steve2k

Just thought i`d post some pics of my car, happened just before xmas on greasy wet roads after going round bend, back end went and mounted curb and collided with sign post (was not even speeding)
Gutted but the main thing is nobody was injured.
Still waiting for insurance engineer to asses damage but repair centre reckon it will be wrote off.












The hire car Iwas giving off my insurance(Seat Leon 1.9TDI)
not bad motors either(approx 450-500 miles to the tank)

pippyrips

ouch! - in the immortal words of lock stock - 'seems expensive'

Madjay

it'll polish out

brocks

iTrader: (3)

Try and make some £'s send piccies to lax power!!!!!!

john coffey

Yeah right!

IN THE STICKS

Probably a dodgy MAF ....seriously though please nobody hurt

TREG

Gutted for you,however your still around to get yourself another
one.Lucky boy.

steve2k

Believe what you want john but i was not speeding.
Probably doing 35-40mph.

Question to anyone, What sort of impact does it take for airbags to go off. Wondered if anybody else experienced airbags failing on impact. I know its not totally smashed up but i`d have thought it would have been enough. Just thought i`d bring this up incase there is a safety issue on subaru`s and worth getting them checked out for yours and others safety.

pbee

i think it depends on the direction of impact to if airbags go off, as they can do more damage to passengers if tey go off in certain situations.

ie if the main force of momentum was from the side it would not be good for the front airbags to deploy.

THOMO

one those tyres look illegal to me ,change it before insurance man sees it. you no what there like. at least your ok .

Simon Lau

if it's just mud covering the tread, then forget it because it looks bold in the picture. DO NOT change it if the tyre you're going to replace it with is new and not covered in mud...big mistake

kevin stanton

Nasty

JonnyStell@

You wanna try being in a scoob and it ending up like this.
Was not a nice experience, but felt so very safe in the car when it happened. I was over taking a guy in a MX5 on a quiet country road (national speed limit) when he decided to swerve right in front of me as i was overtaking him. I had my foot down in 4th doin about 70, he was doin about 50, and then, all of a sudden i went from 70 to 0 in a matter of a couple of seconds. It was a very drastic and horrible way to end the life of my car, but it didn't end mine. Thankyou to the scoob. I felt so very safe, and jumped out of car after it happened and helped the nitwit out of his ex-MX5.
This took place last May and still hasn't been settled by the insurance. But needless to say within a month i got my next scoob and have so much confidance in its ability and safety.
Keep safe...

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After.

And now.

Doink

Sorry to hear about your car mate,

I had exactly the same thing happen to me the week before christmas only i hit a tree instead of a sign post.

Unfortunately i dont think i will be able to get insured on another one for a couple of years, very gutted indeed.

Hopefully you will have better luck than me when it comes to your next car.

Steve

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

OW With all that suspension damage it doesn't look good does it

SC008Y_MAD

iTrader: (5)

That must of frighted the life out of you! the main thing that no one was hurt!

333terzo

Hey guys, u shud learn to drive . i blow the bottom end on my engine a few days ago, any suggestion lads. also will consider buying a second hand engine. cheers

cheeseboy

actually the speed of the crash must have been very low - as neither airbag was deployed!

NC

misty

The reason they did not deploy, imho is that the angle of impact is not within the parameters set by the airbag sensors, ie the impact has to be within 30 degrees of centre of the vehicle. These are plainly outside that.
dave

casper555

ouch thats goin to hurt in the morning (
glad you all walked away safe

steve2k

sorry to see your car like caused by some muppet, pleased everyones ok though and still enjoying scooby ownership

M0rf

gutted for you lads i also had a similar acident to yours steveuk with my first scoob but the post hit my door pushing the side of the car in by about a foot this dented the roof and floor making it unrepairble , thought i have got a nicer newer scoob for the money i got back from mine

sorry never got pics, wish i had now

Scrappydoo2003

I had misty eyes looking at all that twisted metal...

pappasmurf

Steve2K

Glad your OK. May i ask what tyres you were running on when the back end of your Scoob decided to move?

smurfy.

misty

what do you mean!!!
dave

mad doc

Sorry to see your car in a sad state.

I had a similar accident with my 2.5RS (USDM Impreza ) here in New York. I was going around a bend at about 35mph, and the backend came out and i went diagonally into a guardrail, actually hit the same place you did. I bounced off the guardrail and hit the quater panel too. Cost of damage was $9500 USD, Though no suspension damage occured.

I don't know how it works in the UK, but if you can buy your damaged cars back from the insurance companies, you could look into parting out bits to us US boys(the seats, steering wheels, and so on) Though, shipping would be quite a pain. Second thought, maybe I'll just hop a jet to the UK and scavenge the wrecked yards...

keith

[Edited by mad doc - 1/16/2004 2:06:39 AM]