Is this your DC5 intergra? will it polish out?

[insanojackson]

On my travels at work last night drove past a recovery agent we use in Gateshead and spotted the below through the compound fence. No idea of how it ended up like this but looks pretty nasty/dead.

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[335Dmapped]

Ouch. Roof needing to be cut off = not cool.

[Roo]

335Dmapped said:

Ouch. Roof needing to be cut off = not cool.

Standard practice nowadays. Stabilise the suspension to stop it moving, disconnect the battery to stop the airbags going off then remove roof.

[335Dmapped]

Roo said:

335Dmapped said:

Ouch. Roof needing to be cut off = not cool.

Standard practice nowadays. Stabilise the suspension to stop it moving, disconnect the battery to stop the airbags going off then remove roof.

I see, however you would still need to be trapped in the car for them to cut the roof off?

[Tony*T3]

335Dmapped said:

Roo said:

335Dmapped said:

Ouch. Roof needing to be cut off = not cool.

Standard practice nowadays. Stabilise the suspension to stop it moving, disconnect the battery to stop the airbags going off then remove roof.

I see, however you would still need to be trapped in the car for them to cut the roof off?

No, say "oh, my back/neck hurts" and they'll have that thing apart like a lego model

Edited by Tony*T3 on Thursday 27th May 11:04

[335Dmapped]

Tony*T3 said:

335Dmapped said:

Roo said:

335Dmapped said:

Ouch. Roof needing to be cut off = not cool.

Standard practice nowadays. Stabilise the suspension to stop it moving, disconnect the battery to stop the airbags going off then remove roof.

I see, however you would still need to be trapped in the car for them to cut the roof off?

No, say "oh, my back/neck hurts" and they'll have that thing apart like a lego model

Edited by Tony*T3 on Thursday 27th May 11:04

I'll put a post-it note on the dash "In case of a minor accident, don't mention neck pain until out of the vehicle."

[RB Will]

Do you have to be trapped or just suspected of spinal injury?

[KB_S1]

RB Will said:

Do you have to be trapped or just suspected of spinal injury?

Might be worse in a car like that.
Smaller door apertures and very high bolsters on the seats.

I can see how it would be difficult to move a potential neck/spine injury person safely.

[StripeyNick]

Slightly off topic but I remember watching a medical programme one morning and they showed a Vauxhall Zafira that had been rear ended. The car looked to have pretty minor damage but because the driver complained of neck pains, they cut the roof off to get her out.

[Carfiend]

Considering the shape of the rest of it cutting the roof off wasn't going to make it any more of a write off.

[Monkeylegend]

As nobody else seems to want to answer the OP's question, let me.

No it is not my car and no I don't think it will polish out

[Lucie W]

We had training in how to get people out of crashed cars safely and had to assist with a roof-off jobby (only in a scenario, not in a real crash). If the person has neck/back pain and can't be removed from the car safely then they whip the roof off. At the end of the day, someone's quality of life after an accident is worth more than a roof, whatever car it is.

The firemen said that a few weeks before, they had a chap in a 'flashy new 7 series bmw' who didn't want them to cut his car apart - they did it anyway.

[Neil H]

I remember watching one of those Police camera progams where there had been a fairly minor accident. Someone in a newish Jag X-Type stopped to help and moved the person from the crashed car into their own car, until the paramedics arrived. When they did the person complained of a sore neck....so the fire brigade then cut the roof off the perfectly good Jag!

So if you ever stop at the scene of an accident, don't let the victims sit in your car (unless it's a convertible).

[ZOLLAR]

Neil H said:

I remember watching one of those Police camera progams where there had been a fairly minor accident. Someone in a newish Jag X-Type stopped to help and moved the person from the crashed car into their own car, until the paramedics arrived. When they did the person complained of a sore neck....so the fire brigade then cut the roof off the perfectly good Jag!

So if you ever stop at the scene of an accident, don't let the victims sit in your car (unless it's a convertible).

Are you being serious!!

[J500ANT]

ZOLLAR said:

Neil H said:

I remember watching one of those Police camera progams where there had been a fairly minor accident. Someone in a newish Jag X-Type stopped to help and moved the person from the crashed car into their own car, until the paramedics arrived. When they did the person complained of a sore neck....so the fire brigade then cut the roof off the perfectly good Jag!

So if you ever stop at the scene of an accident, don't let the victims sit in your car (unless it's a convertible).

Are you being serious!!

Yep, and I understand the Met Police lost a new 3 series Touring in a similar way.
Another http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3445284/Fir...

[sa_20v]

J500ANT said:

ZOLLAR said:

Neil H said:

I remember watching one of those Police camera progams where there had been a fairly minor accident. Someone in a newish Jag X-Type stopped to help and moved the person from the crashed car into their own car, until the paramedics arrived. When they did the person complained of a sore neck....so the fire brigade then cut the roof off the perfectly good Jag!

So if you ever stop at the scene of an accident, don't let the victims sit in your car (unless it's a convertible).

Are you being serious!!

Yep, and I understand the Met Police lost a new 3 series Touring in a similar way.
Another http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3445284/Fir...

Staggering...

[Neil H]

ZOLLAR said:

Are you being serious!!

Yep, they don't mess about if there's potential spinal injuries as it can result in paralysis/ death - if it were my neck I'd be glad of that to be honest.

Quite shocking how easily the car was written off though, made me wonder how the insurance claim went....the owner seemed very calm about it.