rear ended

[subliber]

yep, was at a give way sign 12.40am. car behind me locked up in the wet. and smashed my back end in. last 1/4 of the exhaust is crumpled up. boot wont open. side door wont open. looks pretty decent from behind. but wont be a rite off.
drive of other car was an excel. his bonnet was crumpled up and smoke and **** was flying everywhere as he took it off the road. he broke his hand. i was lucky just with a sore neck. could have been worse!

spotted a white (maybe converted, maybe rs) wagon with bov drive passed the scene of the crime too and toot the horn.

the time is now 4.03am. goodnight

pics soon...

[smoov]

yep, was at a give way sign 12.40am. car behind me locked up in the wet. and smashed my back end in. last 1/4 of the exhaust is crumpled up. boot wont open. side door wont open. looks pretty decent from behind. but wont be a rite off.
drive of other car was an excel. his bonnet was crumpled up and smoke and **** was flying everywhere as he took it off the road. he broke his hand. i was lucky just with a sore neck. could have been worse!

spotted a white (maybe converted, maybe rs) wagon with bov drive passed the scene of the crime too and toot the horn.

the time is now 4.03am. goodnight

pics soon...
sorry to hear mate.

don't be quick to disregard the sore neck, it could be a little more complicated. Best to have it checked out by a local GP.

As for the subaru... very sad to hear. I hope it gets repaired OK.

[rs guy]

yeah whiplash usually results in rear enders :(
hope your ok sorry to hear bout the car too

[legman]

see a doctor as soon as you can !!.....and maybe seek legal advice too

[wannabeaRS]

yep, was at a give way sign 12.40am. car behind me locked up in the wet. and smashed my back end in. last 1/4 of the exhaust is crumpled up. boot wont open. side door wont open. looks pretty decent from behind. but wont be a rite off.

I'd have to disagree if the back doors wont open i dont think they'll fix it Sorry to hear about your bad luck

cam

[subliber]

yer i started to think that today they mite not repair it.
but the door does open. and they clsoe. but you got to lift the door up kinda thing. bit of a stuff around. but it does shut. just hits the guard then you lift, and goes in.

i realllly dont want it to be a rite off. only had the exact same thing happen about 6 months ago. yet i was launched into the car infront. have to wait and see.
i went to the hospital wen it happened. got checked out etc.

[subliber]

pics are dodgy i know, all i had was a camera phone at 1am:

the car door is open in this one, mate was sitting in there,
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y219/inverted88/Image210.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y219/inverted88/Image211.jpg

and the other car:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y219/inverted88/Image212.jpg

[nick e[v]ans]

Far out, that excel came out worse for wear. Sucks to see that happen to anyone, hope it works out quickly and cheaply for you.

[wannabeaRS]

check for kinks in the floor and the sill ,if the floor is kinked youre stuffed judging by the flare in the guard it doesnt look good

[likenother]

Doesn't look good from the looks of the pic from under the car looks like a write off

[subliber]

say it is a right off,
what are the chances of being able to rip my exhaust off?
wasnt cheap, and only been on for a couple of months.
anyone got any ideas?

[smoov]

say it is a right off,
what are the chances of being able to rip my exhaust off?
wasnt cheap, and only been on for a couple of months.
anyone got any ideas?
Unless you opt to buy the wreck, your chances are pretty much slim to none.

The car needs to remain intact, that way, the insurance company gets a better price than for what is a wreck that's already been picked at by the vultures..

[christian]

Bad luck mate,was it turboed? mags?
Where did it happen?
Chris

[xeon]

Very sorry to hear mate, hope you are ok.

Can't believe I spotted this car looking perfect just yesterday! Good luck sorting it out.

[grug]

Its a GX so possibly worth 5 or 6k.
Damage is a fubar exhaust which insurance will have to replace with a brand new one ($$$).
Panel/door damage is possibly fixable but again, at a decently high price.

