Flavio Briatore made me do it

[Inferno]

Hit something slippery on the way to work, not happy. Currently waiting to see what the insurance company have to say.

 

[Justin]

Ouch! Looks nasty

 

[Cuppa]

Nice camber that

Doesn't look good mate, hope they sort it.

 

[Jamie]

Love the title, sorry about the car.

Have you had a look?

May be just bent wishbones? Fix it yourself?

 

[Inferno]

It went straight off on a low loader to a local garage, the estimate they've given me is around £3k - damage to brakes, wishbone, subframe, wheel, exhaust, etc. Surprisingly the AST strut was untouched!

 

[Jamie]

£3k? It's difficult to see that from the pic you have posted but I don't know too much about cars though.

Guess that's a write off then as they are only 5-6k 2nd hand now.

May be able to get a payout and fix it yourself in your spare time as the parts you have said aren't expensive but the labour time is large.

 

[Laura182]

Aw mate gutted!! £3K damage??!! Bloody hell! Hope you get it sorted soon anyways.

 

[Tucker]

ahhhhhhhh bruv.

 

[franx]

first time i've seen such a nasty pic of your Inferno !


I would check the strut thoroughly , doe'snt look like it could be "untouched" to me

 

[Steviant]

Oh shi te! Not good mate.

Where'd it happen?

 

[TimR26]

Thats expensive, hopefully it won't be a write off, depending on insurer they usually repair up to 60 - 75% of car value.

 

[DannyR]

£3000??? What the hell have you manged to bend?

 

[Seedy172]

I got hit in the back at 5(ish) mph, £1.5-2k damage... so I can believe the expense. Still, not good. Hope you get it fixed and sorted asap.

 

[Ollie82.]

My god. 3k? Must be more than just suspension parts bent to warrant a quote of that size surely?!

 

[bmh.01]

Bloody hell bad luck, speaking from experience that will never been "right" again. I fear kerbs like the devil these days.

 

[bmh.01]

My god. 3k? Must be more than just suspension parts bent to warrant a quote of that size surely?!

That will have at least have bent the subframe and 9/10 it bends the mounting points on the chassis too with a decent knock, i'd want it written off that this point I think for the above reason.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Nicht gut !

Was it you spotted doing Del-Boy impressions around roundabouts here!?

:boring:

 

[Ad172UK]

Don't forget £3k is brand new parts.

Take a look at the price of brand new brakes from Renault. Then have a gander on eBay.

If i were you i'd but it back. You'd probably get it back on road for less than £1k with second hand parts or parts from Euro Car Parts and GSF.

 

[Ad172UK]

That will have at least have bent the subframe and 9/10 it bends the mounting points on the chassis too with a decent knock, i'd want it written off that this point I think for the above reason.

Maybe i should've read this before making my above post

 

[Inferno]

Nicht gut !

Was it you spotted doing Del-Boy impressions around roundabouts here!?

:boring:

Lol! No, pretty sure it wasn't me! I crashed on the 11th.

 

[DannyR]

I can't even see how its messed the brakes up IAH!

 

[Inferno]

The disk was bent and pushed well into the caliper. I was surprised just how much damage there was, especially as the only body damage is a scuff on the front bumper.

 

[Dave..]

Ah mate! Exact same damage as mine, in the exact same spot!

Hopefully it's not going to be as costly as mine ever was

 

[Fletcher]

Like i said in the PM, sorry to see that Neil

 

[Mike_Shand]

Not good Neil! I did hear something about this from Paul in the pub but thought nah! Pauls chatting out of his arse! Good luck with getting it sorted!

Mike

 

[Inferno]

Thanks for the sympathetic comments guys, hopefully the insurance company will be getting back to me tomorrow with some news.

 

[Inferno]

Good news! The repairs have been authorised! :approve:

 

[Fletcher]

Great news Neil

I still want your seats

 

[Gally]

I do wonder some peoples comments about write offs! Jeez!

Just because you can buy a 182 on pistonheads for 4k doesn't mean that's what it's worth.

I valued a ph1 172 at 3.5k the other day!

The repairs will be fine mate, much better getting new suspension than a new door or any new panels fitted.

Wonder what they meant by the exhaust tho, did you go down a banking or anything underneath your car?

 

[Inferno]

Wonder what they meant by the exhaust tho, did you go down a banking or anything underneath your car?

No just hit a curb, but it pushed the anti-roll bar into the exhaust and caused a little bit of damage. I don't think it's anything too serious though.

As for the seats Fletch - looks like they're staying!