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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Del Boy on 04 December 2011, 21:20:00
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Went to dagenham this morning, went up there, all was well. Came home sitting at 50 mph. All of a sudden, fling up comes the bonnet, huge bang, interior mirror comes flying off smacks me in the head, grill goes flying, lorry up my arse, couldn't see where I was going, managed to get to the hard shoulder anyway, and limp the car 45 miles home. Anyway to cut a long story short the Beemer now looks like this.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/8dab5078.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/ecebc708.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/a693314d.jpg)
The roof looks much worse than it does in the pictures, it's truly knackered.
And here it ripped the bonnet, how at 50 MPH I'll never know, and it was a genuine 50 MPH!
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/2e4a0c3b.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/d5c1a065.jpg)
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:o :o :o
Friggin' Ell!
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Mate, the main thing is YOU
at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.
I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort :y
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Is this the car you've had for about 2 weeks, with the 'bonnet problem'?
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Mate, the main thing is YOU
at 50mph, in any car, no matter how big or new, you are lucky to be alive.
I know you'll be feeling crap, but take comfort :y
Thanks James much appreciated :y
It is indeed the car with bonnet problems, which were I thought all sorted >:(
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bloody hell glad your ok del :y
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Blimey Del. The bonnet has almost peeled away under the stress. Glad you managed to get off the road safely mate :y
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:o......... :o.......... :'(
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At least you are alive to tell the tale .. :y :y :y
Not nice .. but just think of the forces involved ... beemer bonnet is a large surface area and a car speed of 50 Mph is the equivalent of Gale Force 9 or 10 .... sufficient to do damage to buildings... add to that the instant shock and inability to see where you are going .... a recipe for a major catastrophe .... but you walked away intact ...
Cars can be replaced ..people can't.
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same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(
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same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(
It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.
Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated :y
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same happened to me long years ago.. wind force :( :(
hood can be changed but roof definitey needs a good body shop :'(
It'll only be going to a proper BMW workshop, nowhere else. BMW only.
Thanks for the kind messages people, much appreciated :y
will be sorted no worries, needs time and money.. :y
just warn the shop not to use bondo on roof and match the color :y
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Del, having experienced similar in my Rangie a few years back (although I was only doing about 40mph) I can fully understand how terrifying that situation is. Good news is that you're OK though mate :y
I'd highly recommend just binning today's undies though :-X
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FFS Del! :( :(
Glad that no one was injured in this - hope you're back on the road soon.
What a bloody shame.
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kin ell Del,glad you are ok though :o
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Was the bonnet problem repaired by a garage ? If so their ins.company is in for a shock. I wouldnt be surprised if thats written off tbh. :-\
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Was the bonnet problem repaired by a garage ? If so their ins.company is in for a shock. I wouldnt be surprised if thats written off tbh. :-\
:o :o just for that :(
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Was the bonnet problem repaired by a garage ? If so their ins.company is in for a shock. I wouldnt be surprised if thats written off tbh. :-\
The bonnet problem was repaired by my original dent man. Annoyingly I paid £60 to have all the dents removed from the car Thursday. However my original body shop man never have me a receipt as I never went back, so I didn't get one >:(. It'll go through my insurance most probably I've already rang them this evening, but my broker put me through to the company who the insurance actually goes through, and they had no reccolection of the car, only the van which I sold. So the company who I actually insure the car with gave me the wrong people, just in time for the other company to close. So it'll be a call to them first thing in the morning.
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130
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To be honest, I've got a feeling it could well be written off. A friend of mine however when my son told him what had gone on, ironically was with an insurance assessor, and said the roof isn't that much of a problem on the 7, obviously he couldn't see the extent of the damage, but he didn't think it'll be written off. I do however think different. How long do insurance assessors take to come out? Luckily I'm still mobile, no need for a courtesy car.
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130
I was thinking the same when I saw Del's pictures,hope I'm wrong though,I can understand the bonnet catch letting go but the safety catch should have held it ???
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130)
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hmmm.. these cars can be collected and repaired .. easy way to make money.. I'll change my job!
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130
I was thinking the same when I saw Del's pictures,hope I'm wrong though,I can understand the bonnet catch letting go but the safety catch should have held it ???
A catch either side of the bonnet on here too. To say I'm shocked especially as its been fine for a few days too.
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130)
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hmmm.. these cars can be collected and repaired .. easy way to make money.. I'll change my job!
Plenty of people ( with the requisite skills) make a good living out of doing just that Cem.If you look further through that site you will see older cars written off for no more than a dent or a few scratches. ;)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4642302
I think even I could fix this one easily enough. ;D
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Ive seen cars written off for a lot less Cem. No rhyme or reason to insurance assessment here. :y
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4509550)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4634531)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4641130)
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hmmm.. these cars can be collected and repaired .. easy way to make money.. I'll change my job!
Plenty of people ( with the requisite skills) make a good living out of doing just that Cem.If you look further through that site you will see older cars written off for no more than a dent or a few scratches. ;)
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4642302 (http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/D=vehicles/V=bidding/R=4642302)
I think even I could fix this one easily enough. ;D
X6 on the link can be sold for 150 K euro at least after repair..
and the megane can be used even without repair..
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Glad you managed to escape without injury, you must be a good driver and have nerves of steel.
And here it ripped the bonnet, how at 50 MPH I'll never know, and it was a genuine 50 MPH!
Aluminium is not very strong...
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Ouch!
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Glad you managed to escape without injury, you must be a good driver and have nerves of steel.
And here it ripped the bonnet, how at 50 MPH I'll never know, and it was a genuine 50 MPH!
Aluminium is not very strong...
Thanks mate, looking at it this morning in proper light, it's not pretty :(
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Odds on that will be written off as it has roof damage as thats a key part of teh car for safety and you dont just knock them out and fill them (or at least you shouldn't!).
