You thought your parking dings were bad...

... Well this is what awaited me when I returned to me car last night after it was parked up the main street.




So...how much is this going to cost me then???

Do you reckon I could push it out myself?

Just one bloody thing after another with Belano

Bloody hell mate, that sucks! Sorry I can't offer any help as to costs, but hope you manage to get something sorted!

Nick

it is repairable yes but pushing it out yourself will still look crap. I bet most bodyshops will want to put a new rear quarter on it that's where its going to be big money.

Oh ! That's bad! I feel for you mate better get to a body shop fr a quote, they're guna want to paint alot of the car to blend the repair in.

There's a mint Porto shell up for sale soon

Thanks guys, I'm gutted.

According to ePER, rear quarter panel is £300!
Door is also slightly damaged, but can live with that (for now)

Think I'll have a hunt for a second hand rear quarter, whatever colour!

Is it worth taking this to an insurance claim? Knowing book prices on Coops they'll probably class this as a write-off

I'm so pissed off right now

interested...

Who by?

Contact R1DAN if your interested

It's goiing for a bargin price

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Thats just terrible Eks - sorry to see - really feel for you mate......They should be shot at dawn.....

Main Street where?

Gutted to see this matey, get it to a bodyshop and see what gets said I'm sure you can salvage it though it might hurt the wallet!

It was parked up in a little town crammed full of chavs and little old grannies. Don't know which team to blame!

Think I'm just going have to live with it, can't afford anything at the moment.

It hasn't quite hit me what's occured yet. Just angry, sure the tears will come later :-(

Don't worry matey we're all getting a bit unlucky lately. My manifold's blowing and turbo's going and she's hesitating slightly when coming on the throttle. Not feeling the love for the Sprinty atm!

Looks like a straight forward repair and far, far cheaper to repair than to replace that panel.

Get a quote from any decent bodyshop, porto isn't the hardest colour to blend either.

Agree with the above,that's repairable alright,the stress of a whole rear quater stitching in no way.

oh god
Any chance of CCTV from the council?
Hope this gets sorted out.
Can't believe some people.

I like you guys - those are answers I was hoping for



We don't know what this CCTV thing is you speak of in this fair district, the council would ask the local witch if she could look back in time and seee if she saw anything.

im gutted for you fella,i was left some damage to my car a couple of months back they are complete

You call that a ding? That's luxury compared to dings in the past!

<northern accent> "IN MAH DAY, you'd drive down t'local shop and you'd be lucky to coom back with t'car at all" </northern accent>



Hope you get it sorted easily and it isnt a expensive job.

Truly gutted for you mate if you drove a little micra im pretty sure this would never happen, horrible how jealousy manifests itself, and my mates laugh at me for being para about where i park on a night out.....

Gutted for you Eks

That sucks bigtime, anything you can do about it on insurance?

Looks like theyve given it a good booting? WHY? this gets me so mad :(:( cant believe nobody tried to stop them

looks as though someone pissed up has clipped you, definately worth reporting, the police might already know who it was.

Upon closer inspection (second picture) i think you may be right must have made a real mess of their car too!

Unlucky Eks. Feel for you mate

I suspect the pissed up theory is the correct one.

We had a local country show that day, lots of people drinking all day long and town was busy as hell with everyone in the pubs.

Thanks for your kind words people. I'm still just at a loss as to what to do

I don't think an insurance claim would amount to anything as being a youngish driver my excess is £500, so barely worth it really.

Gutted for you Eks. Really upsets me when someone can do this and drive off.

Gutted for you, had a sick feeling looking at that (your car / wheels are very similar to mine).

They must have been wasted to make that sort of mess, and totally immoral not to leave their details (I'm guessing worried about being breathalysed - but surely they could have left them and then buggered off!?)

Hope you get it sorted ok on the insurance, make sure you choose the bodyshop, not them though!

get in and drive it like the wind - it's a car not a show pony matey

seriously though, sorry to hear of this - utter t0ssers

sorry about this mate, gutted for you, we have a couple of cars at jbt's, you could probley have a quarter off one of those if you decided to go down that route, id try an sort you out a good deal or freebie.

Looks terribly familiar - only mine was due to being in too much hurry around a tighter-than-expected multi-storey. I was quoted silly money for that, and have just been driving it in that sorry state since As it was, I got cut up by a GTi a few months later and another big dent on the same side anyway.

Mate that's terrible.

This is what I got woken up to a couple of years ago:



A couple of drunken gits in a stolen Renault traffic took out 5 cars in a row, my 164 24valve Cloverleaf was the first - it was written off, I got £450!

But TBH my 164 was wrecked, all 4 wheels cracked, gearbox smashed, all panels on RHS wrecked, A pillar bent.......

Back to yours though' have a chat with a paintless dent repair man, they can work miracles.

jesus! they are both horrific!

Sorry to hear about this Eks.

Does the damage in the picture remind anyone else of what happened to Belfastjohn's Coupe? Looks like vandalism to me.

Absolutely appalling.

I still think that it's caused by a higher car, probably a people carrier, sideswiping your car, only something with mass would cause the crease down the middle.
No vandal could do that, unless he had a pet rhino.. know any of those?
You could probably pop most of the dent out, the crease on the middle is a bit harder.
Have you tried getting to it from the inside?
Just try gently, no hammers.
Serarch YouTube for PDR for loads of tips.

JESUS! That's gutting mate!

I've got a mate who is going have a go at the dent, I've seen some of his work n he's pretty good. He also has a paint guy who will do the scratches for next to nowt if I supply him with paint.

Niff - Don't think I'll have to take up that offer, but if the dent removal goes balls up I'll be in touch with you and John. Cheers for the offer bud.

To everyone else - thank you for the words of comfort.
I'll get poor Belano sorted, but for now, she's going have to look a bit of a mess.

To make matters worse, I've gone and put a crease in the other rear quarter myself down some godawful farm track in the middle of nowhere picking up a couple of lasses (that's another, far more enjoyable story )

did you feel like a bit of a div pranging the car with the girls inside

Lol. Luckily it was before I picked them up, otherwise embarrasment may have prevented the night going quite so well!
Such an innocent start going to watch toy story 3 aswell.

hey this is a clean an tidy forum so keep it clean

you will have to text me the details mate