Belatucadrus Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Stop the car because the guy in front stops to let somebody join the traffic flow only to be rammed up the derrière by the next vehicle. Banged on the head but good I apparently get out exchange details talk to the police blow into the breathalyser etc. but somebody wisely decides all is not well and ship me off to A & E. Some time later it becomes obvious talking to a doctor that yours truly has some walloping great holes in his memory, the best part of three hours between the impact and talking to the Doctor consists of very sketchy fragments so I'm scanned and kept for observation overnight before being released to the care of two responsible adults for the next 48Hrs. To top it all despite the fact it still drives OK the insurers want to call my pride and joy a write off which I'm disputing and have asked for it to be assessed but to be honest I'm not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Could be worse, you could have remembered the time you wasted waiting in A&E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Believe me I remember more than enough of the many many hours waiting in A & E with nothing to read or do beyond twiddle my fingers and try to remember what year it was ( yes I did get it wrong for some reason I thought it was 2005 though fortunately that corrected itself soonish). I felt such a phoney seeing the bandaged and bloody walking wounded, some with multiple police escorts. The mention of possible brain bleeds focused the mind on why I was there wonderfully.Still fingers crossed I have no desire to return there in the immediate future, though I've got a symptom list sheet as long as your arm which get the ambulance here pronto to get me hauled back.Watching the news I KNOW there are thousands of people much worse off who would think of me as a lucky sod and give their eye teeth to change places. But knowing something and feeling it in your gut is entirely different so forgive me if I come over as a sulky git over the next few weeks. That car was supposed to be my car of a lifetime and was my pride and joy and to have it probably scrapped and me stuck in hospital if only for such a brief period has given me the right Royal hump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 If the car is fixable for a reasonable cost you can get the pay-off buy it back get an MOT and still use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Sorry to read about your mishap Belatucadrus. I hope all turns out the right way in the end. As Rong stated, If the Insurance Company are so hell bent in writing off your car, try a buy back and get it fixed yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Sorry for your troubles. I had a little Triumph Herald written off in the same scenario some years ago. I loved that little red car............On the plus side - the weather is gorgeous for sitting about. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 I agree with rong, it could be a proposition. Hope you are fully OK now.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Not too bad all things considered thank you, my parents were in a smash last year and whilst they weren't smacked so effectively in the back of the head they were severely tenderised and on pain killers for weeks, something I appear to have missed out on.With the long weekend the assessors aren't likely to be here for a few days and I think we'll have to wait on them. Unfortunately with a nine year old Japanese car that's been out of production for a few years I suspect replacement parts will be hard to come by. I may drive it up to our local garage where it's serviced see what he thinks.I hope it's fixable as trawling through the car mags reveals a severe dearth of anything vaguely interesting in my price bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Not too bad all things considered thank you, my parents were in a smash last year and whilst they weren't smacked so effectively in the back of the head they were severely tenderised and on pain killers for weeks, something I appear to have missed out on.With the long weekend the assessors aren't likely to be here for a few days and I think we'll have to wait on them. Unfortunately with a nine year old Japanese car that's been out of production for a few years I suspect replacement parts will be hard to come by. I may drive it up to our local garage where it's serviced see what he thinks.I hope it's fixable as trawling through the car mags reveals a severe dearth of anything vaguely interesting in my price bracket.You certainly can't get a lot for £4.56.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Which reminds me empty the fuel tank there must be £50 worth in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Sorry to hear about your troubles.Do try to buy the car back from the insurers. Rear-end shunt shouldn't require anything complicated like re-jigging to straighten things out. My boy has been in that end of the car trade for 20+ years, and we've seen 2 year old cars written off for minor front wing damage purely for the fact that the respray/blending of the wing was going to burn up a lot of labour time.The repair industry is very greedy, which has brought about high costs and perfectly good cars being scrapped.I've got a discontinued import Jap Mazda Bongo 14 years old. No problems getting spares, and just recently as you may have read on here, I replaced a Glow Plug relay costing retail £89.00 for £9.00. - Where there is a will there is a way !As long as there is no structural "twisting" you should be able to find a decent little "Back-Street" guy who will be more than pleased to do the work. I know you have to weigh it all up against the actual value of the car, - but sometimes it is "Better the Devil you Know" than entering the minefield of the second-hand car market.Have a look on Google to see if there is a forum or club for your particular model of car. Auto-forums are usually much more user friendly and helpful than computer forums. ( With far less smart-asses :lol: )Many times you will find a forum member with just the skills, and/or the parts that you need, who by coincidence lives about a mile away from you.To give you some sort of idea. Here is the one that I use: http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/There is more spirit of altruism that exists amongst older car owners than ever will within the computer community.Hope all goes well for you. Keep us updated.John. Have a look at the following links:/>http://www.247spares.co.uk/imports/>http://www.nipponautomotive.co.uk//>http://nipponautoparts.com//>http://www.findapart.co.uk/?gclid=CJbq5sPgsqgCFUtC4QodNFXVAg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Lat year my wife had her elderly and beloved Japanese car side swiped at a T junction which stoved in the passenger door and dented the door sill. The insurance Company wrote the car off and offered her just £300 for a car which had done only 18,000 miles and was in immaculate condition.She contested the offer and eventually got it up to £750 and bought the car back for £250. One of our friends got a door from a scrap yard which happened to be the same colour. He fitted the door and repaired the sill for a total cost of £155. Hence she got the car back on the road in "as before" condition and had £300 left in pocket to pay for the road worthiness checks. Although the car was restored to full health she fell out of love with it and part exchanged it for a new Hyundai i10 - getting £1200 PX value and extra discount under the car scrappage scheme.I hope you have similar luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 After more considered examination by yours truly, the guys from the local garage who service it and the chap from AssessUK it turned out the car was worse than I'd originally thought and certainly beyond my meagre skills and has bitten the dust. On the plus side the insurers were fairly reasonable and came pretty close to what I asked for it, now just remains to get my excess back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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