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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:00:22 -0000
From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com>
Subject: Re: Help?  Snow emergency


In article <3def5c96$1_2nopsam.estpak.ee>, pillerussinopsamee says... > Ouch! Talk about paper cars eh? :-( My Saab was rear ended by > a Hyundai at about 30 mph. Hyundais nose was badly crumpled, > but the only thing my Saab lost was a bit of dust from the bumper! > > I would never trade my Saab for a small car, although I wouldn't > mind having one extra "for fun" car - like a Mini Cooper S :-) > Shame about the pricetag... > Well I was surprised that the insurance actually paid to repair the car. The book value for a Corsa B of that age is about 2500GBP, and the repair was 1700GBP. I would have thought at that price they would have written it off. She had stopped at a roundabout. Traffic was flowing past the entry, so she stopped, adn had to lean forward (she is quite short) to see where the next gap was (very busy large traffic island with 2 lanes on each entry/exit, and 70 MPH limit). As she came to a halt to look for the gap, she put on the handbrake. The guy behind saw her brake lights go off, and thought she was goign to dive out. He was near stationary too, but in a rather large Audi. He surged forward at hit he smack on the rear bumper. Outside visual damage was a cracked number plate light, and the cover of the tow hook had popped off. It wasn't until we got it home, and popped the hatch and pulled back the carpet that I noticed the boot floor was rippled in two places, all the bumper mounts were bent, and the hatch postion and latch had to be adjusted. Drives perfectly now, but of course it now has a record on the HPi database for having had accident damage repair done. that will drop it's value a little. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

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