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Ouch Del, that's nasty! :o
You and beemers just dont mix, maybe you should come back to Miggies. Is somebody trying to tell you something ::)
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Ouch Del, that's nasty! :o
You and beemers just dont mix, maybe you should come back to Miggies. Is somebody trying to tell you something ::)
I think you could be right there ;D
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Mine was written off for a repair value of £4800.
Back on the road for £250 with an mot
Although later had two wheels refurbed and a new tyre.
Imo buy back(big lump of cash to you) and break the rest(even bigger lump of cash) if its a write off. ;)
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Blimey :o
Some serious damage there, surprised it went so far.
Wonder if an Omega bonnet would do the same if it was released at 50mph :-\
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Blimey :o
Some serious damage there, surprised it went so far.
Wonder if an Omega bonnet would do the same if it was released at 50mph :-\
Any bonnet would wrap itself round the windscreen and embed itself in the roof. Nothing will stop that much surface area with flow over it at 50MPH. That's why they have double locking catches.
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Blimey :o
Some serious damage there, surprised it went so far.
Wonder if an Omega bonnet would do the same if it was released at 50mph :-\
Any bonnet would wrap itself round the windscreen and embed itself in the roof. Nothing will stop that much surface area with flow over it at 50MPH. That's why they have double locking catches.
Good to know :y
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break me youve only had it 5 mins looks like the little test drives out the window :'( :'(
seriously. glad to know you ok bar some skid marks could have been a lot worse mate i have had that in a van at 30 let alone 50 on a motorway :o :o real shame about the 7 but very pleased to hear no injurys and your ok .thats a bloody big bonnet to be coming towards you scary stuff indeed
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break me youve only had it 5 mins looks like the little test drives out the window :'( :'(
seriously. glad to know you ok bar some skid marks could have been a lot worse mate i have had that in a van at 30 let alone 50 on a motorway :o :o real shame about the 7 but very pleased to hear no injurys and your ok .thats a bloody big bonnet to be coming towards you scary stuff indeed
It'll all be fixed, I hope soon enough :y
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Finally getting somewhere, due to be collected tomorrow now, so had a good clear out today, and a proper look around it in the daylight, glass inside absolutely everywhere, got in the passenger seat and kindly got a bit in the hand >:( Even glass all by where the speedo is, how it got there I don't know. Lifted the bonnet to have a look to see if anything was obvious as to what had happened, couldn't see nothing at all, which was surprising.
Anyway, not pretty in the daylight:
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/BMW45.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/4ba79162.jpg)
Various bit which hit me in the head, upon the bonnet impact:
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/41bb5760.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/01235908.jpg)
Glass everywhere:
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/7be7c205.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/fbf903ef.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/94a39f72.jpg)
Horrible stuff really :(
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Glass used to break into small chunks about 1/4" across, there were no shards then. OK you had to punch a hole to see, but..... Is this progress ?
Ken
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the dent on the roof is curled and a bad type to correct.. I dont think it can be repaired without any trace ( so needs paint imo).. :(
hood definitely requires replacement ..
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blooody hell glad ur ok tin boxes can be mendid you cant
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Aah Del - that's a bloody shame. :( :(
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blimey looking at the damage closer scary stuff indeed but no injurys thankfully. Lets hope the insurance assesment is in your favour :y :y
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List of parts I've been told it'll need so far: Roof skin, bonnet, bonnet struts, catches, screen. If it'll be repaired (assessor arrives Monday) it won't be back before Christmas.
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List of parts I've been told it'll need so far: Roof skin, bonnet, bonnet struts, catches, screen. If it'll be repaired (assessor arrives Monday) it won't be back before Christmas.
That's going to a fair few quid Del once labour and paint is added,I can see that ending up as a cat C :-\
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List of parts I've been told it'll need so far: Roof skin, bonnet, bonnet struts, catches, screen. If it'll be repaired (assessor arrives Monday) it won't be back before Christmas.
if you want a healthy paint, dont hurry.. base coat/primary coat will take minimum 1 week to dry (thats an optimistic guess) and another week for the paint to dry.. even if its painted in a heated cabin.. ( my actual experience tells me each coat needs minimum 12-15 days even at 10-15 celcius..) also laquer wont harden properly.. :-\ (and if bondo is not used)
ps: strictly check job phases and drying intervals..
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ouch,
I had a distantly similar experience some years ago..... I was belting down the M40 at xxx knots, when some distance in front of me, a 2CV lost it's deckchair.....
which blew up, back, and came down wrapped securely across my windscreen..... i'd already hit the brakes..... but slowing down safely at high speed , blinded.... and without getting shunted from behind... is no picnic./
sorry about the motor Del Boy, but at least you're okay
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It's going to be as near as makes no difference a £9000 repair bill. Hear from the assessor on the definite outcome tomorrow.
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It's going to be as near as makes no difference a £9000 repair bill. Hear from the assessor on the definite outcome tomorrow.
Ouch, good luck Del.
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thats a bbbbig bill :o
whats happened to the dream collection mind you youve added an M5 does kinda make up for it still think i would prefer the 7 though must be old age creeping in :y
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thats a bbbbig bill :o
whats happened to the dream collection mind you youve added an M5 does kinda make up for it still think i would prefer the 7 though must be old age creeping in :y
They've all sold, the M5 is lovely, however it does have an SMG clutch fault >:(
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Well a repair has been authorised, so it's all going ahead, should be back with me in the second week of January hopefully. However you can just about make out from the pictures I have in fact bought another one :D
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/39f37b86.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/GrizzlyLiam/7cb11cab.jpg)
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oh yeah baby i cant keep up :y :y I just lurve the interior combintion on this one very nice Del and great news about the other one :y :y