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Re: wrecking / scrapping my st204r
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Tue, 29 November 2005 00:51
 
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| clubagreenie wrote on Tue, 29 November 2005 11:20 |
You'll definately get more, though will take longer, if you sell it off yourself.
I'm assuming that even though it was a taxi it was your fault?
How bad is it, could ba a good chance to chop the affected end off and space frame it.
PICS???
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Cheers, thats the general opinion i've been getting and i'll probably follow through with selling parts, and then sending the rest to the wreckers.
It's pretty bad, the front end was effectively shifted about 6 inches to 1 foot to the right, it's bent the entire front frame / engine bay area. Although its all structural damage, I checked all of the components last night, and everything still looks very straight (with the exception of the radiator was pushed off its clips and doesn't sit flush any longer)
I didn't have my camera last night, so i'll be getting some pics tonight and post them up.
After speaking with the insurance company, it would definitely be considered my fault, although the circumstances of the situation are fishy really.
The way it happened was while making a right turn against two lanes of traffic. The inner lane (closest to me) had two cars in it waiting to turn right, the outer lane (furthest from me) had traffic in it.
While I was waiting for the lanes to clear, a taxi stopped behind the two cars that were waiting to turn right. Pretty much after the taxi stopped the lane became clear (while the two cars waiting to turn right were still there). He was stopped and the other two cars hadn't made any indication to move so I considered it safe to turn right.
What happened is as I started to turn, he decided to change lanes and accelerate out, hitting my car in the front left corner when I was turning into the street.
So, while he was stopped and technically it was safe to turn, he changed the situation by changing lanes and accelerating. I couldn't actually pick this because he had stopped before I started my turn.
The stupid thing is that because as he would've had to change lanes, he would've seen me starting my turn, and probably would've seen me as he was approaching, as he was coming from 2 car lengths (and the distance of the intersection) before hitting my car. He had a chance to slam on the brakes - and he didn't.
It was a behemoth ford falcon or similiar shape, and hit my car front on, and as my car is made my aluminium and hit an area with not a lot of material in it, it simply crumpled and moved the frame, his car took some scratches to the front bumper, but not much else, due to the fact that all the force was absorbed into my car, specifically in the headlight / indicator area.
Blah.
[Updated on: Tue, 29 November 2005 00:58]
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azmodai | Sun, 27 November 2005 23:08 |
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clubagreenie | Tue, 29 November 2005 00:20 |
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azmodai | Tue, 29 November 2005 00:51 |
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azmodai | Tue, 29 November 2005 11:25 |
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Tequila | Tue, 29 November 2005 15:38 |
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