#1: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:09 pm ---- So today on the way to the scrapyard to pick up some parts to modify my car, a lorry ahead slams on for an unknown reason so did everyone else, except me, which caused me to slam on my brakes a bit late and i ploughed into the back of a Renault Megane.
Heres some pics......
Before......
After.......
So it may look real bad and me and my mates had a look over it and although we aren't mechanics, we reckon i need and new left wing, new crash bar, new bumper, new radiator and a new fan. Which if all bought from the scrap yard, it shouldn't be so bad....... What do you guys think????
#2: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: QuArTz, Location: South CoastPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:14 pm ---- How fast were you going? Did your airbags go off?
#3: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Lecktorious, Location: ScotlandPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:21 pm ----
QuArTz wrote:
How fast were you going? Did your airbags go off?
Too fast or too close to the car in front.
#4: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Ange47, Location: Bedford, UK.Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:22 pm ---- Sucks that you were going to the scrapyard to make your car look better, and you ended up with your car damaged...
Hope you can get it repaired as soon as possibile..!
#5: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:26 pm ---- it was a 60 zone but i managed to slow down a bit until i hit the car and yeah i was too close to the car in front when i braked but i was too busy messing around with the radio and didn't have my eyes on the road
#6: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:28 pm ----
QuArTz wrote:
How fast were you going? Did your airbags go off?
no airbags never went off
#7: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: RoweY, Location: MiddlesbroughPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:34 pm ---- Hope you can get your pug sorted mate! I have a spare silver bumper and left wing if you want me to post them ? you just cover the postage cost if you can't get anything sorted!
#8: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: P6RAF, Location: PlymouthPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:42 pm ---- Nice offer Jonnyrowe.
#9: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:48 pm ----
Jonnyrowe wrote:
Hope you can get your pug sorted mate! I have a spare silver bumper and left wing if you want me to post them ? you just cover the postage cost if you can't get anything sorted!
Thats would be great! Ill get back to you on that!!
#10: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:48 pm ---- sorry about this mate,glad you are ok,well it can be fixed ,just some parts needed,and u r ready to go,i think this a DIY job
#11: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:52 pm ---- What about the Renault then? Is the driver going to be claiming?
#12: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: RoweY, Location: MiddlesbroughPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:55 pm ---- Ok Simmo just pm whenever i'll keep them in garage for you!
#13: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:01 pm ----
Simmo wrote:
i was too close to the car in front when i braked but i was too busy messing around with the radio and didn't have my eyes on the road
Great admission of careless driving there.
Look forward to a massively increased premium at renewal time. You know the question "Have you had an accident in the last 5 years?"
My advice would be if you are covered fully comp, let the insurance pay you out (hopefully you had your modifications declared), if you only have TP cover, sell it as damaged repairable or break what's left of it.
#14: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:03 pm ----
heres the renault, just a damaged bumper
#15: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:03 pm ----
#16: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:12 pm ---- Damn, looks like the frame will be bent to me.
'Glad you're OK and hope you sort it.
#17: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: kurosagi01, Location: NorthamptonPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:38 pm ---- Glad youre okay buddy and hope everyone else involved okay too,i had something like that,i had similar crash damage to my 206 however my airbag went off and my wing panels was sticking out like it had wings and front bumper was hanging and 206 was write off.
You may get letter about driving without due care and may get put on awareness course like i have if police are too get involve.
#18: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Seabook, Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:40 pm ---- at least you are still alive!
car can be fixed, while life can't!
#19: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:43 pm ---- Headlamp housing is well and truly bent. That will need a new one welding in.
#20: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:16 pm ---- The pictures make it look a lot worse than it actually is, most of the stuff can be bought from a scrapyard nice and cheep, radiator ill buy brand new and my fan was f****d anyway so i need a new one of those. i have my original lights for now until i find some new angel eyes. so it all seems good, it will just be the cost of labour i think.... Thanks for everyone comments and their concern
#21: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: spike_202, Location: West midsPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:11 am ----
Simmo wrote:
it was a 60 zone but i managed to slow down a bit until i hit the car and yeah i was too close to the car in front when i braked but i was too busy messing around with the radio and didn't have my eyes on the road
This!
Take it as a lesson learnt how stupid you can be, listerning to the radio isent more important than whats going on around you and luckily you and the other people involved were ok.
#22: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:31 am ---- How much would another 206 cost? Surely a car that's at the end of it's life but still on the road might cost less to buy to salvage parts from than the cost of all those different parts?
You can get GTi's for £500 sometimes so cant see why a basic 206 would cost any more.
#23: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:53 am ----
Edward wrote:
How much would another 206 cost? Surely a car that's at the end of it's life but still on the road might cost less to buy to salvage parts from than the cost of all those different parts?
You can get GTi's for £500 sometimes so cant see why a basic 206 would cost any more.
Its working out quite cheep so far...
Radiator - £30
New left wing - Free
New bumper - Free
New air intake - £40
Labour - Unknown
Lights - Free
#24: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:23 am ---- Bonnet? Front frame? Possible jigging?
To me it looks like the inner wing may be slightly bent too.
Ask a garage to come and give you an estimate, then you can have an expert give it the once over and tell you what is needed rather than just guessing.
#25: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: jk206, Location: GainsboroughPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:26 am ---- Looks quite bad mate, I'd make sure that the chassis is 100% sound before even thinking of repair work, because as we all know the metal peugeot use is soft as s**t and any damage underneath even thought it may not be visible will be weak and wouldn't stand a chance in a accident later down the line.
