PDA

View Full Version : Bugger (Again!)



djhampson
18th July 2009, 11:00 PM
My poor red beast has for the second time offered to help another vehicle stop by offering its mass to a Landcruiser on the Logan Motorway who couldn't pull up intime.

This time the damage is worse with a hole punched through the tailgate, tail lights broken and the muffler ripped off and buckled all the way up to the engine. The rear quarter panels are also buckled but I'm pretty sure the rest of the structure is still straight.

Oh yeah the rear bumper is completly buggered.

I was hit while slowing down for roadworks around the toll booths on the motorway. I'm not sure what speed the LC was doing but it was fast because it was a hell of a bang and I'm suffering from some bad neck pain.

Inside the cabin, my subwoofer shifted far enough to break the speaker cable and the amplifier mounted under the passengers seat also broke free. My iPhone which was siiting in the Land Rover cradle on the dash, hit the windscreen and went to that place in the sky that dead iPhones go to.

The LC pushed me into an Astra which put a few marks in the bumpers of both cars. I think the intercooler might have been moved back a few degrees but I think that it was its mounting point that moved because it doesn't like it has touched anything.

So far Allianz have been great with getting the car towed to a repairer and assessed although I'm yet to find out how long it will take to get back.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/726.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/727.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/728.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/729.jpg

BigJon
18th July 2009, 11:04 PM
Ouch, looks nasty.

abaddonxi
18th July 2009, 11:19 PM
Bugger. Is it looking repairable?

Pity you didn't have the monster bar.

djhampson
18th July 2009, 11:25 PM
Probably repairable but I'd prefer a write-off. I'm worried about the turbo failing due to the massive shock it got. The exhaust is pushed back 100mm so I'm guess a fair amount of that force would have been transferred to the engine and turbo.

Junosi
19th July 2009, 10:50 AM
Bad luck mate =/ Fingers crossed for a write off

buzz66
19th July 2009, 11:10 AM
Not that it helps you at all......but the crusier didn't fair to well either!

Armadillo
19th July 2009, 11:24 AM
Not nice.

Does highlight though the morons on the motorways who don't leave enough gap to the car in front or keep watch on what is happening up front. I find having to slow down or stop on the motorways frightening at times as I watch vehicles looming up bloody quick in the rear veiw mirror....scarey stuff. Had a couple of close calls.

stevo68
19th July 2009, 12:07 PM
Youch...thats man tears stuff...glad your ok. As for write off....doubt it...unfortunately. When I had this accident last year.....every man and his dog thought it would be a write off...but noooooooo.....insurer decided against it and got it fixed :mad:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/674.jpg

Regards

Stevo

inside
19th July 2009, 12:31 PM
That is one decent bull bar on the Land Cruiser! Sucks to have your car hit and there's not much you can do to avoid people slamming into the back of you.

Dorko
19th July 2009, 04:25 PM
Ouch bud... I hit into a car 2 months ago.. bit of bumper damage drivers side wheel was marked. $7K later it was fixed. Your damage looks 10x worst, i would say atleast $15k if not more.... LR are expensive to repair.

Let us know the damage bill!

I know what the feeling is like!

Dorko

nosliwedaw
19th July 2009, 10:30 PM
Not good. hope your sore neck is nothing more that just that.

They seem to be repairing some pretty bad damage on a lot cheaper cars lately, but fingers crossed for a write off.

Dorko
26th July 2009, 09:10 PM
Whats the update mate?

Dorko

djhampson
26th July 2009, 09:46 PM
Hopefully I'll be reunited with it in 2 weeks or so. Also getting a new iPhone this week hopefully. And the neck is getting better but is still giving me some grief so I'm off to the physio soon.

One of my friends has lent me his xTrail which makes life a whole heap easier even if the xTrail isn't a landy I've got wheels to get around in.

Dorko
27th July 2009, 12:55 AM
Thats good of your mate. Glad to see you are ok. What the damage cost?

Dorko

djhampson
4th August 2009, 10:26 PM
Shes back! and looking great.

The guys at G&C Bodyworks (Slack Creek) have done an awesome job and even detailed the interior which impressed me.

Haven't checked the bill out but its come in around the 10k mark so I'm most impressed. I was expecting a higher consideriing its a landy.

Dorko
8th August 2009, 01:01 PM
Good to see her back.. it was quick to get it fixed... took me 1 month to get a bumper in...

Dorko