BAD DAY TODAY

[wrxmania]

Hello all,

After speaking to John (EVOJKP) took my cousin for a run in the car round some local roads. On a single track road slightly wet with a poor road surface - person walking down the road, moved over a bit, hit some rough ground, pothole, some puddles and my passenger front wheel went onto some wet grass and then straight down a ditch to the left of the hole.

The car travelled about 50 yards with one side of the car in a ditch then CRUNCH - a boulder in the ditch

The ditch was up to my knees deep in mud and about a foot of water - it had been dug out for drainage I think.

The car was recovered out of the ditch backwards, is totally covered in mud and looks a mess. The bumper, nearside wing, wheel, nearside light, possibly the bonnet, fog light etc are total write offs. The doors on the nearside look a bit scraped. The car was not travelling at great speed by the time it hit the boulder, certainly less than 15MPH and no airbags went off, and we were both A OK luckily. My cd's did not even fall out of the rack.

I am REALLY gutted - just can't believe it - just another point of bad luck with the car. It is sitting at the recovery operators and my insurer is closed until tomorrow. The car was gleaming, new brakes, WAX WIZARD clean, etc.

The recovery guy reckons panel damage only as the mud was very soft so hopefully no mechanical damage. Don't know what the damage to the car will be finally - at least the parts listed above and a total nearside respray

Still in shock. Can't believe it.

Brian

[rickydiver]

Bad luck Brian sorry to hear that, could have been much worse for either the pedestrian or you and passenger ! Hopefully you can get it sorted pretty quick and without to much cost.

ricky

[paulc555]

Sorry to hear about the little incident Brian....

Fingers crossed not to much damage...

Lucky your both okay though....

argghhhhh I hate wet roads.....................

[wrxmania]

The roads were pretty dry but as I went slightly onto the grass to avoid the walker I then obviously picked up a bit of mud, drove on a hundred yards, slight bend, car slid onto a patch of grass and straight into the ditch. The road surface is poor with some puddling and a collapsing road edge.

[stephen_fergus2]

SO gutted for you ..

What can I say ...

She will be back as good as new soon .. dont worry ..

Steve

[wrxmania]

Thanks guys for the support. I hope she is repaired back to a good standard and she can go to Nobles instead of an approved repairer.

An unavoidable accident and a total downer but you can't turn back time. My cousin did not even realise we had hit anything until we stopped and he asked "What happened there?". The same thing went through my mind

Brian

[ian_craig2]

bummer

[derek_robertson]

What a bummer Brian you must be gutted,main thing is you're OK.

Hope you get it sorted soon,cheers

Del

PS.You'll now have to change your name to "WREXMANIA"

[MY94]

Sorry to hear this/still at least u got to damage ur car urself...........(read my I WANT TO KILL SOMEONE post)

[halo]

<< Sorry to hear this/still at least u got to damage ur car urself...........(read my I WANT TO KILL SOMEONE post) >>

MY94 maybe im reading the post out of turn or picking you up wrong...but either way its gutting whether u damage it yourself or not.

I hope you get sorted and it ends up being cheaper than you think try Glenburgie for the bits

Brian its funny how the most damage can happen at low speed - hope it all gets sorted m8.

If its any consolation I once drove my partners car (pug307) out of the drive and managed to do 2k worth of damage because I was half asleep and hit the fence post. All I felt was a wee bump and it had basically shredded most of the left side of the car...I then had to explain to her what had happened - even worse it was due to be sold the next day ! Doesnt help you but at least you have a decent reason lol

Half the time I wonder if tin foil would be better than some of the panels !!!

K

[colinj]

Ah 5hit man nightmate!

Hope it all gets fixed soon for you...

[billyboy]

brian,

sympathy m8.

[spooks]

Neebs gutted for ya

Seriously anything I can do to help phone me, I cant even begin to say how utterly pi**ed off I am for ya.

Glad you and yer passenger are OK

Spooks

[wrxmania]

Thanks guys,

It looks a bit of a mess and I could understand it were I doing 100MPH round the corner etc. Just the way it goes I suppose - not had too much luck really

Brian.

[MY94]

""MY94 maybe im reading the post out of turn or picking you up wrong...but either way its gutting whether u damage it yourself or not.""

I totally agree,I'm gutted for WRXMANIA...........I was not having a go (if thats what u think?)

[DEVLIN]

Brian , what @hit luck mate,

gutted for you.

[Stiks]

Aw naw... just logged on after a weekend in the highlands... I'm gutted for you Brian, especially after all that TLC last weekend. Hopefully no mechanical injuries though.

If you need any assistance ( to and from AF N's) let me know.

