"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.