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Old 16th August 2011, 15:36   #1
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Last week Christine was on the M25 stopped in lane one of three lanes of standing traffic when a lorry driver behind forgot to use the brake with the results below. No injuries but she was a little shaken at the time not to mention out of sorts with the lorry driver when she first had a few words with him. Perhaps it was as well that he was Polish (UK registered vehicle though) and perhaps did not fully understand what she said





Insurance Company Repairer has quoted £2520 for repair (with new parts of course) which is not an enomic repair.

Now looking for a decent repairer in the Gravesend/Dartford area to repair with pre owned bits.

Has anyone else had experience of or could suggest a repairer not to far away from me ?

The pre owned bits should not be much of a problem as I have already located boot lid and bumper (thank you Corin) and some of the trim could be reused anyway. Its just finding somewhere that will do the job with the necessary care and attention that a 75 deserves.

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Old 17th August 2011, 08:13   #2
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Old 17th August 2011, 09:00   #3
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not a good choice of word to use lol


i dont kno any one but by the looks of it its not done too much have you had the bumper of to confirm the rear valance has been pushed in if the valance is ok it may have just bent the boot hinge.
hard to see from the photos
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not a good choice of word to use lol
I thought it was appropriate in the circumstances

Boot hinges seem to have survived ok but the panel inside the boot is slightly bent. Boot still opens and closes ok with a only little persuasion and no boot open warnings when shut. If you look closely at the pic you can see the left rear light cluster has been moved a little cos of this. Understand that the panel can be pulled back into position rather than replacing.

Just need to find more reasonably priced repairer and then see if X Parts 'Close Call' system can help with the spare parts price.
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