Thread: Range Rover - 1, Mitsubishi - 0

So, SWMBO was sitting at a give way sign this morning waiting for a semi trailer to go past, when - all of a sudden, she saw the truck swerve, then a bang, followed by the Rangie ending up in the intersection. Rear ended hard by a young bloke in a Mitsubishi sedan. Lucky the truck driver saw it coming, or things could have been much worse...

Anyway, the little sedan was trashed - mostly due to the towbar hanging out the back of the Rangie. Leaking coolant, it barely managed to limp off the road, where it was towed away - probably to a wreckers by the sounds of it.

The Rangie - well, the rear bumper looks like its gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson, but otherwise it is fine. Yvonne is fine but was a bit shaken up, but drove to work no problems.

For the shunt it got, I am quite surprised at how little damage there is. The panel shop I took it to has inspected it, and quoted the young blokes insurance company, so just waiting on approval from that before it ca be repaired. He confirmed what I thought - bumper, bumper support, one reflector, and some minor paint damage to the tailgate. All cosmetic stuff.

Being a prestige panel shop, the quote isn't cheap - over $5K for that little touch up. The insurance company is being good about it - the panel shop in question is an approved repairer so I don't need more than 1 quote. It was also spotlessly clean - everywhere. No dust, no mess - nothing - very impressed they can keep it in that state. It was full of bruised Mercs and BMW's...

SWMBO is a little sore tonight, sitting back, taking life easy while I cook tea....

Took it to Westar Prestige - they are an authorised Mercedes repairer and that is about 90% of their work, but they do all high end stuff, so I'll be happier to take it there than joe blogs panel shop.