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Isn't it worth going through insurance to repair his if its nearly £1k to repair?
I did the same thing with a cyclist, someone I worked with too! No damage, didn't knock her off the bike, no injury, no time off work.. Over a month later she suddenly had whip lash and claimed over £3k :O
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chrisritch
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
Trying to avoid insurance, mine will be fixed tonight,
The Audi driver was a genuinely. Nice guy, won't be whip lash as he was complaining about people that do that,
That doesn't mean anything. When I wrote off my corsa the guy said he was absolutely fine and nothing to worry about but still managed to get £2.3k
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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few little things to do tommorow but the rain was annoying me,
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SVM 286
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I did something very similar to a Mundano estate in my W124.
The Ford looked like it had been hit by a wrecking ball.
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nibnob21
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Morette indicators...but no morettes?
MX5 Project Thread
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tom130691
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quote: Originally posted by nibnob21
Morette indicators...but no morettes?
came on the bumper
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willay
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quote: Originally posted by tom130691
He's happy to get a cash price problem is he would rather it be done at Audi as iys a brand new car, they recon no more damage underneath, but Audi want a new bumper and gril around £900.....
Ouch, if thats the only option I'd be asking for the 'damaged' bumper in return, straight on ebay.
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3CorsaMeal
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Surprised we don't have plastic bonnets yet
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tom130691
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quote: Originally posted by willay
quote: Originally posted by tom130691
He's happy to get a cash price problem is he would rather it be done at Audi as iys a brand new car, they recon no more damage underneath, but Audi want a new bumper and gril around £900.....
Ouch, if thats the only option I'd be asking for the 'damaged' bumper in return, straight on ebay.
might try that
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3CorsaMeal
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Audi won't buy a new bumper, they will just fix that one and pretend they bought a new one from themselves.
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jonnysri
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couldnt of hit anything newer could you
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jaybe
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did the same in my esccy scuffed back of theres but it was a loan car as geezers other car was in for repairs . mine crumpled bonnet broke headlamp and rad . mine was written off his had small scratch on bumper but they said hire car needed new rear panel bumper respray ( his fault road was clear he moved so did I then he put brakes on I was looking at clear road looked up and bang )
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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it's not his fault at all. you should be looking at the car directly in front of you.
annoys me when people can't just accept they were in the wrong.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote: Originally posted by chrisritch
quote: Originally posted by tom130691
Trying to avoid insurance, mine will be fixed tonight,
The Audi driver was a genuinely. Nice guy, won't be whip lash as he was complaining about people that do that,
That doesn't mean anything. When I wrote off my corsa the guy said he was absolutely fine and nothing to worry about but still managed to get £2.3k
yep most people are reasonable until they get a phone call offering them grands on a plate
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Whittie
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
it's not his fault at all. you should be looking at the car directly in front of you.
annoys me when people can't just accept they were in the wrong.
I cannot stand people who hesitate on roundabouts, my new found anger for them seems to get worse daily. Nobody there, go. Sitting waiting for a claim!
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Steve
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yep they are fuckwits, however they cannot be blamed, they are there to be seen
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jaybe
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
it's not his fault at all. you should be looking at the car directly in front of you.
annoys me when people can't just accept they were in the wrong.
ohh get you I did look and he was moving and I looked to make sure round about was clear as you do and it was . but he' d stopped for no reason what do you just looka t car in front and not look to see if road is clear . we were both at fault you get wankers like that when we on two wheels and drive like c**ts iam a biker you see and member of motorcycle clubs so don't like car drivers much . don't set me off
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corsajay88
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Replace the slam panel. I crashed 1 of mine and it did pretty much the same damage. Unless you get the slam panel perfect which you won't the bonnet won't shut or catch properly and you'll never get your headlights properly aligned. Its a bit of a pain to do but better in the long run
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tom130691
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quote: Originally posted by corsajay88
Replace the slam panel. I crashed 1 of mine and it did pretty much the same damage. Unless you get the slam panel perfect which you won't the bonnet won't shut or catch properly and you'll never get your headlights properly aligned. Its a bit of a pain to do but better in the long run
already on
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nathy_87
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Looking good tom. Good to see that you're doing it back up.
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Balling
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quote: Originally posted by jaybe
ohh get you I did look and he was moving and I looked to make sure round about was clear as you do and it was . but he' d stopped for no reason what do you just looka t car in front and not look to see if road is clear . we were both at fault you get wankers like that when we on two wheels and drive like c**ts iam a biker you see and member of motorcycle clubs so don't like car drivers much . don't set me off
Annoying as it is it's still purely your fault. No way around that, no matter how many wheels you're on.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by jaybe
quote: Originally posted by Ben G
it's not his fault at all. you should be looking at the car directly in front of you.
annoys me when people can't just accept they were in the wrong.
ohh get you I did look and he was moving and I looked to make sure round about was clear as you do and it was . but he' d stopped for no reason what do you just looka t car in front and not look to see if road is clear . we were both at fault you get wankers like that when we on two wheels and drive like c**ts iam a biker you see and member of motorcycle clubs so don't like car drivers much . don't set me off
Should've made sure he was gone before driving onto the roundabout. If a kid had run into the road, you'd have run them over because you weren't paying attention to what was infront of you.
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Graeme
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I would ask to get a quote from another bodyshop. Doesn't look like it needs a bumper at all, imo from the pic if no bits are needed that's a £400 max repair.
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Ben G
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Why should he get it repaired rather than replaced? He's just bought a brand new audi and got hit through no fault of his own.
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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If you went through insurance they probably wouldn't replace it. And even if they did depending on the insurance company it may be a pattern part.
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