You cant really tell if the chassis is damaged, so my guess is that it will be a write off as the damage repair bill will be more than 5k for a bodyworks to fix.

If you want to keep anything out of your car (stereo, gauges, aftermarket seats, etc.), my advice is to take it out now!

[christuffa]

If you want to keep anything out of your car (stereo, gauges, aftermarket seats, etc.), my advice is to take it out now!
...and swap it for standard. the insurance won't know.

Shame to see this happen.

Is the exhaust worth anything to you anyway? It is crushed for most of it?

[subliber]

exhaust is xforce costed me quite abit. 3inch TBE.
its a gx conversion and is insured for 7500 - 8000 i think.

im all good tho. just got a really stiff neck. main thing is that im not in a hospital bed. couild have been worse.

it happened on the intersection of south street and findlay road in bulllcreek/leeming.

cheers

[Soop]

you realy should get your neck checked man...
i stacked a car a few years back while padock bashing, i was okay apart from a stiff neck that wouldnt go away. so i went to the doc, who told me i had a protuding disk. which if it slips the wrong way could possibly squash my spinal cord.

Physio fixed it.

[subliber]

yer i attended hospital at the night of the incident. doctor wrote it all out in writing.
and if anything comes up with it in the future, im covered from insurance... i hope!

cheers for the support guys.

[RSwagz]

That sucks dude but i know how you feel :(

[subliber]

yep cars been written off.
so i gonna buy it back and sell the parts off.
so pretty much everything from the back seats forward will be for sale soon!
they have offered to pay me out 6250, which not too happy, but not much i can do.

[dtrally]

yep cars been written off.
so i gonna buy it back and sell the parts off.
so pretty much everything from the back seats forward will be for sale soon!
they have offered to pay me out 6250, which not too happy, but not much i can do.

Does the $6250 pay out include the wreck, or do you have to bid for it at auction?
Why not fix it? or buy a bunky GX/LX and fit all your goodies to it, bound to cost less that $6K all up done.
Then you sell all the left overs and come out smelling of roses :tu

[subliber]

Does the $6250 pay out include the wreck, or do you have to bid for it at auction?
Why not fix it? or buy a bunky GX/LX and fit all your goodies to it, bound to cost less that $6K all up done.
Then you sell all the left overs and come out smelling of roses :tu

all options i have to consider dt.
im heading to europe in a cpl of months time for a few months. so unsure as to what i will do.
dont want to have a half finsished project lying around for months.
so mite just get a bunky for now. pick the rs up and sell off the parts. mind you there is a cheap rs wags on autotrader which i mite even consider... :D

[gtxsedan]

Sorry to hear bud, but the most important thing is that you are ok. I know it isn't the best thing to hear when your pride and joy is banged up but in the grand scheme of things the car can be fixed, paraplegia can't. Hope it's not a write off either.

Best of luck!

[RST-WRC]

exhaust is xforce costed me quite abit. 3inch TBE.
its a gx conversion and is insured for 7500 - 8000 i think.

im all good tho. just got a really stiff neck. main thing is that im not in a hospital bed. couild have been worse.

it happened on the intersection of south street and findlay road in bulllcreek/leeming.

cheers

Not good to hear man, I have almost come to grief at that intersection... brake fade coming from Findlay up to South street and ended up in the bus lane! Lucky the car coming the other way was in the middle lane.

You seen that series 1 wagon not far from there on Findlay? A genuine RS?? Says Liberty on the back, might say GX though.

[subliber]

Not good to hear man, I have almost come to grief at that intersection... brake fade coming from Findlay up to South street and ended up in the bus lane! Lucky the car coming the other way was in the middle lane.

You seen that series 1 wagon not far from there on Findlay? A genuine RS?? Says Liberty on the back, might say GX though.


yer it drove past when it happened, white one. sounded very nice. depressed the fuk outa me tho.
i just organised today to get the zaust off and i got the old one back.