Rear ended part duex

[Gally]

Steering is fantastic in them.

 

[JD]

I was under the influence...

This does not surprise me.

 

[DrR]

My ST will probably be up for sale soon

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

My ST will probably be up for sale soon :wink:

You haven't mentioned it, did you also get it at a militarised special rate on purchase also?

 

[Typhoon]

Camera quality isn't too shabby mate! Handled the situation pretty well! Hope everything/everyone's alright.

 

[Chili Red]

Hope it's all sorted asap and glad you were both ok. Impressed by that emergency function and the dash cam.

You were so calm with your daughter, bless her.

Did the Meg driver have his eyes shut?

 

[AndyStew]

Must've been looking down at his phone, texting possibly.

A bright orange car, with brake lights on, indicating in the middle of the road isn't exactly incon-f**king-spicuous.

He should've bought a Ford with sync and text reader himself.

 

[MarkCup]

A quick update; Aviva have confirmed their engineer has all he needs to sign off on the repair, that's expected to happen today so, bodyshop time permitting, they can get started repairing on Monday.

If it takes two weeks to complete I'll have it back two weeks before Goodwood giving me just enough time to get four new tyres fitted and the brake fluid changed.

Great news! I wasn't expecting things to happens so quickly!

 

[MarkCup]

It continues to move forward.

Insurance company have issued approval for repair. Dealership have advised bodyshop. Bodyshop have ordered parts.

Also, it turns out the repairing bodyshop is a 3 minute walk or a 1 minute drive from home in my village. They are going to love me LOL

 

[midge]

Thats good news, your insurers sound awesome, the ones that dealt with my crash were useless, took them 4 weeks to pay out on a £700 Lupo, it cost them more money in hire car cost than the price of the pay out, could have been sorted within 48 hours! no wonder insurance prices are so high!

 

[Matt W]

Good to hear. Hope they get the orange paint done right!

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

Great new's!

 

[MarkCup]

So two weeks after this happened and the bodyshop have all they need except the rear bumper which is en route from Germany. I'm going to take a stroll across to see it at lunch, see how they're getting on and ask if they might be able to refurb my one slightly kerbed wheel while they have it.

Aiming for a return to me on Friday 31st which is cutting it fine for Goodwood but should allow me just enough time to bleed brakes and fit new tyres.

The 1.0 EcoBoost is keeping me entertained though. Wringing its neck everywhere I can't get the average mpg below 50!

 

[Gally]

Enjoy them trying to match the wheel colour. Yours is an early car so the Volvo colour may work, if it doesn't give me a PM and i'll help you out mate.

Make sure they know not to take a chance on the colour of the wheel, it has to be good or don't bother. They flip a lot colour wise and it's a very difficult match!

 

[Inequality Street]

Enjoy them trying to match the wheel colour. Yours is an early car so the Volvo colour may work, if it doesn't give me a PM and i'll help you out mate.

Make sure they know not to take a chance on the colour of the wheel, it has to be good or don't bother. They flip a lot colour wise and it's a very difficult match!

I've called about 6 refurb places near me. Each one has refused to do the work on 2 of my alloys. Right pain.

 

[MarkCup]

Enjoy them trying to match the wheel colour. Yours is an early car so the Volvo colour may work, if it doesn't give me a PM and i'll help you out mate.

Make sure they know not to take a chance on the colour of the wheel, it has to be good or don't bother. They flip a lot colour wise and it's a very difficult match!

I've just been to see it/them, so sad walking away and having to climb back into the Zetec. Their operation looks professional enough though...it's in good hands.

As for the wheel refurb, they sub it out so don't do it themselves...and he couldn't comment on any likely paint match issues so I'll leave that for now.

 

[Matthew]

Do them bright silver - they look better than the standard grey anyway. @Scrooge 's looks brilliant.

 

[Scrooge]

Mathew knows!

 

[MarkCup]

Not on orange they don't. Blue or black definitely but MO has to be the rado grey IMO.

 

[MarkCup]

Update on the repair, it's been pulled, cut, welded, should be going to paint later today, aiming for a return to me on Friday.

Thank f*** for that.

 

[Matthew]

Happy days mate! Have you had a figure yet on total repair cost?

 

[MarkCup]

So it took a few days longer than expected but I'm pleased to report it's back. It's been a very long three and a half weeks. I only got to drive it the 0.2 miles home from the bodyshop (compared to the Zetec it felt like it had zero suspension LOL) as I'm working on the company's payroll today...I will get out and give it a good kicking as soon as I can.

 

[Advikaz]

Looks like a good job!

 

[Jekyll]

Are you happy with the paint work, colour match, etc Mark?

 

[MarkCup]

Yep, colour match is as good as it always was and they've got the gold flake spot on. I took a bright LED inspection lamp with me as it was overcast at the time. Major paranoia on my part but I needn't have worried. They've done a good job.

 

[Matthew]

Happy days mate. Glad they have sorted it and it like a good job from those pictures.