[evojkp]

Bloody hell mate. I wondered why you had not come back past the house. Hopefully you should get it sorted quickly, and that you and your cuz are okay. Bet he still prefers the primera

I know what you mean about the road conditions up that way. I went a blast last night on the backroads around Forth (a nice playground with some yumps and serious twisty stuff) and was totally caught out, ending the opposite way up a farm road, which if it had not been there, I would have been in the field.

I was going to take a blast up your favourite road as well, but decided on another route at the last moment.

...John

[wrxmania]

Good choice of road to avoid John - especially in retrospect - just had a bad combination of some mud on the tyres (after being on the grass to avoid the guy) then slight curve, bump in the road, sliding to the left and then - LO AND BEHOLD - a lovely ditch. I may add, my cousin loved it all and said at night that, in spite of the pity of my car being smashed, he loved every minute of it and it gave him something to talk about to his mates

I am gonna try to drive it sensibly when (IF?) I get it back.

BTW John - it was just at the crossroads for Bents, East Whitburn and Longridge - where all the broken bits of cars, lights, wheels trims etc are lying - if you look just past the crossing to Longridge then you will see the ditch where I landed - it is fairly deep!!!

Brian

[wrxmania]

THE UPDATE:

Phoned Admiral (my insurer) at 10AM this morning, was quick and pinless although entered a major debate about their approved repairer - I think I used phrases such as "back street bodge repairer" and "NEVER had a good repair fom an approved repairer". However, they were having NONE of it and insited approved repairer as, they would not pay to have it moved anywhere else and the approved repairer would uplift as part of their service - it is undriveable and at the recovery place in storage. Eventually accepted, no option on this one and approved repairer it was - they woul phone me later to tell me who.

They phoned later, and I called them back. The first date that their repairer could take my car was October 27th!!!!!! and provide a courtesy car - I really went to town at this point and, after a lot of pushing, the car is being picked up by Nobles - one call to the ever helpful Derek @ the bodyshop from me and it will go to them ASAP. I lose the courtesy car using Nobles but I have the Primera so no worries (as long as it runs well ).

So, hopefully it will arrive at Nobles soon, be assessed, the repair approved (if not then they will have to pay to move it again) and then my car repaired soon. No way was I waiting until 27th October then another week at least to get it back, knowing that as the bodyshop was so busy it would no doubt be a rush job - Nobles DO NOT rush as I am always told, and know from experience - careful hand wrok is the name.

I will keep you all updated of my (lack of) progress!!

Brian - slightly more cheerful today

[wrxmania]

Hello all,

I have taken some pictures of the spot where my car went off the road. You can see the bend in the road, the poor surface, the ditch and some tyre tracking. You can also see where my cars' underside has "dug up" the ground as it steamed along at a 45 degree angle The ditch was full of at least 1 foot of water in the pics so is much deeper than it seems and the bank at the fence side of the ditch was above the bottom of my car windows when it was in the ditch!!!

Brian

[evojkp]

Brian, I thought that was where you had the off'. I went for a blast up that road this afternoon, although I find it too bumpy in the Evo. Once your in three figures, one bump and the backend kicks up....adios amigo!!

Good that your getting the car too Nobles. You'll be getting a frequent customer discount soon

[wrxmania]

I hope so - I am, shall we say, well known there now

Derek is great, I know the work will be good and thorough (if approved by insurer) and they even know the registration plate of my car etc it has been there so often!!!

I know what you mean about the road - I have never managed above 90 for the same reason - I am SURE I would stuff it - in saying that a bit late now - at least it would have been better if I had been doing 100 MPH - I would take the rap for that one.

Nevermind - hope Nobles get it on the road again.

Brian

[wrxmania]

No news today

[wrxmania]

"Just as well you've got another car Brian" said Derek from Nobles - I feared the worst - "It's gonna be off the road for a few weeks".

"So, it's not gonna be written off?"...."No way, this is an Impreza - the residual values on these things are too good".

Insurance assessor is now paying the car a visit on Monday, and it is to go on the jig to see if there is any more "bendiness" in the panels or elsewhere.

It needs:

New bumper assembly, new nearside wing, new passenger door (complete as Subaru do not do door skins?!??!), repair to rear nearside door, new fog light, new lower wishbone, new front cross member possibly, new nearside headlight, and anything else which is discovered. The insurance assessor will no doubt try to dumb it down to a front number plate screw and a touch up paint.

It is gonna be 3/4 days after the assessor visits on Monday before any panels etc arrive and the total job time will be at least 2 weeks, possibly three.

"I know how fussy you are about your car and the work and you know I will not let it leave here until I know you are happy with the job and it is perfect" - Just what I like to here.

So, the car will be on the road again - NO mechanical damage and NO structural damage. Just shoved at the side, courtesy of a big rock, that has shoved the wing in, smashed the bottom of the bumper and pushed the drivers door out. The bonnet should be OK.

Just need to save up for my excess and increase in insurance payments

Brian.