What A Mess!

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

On the way to work this morning, something crap happened. On a dual carriageway, a vectra lost control and ploughed into the side of me, taking me over the kerb and onto the verge, my car dug in and flipped.

I'm fine aside from whiplash and a bit shaken up. Somehow managed to avoid any cuts or bruises (i think).

But the car isn't looking too clever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Already let the underwriters know I want salvage rights, hopefully there'll still be some parts I can rescue off it

 

I don't think the other driver is going to contest liability as he was coming from behind, so fingers crossed the claim wont take too long to sort.

 

A bit gutted though to be honest, I've spent years working on the car, and even though its a bit scruffy, it was a very straight and rust free shell.

 

I'm going to be in a rush to finish welding on my XAD now to get that back on the road in the meantime.

 

But I'm alive at least

Edited December 2, 2014 by johnnyboy666

[Stu 18]

Bloody hell, s*it luck fella

 

Like you say, least you walked away, could have been an entirely different story...

 

Fingers crossed it all gets settled quickly.

[dcc 855]

Glad you're ok. shame, but accidents happen. I've got a 3dr bare gti shell you can have if you come get it - reshell yours in to it. you're a bit far though

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

cheers guys, luckily I've got a couple of 205s on the drive, so I'm sure the parts will get put to good use if things aren't too bent

[Kane 34]

Christ! Looks a right mess, good thing you're alright.

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Bloody hell, you don't have much luck with getting hit by other vehicles do you

[dcc 855]

if you need a home for the wheels I can help!

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

You're right Tom, this was exactly 5 years and one month since the HGV incident (which is still not settled) hopefully this claim will go little smoother. I'm crossing my fingers that the beam you did for me isn't too shagged, not quite sure how much of a side impact the rear wheel took, I expect the trailing arm might've bent

 

We'll see how egg shaped the wheels are Dan! I don't expect I'll be able to fit them on anything now, I probably wont go down the wide arch route again in the foreseeable future, so they may well end up for sale.

 

As good luck would have it, I conveniently won a(nother) Roland Garros on ebay the other day, with MOT, that I'll be picking up this week. Every cloud and all that

[Kane 34]

Just out of interest what wheels are they?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

They're Weller steels, 13x10 rear and 13x8 front

[MaxGTX 8 1 Cars]

Really sorry to see your car like this, I'm glad you're okay.

Hope you bounce back quickly.

[Lowercase 56]

bloody hells mate. glad your ok mate!

 

build another one! even better!

[mechanicalrepairs 8]

Not very often you see a car on its roof, glad you got out ok.

 

Carl

[Andy_C 50]

You're safe. Cars can fixed or replaced, end of.

 

Glad you're in one piece - looked nasty, hope you have a smooth ride with the insurer(s).

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I've just been smashed into head on

 

 

Tis' the season to get crashed into!

 

The bloke was on the wrong side of the road

[dcc 855]

f*** sake paul. Stop crashing into people mun!

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

f***s sake johnny! Glad you're ok buddy, 205s are not the car to be in in a crash!

[Andy101 4]

S**t horrible to see something like that, cars you work on for ages become more than just pieces of metal. Glad you walked away ok. Hope the insurance get their hand in their pocket quickly!

[lewis205cti 12]

Gutted for you mate. Hope the insurance claim is a quick one.

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

The sad thing is the insurers will offer very little for the car which will no way compensate for the time and effort you have put into it.

 

Still, glad you are ok

[will1991 11 1 Cars]

Wow, sorry to see this but glad to hear you're alright.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

I've got the car back home now, that's a load off my mind already. I think I should get back a reasonable amount for it, as it was on a modified classic policy, but we will see. I'm finally getting a courtesy car tomorrow too, after having to take two days off work as emergency holiday.

I got a strange look off the neighbour for having a smashed up car on the drive!