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Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative

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My poor, beautiful baby, she got hit on the back side today  :cry:.  I have damage to the rear wheel arch and rear wheel. A VW Golf had been flashed to come out of a side road in Buxton and just went, clearly he did not look forward or he would have seen the front of my car. By the time he came out he managed to hit my rear wing.

 

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I am not sure if any damage has been done to the chassis or if it has knocked the wheel alignment out. Good job I was not on a motorbike or it would be breaky leg time.

 

I will be in touch with A Plan on Monday, has anyone got any experience or advice on accident repairs, is there anything specific that I need to know?

 

Thanks

Julie

 

 

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No way Julie.

 

What a shame.

 

Your car hit and one on fire.

 

Not a good day today.

 

At least you are ok.

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Ah no Julie! Sorry to hear your bad luck

I had Westfield repair mine when I damaged my first Westie

I agree, you should check suspension alignment if you suspect the golf hit the rear wheel. Any marks on your wheel or tyres? Always better to replace rose joints and wishbones if there is any evidence of marking your wheel

Check chassis with straight edge rule too

If it's just the rear wheel arch, assuming it's detachable it's an easy repair, but I would insist on an alignment from insurance

Hope you sort it quickly

Andy

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Dreadful such a lovely car and a selfish golf with a car in such condition as yours demand the best from the repairers

Bad luck

Hope you get it sorted OK

Jon

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Not so good Julie…the motor will fix and glad to see your not hurt..

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Oh dear no, just before Stoneleigh too. So sorry to see this, but at least no ones hurt, it's just seeing such an immaculate car like that....

But yes, nothing that's not fixable.

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Gutted Julie :( but on the bright side, at least I won't be the only one on the Peak District runs with gaffa tape holding the bodywork together...

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Chin up, mines in a bit of state too thanks to a third party.

 

Key thing is you are physically OK.

 

Detachable Arch? Sorted

Geo? Sorted

Mental state? Will good friends, beer and lamb roast next Sunday fix that...?

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Oh no! Glad you're unhurt. I hope your repair is swift and painless.

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Bad luck, Julie, but it's fixable.

The factory is an option for repair, or a specialist, as long as it's someone who knows what a Westfield is.

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Really sorry to hear this Julie, just glad you weren't hurt.

Call A-Plan first thing and let them handle everything. You can call the factory as well and get a part number, price and delivery on a new arch if you like, ready to tell the insurers.

A bit more bad news - brace yourself for two years of annoying text messages from scumbag injury lawyers telling you to make a claim. I'm afraid it goes with the territory these days.

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What a shame, but the bodywork does look repairable.

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Had a similar thing on ours many moons ago. Complicated by it being the old 'Kit' bodywork with rear arches an integral part of the tub. It was only bodywork damage, no involvement of the suspension and in the end, we went with a local repairer and had it sprayed.  We did get a quote from the factory but it was basically an entire new body and the insurance baulked, partly because the gelcoat on the car was already in a poor state so they argued 'betterment'.

 

We stumped up for a new screen, pillars and roof and took the opportunity to swap from swept to cycle wings, so it ended up as a cheap refresh in the end.

 

Hope you get a good resolution without too much stress :(

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Bad luck Julie hope you are fixed and back running asap  :t-up:

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