wondered how long that'd take

i'll ask for your carlt, would you be able to pick it up from chester way?

Yeh i can fetch them from anywhere. Thats certainly not a problem. Chester's kinda local to where most of my stuff comes from.

They may slap a cat b on it but worth a go.

ok carl, i'll be in touch when i find anything out.
how about you buy it and give me a cut of whatever you get for the interior ??!?

how easy is it to get petrol out of leather?

Im sure the leather bandit can sort a bit of petrol out.


If they let it go for what its worth, ill certainly give you a good cut of the trim.


Then again i could re-shell it.

Glad your OK Will. Had a bad crash in a coupe 2 years ago, found i started to re-live it every night a week later, so beware, shock is a strange thing.

I bought a 2nd coupe 3 weeks later

Glad you are ok but do not underestimate the emotional effect it will have on you over the coming weeks.

John

just looking at the pics you would of thought it was daffo a hosy job,thank god your ok bud.

cheers john, certainly didnt sleep at all well last night - i'll see how it goes

can still smell petrol now, not sure if thats real or a phantom smell !

Glad you're ok and that's the main thing.

Shocking accident

Glad you were unhurt , could have been so much worse .............

So sad to see your coop in that state, such a shame

carlt, how much to fix?

Blimey it looks like the aftermath of one of those "And They Walked Away" films.

Glad to see you did walk away, and with your TV too

Hope everything goes well in the comming weeks, I'm sure you will have plenty of support from all here on the Coupé Forum.

4k to shell it

Bloody hell pal!

Just to echo all the previous glad your OK's.

I know what its like to have a Coop written off, but nowhere near as dangerously!

Glad to see your ok man. Hope everything gets sorted out, just take it easy for the next few days and dnt let the shock get to you

Good to see you got out of that unscathed, amazed even.

Also a shame that another crash happened after yours. I would of thought that the police (I presume they attended?) would of at least looked into the cause of the accident a bit and put sand or whatever down then if they saw anything

My powers of observation aren't that great but I think the panda car in the photo is a bit of a giveaway



They should have looked at the road surface and if anything was there they would have called the contractor on call to maintain the road: response time should be 40mins to one hour but it can be a lot longer.

Hope you get another LE. Good luck with the insurance. Can I swap my drivers seat with your passenger seat if the insurance company will not let you buy it back :-).

Not 100% sure but would give you something to argue with if they try to blame you for crash, know diesel is very slippery! Went across a mini roundabout on my Yam 350LC how I stayed on I still dont know

Peter.

Wow, first of all, glad you're ok,

Second of all, I had no idea a simple diesel spill could cause that at only 60.

There's nothing you can do to avoid that sort of thing is there? you weren't speeding, couldn't have seen it, what can you do?

Glad you are OK don't forget to update the register that is being put together on another thread on here!

You've obviously never tried walking across tarmac with diesel on it then?

I can do a very good impersonation of Bambi on ice at road accidents

Diesel spills are dangerous at any speed

I hit a diesel spill in a 1-day old 306 GTI-6 a few years ago, had no control of the car and was very luck lucky not to hit anything too solid ... it was like someone had greased up the tyres.

Diesel is soooo slippery...

So I missed one picture

You should be a cop

They are really shocking photos, glad you're OK though mate!!

As above, glad your ok, and well done for having the presence of mind to take plenty of pics immediately after your crash, and during the whole clean up process!

Glad your ok Will.
Bit of advice when claiming. Get as many adverts for LE's and and post them with your claim. This will give the Insurer a general idea of the going rate. If you have comprehensive insurance, they should pay out what it would take to replace your car like for like. Never take the first offer. And never sign the consent form before you have agreed a settlement figure.
Might be an idea if you can find out off the Police, the woman's name who crashed after you. This way, you can claim for a dangerous Road.
RIP red LE.

Andy.

thanks again for all the advice, the engineer has been so i will be getting a letter in the next week or so with an offer, i definately wont sign or agree anything i'm not happy with.

whats the advantage of claiming for a dangerous road? it would make a difference in terms of fault / liability i assume? eg. in subsequent insurance quotes?

i'll print off as may adverts as i can find for LE's - mine is worth at least what i paid for it i think, its had parts and cam belt since i bought it - would the insurers take that into account?

again, thanks for all the messages and support, i'm doing alright, just still amazed how lucky i was, got my lottery ticket for tonight!

Dont worry about getting back more than you paid. I was upfront with my claim, included the auction receipt from when I bought it. Also the receipt for cambelt, clutch and other stuff I had done. I wrote a letter explaining and I got back the amount it was worth. (pretty much the total)

Dont be temped to lie, if they catch you you will be shafted.