Oooo, bad luck Rob What a p!sser
What's that going to cost for another?
I've had a few self inflicted car disasters. The worst one....
I knocked off for the day mid-way through putting a 1275GT engine into my new resprayed Mini (I was about 18 at the time). I was using my Dad's JCB JS130 (massive yellow JCB thing with caterpillar tracks) as an engine hoist. When we left the new engine was suspended from the JCB's outstretched arm with the engine almost on it's mounts in the engine bay.
When we came in to work the next morning we found out that the JCB had a slight hydraulic leak, which caused the heavy arm of the JCB (several tonnes) to very slowly and gradually lower during the night, pressing the engine down into the mini's engine bay. It totally mangled the front of the car, the subframe, steering rack, the top end of the engine, etc etc.
We scrapped the car.