Wonder what happened here

[P I Staker]

XG332 said:

Usually just spot welded on. I helped change 2 civics from panoramic sunroofs to normal roofs not to long ago.

The roof panel maybe, but the pillars are not.

[GC8]

This does seem to have been removed with some thought given to salvage, which isnt usual...

[carreauchompeur]

Convertible project?

[Rostfritt]

I used to keep a camping chair in my boot for just this situation.

[CraigyMc]

GC8 said:

This does seem to have been removed with some thought given to salvage, which isnt usual...

Look at it again. The windscreen surround (and consequently the rollover structure) is... gone.

BMW use boron in there for strength. It's a very heavily engineered part of the car.

C

[GC8]

Yes, its suitable for motorsport, but not as a road car.

[Waugh-terfall]

CTS86 said:

D1bram said:

This.

My brother hit someone at the weekend. Well 'touched' rather than hit to be precise, absolutely zero damage to either car and he was going less than walking pace. His car is much smaller than the other car too.

Female passenger is immediately holding her neck and since proclaims to have 'severe' whiplash.

Some people are clearly so fragile they shouldn't be out and about at all.

I had this about 18 months back.

Pulling out of a junction & the guy in front inexplicably slammed on. I nudged him at less than 5mph, resulting in a scuffed rear bumper for him & a cracked front bumper & broken bracket on the headlight of my car. Straight away he was out of the car holding his neck banging on about it being sore.

We exchanged details, did all the insurance stuff (he insisted on it) & that was it.

8 months later when renewing my insurance I mentioned the claim & said it probably cost around £1k in total. Girl on the phone went away for a minute, before coming back to tell me my premium was going to be higher than she'd first quoted as the total cost of the accident was actually £12k!

She wasn't for giving me any more info but I can only assume the money went towards a holiday in Blackpool & some more stick on chrome tat for his Rover 75 as a "reward" for the horrific injuries he suffered in his high speed crash.

Tosser.

Despise some people, honestly, do. Some people have said that I should have claimed, after a fairly big accident where (the next day) i did suffer quite badly, suggesting I could have paid off my student loan. I don't want 'dirty' money, especially at the expense of a friend.

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Tuesday 17th April 01:49

[D1bram]

Waugh-terfall said:

CTS86 said:

D1bram said:

This.

My brother hit someone at the weekend. Well 'touched' rather than hit to be precise, absolutely zero damage to either car and he was going less than walking pace. His car is much smaller than the other car too.

Female passenger is immediately holding her neck and since proclaims to have 'severe' whiplash.

Some people are clearly so fragile they shouldn't be out and about at all.

I had this about 18 months back.

Pulling out of a junction & the guy in front inexplicably slammed on. I nudged him at less than 5mph, resulting in a scuffed rear bumper for him & a cracked front bumper & broken bracket on the headlight of my car. Straight away he was out of the car holding his neck banging on about it being sore.

We exchanged details, did all the insurance stuff (he insisted on it) & that was it.

8 months later when renewing my insurance I mentioned the claim & said it probably cost around £1k in total. Girl on the phone went away for a minute, before coming back to tell me my premium was going to be higher than she'd first quoted as the total cost of the accident was actually £12k!

She wasn't for giving me any more info but I can only assume the money went towards a holiday in Blackpool & some more stick on chrome tat for his Rover 75 as a "reward" for the horrific injuries he suffered in his high speed crash.

Tosser.

Despise some people, honestly, do. Some people have said that I should have claimed, after a fairly big accident where (the next day) i did suffer quite badly, suggesting I could have paid off my student loan. I don't want 'dirty' money, especially at the expense of a friend.

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Tuesday 17th April 01:49

When you claim on your insurance you have a duty to mitigate your losses, surely in this spirit a bit of discomfort in the days immediately following a crash is to be expected and accepted. Following motorcycle crashes I have been extremely sore for a few days after, but fine within a week or so.

Bloke my bro hit rang the next day to say that there was no damage to his car, so wouldn't be claiming for that, but that he would 'obviously be claiming for his wife'. WTF, how can he know the very next day she is going to have long term neck pain warranting a claim?

[The Wookie]

Waugh-terfall said:

I was okay, hobbling around the scene. No Ambulance, no Paramedics, just several traffic units. We were advised to get checked out at the Hospital, so we did. 'My' Doctor asked if my neck felt stiff at all, or if it ached, I told her it didn't and rolled my head around. She jumped up and told me not to do that and that I'd probably hurt in the morning, sure enough, next morning I could barely get out of bed and had issues with that as well as not being able to turn my head for almost a week. What I found slightly shocking was that the appointment card my mate got for having his burn re-dressed had adverts for several claims companies on the back!!
I mean, boo-hoo I had a nasty limp and a fecking sore neck for a while..!

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Friday 13th April 18:07

Had a similar experience albeit racing. Went backwards into a barrier at absolute Vmax in a Caterham at Spa a few years ago. Hopped out fairly sharpish, mainly due to the fuel tank exploding, and felt fine if a bit dazed with possibly a bit of a twinge in my neck. Ambulance to hospital, given X-rays and subsequently the all clear with a minor concussion where I bashed my head on the cage and was handed an armful of fairly serious pain killers and assorted drugs.

Odd I thought, I don't feel that bad short of a bit of a headache and a twinge in my neck.

