just had the worst night ever.

[casiodan]

Tonight went from bad to worse.

Dropped the wife off at a works do and on the way home whilst driving round a bit of a blind bend, i spotted something in the road.

Slowed down as much as possible but couldnt avoid it. turns out to be a catalytic converter that had fallen off something (aa man said a Ford).

Flaming thing has got straight through the sump. Left a trail of oil down the road and quite possibly shafted my engine.

Gets home to find out that the insurance run out 2weeks ago and the wife had told them not to renew it.

Worst thing is the catalytic converter was on its end and had obviously been put there by some little scrote.

I am hoping that the only damage is to the sump cos ive got to pay for it myself now!!!!!

 

[Little Newms]

Unlucky mate......

 

[steve a]

Bugger!! Try hillpower for a sump theyve got a couple in stock.

 

[casiodan]

will give them a call, cheers!

 

[casiodan]

Anyone know how likely i am to have damaged anything else?

 

[steve a]

How long was it run for after hitting the cat? Best bet is to get it on the ramps, get whats left of the sump off then have a look to see if anythings got inside, you might be lucky.

 

[casiodan]

not long...i had my foot on the clutch so it was only idling aswell. i switched off a couple of seconds after hitting it

 

[iceblue182]

that sux mate!

sounds like you were quick in turning it off so i doubt there would be much if any internal damage.

Good luck

P.S I wouldnt want to be your misses when she gets back!

 

[Turkish]

hhhhm even on idle swarf and debris could have got anywhere. id get it thoroughly checked over mate.

 

[peterh2]

this in the valver or the 172?

 

[martsclio]

Should be ok a couple of seconds after but you wouldnt want to go much more than that.

I had exactly the same thing one night, using my mums mk4 golf, and some little f***er has decided to put a big chunck of brick in the road, couldnt avoid it, and ended up putting a hole in the sump big enough to fit your hand through, dumping all the oil up the road in a few seconds! It was 1.30am and all I wanted to do was get home and get to sleep!! So I know exactly how you feel!

It was lucky the kids that had put it there werent still about, I probably would have killed them!

 

[White16valver]

yep, have run over one of the square-poled wooden signs you get in the countryside that some tw*t had put in the road for a laugh no doubt.

As above, I found it hilaaarious.

not.

 

[casiodan]

Quote: Originally posted by peterh2 on 25 November 2004

this in the valver or the 172?

172!

 

[George16v]

sh*t Man - Unlucky.

BUT your lucky you didnt crash into anyone or run any one over if you didnt have insurance - Welll dodgy

 

[blink172]

Ouch, if you switched off and coasted pretty much straight away, you should be ok.

Dont know if its worth trying, but try http://www.specialistrenaultbreakers.co.uk/here

One of the users on here works there and might be able to sort you out

Ian

 

[casiodan]

Just been to the garage who have looked at it. Luckily its just the sump.

Gonna cost me just short of 700quid including the 36k service which is 220quid.

Got onto the phone to the insurance this morning. We hadnt cancelled the policy( they dug out the tapes of the telephone calls.) but they hadnt sent a renewal form to sign. They have covered us and backdated it so we do have insurance.

Thing is we have a 300 excess and we can only claim for the repairs to the sump (about 480) so is it really worth it.


[Edited by casiodan on 26 November 2004 at 12:05pm]

 

[CocoPops]

I think as youve said, youd be better off in the long run to stump up yerself.

 

[Matt16v]

Fcuk me £480 for a sump?

Whats the price of a sump? Is it a mammouth job to fit it?

 

[casiodan]

144 +vat

60 +vat for sump guard

8 +vat for gasket.

140 for labour



total 350 +vat =411

Plus loan car 70

 

[George16v]

Fork out for it yourself mate.

 

[casiodan]

IT JUST GOT WORSE.!.!.!

The immobiliser has just packed in on my valver. thats another 20quid to have it disabled, and 80quid for a replacemnt.





AARGHHH!!! Im off to bed, out of harms way. They havent predicted thunder & lightning tonight have they?

 

[son of solo]

buy the wife a new sump for xmas...

 

[Funkyjahooner]

Thats bad news,could of been worse though.You could of had an accident involving someone else and no insurance.

 

[casiodan]

Quote: Originally posted by Funkyjahooner on 26 November 2004

Thats bad news,could of been worse though.You could of had an accident involving someone else and no insurance.

Turns out it was there mistake, we were insured.

In the earlier post when i said the wife had told them not to renew it, that was what the insurance company had said. When i told the missus she went mental cos she said she hadnt told them anything. When they listened back to the phone calls (lucky they record them) they confirmed that we hadnt cancelled it.

Its normally a pain in the arse if you dont want to renew your insurance. They want to see a copy of your certificate from the new insurers.

 

[cat171]

personally id pay for it myself & leave the insurance company out of it.

unlucky though mate,
little scrotes (itf it was them who left it there want shooting)

 

[geoff_clio182]

Yeah for the little bit more it costs I would save loosing any no claims and pay for it yourself!

I was doing 85mph in the outside lane of the M1 the other day when they guy in fronts exhaust decided to fall off. Luckily I was a good distance away and managed to steer into the middle lane out of its way. Also there was nothing behind me but hitting that at 80mph wouldnt have been nice!

 

[Dan Page]

b****cks, reckon it will only cost ya a few quid though tbh aslong as its only the sump!

 

[Illusion]

Quote: Originally posted by geoff_clio182 on 27 November 2004Yeah for the little bit more it costs I would save loosing any no claims and pay for it yourself!I was doing 85mph in the outside lane of the M1 the other day when they guy in fronts exhaust decided to fall off. Luckily I was a good distance away and managed to steer into the middle lane out of its way. Also there was nothing behind me but hitting that at 80mph wouldnt have been nice!

Weird...that happened to me a little while ago on the M3, apart from it was dark and I hit something which im pretty sure was a backbox...

http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=6&TopicID=122115&PagePosition=11http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=6&TopicID=122115&PagePosition=11

Anyways really gutted for ya, not nice havin to pay out especially when its not your fault.

 

[casiodan]

Finally picked the car up today, all seems well. The only thing is they said if i wanted it today i would have to clean it myself, there valeter had gone home ill, probably saw my car next in line!

Anyway its blathered in oil from the aforementioned incident! Any tips on cleaning it, will hot soapy water do it?


[Edited by casiodan on 02 December 2004 at 4:19pm]

 

[iceblue182]

Glad to hear you have it back. pretty quick too!

heavy duty detergent would be best.

however normal car shampoo will work it will just take longer............ Good Luck!