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Great to see the repairs are progressing.
This thread came to my mind today as I aquaplaned quite badly on a dual carriageway this afternoon in my CaymanS. Outside lane accelerating from 55 to 65 to pass a slow car on an otherwise clear road, didn't see the standing water and fish tailed across both lanes until very fortunately the car gripped again and I was still pointing near enough straight ahead. Quite scary and certainly unexpected, I think this can catch a lot of people out, particularly if you have a 'normal' day to day car where this wouldn't happen, have to remember to readjust the driving style. Think the person I was overtaking must have had a heart in mouth moment too.
Stay safe out there folks.
This thread came to my mind today as I aquaplaned quite badly on a dual carriageway this afternoon in my CaymanS. Outside lane accelerating from 55 to 65 to pass a slow car on an otherwise clear road, didn't see the standing water and fish tailed across both lanes until very fortunately the car gripped again and I was still pointing near enough straight ahead. Quite scary and certainly unexpected, I think this can catch a lot of people out, particularly if you have a 'normal' day to day car where this wouldn't happen, have to remember to readjust the driving style. Think the person I was overtaking must have had a heart in mouth moment too.
Stay safe out there folks.
I have just paid £5600 for a lamp out respray on my 1990 BMW 325 Cabrio. Only 2 small rear repair panels and a rear bumper were purchased. They guy is a specialist restorer, but works from simple premises.
From what I recall you need a rear quarter panel and some repair, so with a bit of luck you might be looking at a similar number.
3 or 4 quotes will put you in the right ballpark, thereafter you need to seek out a few references. The badge says Porsche so any new bits will inevitably be expensive, so try people like 9-Apart, but thereafter that car is not really any more complex than a Ford Focus.
Good luck - you need to put this period of ownership quickly behind you.
From what I recall you need a rear quarter panel and some repair, so with a bit of luck you might be looking at a similar number.
3 or 4 quotes will put you in the right ballpark, thereafter you need to seek out a few references. The badge says Porsche so any new bits will inevitably be expensive, so try people like 9-Apart, but thereafter that car is not really any more complex than a Ford Focus.
Good luck - you need to put this period of ownership quickly behind you.
I can appreciate the humour here. But I am annoyed yes. All this time pushing it around when I need to move it and then I finally ask a Porsche garage to fix the car. They agree to go collect it, do some work and assess what bodywork might cost. They send someone to collect it. I tell him not to drive the car. He tells me he wont. Then he does and hits the house. I cant think of any other word but incompetent. The first thing that needed to happen is get the car onto the truck and before he could even do that he has smashed it into the house. And my dad didn't tell me till he had left with the car. And ... well now I am ranting.
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I told the Porsche garage the car had no brakes and therefore I had not tried to drive it as that is a stupid idea with no brakes and the electronic handbrake can not be relied upon as they will not engage when the car is moving.
I then explained this all again to the truck driver over the phone before he smashed it into the house.
I dont know what else I could of done to prevent this.
I then explained this all again to the truck driver over the phone before he smashed it into the house.
I dont know what else I could of done to prevent this.
t, as long as no one was hurt, it’s really quite funny.Aww man, that sucks! I do sometimes wonder if there is a maximum IQ for car recovery jobs. I watched one try to recover my mums old Fiesta onto the back of a drop bed truck using more revs than I thought the engine could actually acheive and resulting in massive wheelspin to the point the car slid backwards down the bed as it was wet. After 6 attemps I came outside (I would have after 1 but I hadn't been dressed at the time) and he told me it wasn't possible to recover the car. Livid, I stepped into it and literally drove the car straight onto the truck (1500 RPM proving more effecting than 7000). I then called the garage it was being recovered to and informed them to have someone there to unload the car as the recovery driver wasn't compotent to. To be fair to them, they did.
Has much new damage been done, or is that not known yet? I hope you get a reasonable resolution from them. Best of luck!
Has much new damage been done, or is that not known yet? I hope you get a reasonable resolution from them. Best of luck!
My dad is over 70 and he was helping this guy push the car around so he could get it lined up for the trailer after he had smashed it into the garage wall. This took 2 hours. If I knew either of those facts earlier I would have put a stop to it. The guy didn't even call the garage to say I have just smashed the car into the garage wall or something along those lines.
Imagine everything that could have been done before, during or after to make the situation better - well the opposite was done.
Imagine everything that could have been done before, during or after to make the situation better - well the opposite was done.
Good news
Front bumper impact is just a bit cosmetic but they are going to replace the bumper for me.
Car is not bent. Garage fixed brakes with temporary pipe to check it all works. Went on alignment machine and once corner I'd replaced was adjusted up everything else was green and nothing else needed adjusting. My guy there used the words bang on. He said to me car is driving and working fine.
Next is for the brake pipe to be replaced with correct Porsche part and then some checks for MOT type stuff. Then they will quote me for bodywork and go from there.
I am quite pleased. At least they had some good news for me when we spoke. They have been getting on with it but just not good at getting back to me.
I am quite excited.
Front bumper impact is just a bit cosmetic but they are going to replace the bumper for me.
Car is not bent. Garage fixed brakes with temporary pipe to check it all works. Went on alignment machine and once corner I'd replaced was adjusted up everything else was green and nothing else needed adjusting. My guy there used the words bang on. He said to me car is driving and working fine.
Next is for the brake pipe to be replaced with correct Porsche part and then some checks for MOT type stuff. Then they will quote me for bodywork and go from there.
I am quite pleased. At least they had some good news for me when we spoke. They have been getting on with it but just not good at getting back to me.
I am quite excited.
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