Went back to track, recovered the singed remains of my car and headed home, and we were halfway back to blighty when my back started to seize up. Still not that bad I thought. Then I woke up the next day and could barely move. Even pumped full of painkillers I was hobbling about and had to get a mate to carry my bags to and from lectures. Strangely enough it stayed that way barely improving for a couple of weeks until one day I woke up one morning and it was all but gone...

It's a weird thing whiplash though, I didn't feel it at the time but looking back at the pictures of me standing by the wrecked car you could see I was standing completely on the piss, and talking to my mates they thought I was still in shock as I was more odd than usual. Perhaps all the pain and damage was there already but my body was ignoring it until my brain had settled down.

I didn't have any real problems after that. My back isn't brilliant, but I put it down to being very tall and heavy with a sprinkling of racing shunts to help it on its way.

[Boydie88]

Waugh-terfall said:

CTS86 said:

D1bram said:

This.

My brother hit someone at the weekend. Well 'touched' rather than hit to be precise, absolutely zero damage to either car and he was going less than walking pace. His car is much smaller than the other car too.

Female passenger is immediately holding her neck and since proclaims to have 'severe' whiplash.

Some people are clearly so fragile they shouldn't be out and about at all.

I had this about 18 months back.

Pulling out of a junction & the guy in front inexplicably slammed on. I nudged him at less than 5mph, resulting in a scuffed rear bumper for him & a cracked front bumper & broken bracket on the headlight of my car. Straight away he was out of the car holding his neck banging on about it being sore.

We exchanged details, did all the insurance stuff (he insisted on it) & that was it.

8 months later when renewing my insurance I mentioned the claim & said it probably cost around £1k in total. Girl on the phone went away for a minute, before coming back to tell me my premium was going to be higher than she'd first quoted as the total cost of the accident was actually £12k!

She wasn't for giving me any more info but I can only assume the money went towards a holiday in Blackpool & some more stick on chrome tat for his Rover 75 as a "reward" for the horrific injuries he suffered in his high speed crash.

Tosser.

Despise some people, honestly, do. Some people have said that I should have claimed, after a fairly big accident where (the next day) i did suffer quite badly, suggesting I could have paid off my student loan. I don't want 'dirty' money, especially at the expense of a friend.

Edited by Waugh-terfall on Tuesday 17th April 01:49

If I ever roll into anyone at sub 5 mph and they get out holding their neck, I will quite happily drive off if there's no witnesses. Scumbag thing to do but I refuse to get done over by these wkers. No shame to admit that.

[Captain Muppet]

The Moose said:

Cotty said:

The Moose said:

What a very silly thing to say. Imagine the world of st that would come to the coppers/fire brigade if some silly bint who was making a big deal out of some minor whiplash 'injured' herself further because the fire people wouldn't cut the top off the car.

Doesn't surprise me at all, I'm afraid, that this is what they do.

What did they do before the jaws of life were invented? Hours with a hacksaw of get them out another way?

What, before the compensation culture and no-win/no-fee legal teams? People just got out the fking car!

I broke my back in an RTA before the Jaws of Life were common (though annoyingly I'd worked on them a couple of years earlier at uni). What they did was slide a spinal board between me and the seat, strapped my head and body to it, then slid me out of the door. This was in a mk1 CRX, so not a lot of room to work with, although the fire crew did like the frameless windows as it made it easier.

Frankly I'd have been fine with them cutting the roof off, because I was in serious pain and had been for an hour before I was removed from the car (BTW women re childbirth: if you can still scream it doesn't hurt enough yet). And also I could see from the driver seat that the front of the car was gone.

[Dapster]

There are some seriously odd cars for sale on that site.

2001 Ka with 45 miles on the clock http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Fiesta with 600 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Escort with 1000 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

What's the story here? 10 year legal disputes?

[GC8]

Thats the probable reason for their not having been cleared by the insurers.

[Waugh-terfall]

Dapster said:

There are some seriously odd cars for sale on that site.

2001 Ka with 45 miles on the clock http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Fiesta with 600 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Escort with 1000 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

What's the story here? 10 year legal disputes?

They're old Fords and only have 5-digit Odometers, I'd imagine all three are not far past reaching 100,000mi.

[Dapster]

Waugh-terfall said:

Dapster said:

There are some seriously odd cars for sale on that site.

2001 Ka with 45 miles on the clock http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Fiesta with 600 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

1998 Escort with 1000 miles http://copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=ge...

What's the story here? 10 year legal disputes?

They're old Fords and only have 5-digit Odometers, I'd imagine all three are not far past reaching 100,000mi.

No way! They are advertised as having those low mileages. Anyway, why would you auction a 14 year old Escort with 101k on the clock - it would be worth less than buttons!

[snuffle]

They are advertised as showing those milages, not as having covered those mileages.


Taken from the webite T&C
Mileage Codes
Copart expressly disclaim the accuracy of odometer readings. Such information may not be relied upon for bidding purposes or for any other reason.

Edited by snuffle on Tuesday 17th April 23:17

[englisharcher]

I had a woman claim I reversed into her, when there was actually no contact, luckily we proved she was lying.

But before she was found out, she tried claiming almost £5,500 worth of compo for pain, and time off work.

This is the damage from the claimed accident



Bloody scum like her should be shot.

[snuffle]

And the Escort has at least £500 in parts on it when broken,

Or will be bought and loaded onto an empty HGV returning to eastern Europe, where it will be repaired and used for another 100k miles.