Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
If I go down the road of using B & L I will let you know!
Photo of car taken from upstairs window of my shop!
How sad I'm I? Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
2nd Mar 2006 4:22 pm
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
Poked my nose over the fence last night (well stuck my phone over the fence!) & took these, it dose not look too bad!
Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
3rd Mar 2006 9:54 am
Dom Harvey Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
Ouch! what do you reckon...two new doors 2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
3rd Mar 2006 10:31 am
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
I will go over later & fined out more, but new front wing, 2 doors, wheel & tyres, do not know what the can do about the back axle as this is way out of line!
One thing that did go through my mined when it happened was at least I will get my wheel alignment sorted!Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
3rd Mar 2006 10:48 am
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
LT wrote:
Nick, Let me know if Bristol & London will supply you with a car. Interested to know as I plan on driving in France in the D3 (if/when I get one!).
In short no!
"Thank you for your inquiry, I have spoke to my legal team here in the office and unfortunately we are unable to help as the accident happened abroad. They have advised me that the laws are different for credit hire in different countries and this would mean we would be unable to claim back the hire charges when providing you with a vehicle."Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
6th Mar 2006 3:31 pm
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
Some more photos!
The red circle show the cracks thought the spokes of the wheel!
Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
6th Mar 2006 3:55 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18454
The damage to the doors doesn't really convey the seriousness of the accident, but the cracked wheel shows how big a shunt it was
Well done to the D3 for protecting you all 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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6th Mar 2006 5:41 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Looking at the thickness of the rear wishbones under my car, to knock that out of alignment would take a hell of a thump. I would wonder if the force has ripped a mounting out somewhere.
6th Mar 2006 5:46 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I have never seen an alloy wheel crack quite like thatSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
6th Mar 2006 6:24 pm
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
Gareth wrote:
Looking at the thickness of the rear wishbones under my car, to knock that out of alignment would take a hell of a thump. I would wonder if the force has ripped a mounting out somewhere.
You trying to make me feel better?
He scraped down the side of the car & the wheel was the first thing to prevent his path!Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
6th Mar 2006 8:34 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
You must be gutted Nick especially having to look at it, fingers crossed ehDS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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6th Mar 2006 8:37 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23368
Nickhearne wrote:
LT wrote:
Nick, Let me know if Bristol & London will supply you with a car. Interested to know as I plan on driving in France in the D3 (if/when I get one!).
In short no!
"Thank you for your inquiry, I have spoke to my legal team here in the office and unfortunately we are unable to help as the accident happened abroad. They have advised me that the laws are different for credit hire in different countries and this would mean we would be unable to claim back the hire charges when providing you with a vehicle."
I spoke to a B&L, as they are working on my existing claim. The laws are indeed totally different, which would make it very hard/impossible to recover costs from an overseas insurance co.
Worth remembering though if a non-fault accident happens in the U.K.
7th Mar 2006 12:08 am
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
Just 2 more weeks to go to getting my car back!!
Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
27th Mar 2006 5:27 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3637
Good to see some progress - bet you can't wait to get it back.1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
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27th Mar 2006 5:30 pm
eddtheduck
Member Since: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Norwich
Posts: 164
Do you trust the quality of the workmanship being done? Are you sure that their work will be up to the required standard to not invalidate your warranty or paint warranty.
I say this for 2 reasons:
1. I had a similar shunt in a year old car where it was a bit 'shall we /shan't we repair'. What came back was an undriveable dog and it took us 3 months and umpteen inspections to get the car rejected and written off.
2. As you can see my other car's a beemer and they won't warranty the paintwork on any panels non-BMW painted so you will need to check there is a warranty on the paintwork for whoever does it.
Having been stung once I would always find an independent (or LR if they're not doing the work) engineer to inspect the car before taking delivery. As always as soon as you drive off you lose some rights.
Obviously if the work is in a LR dealer you are fine on most counts.
Glad to hear you are OK - must have been pretty terrifying.2008.5 D3 HSE, Stornoway, Ebony
2007 BMW 335iSE - lust for speed satisfied
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