fishy to me.