well it was a stupid place to put a post!!i had a choise a tractor or a feild with a post in it. and i hit the post about 15mph. bloody country lanes. anyway has anybody got an idear of how much dammage can be done without writing it off.

totally killed frount bumper kinked bonnet, pushed one wing down and back 5mm,other wing back to touch door,inner wings look ok, lights ok, light pannel tottaly fucked,as is air box , air flow senser squashed, power steerin oil rad knackered, slam pannel v shapped.belly pans knackered ect ect. is it dead ? is it insurance job(bye bye 4 years ncb) or wot sort of cost to repair it on the cheep?

Are the a pillars straight? cos if they are bent (and the could be if the wings have done what you said) then it will probably be a write off.

Otherwise (someone correct me) its about 75% of the insured price of the car, at which point they will class it as an insurance economic write off (i.e. not structurally damaged, just costs them too much to be arsed repairing. You would be given the option to buy the car back for scrap value).

Take EVERYTHING off the car you want before it goes away for evaluation.

If its a structural write off, you wont be given the option to buy back it will be a catgory (whatever, a/b/c) write off, sent to scrap and crushed.

Dont wanna scare you, and at 15 mph you hopefully havent done anything too bad...just letting you know but just beware you may be unlucky and have done the a pillars.

If you choose to repair yourself then you can buy 2nd hand parts, but the insurance company will use new parts, so that 75% (or whatever) soon mounts up. good luck with what you choose to do

 

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