Nah, he left the details on the windscreen and was really apologetic on the phone, had 6 of my neighbours round to offer their condolences so far. Problem is I know they will write it off so going to do it myself and he said he will order whatever i need tomorrow
Could well be if it looks to have damaged inner, outer wings and the bumper, along with paint and labour that's got to be the value of the car. Looks like a Alfa 145/146, even newest ones can't be less than 10 years old now, so probably worth about £500-£700.
I can get a new wing for £57 knock the inner wing back into shape, reckon I can fix the bumper and i'll paint it myself, also got a headlight for that side in the boot (its cracked but this one has a bracket broken so I can make a good one out of the two) and just buy and indicator. So i reckon I can do it with a new wing, new indicator and paint for under £100
I dont believe this, the oils still warm in her and the Mrs is already asking if Darren is still selling his GTV................Have you no respect for the not quite dead yet woman!!!!
Some good news, spoke to Roy from Auto Italiana at about 9 last night and he knows someone who is breaking a 146 so should be able to get the panel and indicator fairly cheaply. Fingers crossed eh!
And the bad news is that I'm having to get a lift into work........in a vectra
Thanks John, we will have her back on the road and good as new in no time. Fingers crossed for good weather this weekend, need it for the spraying:thumbs:
Thanks Nige, new panel will be here in a few days, already got a litre of paint left from the sprint. Just need to get an indicator and then spend a while with some panel hammers and oxy acetelyne torch on the inner wing. Hopefully come out good as new (or knowing older alfa build quality, hopefully better then new :lol
On a similar topic an old guy I know, local publicans dad, had a minor accident sometime last year and his old Nissan was written off by the insurance company. He didn't find this out until after he had had it repaired at his own expense, it didn't cost much and he was happy to pay out of his own pocket. As he was happy with things he ignored any correspondence from the insurance company and was happily motoring away until............
Tax renewal time came up but he received no renewal notice. He went down to the local PO who couldn't help. Went to the local DVLA office who told him the car had been written off and scrapped..............and his insurance couldn't possibly be valid as the car no longer existed !! He is still struggling to get the car legal but seems to be in an impossible situation, last I heard he was supposed to take it somewhere miles away for a DVLA inspection to say that the car is what it is supposed to be. Of course he has no insurance and cant get any as the car does not exist, talk about a true Catch 22 situation...................
Admittedly he has caused a lot of this problem by ignoring things he couldn't be bothered with. The lesson to learn in any situation like this is to make sure that all the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed.
Thats a bugger Nige, but I havent informed my insurance co yet......and dont intend to as long as the guy gives me the cash tonight. Just asked him for the cost of parts and paint so dont think he should be too bothered by £100
Thanks SPP, well i now have the cheque and off down to collumpton to get the bits I need off a 146 thats being broken on sunday (hopefully). Paint is being mixed today for pick up tonight, so looking god so far. Will try and post some pics of the repair as its done :thumbs:
Thinking about it though, I prefer the 146 to pretty much any alfa since, except the 159 (and of course the 8c)....style wise that is. Dont know why, they just dont float my boat as much.
Also the Mrs wont let me get anything else until I can afford a 159 :lol:
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