Smacked The Car :(

[StephenMcC]

Ok Smacked The Civic In The Snow The Other Day... Dont Really Wana Go Through Insurance As My Excess Is 650, Plus Its Up In Janurary...

Anyone Recon They Could Give A Rough Quote? Im Replacing The Door As Is Completely Fubared...

Gary Crawford On Crumlin/Shankill Road Quoted 1265+VAT For Repairing That Whole Accident, Plus 2 Small Dents And Spraying The Whole Front And Side Of The Car For Me

 

[Scuba Steve]

thats nasty! try suitor at SQ they do top work there

 

[Daisy]

nasty alright, how you manage that?

 

[Dudez]

Door from honda, £250 (non painted) sill from honda £80 (Non painted) + labor etc etc...You'll need to let Suitor look at her, the sills dont go as high as that dunt

Plus theres an impact bar behind the sill that could be bent, so that'll need pulled

Sorry for bearing possible bad news lol

 

[Paddy H]

'offers a bottle of T-cut'

Thought i would get it in before another.

Were you practicing your carpark display skills?

 

[mrloaf]

ouch! nast prang there, unluck to get the sill and roof

 

[StephenMcC]

no it was on thursday nyt after the bad snow, i couldnt stop coming upto the junction at duncairn gardens and north queen street, it was a redlight with traffic so if i went straight i was hitting sum1, so i tried to turn, and ofcourse hit a traffic light.. lol

 

[Daisy]

well imo you made the right decision, you could have cleaned a few cars if you went straight on...

 

[StephenMcC]

tbh, id rather smack my own car and write it off, than hit sum1 else at while going downhill in the ice/snow...

 

[Scuba Steve]

well that was the better idea mate - some people wouldnt have done that

 

[Paddy H]

Yea, guess under those circumstances it was a job well done.

**** one all the same.

On a side note, if a car cant stop on an icy hill at low speed, would it help to put it in reverse and gently put the foot down?

 

[Mark_C]

Yea, guess under those circumstances it was a job well done.

**** one all the same.

On a side note, if a car cant stop on an icy hill at low speed, would it help to put it in reverse and gently put the foot down?

If you even can do it in your car because of a lack of reverse inhibit, even less traction when wheels are spinning, then if you do get traction, you'll prob snap your driveshafts/diff

 

[Paddy H]

If you even can do it in your car because of a lack of reverse inhibit, even less traction when wheels are spinning, then if you do get traction, you'll prob snap your driveshafts/diff

Funny you should mention drive shafts...

However a driveshaft is 120 sheets compaired to the ops costs. Albeit even if done may not stop the above crash.

Was just wondering. Ta

 

[thefool1983]

If thats the traffic light i seen at the weekend - that is mental. it was bent 90 degs!!! ie lights touching footpath.

Airbags off?

 

[StephenMcC]

nah the traffic light wasnt even scratched!!

i changed my seats to Type R ones, which dont have airbags lol but the airbag light is on now, so needa get that reset..

lucky that no airbags went off lol

 

[Paul RS]

Excess will be cheaper than fixing that yourself. It'll need a door, maybe a quater and sill to start plus fixing the roof. You may even need the car up on a jig to check everything is straight. Plus it looks like it has front suspension damage too? Maybe its just the photo though?

Take it to a proper bodyshop would be my advice.

 

[StephenMcC]

the suspension is fine, its just the photo lol, and im gettin a door for 90 quid, the roof is still in line just a small dent on the cant rail gary says she looks straight, the quarter and lower B pillar/sill are what im worried about like.

 

[Paul RS]

Ahh not bad then, photo makes it look like its a mad angle lol.

I know its a wounder to ding your motor, but at the end of the day it can be fixed, main thig is nobody was hurt

 

[Nicky]

On a side note, if a car cant stop on an icy hill at low speed, would it help to put it in reverse and gently put the foot down?

Dumbest thing I've read on here in a long time, without a doubt.

 

[Paddy H]

Dumbest thing I've read on here in a long time, without a doubt.

Gees lad, was only a question...

Something was going to brake no matter.

 

[Crispy Rice]

I know its a wounder to ding your motor, but at the end of the day it can be fixed, main thig is nobody was hurt

Tis only a lump of metal when all is said and done...

 

[Paul RS]

Least it wasn't a skyline, then it'd be really dear

 

[StephenMcC]

expensive lump of metal lol

 

[Crispy Rice]

Least it wasn't a skyline, then it'd be really dear

I think you mean GTR

 

[StephenMcC]

cudda been worse.. cudda crashed my dads A8