Jimmy James Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Decided to go for a nice drive today and get a bit of shopping, car was nice and clean and running perfectly then suddenly.... a stupid little nissan micra decides to make a right hand turn in front of me. Not good, didnt even have time to hit the brakes. Travelling at 30-35mph i attempted to avoid him by going into the oncoming traffic but too late. Lucky i did swerve to the right because if i didnt i would have smashed the entire front of my car. The 65 year old man did two 360's in his little car which must have been quite the experiance. He accepted full resposibility at the scene and says so on the police reports, however i have whiplash now and it seems to be getting worse. Been down the hospital and all they did was poke around and give me a pack of co-codomal. Being from Canada i havnt had any crashs here before and not sure how it all works in the UK. I'll attach a pic of the car before and after, any thoughts on the damage and if it will be written off because of this. From looking this is what i see broken: headlight (disintergrated on impact) indicator (same) bumper (same) rad support (bent) carbon bonnet(smashed on one corner and piece of headlight speared through it...lol) wheel(bent) tyre(gouge in side wall) wing(crunched) undertray(dissapeared) wheel arch liner Also wheels are pointing in different directions so suspension components. It was already quite dark out so the pic isnt the best i'll get some better ones in the morning. Glad i decided on factory Range Rover paint now. Lucky no one was behind me or it would have got messy. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L18msy Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Ooooh nasty! As long as you are ok thats the main thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Oh crap! Is the wheel ok? Hope its fixed soon mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Ive fixed worse !!! On the face of it looks pretty superficial, depends if the legs is damaged badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lui Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Ouch doesn't look very nice big shame such a nice looking supra before hope you get it all sorted out soon & lucky no one hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil-NA Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Thats not good mate, was a nice looking supe aswell, hope you can fix it up, but as has been said atleast your alright-ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy James Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 The one wheel has a bent lip but still holding air so think it could be fixed. Havnt even curbed the wheels yet, was really taking care of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Bad luck man, but at least youre OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Not good to see Hope it's all ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleshead Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Chin up mate, that will come back easy Put the word out in the wanted section, you'll have all the bits you need in 48 Hrs! For example I have a nice whifbitz bumper for sale if you fancy a change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy James Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Chin up mate, that will come back easy Put the word out in the wanted section, you'll have all the bits you need in 48 Hrs! For example I have a nice whifbitz bumper for sale if you fancy a change! Do you have a pic of the bumper mate? Never seen one before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Gutted for you James I would think the Insurance will want to write it off, but in the UK you have the option to buy it back and do the repair yourself You really need to find out what is twisted underneath, chasis leg/suspension etc to see if it's reasonable to do You have to remember that it will be listed as a Insurance Write off repaired then, so will have an impact if you ever try to sell it on Hope you can get sorted and make sure you give us SouthWest lot a shout if there's something we can help with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 glad your ok mate , shame car was looking good now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy James Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Gutted for you James I would think the Insurance will want to write it off, but in the UK you have the option to buy it back and do the repair yourself You really need to find out what is twisted underneath, chasis leg/suspension etc to see if it's reasonable to do You have to remember that it will be listed as a Insurance Write off repaired then, so will have an impact if you ever try to sell it on Hope you can get sorted and make sure you give us SouthWest lot a shout if there's something we can help with Doesn't matter about the write off status mate because it already is a cat "c". That's why I was fixing it up to keep and enjoy for the years ahead and get the TT conversion done in the spring. Hopefully it looks better in the daylight and is mostly cosmetic. Just really disappoints me that it's caused by someone in a rush to get to morrisons. I guess if I end up being able to keep it the bonnet will have to be painted now. My neck and shoulder is killing me this morning, think a lawsuit is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 If its's a cat c write off already then the insurance company will only value it at a certain percentage of its true value. I think this changes between companies. Taking this into account means they will probably write it off and you'll.have to buy it back, but their settlement figure will be lower than if it wasn't a cat c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Insurance will write that off. Might cost you 1000 pluss parts to repair. just don't put in a claim for your car and have a bodyshop do it. Get the parts yourself. That's what I did. Even if the legs are bent a bit they can me moved but from that pic I'd not imagine they ate much out. Mine had only moved an inch. Needed new headlights. bumper. Crash bar. Cross member etc. But even some of the weld in bits you need to get new are quite cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'd have thought it would be written off if its already a cat c, as far as the trades concerned it will only be worth 50 % of its pre accident value before this accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 i would let them right it off and buy it back if its cheap enough .whiplash can be painfull ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy James Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 I have it insured with Livingstone Warman Ins. co. on a cherished car policy, and the value agreed was 4000 pounds before it was painted. Im sure they would have known it was previously cat "c" from the history, and based the evaluation on it being repaired and inspected in 2009. Just got another pic of it, and the headlight stuck through my bonnet. Looks like a supra eating monster came down my road and took a bite out the front Cant see any significant damage to the suspension components, so hoping all the damage isnt in the leg. Better go swap my recaros over to the stock seats in case insurance does write it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Definately an easy repair then,but as said it would most likely be written off due to how much it would be to repair with new parts and labour costs.But there are things you can do to enable yourself to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 A lot depends on how it goes with the insurance, if they insure a car does it automatically flag up its a Cat C or do you have to imform them of this ? Same as you do with any points you have or accidents Im just struggling to see how an insurance comp values an NA at £4000 on an agreed value policy knowing its a Cat C I hope your right and im wrong and good luck with how it all goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Hope the chasis isn't bent mate then shouldnt be too hard a fix up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 A lot depends on how it goes with the insurance, if they insure a car does it automatically flag up its a Cat C or do you have to imform them of this ? Same as you do with any points you have or accidents Im just struggling to see how an insurance comp values an NA at £4000 on an agreed value policy knowing its a Cat C I hope your right and im wrong and good luck with how it all goes. You need to declare its a cat c to the insurance company, I think this may void your policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 keep us informed. still cant beleive this happened! like i said when i called you after it happened, the recaro's should be sold for safety reasons lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy James Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 keep us informed. still cant beleive this happened! like i said when i called you after it happened, the recaro's should be sold for safety reasons lol Haha funny guy, already got them out the car and stock ones back in Guess they will make nice gaming chairs till i get another supra. Spoke to the insurance company this morning and they said it will be a write off most likely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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