The effects of hitting black ice and losing my back end tried to correct it by coming off my gas lesson learnt never come off the power to get out of a skid. im hoping its not a write off, if it is i will be buying it back from the insurance so parts are going to be available i.e. HID zenon lights, DCCD gearbox, Engine with 24,000 miles with vvt heads, twin scroll set up, brembos, sti interior etc etc if i decide to break it or sell as a job lot,. it cost me 14k 10 months ago and needs a door and the sill pulling slightly and the rear door gap has become wider,. will get the full evaluation on monday of the damage. will update im gutted and do not want it to be wrote off. fingers crossed eh

 

note the lamp post had to be chopped down.

 

Unlucky fella

Not looking good for ya, if the rear door gap has widened then possibly you have bent the 'B' pillar

Best of anyway

 

unlucky mate atleast ur alright.

 

i see where abouts you mean now thought you ment the oncoming side.

40mph round that roundabout your mad mad mad ice or not.

gutted for you rick.

i see how your head would have smashed the window now you should get yourself checked out you might have concusion.

just lucky the boys and katie wer'nt in the car with you.

 

Gutted for you fella... hope it doesnt get wrote off

At start of month, I hit black ice and lost control @ over 60mph n ended up on the lid. need less to say, the insurance took 3 weeks to tell me it was not repairable

Metal can be replaced

Chin up fella

 

I feel for you fella. Wrote my evo 6 off about 2 years ago with only 30,000 on the clock and it was a minter . Hope it's not to much damage. Good luck

 

oh no! feel for you m8! hope you get it sorted.

 

Cheers lads if that fookin lamp post wasnt there i would have nothing more than a scratch on my alloy where it mounted the kerb,. and slid on the mud,. im a bit shook up and getting a headache already and pulled a muscle in my neck, cut my hand and my head hit the window so a golf ball on my head lol.
What sort of price am i looking at buying it back from the insurance for anybody any ideas i am under the impression it is 10% of its value, which was 14k and what are these worth now with 24,000 miles and mint. V-Limited 2003 JDM twin scroll, DCCD and CDiff,.
Feeling really depressed i had to borrow a friends vauxhall frontera that is like a skip on wheels cos the insurance havent given me a courtesy car in case its a write off on monday. im really hoping its not a write off and am i entitled to a second opinion.

 

More pics.......

 

Am gutted for you. Really hope they can repair it. I would check with the insurance if you can get two opinions. It is worth a try asking them.

Fingers crossed!

 

Surely thats repairable, at least you didnt bend the roof or im sure they would write it off!
Gutted for you though fella, someone recently wrote my mint classic STi off so I know the feeling too.
If they do write it of then why not buy it back and get it repaired yourself? I know it would be worth alot less but thats what I would do. Just another thought for you thats all.

 

Think it depends on how much damage there is to the chassis, a side impact can give the car a big jolt but gutted for you, these are lovely cars and pretty hard to replace, only about 4 in the country.

Tony

 

that looks an easy repair to me. check on jig, then new door and pull sill.
is the front wing ok? it looks creased in last pic.

 

gutted for you man , just keep telling youself it coulda been much worse,

 

Hard luck, kid. At least YOU are OK

Do you think that lifting off the gas gave you any more oversteer?

BTW: I bet you get a bill for the 40mph sign

 

Nice front bumper. Unlucky with the ice, glad your ok.

 

thats nothing they shouldnt write that off

 

where abouts did you have the accident rick in heywood not much look with your car its been problem after problem with it hope it does get written off youve had so much bad luck

 

that is deffo going to be an insurance write off (simply because of the price of parts) however that more than likely can be repaired if you use second hand parts
If I was you I would buy it back for next to nothing and get on the case to find a good bodyworker

Do NOT break it bud, all the best

H

 

i had to go down the second hand parts route to keep my on the road, i've only had it a couple of months.
scoobyclinic is bringing it back to life for me






just make sure all your mods are declared, or the insurance company will take you for a ride LOL

 

Find my fate out tomorrow fingers crossed its not a write off!!!

 

I got the rear quarter bumped on my old classic, similar damage to yours. car wasa CAT C write off which meant it could be fixed and be put back on the road. I bought the car back from insurers for 10% of the valuation (£400). I sold the car on to a panel beater and its now back on the road. It worked out financially better for me for that to happen. Although the accident was caused by another road user, and a personal injury claim had to be made also

 

gutted for you mate looks repairable i would of thought

 

I recently had an accident and the car was written off.
The insurance co offered a stupid price and I ended up going to the Insurance Ombudsman who sorted things out.
To buy the car back I was informed it was 19% of the value of the car however I managed to do a deal. I wouldn't dare broadcast what I got the car for though.

Good luck with it, time is a good healer.

 

Shame about the car but at least your ok.
I have a drivers side side skirt same as yours that I will sell if it comes to you repairing it, in the north west to

Ayde.

 

Cheers Ayde if you could pm me so i can contact you if i need to purchase the side skirt from you........i am hoping the insurance deduct the purchase of the car from the settlement figure otherwise i am going to have to cough up the dosh up to 10 - 20 % dependant on how much they sell it back to me for, and do they send me a cheque for the difference and do i let the finance company know what has happened? and would i need to forward the cheque to the finance company if i am still paying for the car,..i have never had a situation like this before so dont know the processes as its my first proper ding

 

Feel for you m8, Hope you get sorted
This damage to my insurance £5K

 

How did you do that silver demon did it dent the sill or was it just the door, if so mine will definately get wrote off as mine is older so not as valuable. nice car its always a shame when you see them dinged,. i always wrapped mine up in cotton wool, even getting people at work to park either side of my car so idiots dont dent my doors opening there doors into them.

 

A lorry didn't see me and just came out of a junction. Managed to hit the brakes and turn off the road a little to minimise to damage.

No damage to the sill or B pillar. Needed a new door,wing,two near side alloys and tyres.
Took the insurance 4 months to sort!

Spray Tech in Grantham fixed it up and you can't tell its been repaired (and I'm very picky lol!)