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#1 mpain94

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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:28 AM

Hi guys,

 

Shunted in the rear this morning, not great but hey thats life. Does this look repairable?

 

 

Mike

 



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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:29 AM

I can't see a pic



#3 mpain94

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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:36 AM

Sorry, here you go.

 

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#4 Carlos W

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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:40 AM

Yup.

 

Hopefully it hasn't touched the subframe



#5 mpain94

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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:45 AM

Thats good to hear, no hasn't touched subframe. Basically what you see in the picture, just boot and bit below. Valance is still sound.



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Posted 07 March 2017 - 10:56 AM

How are you sorting it, did you get the other driver's details?



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Posted 07 March 2017 - 11:02 AM

Yeah got all that sorted out, not an issue. One car into one and then them into me  :ohno: . But obviously insurance company have referred me to a garage but ideally looking to take it to a specialist. 



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Posted 07 March 2017 - 11:32 AM

Nor sure for over where you are but I would think you could choose which place does the work surely?
Had the same thing happen to me and didn't have the time to do it myself at the time and was done by a good place, but as they weren't specialists they missed a few things and doesn't look quite right... Fortunately (sort of) got bashed into again and will be redone properly.
New boot lid, sprite sticker, maybe hinges, check the lights and fog too.

Sorry for the pain in the back side this is.

Ben

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Posted 07 March 2017 - 11:58 AM

Sounds straight forward. Don't blindly let your own insurers settle it and take your NCB, you'll still be stung when you have to declare the bump when you renew. Get in touch with the other party's insurers for a claim form and get some quotes and keep evidence of incidental costs, like transport while it's being fixed.



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Posted 07 March 2017 - 01:31 PM

That happened to me once, much the same. Maybe about 1989. It was a big, fat Merc. He was a senior board member of the group of companies where I was working at the time. I has found a new job and handed in my notice, which he would not have known. He sent his secretary over to see me, to see if the involvement of the insurance companies could be avoided. No way was I agreeing to that! Anyway the Mini was fixed, as good as new. They fitted a new boot lid, pulled the floor edge back into shape, and fitted a repair section to the back panel, with very neat MIG seams barely detectable on the inside.

 

It happened because, not being a chancer (except on a clear open road perhaps...) I was waiting at a T junction to get out safely. He spotted what he thought was an adequate gap (in Merc driver's terms I assume that means giving the guy who actually has right of way sufficient time to brake!) so he accelerated his ill-handling 2-ton monstrosity hard from a few feet away into the back of a stationary Mini, with its footbrake firmly on, brake lights showing. His exact words were "I thought you had gone". What an attitude!

 

My Mini was not very old and the other party was very clearly 100% at fault so the car was repaired without quibble and there was no effect at all on my NCB. Insurance companies are often not so nice nowadays.

 

I hope all goes well for you.



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Posted 10 March 2017 - 11:14 PM

Why so rude about Mercedes as cars just because a driver of one made a common mistakes? Have you driven a lot of Mercedes?
A few years ago I had a Mini drive into the back of a Jaguar XJ6 I owned under similar circumstances - it was at a roundabout. There was no damage to my car but I didn't go off about Minis or their drivers. The guy just made a mistake. We all make mistakes.

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Posted 11 March 2017 - 09:32 PM

We all make mistakes.


...and that is why we have insurance for the just in case moments in life. We've got a W108 and a W114 - my first car was a hand me down W123 from my grandad!

Damage to the OP's car doesnt look bad - ask if you can take it to a specialist. Also, never let someone take your car until the balance is sorted (if you was ever to loose a car which wasn't repairable) - just a bit of advice.

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Posted 11 March 2017 - 10:25 PM

Those are all very nice Mercs. My wife and I have had a couple of 450SL convertibles and I have driven a lot of the big saloons. Before I bought my current BMW 730 I did think about an 'S-Class' Merc and they are certainly superb long-distance touring cars. The big V8 engines are wonderful.

 

As you say, the damage to the OP's car is not to bad and will be an easy job to straighten out. Take it to a specialist Mini body repair person.



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Posted 12 March 2017 - 07:30 AM

Yep C207 and W212 here, mistakes happen, I find its the Audi drivers that are 'interesting' these days :-P

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Posted 14 March 2017 - 06:43 PM

Sadly, I would not be surprised if the insurance company don't try and write that off.




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