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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:46 pm 
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Last week up here on the north coast as some of you might know we got a pretty bad storm. Well anyway it claimed many cars one being my baby. My EF XR6 got smashe to pieces. Rear window completly smashed in, every panel got dints in it mainly the roof and bonnet, i got board the other day i counted the dints in the bonnet it came to around 100. It broke my heart when i saw it after the storm, as i was stuck 100km away working. The insurance company wrote it off on friday and took it. Anyway got some pics and just wanted to know if anyone else up around this area copped it.

 

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:48 pm 
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:49 pm 
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:05 pm 
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ahh that sux. hope you got paid enough for it.

what you going to get now?

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:08 pm 
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F**kin strong storm ay
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:19 pm 
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ofter some money to buy it back after you get payed for it you most likely get a cheap car for parts or fix up
a mate of mine rolled a hilux got payout $18000 then he rebought it off them for $800 bought a another hilux with bad motor chaged ove then had a good car and still had money to spend
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:22 pm 
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yeah not sure what i'm gonna get now prob some cheap as 4 cylinder my mechanic said he'd sell me his 92 corolla for 800 bucks so might get that then once off my P's going to get something nice like xr8 or even xr6t hmmmmmmm so i'll just keep on dreaming till then!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:48 pm 
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Shame bout the car! Timely reminder of the power of mother nature! Pity she wasn't tucked up in a nice solid garage or carport!
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:15 pm 
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tick4d_xr6 wrote:
yeah not sure what i'm gonna get now prob some cheap as 4 cylinder my mechanic said he'd sell me his 92 corolla for 800 bucks so might get that then once off my P's going to get something nice like xr8 or even xr6t hmmmmmmm so i'll just keep on dreaming till then!!!!!!!!!!


I'd hate to say that was easily and cheaply fixable.

If you have the opportunity, take your payout and buy the car back off the insurance company. Then take it to a paintless dent removal joint and they will fix it and you will never know its been damaged. Chances are they will be quite busy due to the recent storms, but it will and can be fixed.

And you'll most likely walk out with alot of spare change in your pocket as a bonus.
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:21 pm 
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They sucks dude but seriously buy the thing back cheap and get it all fixed up. Least you know what has been done to that car.
Come to think of it, it will take alot of force to take out a rear window.

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:02 am 
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Dude, I feel your pain. My first car got smashed by hail a couple of years ago but I didnt have insurance. Ended up having to sell it for $100.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:03 am 
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I'd hate to say that was easily and cheaply fixable.

If you have the opportunity, take your payout and buy the car back off the insurance company. Then take it to a paintless dent removal joint and they will fix it and you will never know its been damaged. Chances are they will be quite busy due to the recent storms, but it will and can be fixed.

And you'll most likely walk out with alot of spare change in your pocket as a bonus.


the paint might be fubar in some spots though from the dents. I've been in the smash repairers when theyve pulled dints, and the paints cracked. still, beats a corolla!

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:11 am 
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arm79 wrote:

I'd hate to say that was easily and cheaply fixable.

If you have the opportunity, take your payout and buy the car back off the insurance company. Then take it to a paintless dent removal joint and they will fix it and you will never know its been damaged. Chances are they will be quite busy due to the recent storms, but it will and can be fixed.

And you'll most likely walk out with alot of spare change in your pocket as a bonus.


the paint might be fubar in some spots though from the dents. I've been in the smash repairers when theyve pulled dints, and the paints cracked. still, beats a corolla!


I doubt the paint would be fubar.

A proper dent remover - not some s**t kicker at a panel joint - will have the right attitude and patience to do the job properly. Like the bloke who did my car. They don't "pull" dents but softly massage the metal straight again from the inside.

Even if he did damage the paint, there'd be a s**t money left over to get panels repainted. Probably have the whole car repainted, and still have some pocket change.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:30 am 
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jus readin over this, takes me back to dealership days, just the slightest hint of a hail storm coming and they would hide all the cars on the lot in the workshops and put all the customers cars in the carpark, haha. tight a**'s
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:32 am 
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