Crashed FD on the motorway.

[YAU730]

I will call them 2moro morning n trailer it back to either my friends garage to scan the damages or trailer to my own home which I don\'t want to as don\'t want mum to see it n worry as she doesn\'t know...

[RotRex]

I do feel for you. I hit black ice yesterday in mine it was the worst feeling in the world. By some miracle, and definitely nothing to do with my driving skill, I managed to miss the bmw and corsa that had just crushed into each other ahead of me. I shall have to be disciplined enough to put the rex away for the winter. The way I looked at it is I am lucky to have escaped with my life. That might not be easy for you on account of your loss.

I would say next step call your insurers for contact details of the recovery place. Take your car elsewhere. They will be charging extortionate fees just cause insurance companies will pay (at the expense of writing off your car). Get your insurance company to give you salvage rights if you wish to keep the car and negotiate the value agressively. If you are willing to accept a write off, get Clive to give the insurance company a valuation for yor car, otherwise you will be lucky to get more than £6000. However, the valuation service is only available to full members I believe.

Wishing you the best result,

Ambrose

[Casey]

So sorry to hear of this - even more gutted for you when I scrolled down to see the pictures you posted. I really hope the car is easily fixed and you can get it back on the road.

At least you are OK, which is the main thing.

[grinder]

Gutted for you , i really am

How far did you get from WGT ?

[samoht]

Ouch, really sorry to see that.

Due to the higher values of 99-spec models it wouldn\'t be as likely to be written off as most of our cars.

I really hope it\'s stored somewhere secure, it would be all too easy for some of your very nice genuine parts to \'go missing\' from it in this scenario.

Sorry I can\'t offer advice, other than, if you know who you want to fix it then get it there as soon as you can to fix.

[Speedline Imports]

If you go down the route of insurance then hopefully ALL your modifications are listed with the insurer including anything that you just had done at otherwise they can turn around and back out.
 
As keith has said get it out of storage becuase if the insurance dont pay for it, you will.
 
TBH, 99 spec or not insurance will write it off. New parts will soon add up. I can see an easy £6k on new parts there without labour, paint etc.

[Brett]

I feel terrible for you

Was everything still running ok post accident?

Looking at that I would expect suspension and cross member damage - anything can be repaired

[clive]

All been said above, really chocked to see this but happy your walking around.

I know how you feel as we got badly rammed in our FD on the motorway a few years back and lots said, O\' your poor car and my reaction was "but we are walking around still" the car we can mend.

Huge setback for you but we know from the great build thread that somehow you will get your car back to how it was, I wish you well.

[Jus]

Sry to see but no injuries and hopefully repairable.

[kevint]

Gutted for you, glad you are Ok

[marf]

Oh man, horrible to see this after your build thread. Hope you can get her back on the road

[CTworkinprogress]

Gutted for you as well. First thing, as said you are ok, it\'s only metal and that means it can be fixed.
Second, as above get it home asap, then assess the damage. Mum may initially be a little upset (read as flip out!) But then you can take some time to sort it, and not have to worry about her finding out.

Plus if no insurance to deal with, and shell is no good, then all you need to do is swap it over.

Good luck with it all

[shaunwil]

Sorry to see this. At least there are fresh shells you can always swap stuff into.

Get it back as soon as possible and assess the damage from there.

Shaun

[fil_auto]

This has ruined my day, really sorry to hear this!
Hope there\'s light at the end of the tunnel!
Driving in those conditions must have been horrible and scary!
Keep us posted... keeping everything crossed for you
Phil

[YAU730]

Am trying to sort out a trailer now n get it to my local garage which my friend owes to access the damage n what\'s needing done, I will get this back n running with standard cheap oem parts n focus on the bodywork when I build back cash, am not going to give up on this car.....