Many guys on here will not know this. But about 1.5 years (Maybe 2,maybe less? I can't really remember) ago I bought a 20V N/A for my Dad as a surprise present. It was a low owner, 53,000 mile example, that just needed a touch of looking after and cleaning up.

Immediately after buying, I asked Joe to change the cam belt, give it a full service and do lots of other bits and bobs. Probably another grand on the buying price ... Actually loads of bots and bobs. I put in an as new condition original dash, cleaned it all up (it was pretty grotty - but very solid and as I said only had 53,000 miles!)

Dropped it off at my parents house and said "this is yours Dad". Anyway, to cut a long story short, my father had issues getting insured in it and my step son needed some new wheels - So I sold it to him for a very, very cheap price.

Today, at 61,000 miles, it got side swiped whilst he was in traffic. The van, then proceeded to disappear into the distance! [cloud9] ass hole.

James is okay, but the car ....... is done!

After buying


After a quick patch fettling .... I was in a rush to return back to Az



Delivered to Liverpool (from Worcester, so a little dirty)


and as of today...



Good night little 20V N/A.

We'll see what the insurance company decides it is worth now.....

Fer fekk sake!! Sorry to see that. Glad he is OK.

Rear quarter looks the worst bit, but the cost of paint and straightening will take it out of the repairable league as you say.

One of the reasons I have a dashcam now. Not a failsafe, but might just help in some circumstances.

Yeah, it had some lacquer peel on the roof also, so the spray costs would mount up along with repairing the panels. But, we'll see what the insurance say.

When I sold it cheap to James I told him that he could never sell it and if he did, he could only sell it to me ..... Oh well

Another good example disappears!! Our coupes are dropping like flies!

Repairable!perect time for roof repair aswell.

There are easier ways to remove the side indicator

Yes, somehow the route my cars take, always ends up being the most expensive route .....

Gutted for you Phil

I'm more gutted for the car Simon. So few left like this one these days. Crying shame!!

When things like this happen to myself and my mates, we always look on the positive side by saying "it should T-cut out". Anyway hope you manage to keep it on the road.

Sorry to see that Phil

When the other halfs N/A was written off some years ago, (similar damage to yours) we got a £1400 payout and bought it back off the insurance company for less than £100.

Don't think all companies do this but LV did at the time. Worth asking?

The question is ready to be asked. I really don't want this scrapped. See what occurs.....

Yes agree, all repairable Phil so reclaim salvage and save her.

Bugger, that sucks. Hope you can save it and give it a few more years on the road.

Sorry to hear this Phil, glad everyone is okay though!

Cheers guys. The really sad thing is that James, my step son (who has been around coupes for many many years obviously) had just properly caught the bug for them. He absolutely loved it!

Really sad to see this Phil

It'll be interesting to see what the Insurance offer.

C'mon, Phil - you *know* how much you like polishing those little paintwork imperfections out

Would be interesting to see just how much you could mop out from that lot Neil! Probably a lot!

Surely a little blue pill will sort it out Phil.

If it saves money Pete...... What a lot of advert for a few seconds seeing the car!!

It's not good, but the sills and pillars seem ok.
So it should be repairable, just maybe not economic to do so. Depends on how you look at these things.
Can't believe that someone would do that and not stop though.
Hope it all works out for the best.

What a bummer.

Looks like a nice NA to me. Personally, I would use the damage as a reason to get the other paintwork issues done... but as you say it's all money.

Hope the insurance comes up trumps.

You'd have thought it difficult to disguise all that paint (and damage) on the van in question. No details I suppose.....

That’s a crappy piece of luck, sorry to hear it Patch.

To be honest though, mine looks nearly as bad after being sideswiped while parked up outside my house. No idea who did it, or when it happened (only noticed the next time I used the car). I know I can’t afford the body repairs. I’ve just left it like that. I’m not precious about the car and it still drives beautifully.

Apparently, hit James, then drove off, James gave chase once he had recovered from what had just happened I suppose, but never caught up....



I understand what you are saying poprock, but I simply cannot drive around in a car like this. I find it hard driving them when I know there is some bird poop on it .... hahahaha You can imagine the rest

Sorry to hear this Patch but there is a lesson in this story.... If it was a turbo version he would have caught the van!

Surely it just gives you reason to buy another one.... How many have passed through your possession now?

Hahahaha! Yes indeed!!

Too many Steve; in fact, so many, this happened > CLICK