Suggestions on sorting this out...
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Suggestions on sorting this out...
The Yaris that some of you have seen me in is my mums. She's a disabled little old lady.
I bought her a holiday to Romania (she's very interested in their culture and she's learning the language, and she's got friends out there to stay with) and after dropping her off in Luton, parked up her car outside her house.
Then this:
To the asshat that did it and ran: Thanks. You're a wonderful human being, mashing up a little old disabled pensioner's car and then running away like a true hero.
To the rest of you - I have 2 weeks before she's back (12th) so should I sand it, fill it, sculpt it, then find someone to paint match or should I find a crashed damaged Yaris, cut that out and cut out a similar piece, weld in new metal, then have that paint matched?
The bumper is also a bit mangled, but I think I can sort that out with fibreglass from the inside out.
I'll tell her about it when she gets back, but I'm not going to ruin her holiday. This is the first holiday she's had in about 20 years. I want this sorted out before she returns, get it in a state where she'd never know, *then* tell her (I'm not into keeping secrets from her about her own car!).
I'm thinking of getting a new bit of metal to weld in because I'm not sure I can get the wheel arch's stock toyota "crease" to look factory with filler.
What would you lot do?
I bought her a holiday to Romania (she's very interested in their culture and she's learning the language, and she's got friends out there to stay with) and after dropping her off in Luton, parked up her car outside her house.
Then this:
To the asshat that did it and ran: Thanks. You're a wonderful human being, mashing up a little old disabled pensioner's car and then running away like a true hero.
To the rest of you - I have 2 weeks before she's back (12th) so should I sand it, fill it, sculpt it, then find someone to paint match or should I find a crashed damaged Yaris, cut that out and cut out a similar piece, weld in new metal, then have that paint matched?
The bumper is also a bit mangled, but I think I can sort that out with fibreglass from the inside out.
I'll tell her about it when she gets back, but I'm not going to ruin her holiday. This is the first holiday she's had in about 20 years. I want this sorted out before she returns, get it in a state where she'd never know, *then* tell her (I'm not into keeping secrets from her about her own car!).
I'm thinking of getting a new bit of metal to weld in because I'm not sure I can get the wheel arch's stock toyota "crease" to look factory with filler.
What would you lot do?
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Re: Suggestions on sorting this out...
Go trough insurance
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I can't see the photos
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Hell no! First, not my car, so they won't let me make a claim. Second, they'll take aaaages, you know they will. Third, not loosing the no-claims, it'll cost much, much more in the long run.mike harris wrote:Go trough insurance
Wish I could bud, but as it was a hit-and-run asshat, I can't claim on his(her?) insurance.
Yeah, dropbox was being an arse. Initially, the photos weren't showing, I had to fartarse around to get them showing. If you refresh the thread, they should appear?dan_2k_uk wrote:I can't see the photos
If not, yell at me again please mate.
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Re: Suggestions on sorting this out...
I'm going with report it to the police and insurance.
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The damage is relatively minor. Might go for a replacement bumper but the arch/wing I think the sand, fill, shape and paint makes the most sense.
There's three ways of doing things:
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
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Did that last time, and all that happened was I started getting phonecalls from people telling me I could sue the other driver if I pretended to have whiplash.Jordi wrote:I'm going with report it to the police and insurance.
But the last time was a hit and run too, so thanks Mr Policeman for selling my details, but who do I sue?
That's already a replacement bumper, after some asshat rear-ended me in it at 2am a few months ago, then drove off!Edweird wrote:The damage is relatively minor. Might go for a replacement bumper but the arch/wing I think the sand, fill, shape and paint makes the most sense.
IN THE SAME FREAKING ROAD!!! Seriously, 250 yards up the same road. This thing has done 70,000 trouble free miles, but gets smashed in the same road twice in about 6 months.
Quite depressing.
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Cant see the pics
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Nor me, now!
Dropbox, I hate thee.
I'll sort it out when I get home.
Dropbox, I hate thee.
I'll sort it out when I get home.
1985 SJ413VX (SJ50V) with SPOA, rear disc brakes, 31x10.5R15 Kaiman Malatesta tyres, an MOT and a lot left to do!
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