Oh Dear!

[JDNSW]

Driving home from town this afternoon with my d-i-l and two grandchildren (she is learning to drive), my d-i-l asked if she could drive from the front gate. All went well until about 150m from the house, when she failed to straighten from a sharp turn quickly enough, resulting in a collision with a tree. Impact was on the RH end of the bull bar which bent back allowing the tree to impact the turn indicator and side light, tearing the outer panel of the mudguard loose and crumpling it back to about the middle of the wheel.

I have not determined yet whether the inner guard is damaged but it looks like at least replacing the bull bar, outer panel, front panel, top panel, blinker, side light, light trim, eyebrow and headlight protector, plus probably a lot of other little bits & pieces and painting. Any suggestions as to likely cost? - I won't be able to get any quotes until Wednesday, since tomorrow is, of course, Anzac Day. It is insured, and it seems the excess will be $400, but I'm sure the cost of repairs will be a lot more than that.

[fernockulated]

:( ouch!!!!!thats one expensive driving lesson :o

[harry]

:cool: well, i hope you instilled in her the value of listening to instructions,
and didn't rev the daylights out of her for her accident.
as for the cost of the problem,
maybe you should leave it for a while and offer to take her for another lesson, to get the 'oh no i can't drive' scare out of her
you know, like falling of a bike, you don't learn if you don't get back on.

[NOZ]

Now that is a bugger :rolleyes:

[abaddonxi]

Guess you'll be making a trip to Emu Plains for Ron's bullbar.

Cheers
Simon

[Ralph1Malph]

Bugger ;) ;) ;)

[Cruiser]

I thought only Toyoto drivers
said BUGGER!

BUGGER!!!


Con :?

[spudboy]

Lucky she didn't drive into the house! That would be twice the pain.

[p38arover]

Originally posted by abaddonxi
Guess you'll be making a trip to Emu Plains for Ron's bullbar.

I may be able to deliver it to Orange on the weekend. Depends upon on how heavily loaded the County is. I'm clearing my garage of a lot of my son's stuff.

Dunno exactly where JD lives.

Ron

[JDNSW]

Thanks to all of you - but with any luck my insurance company will buy me a new bullbar - we'll see. I'll take it into town on Wednesday and get some quotes. I have already lodged a claim by phone and they do not appear to be going to be difficult, but we will see after getting some figures.

I live between Dubbo and Dunedoo.

[JDNSW]

Well, went into town this morning. First stop, my preferred repairer. Turns out that since they have been taken over by IAG he won't touch my insurer (CGU) with a bargepole. So then to the nearer of CGU's preferred repairers. Can't look at it until June. Then to a second one of their preferred repairers. Booked in May 22nd there. He commented that if it had been before Easter, he could have started next week, but apparently the kangaroos have been out He tells me that about 75% of his repairs are kangaroo damage. Also asked his opinion of bullbars - he thinks that they are worthwhile on four wheel drives, but the ones you can fit to ordinary cars are not worth fitting.

[broonski]

ooh, ouch...

hope all your repairs go well!

and i hope you weren't too hard on her, learning to drive is intimidating enough as it is...

cheers,
bryce

[RoverOne]

Hey JD,

Keep teaching her & then get car fixed in case she strays again, she may balance up other side. ;)

Cheers
Bryce

[JDNSW]

Problem has arisen today - insurance company is replacing the bullbar - turns out ARB only makes them with a winch cutout now. Anyone know of a source for a new ARB bullbar for a 110 without a winch cutout?
Worst case I accept the one with the cutout and make up a plate to go over the hole.
John

[LoadedDisco]

Just stick the number plate over the hole.

Any pics of the damage ?

[JDNSW]

Try this picture - first attempt to post a picture.

[stevo68]

Yikes :eek: certainly did a bit of damage, I thought when I hit a tree in my front paddock was bad enough in the D3 :D . Hope you have it back up and on the road soon,

Regards

Stevo

[JDNSW]

ooh, ouch...

hope all your repairs go well!

and i hope you weren't too hard on her, learning to drive is intimidating enough as it is...

cheers,
bryce

hi broonski,
i am the daughter-in-law that hit the tree thank you very much for what u had said yes it is very had to drive and more so when u can not reach the pedals and have a father-in-law yelling at u to go this was speed up slow down go into first then say no go into second then go up to third then go into first at then start yelling all the time so it looks like i well not be getting p plate this year it looks

the daughter in law who damage his car

[JDNSW]

Hey JD,

Keep teaching her & then get car fixed in case she strays again, she may balance up other side. ;)

Cheers
Bryce

thankyou very much i am not that bad a driver it is just that jd is that bad a teacher thankyou but he does not have to worry about me and his car again as i am never driving his car again:( :( :(

his daughter in law

[RobHay]

Look you going to have to bite the bullet and get the Bullbar then you have very valid excuse then for buying a winch.

Then next time you prang it you can winch ya self home, K?

[JDNSW]

:cool: well, i hope you instilled in her the value of listening to instructions,
and didn't rev the daylights out of her for her accident.
as for the cost of the problem,
maybe you should leave it for a while and offer to take her for another lesson, to get the 'oh no i can't drive' scare out of her
you know, like falling of a bike, you don't learn if you don't get back on.


the daughter-in-law

i was listening to his instructions that was th problem
yes he did rev the daylights out of me so i am not driving his car again so i am having lesson in down but as my learners are about to run out i will have to wait until next year to go for them again

[JDNSW]

Got the car back yesterday. Picture will follow when I get time, but the new bullbar has made a big improvement to the appearance - the old one was through to primer in a few spots.
John

[JamesH]

Hi JDNSW

I just saw the pic of your damage and it looks very much like mine only mine was much worse. Oh how I wish my damage was limitted to just the front panel and did not go to effect the firewall as well.

Anyway I also found out that all ARB winches are now the winch variety but I had a mate restore mine and an excellent job he did too.

Anyway it will all work out. I wonder if the drivers side front panel you ended up with came off the same car as the passenger side front panel I ended up with:rolleyes: I' m pretty sure my panels came from Sydney.

[LoadedDisco]

I just saw the pic wow it looks like she tried to take the tree out.

Both pictures do look identical. :huh:

Is that what Defenders like to do rub up against trees. :lol: :lol:

I thought that was a animal thing.

[JDNSW]

Hi JDNSW

I just saw the pic of your damage and it looks very much like mine only mine was much worse. Oh how I wish my damage was limitted to just the front panel and did not go to effect the firewall as well.

Anyway I also found out that all ARB winches are now the winch variety but I had a mate restore mine and an excellent job he did too.

Anyway it will all work out. I wonder if the drivers side front panel you ended up with came off the same car as the passenger side front panel I ended up with:rolleyes: I' m pretty sure my panels came from Sydney.

Not sure where the panels came from. All ARB bullbars appear to be the winch variety, but a contact of mine, Fred Smith in Melbourne, gave me a name at ARB who found a "new old stock" bullbar in South Australia, not in ARB's computer.
See attached picture.
John

[Ace]

Yikes :eek: certainly did a bit of damage, I thought when I hit a tree in my front paddock was bad enough in the D3 :D . Hope you have it back up and on the road soon,

Regards

Stevo

I thought your specialty was ride on lawn mowers steve. :lol: :D

Its all good JD we all need to learn somewhere and cars are bound to get damaged thats what panel beaters are for. Glad to hear its fixed. Matt