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by **Wildhound** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:29 pm

I was in the car park of the Square in Tallaght last night and a Hyundai Coupe pulled out when I had right of way and smacked into my front passenger side wheel.

It was at fairly low speed but enough to knock the bumper out of line, bend the quarter panel in a couple of places and leave a scratch along the door. Worse, the front passenger side wheel now looks like it's cambered so something's definitely wrong there!

Drove home all right but there was a hell of a lot of rubbing in the arch so I won't be driving it any more. The other driver accepted responsibility anyway. I felt sorry for her, she was in bits. Feck all damage to her car though. The reg plate fell off and the bumper was scratched.

I'm gutted but at least it wasn't my fault!

by **jpsautostyling** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:40 pm

Unlucky fella

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:42 pm

tough luck mate .
i guess you never know when it's comming.
still .it's better than somebody hit the car in the parking lot and drive away !!

by **d_dan** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:29 am

sorry to hear buddy!

by **MY-JAP-MISTRESS** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:52 pm

whiplash!!!! :idea:

time to get back some of the money you been paying for insurance every year

by **Bernard** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:16 am

MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:whiplash!!!! time to get back some of the money you been paying for insurance every year

It's thinking like that that makes the premiums so high in the first place.
Not to mention illegal.

by **mark** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:28 am

Sorry to hear that Wildhound, very unfortunate, hope it gets sorted and sorted well for you

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:33 pm

Yet another reason to dislike Hyundai Coupes!

by **Wildhound** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:19 pm

colm_mcm wrote:Yet another reason to dislike Hyundai Coupes!

My thoughts exactly

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:49 pm

MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:whiplash!!!! time to get back some of the money you been paying for insurance every year

No only is that a terrible idea it is also Illegal.
Please don't suggest illegal activity again.

Wildhound - terrible luck you're having lately. Atleast nobody got hurt and you have insurance cover.

by **kevinod** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:08 pm

Bad luck... at least it looks like you'll be covered with insurance. Don't count your chickens until you have all the paperwork sorted out though...

by **Wildhound** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:32 pm

Muad_dib77 wrote:Wildhound - terrible luck you're having lately.

Agreed. Seems like every time I start planning mods or anything something goes wrong.

by **Marie** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:39 am

Muad_dib77 wrote:
MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:whiplash!!!! time to get back some of the money you been paying for insurance every year

No only is that a terrible idea it is also Illegal.
Please don't suggest illegal activity again.

Wildhound - terrible luck you're having lately. Atleast nobody got hurt and you have insurance cover.

Totally agree with Jay, my brother-inlaw was in a really serious crash two week's ago & he had to be cut out of the car & it wasn't his fault either!
& he was seriously injured but at least he is alive!!!
So where would false insurance claim's leave people like him who are really hurt through no fault of their own!

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:24 pm

Marie wrote:Totally agree with Jay, my brother-inlaw was in a really serious crash two week's ago & he had to be cut out of the car & it wasn't his fault either!
& he was seriously injured but at least he is alive!!!
So where would false insurance claim's leave people like him who are really hurt through no fault of their own!

False claims just drive up peoples premiums, people with genuine claims still get the same compensation.

by **stevec** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:58 pm

Sebastian wrote:still .it's better than somebody hit the car in the parking lot and drive away !!

Yup, I know about this one alright :evil:

Sorry to hear that wildhound.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:17 pm

Wouldn't fancy trying to match the paint on your car Wildhound.

by **Wildhound** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:33 am

Update on this:

I’ve been in touch with Axa (her insurance company) and they’ve agreed to take the car into their garage on Belgard Rd to do the repairs and give me a rental in the meantime.

I’d be worried about this only for my dad was hit by an Axa insured person a few weeks back and they did a fantastic job on the car. Needless to say I wont be settling for a poor job.

colm_mcm wrote:Wouldn't fancy trying to match the paint on your car Wildhound.

I had thought about that. Maybe I can wrangle a full respray out of them.

by **steelroe** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:57 pm

What ever happens do not leave the garage without checking the work over fully, I seen an insurance job some months back and it was a disgrace, done by a main dealer. The owner sent it back twice and in the end made the insurance company allow him to take it to another workshop.
Total Nightmare

by **Wildhound** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:54 pm

Just called the garage there for an update (because I heard nothing since they took the car in last week).

They've just sent a parts list off to Axa and are waiting for a response. Apparently repairs will cost 4500 euro

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:58 pm

I think you have an option to take the pre VAT price? as long as the car is worth more than the repair.

by **Wildhound** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:35 pm

I won't get another one for that price... better to let them fix it surely?

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:39 pm

Depends on what you could get for your car in it's current condition. I remember how much they guy you bought it from was asking, and there are a lot more FTO's on the market now than there was then. If you like the car you have, keep it.
It just opens up opportunities to upgrade for free.

by **steelroe** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:48 pm

I will nearly bet AXA will not pay for the repair as it is going to cost the price of the car. They will write it off as un-economical to repair. I would get a good accessor and get a high as possible pre accident value for the car. (The old "manual" is rare line is usually a goood one). Then as a settlement buy the damaged fto from them at the scrappage value and take the diff in from the insurance company. i.e

Pre-accident - scrappage = cash for wildhound for new fto and you have a complete car for parts.

or take the car for scrappage as above and do it up for a fraction of the cost, pocketing some money for the hassle.

by **Wildhound** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:27 pm

Cheers Steelroe, that sounds like sound advice. I'll wait till they ring me and see what they have to say. They said they'd call tomorrow but that probably means Monday :

by **Wildhound** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:37 pm

It just occurred to me that if I do end up having to buy another one, with the current shocking Sterling exchange rate it might be worth a trip to England. Fantastic selection on Pistonheads.

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