AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hit the corner of a wall at (I promise you) 10mph, 13mph tops! Heres the after effects! Bumper damaged, FMIC and radiator a little bent but not much, air con damaged, bonnet bent... everything else is fine.. they say its 5k worth of damage and are writing it off.. ITs an 6 speed manual, on 64k miles brought for 7k last year.. the rest of the car is in amazing nick for its age... surley its worth more than 5k!! If it had'nt of been the corner it would of been just a bent bumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I think if its over 60% of the value of the car to repair they write it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 10mph? hmm okay There is a fair bit of damage there, it should be repairable, but initially it looks like 1. Bumper 2. Bonnet 3. Radiator x2 The bits would add up with labour and the like, however you could fight and insist they repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahjones26 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 10 or 13 mph............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolarbag Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Is it possible to post pics of under the bonnet? Front End - 100quid Crashbar - 50quid FMIC - replace with smic or from £400-£1000 New Slam Panel Installed - 250quid Bonnet - 150quid Radiator x 2 - 300quid Respray - 300 - 600 If it is just that damage then your in the region of 2g if you do it yourself, they will write it off as a CAT D if the damage isn't too bad Just buy it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Ill see what I can do, its at the garage at the moment.. and yes I promise you, Im not one of these people who lie about the speed I was doing.. I was barly moving when I hit it.. it was just the corner went right in... which the pics show... i mean i didnt even scratch the wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hit the corner of a wall at (I promise you) 10mph, 13mph tops! Were you slowing from a greater speed? and hit the wall at that speed? Seems a lot of damage :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The problem you have is the cost of the parts from Toyota... Bonnet and bumper will cost over 1k, then theres the slam panel.. thats only about 100 but the labour to remove all broken parts, weld in a new slam panel spray to match.. Then the new Radiator and aircon rad (was it broken?) I tell you it mounts up pretty quickly... with the prices ofsupes rightnow, ide let them right it off.. with the money buy yourself a nice genuine 6speed then either fix or break the other one... using the money you made to get the good one sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 the rest of the car is in amazing nick for its age... Just a shame about the huge crease where the engine should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Just a shame about the huge crease where the engine should be. thats not funny.... grr:taped: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 and yes, i hit the wall doing 10ish.. wheels sliding on wet carpark tarmac... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 The problem you have is the cost of the parts from Toyota... Bonnet and bumper will cost over 1k, then theres the slam panel.. thats only about 100 but the labour to remove all broken parts, weld in a new slam panel spray to match.. Then the new Radiator and aircon rad (was it broken?) I tell you it mounts up pretty quickly... with the prices ofsupes rightnow, ide let them right it off.. with the money buy yourself a nice genuine 6speed then either fix or break the other one... using the money you made to get the good one sorted! If they write the car off and I buy it back.. surley I wont have any cash left over to buy another 6speed twin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberleyAnn Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Stop giving Alex a hard time people, even if he was doing over 10/13mph which im sure he wasnt, as he told me about the accident as soon as it happened, its still not nice to see another Supra maybe being taken off the road. I hope you get it sorted mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Is it possible to post pics of under the bonnet? Front End - 100quid Crashbar - 50quid FMIC - replace with smic or from £400-£1000 New Slam Panel Installed - 250quid Bonnet - 150quid Radiator x 2 - 300quid Respray - 300 - 600 If it is just that damage then your in the region of 2g if you do it yourself, they will write it off as a CAT D if the damage isn't too bad Just buy it back I agree that doing it himself he might be able to do it for the above costs, but for an approved bodyshop, the cost is going to be well over double that. Their £5k seems about right really.. There's all the "other" items which would need to be replaced that could really bump the total. bonnet trim panel bonnet stay mounting brackets lower front frame (very expensive) AC rad and pipework, & regas viscous fan fan shroud etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolarbag Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 (edited) Stop giving Alex a hard time people, even if he was doing over 10/13mph which im sure he wasnt, as he told me about the accident as soon as it happened, its still not nice to see another Supra maybe being taken off the road. I hope you get it sorted mate. He's young, and not as popular as most, thats the way the cookie crumbles on this forum:rolleyes: Theres no point in a thread worth 15pages long with 'sorry to hear that mate' If it makes you feel any better I crashed a punto in the first 15secs of driving it, at 10mph maybe even less, it looked a lot worse than that, I'm not even sure if I meant it:p Its up to you, at least you know it can be repaired, the choice to write it off or buy it back and fix it is up to you What is an approved bodyshop? Edited June 18, 2008 by bolarbag (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 He's young, and not as popular as most, thats the way the cookie crumbles on this forum:rolleyes: Theres no point in a thread worth 15pages long with 'sorry to hear that mate' If it makes you feel any better I crashed a punto in the first 15secs of driving it, at 10mph maybe even less, it looked a lot worse than that, I'm not even sure if I meant it:p Its up to you, at least you know it can be repaired, the choice to write it off or buy it back and fix it is up to you What is an approved bodyshop? didnt realise 25 was considered young lol, 25 today as well! Thanks for your help guys... guess its just a gonner then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Stop giving Alex a hard time people, even if he was doing over 10/13mph which im sure he wasnt, as he told me about the accident as soon as it happened, its still not nice to see another Supra maybe being taken off the road. I hope you get it sorted mate. Thanks hun, love love x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolarbag Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 didnt realise 25 was considered young lol, 25 today as well! The average age on here is around 45 and rising;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra61 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Sorry to see this james yours is a nice car and a shame to see it looking in a sorry state. You could always transplant the tt6 in to your na,just an option.Good luck mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I think that sort of damage is achievable at such low speeds. Once you get these lardy arse cars on the move it takes alot to stop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 thats an easy fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueangel Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 give keron a call im sure a, he could fix it for a good price and b, he will have all the parts to do the job and possibly in silver too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I crashed one of my old supras (not badly) mainy suspension damage and a headlight and a wheel, and it was only an N/A so to stop them from writing it off I took it to my local bodyshop and gave them Jezz's number to source all the parts from, they faxed a quote to my insurance company using Jezz's parts and it got accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 and yes, i hit the wall doing 10ish.. wheels sliding on wet carpark tarmac... So you were sliding at 10-13mph due to wet tarmac. So you must have been braking to initiate a slide then. I'm struggling to see how that much damage was caused TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoop Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 didnt realise 25 was considered young lol, 25 today as well! The average age on here is around 45 and rising;) Well...if 25 is considered young and the avarage age of all of you guys on the forum seems to be 45, you're all old enough to be my dad lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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