Gouge to Mini roof - what the bloody hell has caused this?
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Afternoon all,
I just went out to wash my Mini and discovered a large gouge on the roof, on the passenger side, front corner. No other damage to the car at all and, of course, no note or any form of apology.
There is a nearby CCTV camera for a shop, but that's closed until Tuesday so for now I'm wondering what the bloody hell could have caused this.
Any suggestions? And can anyone tell me how bad the damage is/what it'll cost to fix? Admiral is currently closed for non-emergencies.
Cheers
I just went out to wash my Mini and discovered a large gouge on the roof, on the passenger side, front corner. No other damage to the car at all and, of course, no note or any form of apology.
There is a nearby CCTV camera for a shop, but that's closed until Tuesday so for now I'm wondering what the bloody hell could have caused this.
Any suggestions? And can anyone tell me how bad the damage is/what it'll cost to fix? Admiral is currently closed for non-emergencies.
Cheers
shake n bake said:
That's a write off without question, I'd say a skip Lorry or similar has barged in to it. That's terrible.
I'd completely agree here, def looks like the corner of a skip has hit it being lifted up ... Was / has it been parked next to one recently as it doesn't necessarily look totally fresh either I'd imagine that needs a new roof skin, shouldnt be off road for too long. It's worth covering it over with some plastic for now in case I rains.
Was the passenger side to the kerb or to the road?
Only guess I can make is maybe a rear door on a truck has swung open and done that damage, are there any other cars in the local streets with damage??
Was the passenger side to the kerb or to the road?
Only guess I can make is maybe a rear door on a truck has swung open and done that damage, are there any other cars in the local streets with damage??
Not wishing to piddle on the OP, ( I really hope he gets a result) but if it was a vehicle with an overhang its a bloody good chadnce the river knew nothing about it, esp if it was an Artic. Keep the forum updated, hope you strike lucky
Fixed that for all you writing Gods out there. Dyslexia isnt a hobby you know
Fixed that for all you writing Gods out there. Dyslexia isnt a hobby you know
Edited by silverfoxcc on Sunday 29th May 23:15
silverfoxcc said:
Not wishing to piddle on the OP, ( I really hope he gets a result) but if it was a vechicle with an overhang its a bllosy good ahnce the river knew nothin about it, esp if it ws an Artic. Keep th forum updayed, hope you strike lucky
This is proof that Auto correct does not really work Looks a dull one OP, but post some details of your MINI, most things can be repaired, whether it is viable or not is debatable.
silverfoxcc said:
Not wishing to piddle on the OP, ( I really hope he gets a result) but if it was a vechicle with an overhang its a bllosy good ahnce the river knew nothin about it, esp if it ws an Artic. Keep th forum updayed, hope you strike lucky
Are you pissed/on crack this evening? Thanks for the replies! My first thought was write-off, but maybe the damage is just to the skin? Obviously it's hard to tell for now.
To answer some of your questions:
The car is a 2007 R56 Cooper S. It was parked where the silver Audi is in this Street View image, but facing away from the Google camera.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4441422,-0.19830...
There's a CCTV camera above the door of the shop on the right, pointing towards where I was parked. Fingers crossed that will provide some answers. It's quite a busy turning off the main road, so could well have been a truck, skip lorry or similar.
It's been parked there for a few days, so could have happened mid-week. Annoyingly, I only noticed it today because I went to move the car. I hate parking that close to the junction, but when I was last here it was the only space.
There's a skip further up the road but that's been there a while. I'll ask them anyway. I haven't seen any damage to other vehicles on the street.
Thanks again, all. I'll keep this thread updated as best I can.
To answer some of your questions:
The car is a 2007 R56 Cooper S. It was parked where the silver Audi is in this Street View image, but facing away from the Google camera.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4441422,-0.19830...
There's a CCTV camera above the door of the shop on the right, pointing towards where I was parked. Fingers crossed that will provide some answers. It's quite a busy turning off the main road, so could well have been a truck, skip lorry or similar.
It's been parked there for a few days, so could have happened mid-week. Annoyingly, I only noticed it today because I went to move the car. I hate parking that close to the junction, but when I was last here it was the only space.
There's a skip further up the road but that's been there a while. I'll ask them anyway. I haven't seen any damage to other vehicles on the street.
Thanks again, all. I'll keep this thread updated as best I can.
Is there likely to be an artic traveling down that road? My guess is he's turned right into the street and got the tractor unit close to your car to bring the trailer round, but the front near side of the trailer would be sticking out further than the tractor unit at this point and that's what's hit your car. Likely that the driver wouldn't of even known it happened. Not that that excuses it of course.
Almost certainly a write off bud, a roof or quarter panel is a pain to fix, even more so when it's in a corner and has a foot long gouge in it.
You can't really re skin a roof, well you can but costs and the amount of labour involved to make it look right is pretty big.
I hope I'm wrong as i'd be heart broken to have my car ripped a new one then the bugger-er run off, but hopefully you can sort it out in your favour.
You can't really re skin a roof, well you can but costs and the amount of labour involved to make it look right is pretty big.
I hope I'm wrong as i'd be heart broken to have my car ripped a new one then the bugger-er run off, but hopefully you can sort it out in your favour.
You could try saying it's been hit by a meteorite... you'd be quids in!
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/how-a-dent-ast...
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/how-a-dent-ast...
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