Anyway all the best with getting it back on the road pal
#26: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: brad-morris, Location: BromsgrovePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:39 am ---- As everyone said hope you're okay. My first crash i was lucky to be alive after only passing a few months and going too fast, i hope you learn from your mistakes from this crash too. Looks like a new 206 is needed to me though unless you know someone in the trade?
#27: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Howey, Location: Kings LynnPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:50 am ---- Just get another car. Sod the mucking around!
#28: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:27 am ----
macca1411 wrote:
Bonnet? Front frame? Possible jigging?
To me it looks like the inner wing may be slightly bent too.
Ask a garage to come and give you an estimate, then you can have an expert give it the once over and tell you what is needed rather than just guessing.
Definate jigging.
#29: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Mattie-RS, Location: A Track near you ;)Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:36 am ---- So this is going to end up been a dodgy bodged car on the road
#30: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: SinfulDesignCom, Location: Ashford, KentPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:13 pm ---- Glad you are ok... and a damn shame...
But that will have definately done for the chassis leg. No question. Unless you have a good mate who can pull this for you, I would not bother. As nasty and un "green" to do so, I would cut your losses, sell it for parts and get another...
#31: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:23 pm ---- There's no reason for the chassis leg to be bent. All the impact was higher up than that. The headlamp housing needs a new one welding in and the inner wing could need slight straightening. It's not had that big an impact.
#32: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:33 pm ---- Did anyone look UNDER the megane, looking at the damage on yours i'd be surprised if it only had superficial damage to the bumper.
Hope your back on the road soon, lesson learnt, keep eyes on the road at all times when in motion
#33: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:44 pm ---- Like i said the pictures make it look much more worse than it actually is, i don't think there is any damage to the chassis, its more upper body as mentioned by others. I am having it looked over by a garage and having them estimate the repairs from their diagnosis, if its not too bad, i can do most of it my self. The rest ill ask the garage to sort. I think i may have got away more lucky then i thought with this one.
Cheers for the support guys
#34: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: SinfulDesignCom, Location: Ashford, KentPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:47 pm ----
Edward wrote:
There's no reason for the chassis leg to be bent. All the impact was higher up than that. The headlamp housing needs a new one welding in and the inner wing could need slight straightening. It's not had that big an impact.
I'm saying that whilst there is no damage to speak given the impact was at the top part, the fact remains all the front has pushed everything back into the bay and I would be surprised if this hasn't caused lateral movement of the leg. The engine being on mounts, the mounts being on the legs.... Thats why I said it would need pulling.
I might be wrong, and I hope I am for the sake of this dudes wallet, but it takes naff all for those legs to move a little one way or t'other....
#35: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:16 pm ----
Simmo wrote:
Like i said the pictures make it look much more worse than it actually is
Just a bottle of T-Cut needed then. Jobs a good'un.
Meanwhile back in he real world, I don't know if it's the angle of the picture but the engine looks lob sided, hence the reason I said possible jigging.
Glad you're getting an estimate from a garage before you start committing yourself to the repair.
#36: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:24 am ---- Had Garage look over my car, they gave me a huge quote for parts and labour. But so far i have spent £116 on parts. These include Front bumper, Left wing, Radiator, Air filter, Electric fan, bonnet and new light housing. All of which i can fit my self except the light housing will need welding into place.
#37: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Ape, Location: Clipping the Apex!Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:58 am ---- When they quoted did they do any proper poking around to check the areas that our armchair mechanics diagnosed as needing rejigging, bent legs etc?
Good on you for not rising to the comments about the mistake. It was just that, and good on you for having a go at fixing it yourself. The reason why I ask about them having a poke around is to make sure it's structurally sound and it's worth DIY fixing. If it isn't alright underneath and you sort the cosmetics, the underlying problems could cause future problems for you.
#38: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:12 pm ----
Ape wrote:
When they quoted did they do any proper poking around to check the areas that our armchair mechanics diagnosed as needing rejigging, bent legs etc?
Good on you for not rising to the comments about the mistake. It was just that, and good on you for having a go at fixing it yourself. The reason why I ask about them having a poke around is to make sure it's structurally sound and it's worth DIY fixing. If it isn't alright underneath and you sort the cosmetics, the underlying problems could cause future problems for you.
I dont think they had a major look, but you can see now that i have removed the radiator, fan and bumper you can see there is no structural damage other than the light housing which will need welding back in place. I must admit i got away very lucky with this accident it has hit in a very specific place.
#39: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:09 pm ---- So my car should be fixed and road worthy again by tomorrow. I have so far spent £16 of my own money repairing it the rest of it (£100) was given to me by my dad because he felt sorry for me ha! I have somewhat improved my car in a way too, I now have a induction kit, coloured bumpers, coloured sides trips, a bonnet with no paint chips or rust, a bumper with fogs on and tinted windows. I have also learnt a few things on dismantling a 206. But most importantly I've learnt my lesson to drive more carefully!!
#40: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: P6RAF, Location: PlymouthPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:19 pm ---- Good to hear it's worked out for ya. Most importantly good news on the hard lesson learnt.
Welcome back
#41: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:41 am ---- As long as you learn from your mistakes mate and don't do it again then that's the main thing, glad it's all worked out alright for you
#42: Re: So..... My first crash...... Author: Simmo, Location: YorkPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:03 pm ---- www.206info.co.uk/Foru...tml#578610 updates on my recovery!!!!
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I have a spare silver bumper and left wing if you want me to post them ? you just cover the postage cost if you can't get anything sorted!
