Argh!

[Gnome]

Happy as larry I was yesterday, cause I got my parcel shelf sorted, and am ready to carpet it, and wire up the Speakers.

Damn pee'd off this morning however, as there is now a rather nasty looking dent and scratches down the side of my car!!! :censor:

Was on my way to work this morning, and in one of the villages just outside, they've been building a house. Now yesterday, they'd closed the footpath, and had put one of those temporary footpaths in for pedestrians.

Today however, there was a lorry parked out front.

I've waited my turn, as no way are two cars gonna get thru side by side, so when it was clear, I started off to make my way through.

However, a guy flies round the corner, and comes racing through, and I take "evasive action," cause otherwise, it'd be a collision.

Not bad I thought. However, I had edged myself closer to the lorry, and it made contact with the edge of the passenger door, and the front of the next panel.

Guy in the other car pulls off and drives away, probably not knowing what damage has been done to my car.

Checking out the lorry, it looks like nothing has happened.

Needless to say, a bit shaken, but damn annoyed that if only he'd been patient, he could have gone after I made my way through, as the car behind me had stopped!

Drove the next 1/2 mile to work, firstly thinking the wing mirror had been caught, only for my heart to sink to see a great chuffing dent in my poor little car.

Luckily, my Boss's Bro-in-law works with car bodywork, and does dent work, etc.

Hopefully he can sort me, and for a good price my boss reckons too.

Fingers crossed.

[knightrider]

suck up to your boss for mucho discount,

sorry to hear this bud,

[Chuck04]

its ignorant drivers like that which are really getting to me right now, you see soo many ******s on the roads see days who just bomb about not giving a care in the world for other drivers, and to be fair, its not just young new drivers so many older drivers act as if they own the road, esp bmw, merc and of course taxi

sorry to hear about the news bud, best of luck getting it all sorted, look on bright side, you avoided having your car written off, could have been worse as they say!

[clarky]

Sorry to hear that mate ... hope u can get it sorted for a reasonable price.

I used chipsaway for similar repairs - they were pretty good

[Demonic Angel]

Awww sorry to hear about that Johnathan..... sounds harsh. Some people are just so ignorant sometimes...

At least you know someone who can fix it up for you on the cheap - like they say, its not what you know, its who you know!

Hope Zanipolo feels better soon!

[Gnome]

Thanks guys.

Hopefully I can get it sorted soon.

Checked the door mechanism, and that's all working correctly.

Gonna get some quotes for repair now and see how it goes.

It'll def need filler, as it's just made a huge dent in the car. As my boss put it, it looks like it's been attacked with a can opener!

At least as you say Ad, nothing worse happened, and it can all bex fixed.

And at least I got me parcel shelf, and can sort the carpet/ wiring on that out now too.

[Blue84]

Oh no that's a shame, some people are just so arrogant and dont slow down/give way for anyone..

Hope the price isn't too bad for repair either

Blue

[Gnome]

The Damage...

[Ryan1985]

I would have popped a handbrake turn and chased the bugger and introduced him to Mr baseball bat! :D

Hope you get it fixed soon buddy!

[Ryan1985]

Holy smoke! The damage is worse than I expected!

[Gnome]

Tell me bout it.

Just gotta see how much it's gonna cost now... :(

There goes my trip to Holland in september.

[reece]

Got a feeling you may be talking big money

Didn't think it was as bad as that...

[Gnome]

How "big" are we thinking?

:S

[clarky]

Body panels and painting ... expensive mate - sorry

[Gnome]

How expensive, is expensive though, is wot I mean....

[clarky]

I'd have thought we were talking lots of hundred mate

[Gnome]

Crumbs.....

Wonder if I can find a breaker with a rear panel from a T2 Yaris....

[Ryan1985]

I'd say is gonna cost you around £300-£400 at a guess mate, sorry! :(

[Gnome]

Ouch.

Just phoned one place, and after seeing the pics, he reckons "the panel is too far gone," and I'd be best going thru insurers....

Think the panel could be repaired meself, but I dunno....

He reckoned around a Grand for the price though! :o

[clarky]

TBH with stuff like this its not the parts themselves .. its the time to dissasemble and reassemble and the painting etc

[reece]

I'd say is gonna cost you around £300-£400 at a guess mate, sorry! :(

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And the rest...

Definitely an insurance job and I would be prepared for some bad news.

[Gnome]

Just hope my boss' Bro-in-law can help me out then.

Don't wanna go thru insurance, as that'll be 2 claims in 7 months.

:(

[Woody27]

argh yaris seem so unlucky! there been lots of post recently about claims and insurance! Scary! Perhaps you should ride your bike for the time being Gnome, atleast until the unlucky phase goes! I hope you bad luck runs out soon! you seem to have had enough for your life time!

BEST OF LUCK GETTING IT SORTED! :D :D :D

[Gnome]

I hope good luck is round the corner....

Will ahve to see how it goes this week, and see what I can get done.

Gonna have a word with the boss' B-i-L in a minute, and see what he says.

I'll have a word with Mr T too, just to see what they reckon.

[Blue84]

Spend some time going around and getting quotes done from various garages first and see what the general idea of costs are, then decide to go through insurance