Bad day

[Craigieboy]

Had a bad day yesterday. 

 

Out a run with my mate in the MK and was involved in an accident resulting is severe damage to the N/S of my car, just at the door area.

 

Thankfully neither me or the other driver were injured, though I am pretty sore today.

 

I contacted Howdens and KGM today and have sent in pictures to be reviewed by their assessors on Monday. The damage is confined to one area, the exhaust was squashed flat, the top rail at the door pushed right in and deformed the passenger seat. The lower floor has been buckled a bit and I think the transmission tunnel might be deformed too. The scuttle panel has been pushed up and there is now large gap between it and the top of the footwell. Fair to say it's a bit of a mess.

 

I'm totally gutted, after some recent upgrades it was really going great and I had some more big runs planned.

 

Definitely a bad day 😞

[Greenstreak-Andy D]

Firstly, glad you are ok and walked away. 

 

You will be totally gutted, I feel for you. Do pause on what to do next. Consider carefully your options as it sounds like a replacement chassis would be needed on a rebuild and the bodywork too.

 

This forum will give plentiful solid advice.

 

I feel your pain. 
 

Glad you are ok though 

Andy

[Mole]

Yes glad you are ok..weigh up the options carefully.. and I hope you get sorted and back on the road before too long

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, Craigieboy said:

Had a bad day yesterday. 

 

Out a run with my mate in the MK and was involved in an accident resulting is severe damage to the N/S of my car, just at the door area.

 

Thankfully neither me or the other driver were injured, though I am pretty sore today.

 

I contacted Howdens and KGM today and have sent in pictures to be reviewed by their assessors on Monday. The damage is confined to one area, the exhaust was squashed flat, the top rail at the door pushed right in and deformed the passenger seat. The lower floor has been buckled a bit and I think the transmission tunnel might be deformed too. The scuttle panel has been pushed up and there is now large gap between it and the top of the footwell. Fair to say it's a bit of a mess.

 

I'm totally gutted, after some recent upgrades it was really going great and I had some more big runs planned.

 

Definitely a bad day 😞

 

 

Truly sorry to hear this mate, thank god you're OK at least. The car does sound badly wounded though. Let us know what happens next please pal 👍

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

So sorry to hear this, but relieved to hear your physically ok, bar the bruises and aches.

 

As others have said, take a mo before deciding what to do.

[dvd8n]

My nephew damaged his Caterham in a similar way and the insurance company wrote it off.  He bought the bits back and rebuilt it with a new chassis from an independent.  

 

It didn't actually take him long to do the rebuild but it was admittedly quite a while before he started as he lost heart and kind of fell out of love with it for a while.

 

I guess I'm saying that it's a rotten shame for you but it's by no means the end of the world.  Take the money and buy something new or do the rebuild.  They're both reasonable things to do. But decide what's best for you.

[mega ade]

Sorry to hear that especially when you've been making some great upgrades I hope things go well for you getting it all sorted out.