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[Omegatoy]

Arrgghhhh!!!! dark and raining dead straight road, doing 60 to  65mph driver in front of me  indicates to turn right and stops, so i stop and then hear the dreaded ssshhhsshhhss of ;locked wheels coming at me from behind, do my best to turn away from the impending smack up the rear but there isnt much room between me and the fourtrak turning right and the oncoming traffic, CRUUUUMMCH, EVERYTHING IN THE CAR SHOOTS FORWARD from where it was sitting, oh great pull off road to be greeted by a young fella who says " Ive never driven a car without abs before i just couldnt stop in time" i am very sorry mate,
get out of car expecting to see the rear caved in but because i managed to turn away a little he has only broken the clips holding the bumper on and severly damaged the rear valence under the bumper or so i thougt!!! get it home after taking all his details and have a good look, door gaps nearside rear have closed up and the car pulls t the right when driving now which it didnt before, rang insurance company and they want it to go to buckingham coachworks for repairs/stroke evaluation of damage, equivalent car hire for free so it will be a large estate according to insurers so no prob there BUT  i aint letting them write it off!!!! its to damn good so im gonna go down there asap and get them to estimate it while im there And none of this we will collect the car and return it fully repaired and valeted if its economically viable bullshit!!! 'dangle berries' to that! what you reckon chaps and chappesses ? I know its an old car but i love it and its going to Spain with me in a few weeks!!!

[JamesV6CDX]

Crap, sorry to hear that Graham. Least you're OK though

[Chopsdad]

Sorry Graham, but it may not be coming to Spain

Hope it goes the way you want it to  :-/

[Crazydad]

Get theMoney from the Insurance, scrap the car, and go to spain in a new one.

[JamesV6CDX]

Very concerning, how some younger drivers don't know how to drive to the conditions

[Golfbuddy]

Bad luck mate. Hope it's not too bent or they will surely write it off.  

[VXL V6]

How old is your car? Insurance companies seem to write off anything that they can these days, far easier for them to hand you a stupid p1$$ take cheque (uneconomic to repair etc etc) than faff about repairing a car.

On the upside, depending on the damage and the classification you can always buy it back and do the repairs yourself....

Glad your OK.

[Elite Pete]

If the door gaps have altered, it doesn't look good but on a positive note at least you are OK

[Omegatoy]

How old is your car? Insurance companies seem to write off anything that they can these days, far easier for them to hand you a stupid p1$$ take cheque (uneconomic to repair etc etc) than faff about repairing a car.

On the upside, depending on the damage and the classification you can always buy it back and do the repairs yourself....

Glad your OK.

Actually the man at insurance company did say that was a possibility and made a note on the claim to that effect also they waived my excess as i was totally not at fault and the other driver has admitted liability so there is some hope there yet,
Thanks guys for all the glad im ok comments but to be honest was to damned annoyed to worry about meself, got a sore neck where it shook me about but other than that am ok!!

[Danny]

Arrgghhhh!!!! dark and raining dead straight road, doing 60 to  65mph driver in front of me  indicates to turn right and stops, so i stop and then hear the dreaded ssshhhsshhhss of ;locked wheels coming at me from behind, do my best to turn away from the impending smack up the rear but there isnt much room between me and the fourtrak turning right and the oncoming traffic, CRUUUUMMCH, EVERYTHING IN THE CAR SHOOTS FORWARD from where it was sitting, oh great pull off road to be greeted by a young fella who says "Ive never driven a car without abs before, while turning round to grab my bottle of coke off the back seat and pushing harder on the accelerator, so i just couldnt stop in time" i am very sorry mate,
get out of car expecting to see the rear caved in but because i managed to turn away a little he has only broken the clips holding the bumper on and severly damaged the rear valence under the bumper or so i thougt!!! get it home after taking all his details and have a good look, door gaps nearside rear have closed up and the car pulls t the right when driving now which it didnt before, rang insurance company and they want it to go to buckingham coachworks for repairs/stroke evaluation of damage, equivalent car hire for free so it will be a large estate according to insurers so no prob there BUT  i aint letting them write it off!!!! its to damn good so im gonna go down there asap and get them to estimate it while im there And none of this we will collect the car and return it fully repaired and valeted if its economically viable bullshit!!! 'dangle berries' to that! what you reckon chaps and chappesses ? I know its an old car but i love it and its going to Spain with me in a few weeks!!!

If you can stop in time to avoid the car in front, why couldnt the car behind you? i cant say i sympathise too much with him

good thing you're ok, and it might work out better for them to write it off and pay you out, after all you might end up with whiplash and pocket some cash from it!

[Entwood]

Glad you are OK that is the most important thing ...... but it would be worth your while visiting your doctor for a check .... that way any injury will be on record .. saves you having to argue about it all later ....  

[cem_devecioglu]

At least you are Ok..  

Could be worse..

The doors problem can be solved ..Same happened to a friends car...They pull the car from the back with a strong chain .And it turns to normal..

[Martin_1962]

Bloody hell Graham - glad you are OK.

Car sounds like a write off though

[Omegatoy]

Bloody hell Graham - glad you are OK.

Car sounds like a write off though

wel strange thing is if you just glanced at it it looks normal, not till you go round and really  check it you begin to notice the little things wrong with it

[Omegatoy]

At least you are Ok..  

Could be worse..

The doors problem can be solved ..Same happened to a friends car...They pull the car from the back with a strong chain .And it turns to normal..

  I know where there is a big tree and a length of chain that would anchor the queen mary!!!!