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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:21 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010 Posts: 49
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Location: Isle of Wight
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How annoyed am i!
My 206 passed it's mot yesterday. Quite what posessed me to book an mot for friday the 13th i'll never know but it passed with only one advisory for brake pads getting low so all good up until then.
However this morning i'm stopped in a queue of traffic when the stationary car behind me gets hit from the rear sending him into the back of me then i get sent into the rear of the car infront & you've guessed it the car infront ends up in the rear of the car in front of her. 5 Cars involved in total.
I will post photo's at somepoint but damage consists of front and rear bumpers bonnet plus rear fog lights and whatever else is found when stripped down
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2632
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Location: Rugby,Warwickshire
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oooh nooo
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:26 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010 Posts: 49
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Location: Isle of Wight
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Yea safe to say i'm not having a good day.
Just hope the insurance company get there a**e into gear and sort it quickly.
I'm just hoping it doesn't get written off
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:03 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 11519
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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So you where to close to the car in front then in the traffic queue
If you where driving correctly it would have been only the rear end of your car that would have suffered damage.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:22 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2012 Posts: 2277
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Location: west midlands
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MrBSI wrote: |
So you where to close to the car in front then in the traffic queue
If you where driving correctly it would have been only the rear end of your car that would have suffered damage. |
i would think they would write it off i know someone who had there 206 wrote just for a bumber. your be able to buy it back very cheap though.
at least everyone was ok?
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:58 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 3828
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MrBSI wrote: |
So you were to close to the car in front then in the traffic queue
If you were driving correctly it would have been only the rear end of your car that would have suffered damage. |
Surely that depends on how fast the moving car was traveling?
It must have been fairly fast, as the moving car hit another stationary car before hitting the OP
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:57 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010 Posts: 49
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Location: Isle of Wight
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MrBSI wrote: |
So you where to close to the car in front then in the traffic queue
If you where driving correctly it would have been only the rear end of your car that would have suffered damage. |
No i wasn't close att all at least 3-4 ft from the car infront the driver of the car behind me reckons the woman in the car behind was doing 40-50 mph so doesn't take much at those speeds to push a car forwards.
The car behind was a total write off so i didn't do to badly considering
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:28 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010 Posts: 49
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Location: Isle of Wight
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As promised here are some photos folling the accident
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:30 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 973
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Location: Bournemouth/Cardiff
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MrBSI wrote: |
So you where to close to the car in front then in the traffic queue
If you where driving correctly it would have been only the rear end of your car that would have suffered damage. |
Judgmental, know it all, keyboard warrior.
Reminds me why I logged off this site years ago...only came back on to sell my A pillars and regretting that already.
Mr BSI, do everyone a favour and pipe down.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:47 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 7093
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Location: Suffolk
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Boot floor looks to be damaged, thats a write off
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:53 am |
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Joined: Mar 27, 2010 Posts: 3017
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Addaz wrote: |
Boot floor looks to be damaged, thats a write off |
See, my Audi boot floor is damaged yet they're bloody fixing it.
Only bangers get written off so easily
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:42 am |
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Joined: Jan 26, 2010 Posts: 3432
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Location: Kent
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Addaz wrote: |
Boot floor looks to be damaged, thats a write off |
Mine was hit at probably a lower speed, I didn't hit the car in front and the damage at the back looked like a scratch until you lifted the boot floor carpet and sound deadening. Mine was only just repairable due to only being 2 years old...
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:49 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010 Posts: 49
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Location: Isle of Wight
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Well i have actually lifted the boot carpet etc and all looks to be straight. The majority of the damage to the rear bumper looks to have been from the other car riding up onto the bumper and pushing it down so will be interesting to see what happens.
It's off to the bodyshop to be looked at tomorrow so i will know more after that.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:00 pm |
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Joined: Jan 21, 2012 Posts: 280
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Location: Wrexham
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Ah sorry to hear this mate, same thing happened to my step dad, glad your alright anyways, that's the main thing.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 13077
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Location: England
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Write off...buy it back....strip and sell it....happy days
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