February 24, 20178 yr So dads 18 month old XV looks like its going to be written off, car ploughed into the back of mum and dad on the m40 yesterday morning. Both ok, although mum's tweaked her back. cars not so lucky. Impact was from behind and shoved them into the central reservation, looks like enough damage to buckle the bottom of both A pillars :(
February 25, 20178 yr Oof glad they are ok, how did the rest of the car hold up ? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
February 25, 20178 yr Author Cabin is fine so although cars mullered kept them safe, strange thing is airbags didnt go off. i'll get some pics up when i can
March 3, 20178 yr That's a bit rubbish. Fortunately they're pretty good in a crash when you need protecting. Though that obviously doesn't necessarily prevent the car getting damaged.
March 4, 20178 yr Author So, was indeed written off. Dads been to put order down on a new one today haha
March 5, 20178 yr Author 8 hours ago, Dogconker said: Oh dear, you've not thought of buying your back and repairing it then? no mate, repair will was 14k and we noticed that was a load of bits and work missed off so just not worth it. Also dont think it would ever be right given the hit it had
March 5, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, Tidgy said: no mate, repair will was 14k and we noticed that was a load of bits and work missed off so just not worth it. Also dont think it would ever be right given the hit it had Wow! 14k repair, did a proper job on it then? I can see why you didn't go for the bit back option then. Well hopefully the new one will not suffer a similar fate. Its pretty easy to run up a steep bill to be fair. I had a Ford Ka run into the back of mine at about 35mph, only looked like it scuffed the bumper, but by the time they'd replacer the rear cross member and put a new exhaust back box on and bumper etc, bill came to £2800. Still at least I got to drive mine home, the girl that hit my car looked like she'd been through a scrapper, bonnet was half way up the windscreen and the doors stuck up above the roof. My wife was driving my car at the time so she just took details and left her by the roadside sorting recovery. Good luck with the new one, you'll have to pop a few photos up let us know what she looks like
March 10, 20178 yr Author So new one was ordered wednesday, The new blue isn;t very nice, more like polestar volvo blue, so this time he having a dark blue one, Almost DMB from the old classics. Be a few weeks till he gets it but heres some pics of his sorry looking old one :( Back didnt look too bad externaly, but boot was creased, Front end wasnt so good, front right corner was a proper mess.
March 12, 20178 yr On 05/03/2017 at 3:36 PM, Tidgy said: On 10/03/2017 at 10:20 PM, Tidgy said: So new one was ordered wednesday, The new blue isn;t very nice, more like polestar volvo blue, so this time he having a dark blue one, Almost DMB from the old classics. Be a few weeks till he gets it but heres some pics of his sorry looking old one :( Back didnt look too bad externaly, but boot was creased, Front end wasnt so good, front right corner was a proper mess. Yep, that looks proper dead 🤕
April 4, 20178 yr Author and look whats poped up on ebay, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-SUBARU-XV-I-SE-SYMMETRICAL-AWD-BLUE-SALVAGE-DAMAGED-REPAIRABLE-PETROL-4X4-/152486230553?hash=item2380e33a19:g:-IsAAOSwWxNY14Ku
June 19, 20178 yr Author So still up on the bay, but price is down to 4750. Advert is the same with the 'economical' truth on how bad the damage is.
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