Post by MightyMousePost by XenoPost by MightyMousePost by XenoPost by MightyMousedid you get my reply to your email about your Corolla?
Don't appear to have done.
probably in your spam folder, or else blocked completely. some mail
Nope and nope, just not there.
Post by MightyMouseservers don't like my email address. I'll send from a different one.
Not a problem. The pic was simply meant to illustrate how the low
impact protection bumpers are *supposed to work*. They typically
protect the car from damage up to 15 kph. You can see on that pic
where the cover was folded into a tight kink, then sprang back out to
its original shape - the only permanent issue being that the paint
coat wasn't able to stretch as far as the plastic cover could - and
cracked in a couple of places that you can clearly see. That damage
was done by a late model Ford Ranger at an unknown but decent speed.
The witnesses saw the huge deflection in the bumper cover but there
was no damage to the car body or even the bumper undersupports. Had
the insurance given the ok to a paint job, that all it would have
required, and only on the bumper cover, The only reason the bumper was
replaced was it being an insurance requirement due to them needing to
guarantee the repair.
I just asked how were you fixing it. I see now that you claimed on your
insurance, so I guess then you paid no excess, since it wouldn't have
been worthwhile claiming otherwise.
It was a classic. When the cops gave me the number of the woman who did
the deed followed by a Darren, I rang her. I already had a quote by
then, $450 (friends in the industry) and told her I was heading to
Melbourne in a couple of weeks (mid Dec). Texted her the quote and told
her to just pay me the money and I would get it fixed after the
Christmas break, No way was I going to be able to get it done before
then and I just wanted the whole issue expedited before I left for
Melbourne.
Turns out it was her BF's truck (natch). Well, she started giving me the
run around, "BF says you get it fixed first and we'll pay you then". Not
bloody likely! So I went to my insurance company NRMA, put in a claim.
Well, once the claim was submitted, NRMA wanted the details of the other
person's insurance policy. No probs, rang the girl, told her I had
decided not to play games and I'd be just going through *my* insurance.
As you say, I had the details of the offending party, so did the police,
so no loss of excess and, most importantly, no hassles for me. I asked
her for details of the Rangers insurance policy, she whinged. Reminded
her that I had wanted the whole issue expedited before I left and it
didn't look like that was going to happen so I was running through my
own insurance. Later, and not very much later, the BF rang me and went
apeshit over the phone. All over such a little ding! Not wise. Accused
me of not having video of the event, reckoned I was scamming, loads of
bullshit. Told him, just rock on down to the copshop and view the
*video* himself, and hung up. Nasty tyke! Turns out he was with NRMA
too. Woman at NRMA couldn't understand his attitude. For sure, the bloke
was a dick so it cost him more. Anyway, back to Kieran at the beaters,
told me through insurance it's a new bar so the cost went up $200. Quite
cheap for a new bar really - the quote was now $650 and he would handle
it from here. Anyway, I got what I wanted, expedited before I left and
his GF got charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Nice. In
Victoria, that's also loss of licence, don't know if it's the same here,
cop didn't mention it. When I was on the Hume a little south of Goulburn
I received a called from NRMA saying the repair had been authorised, all
good to go on my return.
Post by MightyMousePost by XenoContrast my damage to that on the Kia at a *claimed* 1 kph. Two
possibilities, Darren was lying or Kia's are shit. I'd suggest going
with *both* options. One thing is clear, my Toyota has much more
useful low impact bumpers that those on the Kia. The Kia does not seem
to have a crumple zone, you're hitting the body soon after the onset
of impact on the bumper cover. The Toyota has a lot more distance
because the bumper cover sticks further back from the body.
certainly seems that way
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Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)