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Re: Been Reversed into!
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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2010, 10:04:25 pm »
The pics of your car, looks like a 1 series Beemer.

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2010, 11:28:27 pm »
The pics of your car, looks like a 1 series Beemer.

From one of the shots, it does look like that. It's his Leon.

sorry to sound negative pal but if you can get oem paint matched panels its the way to go , i dont know a painter in the country that will paint new and you cant see the dfference under artificial light ! hope this dont make things worse just advising you from my experience  :happy2:

x2 I've heard red is difficult to match. Martins Basingstoke managed to do a dead-on match for my Laser Blue, you can't tell the difference, so your mileage may vary I guess.

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2010, 12:01:56 am »
The pics of your car, looks like a 1 series Beemer.

From one of the shots, it does look like that. It's his Leon.

sorry to sound negative pal but if you can get oem paint matched panels its the way to go , i dont know a painter in the country that will paint new and you cant see the dfference under artificial light ! hope this dont make things worse just advising you from my experience  :happy2:

x2 I've heard red is difficult to match. Martins Basingstoke managed to do a dead-on match for my Laser Blue, you can't tell the difference, so your mileage may vary I guess.

I've had two red cars, including my golf resprayed due to damage and the colour match is pretty much perfect. I'm fussy about these things and I genuinely can't tell the difference under any light.

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2010, 12:22:03 am »
So sorry to hear this, Mike - Absolute bummer! Very irritating.

Hope it can be sorted quickly so you can move on.


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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2010, 11:28:00 am »

Update....

Car is being assesed at the garage today.  Driving round in a Fiesta Titanium  :sad1:  Super super quiet, could blow the clutch pedal to the floor, everything is mega assisted, light and fluffy. 

On the plus side it cost less than £25 to get back to camp, normally £35 in the Cupra lol

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2010, 11:53:30 am »
Make sure it is done properly under insurance. That way, you can refuse to accept it until it is perfect. I have seen some excellent and some downright shoddy jobs under insurance, but you CAN refuse to accept it if the job isn't done right.

I got hit by a bus a few years back in a similar spot and the claim was going on so long, I just bought a new wing and tyre, repaired the bumper and did the spraying myself. It looked perfect but after a few months the new tyre was wearing badly. I got it all checked out and the track controlarm was totally bent and needed replacing. It's the hidden damage that's the costly stuff! If it's done by the insurer, you always have come back... which I didn't  :sad1:

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2010, 12:13:17 pm »

Driving round in a Fiesta Titanium  :sad1:  Super super quiet, could blow the clutch pedal to the floor, everything is mega assisted, light and fluffy. 


....Light and fluffy as in chocolate mousse lite, being extremely light on taste! Give me the rich dark chocolate naughtiness every time! It's worth paying the extra in fuel.

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2010, 12:43:16 pm »
Make sure it is done properly under insurance. That way, you can refuse to accept it until it is perfect. I have seen some excellent and some downright shoddy jobs under insurance, but you CAN refuse to accept it if the job isn't done right.

I got hit by a bus a few years back in a similar spot and the claim was going on so long, I just bought a new wing and tyre, repaired the bumper and did the spraying myself. It looked perfect but after a few months the new tyre was wearing badly. I got it all checked out and the track controlarm was totally bent and needed replacing. It's the hidden damage that's the costly stuff! If it's done by the insurer, you always have come back... which I didn't  :sad1:

Im fairly confident it will be okay. The garage knew the insurance engineer that looked at the car today and said whatever it needs just let him know and he should be able to authorise it.  Having the geometry checked as id had it done an hour before the accident and it doesnt feel right now.  I think shes reversed into my wheel aswell as wing.

The bent wing caught the R888 a few times over bumps / dips etc so if there's any damage to the tyre I think I should ask for a pair of tyres, its going to be looked at anyway.

Relieved its getting sorted

Driving round in a Fiesta Titanium  :sad1:  Super super quiet, could blow the clutch pedal to the floor, everything is mega assisted, light and fluffy. 


....Light and fluffy as in chocolate mousse lite, being extremely light on taste! Give me the rich dark chocolate naughtiness every time! It's worth paying the extra in fuel.

Our modded cars spoil us for average factory cars.

Typical RR lol  :signLOL:  The Cupra's going to shake me to pieces & deafen me when I get back in it lol


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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2010, 01:09:25 pm »

Typical RR lol  :signLOL:  The Cupra's going to shake me to pieces & deafen me when I get back in it lol


....And you'll be able to fall in love with your Cupra all over again! :evilgrin:


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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2010, 01:11:25 pm »

Typical RR lol  :signLOL:  The Cupra's going to shake me to pieces & deafen me when I get back in it lol


....And you'll be able to fall in love with your Cupra all over again! :evilgrin:

Cant wait  :pomppomp:

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« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2010, 01:58:24 pm »

Typical RR lol  :signLOL:  The Cupra's going to shake me to pieces & deafen me when I get back in it lol


....And you'll be able to fall in love with your Cupra all over again! :evilgrin:

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2010, 02:10:38 pm »

One thing having the Fiesta has done for me is made me realise the benefit of built in bluetooth so I now see a retrofit comming on  :party:

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #28 on: June 10, 2010, 03:13:49 pm »

One thing having the Fiesta has done for me is made me realise the benefit of built in bluetooth so I now see a retrofit comming on  :party:

Just done the Skoda one mike, so fully integrated and it is a great unit, do you have a RNS or high line to control a BT unit?

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Re: Been Reversed into!
« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2010, 04:49:23 pm »

One thing having the Fiesta has done for me is made me realise the benefit of built in bluetooth so I now see a retrofit comming on  :party:

Just done the Skoda one mike, so fully integrated and it is a great unit, do you have a RNS or high line to control a BT unit?

If the highline is the clocks, Id get the seat version.  It is a clock cluster with bigger display and more options.  Think id need different  mfsw controls too?