Thread: Oh Dear!

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.

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.