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Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:51 am
by phatz
Got swiped on the way to work this morning!

The lady changed into my lane without looking..

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Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:05 am
by Hobber
No....!

edit: She changed lanes and hit you there?! Wow she really wasn't looking!

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:15 am
by phatz
Hobber wrote:No....!

edit: She changed lanes and hit you there?! Wow she really wasn't looking!



Terrible driver I know!

Hopefully insurance sorts this out quick, might also be a perfect time to get some eye lids and grill and get the workshop to paint them for me!

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:17 am
by mitch2147
Nooooo.... I always cringe at these things. Stupid, stupid lady.

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:48 am
by Roddez
John, that could be an expensive one to repair. I had a similar incident last year when someone hit me there.

If you have metallic paint it means you will need almost the entire car (roof, pillars and both rear panels) resprayed. I'm told it's the only way that they can match the paint. Mine was in the shop for 5 days while it was all corrected.

However if it's not metallic paint it should be a pretty quick fix.

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:04 am
by Mr04Liberty
This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:04 am
by Hobber
Yeah, Hobber's MY07 2.5i gets written off :(
Hobber gets MY10 GT :)

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:05 am
by phatz
Roddez wrote:John, that could be an expensive one to repair. I had a similar incident last year when someone hit me there.

If you have metallic paint it means you will need almost the entire car (roof, pillars and both rear panels) resprayed. I'm told it's the only way that they can match the paint. Mine was in the shop for 5 days while it was all corrected.

However if it's not metallic paint it should be a pretty quick fix.


So far I have 2 quotes, both of them totaling approximately $1.8k to repair. Both quotes have metallic paint listed but no mention of respraying roof and/or pillars.
I hope they can match the paint up, nothing worse than having two shades of black on a car!

Dropping it into AAMI at Chipping Norton on Tuesday for the inspection.

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:07 am
by phatz
Mr04Liberty wrote:This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


Definitely time for improvement, trying to get some eyelids and maybe a grill so I can get them painted at the same time!

Hail storm would hurt sooooo bad..

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:10 am
by nytrojen
phatz wrote:
Mr04Liberty wrote:This is just sad
They would have to be as blind as a bat to hit you there
Mate i Guess it could be worse, could have been in some of these hail storms like the other members have been
now that would be real bad,
Time for improvement, silver line in that cloud

hahaha call me philosipher
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


Definitely time for improvement, trying to get some eyelids and maybe a grill so I can get them painted at the same time!

Hail storm would hurt sooooo bad..


Get yourself an ULTREX grill, eyelids and STi style lip all at once. Trust me, your ride will thank you for it ;)

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:33 am
by Hobber
The black isn't metallic though if I recall.. the greys and silver are but not the black...

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:37 am
by phatz
Get yourself an ULTREX grill, eyelids and STi style lip all at once. Trust me, your ride will thank you for it ;)


Yeah im looking at the ultrex eyelids & grill. I already bought an STI lip.. hopefully i can get the eyelids and grill from ultrex before i take it in to repair.

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:45 am
by phatz
Hobber wrote:The black isn't metallic though if I recall.. the greys and silver are but not the black...


I hope so! Either way the paint on my car at the moment isn't in the best condition. So a respray in the future is something I am definitely looking into.

Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:54 pm
by phatz
All fixed now!

sorry about the poor quality phone camera!

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Re: Car accident on the way to work this morning

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:00 pm
by Spec B Wgn
looks good. did you get the eyelids and grill done in the end ??

had a yong lad in his mums car lane swap yesterday right in front of us without checking hs mirrors...

gave him the horn and the WTF look, he suddenly turned off next corner.. but it could have gone pear shaped for us..