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Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:13 pm
by robracer
Comprehensive :lol: My 18YO son jutst bought a car, Honda Civic 1990 nothing special.
My insurance co say's ok its market value is 4.5K the fully comp insurance with him as the main driver will cost 4.7 K :shock: WTF!
Needless to say I have recommended to him that he just sticks with the 3rd party fire & theft :x

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:39 pm
by ty
My brother-in-law kept the insurance in his mum's name for the same reason - insurance was more than the car.
Waited till he was 25, then got it in his own name and was able to transfer the NCB

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:10 am
by kevindinho
so we got a quote from john lynn smash repairs at thornleigh for $3162.65 think we should shop around more?

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:08 pm
by robracer
:? 3K sounds fair considering the amount of damage, as Russ said they would not beat that sort of damage.
How's this, go to a wreckers & get a whole rear end ;) cant be any more expensive, the strip & fit the replacements yourself to save $$$.

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:34 pm
by kevindinho
good idea rob, but the problem is that the boot is damaged as well and neither of us are good with our hands. I'll ask him if he wants to give it a go hehe.. BTW is it illegal in any way or form driving that thing around?

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:48 pm
by robracer
kevindinho wrote:good idea rob, but the problem is that the boot is damaged as well and neither of us are good with our hands. I'll ask him if he wants to give it a go hehe.. BTW is it illegal in any way or form driving that thing around?
Shit the damage to the boot floor may be a prob :?
As long as all the lights work & he can see through the rear window then it should be fine to drive..... worst case take the boot lid off :lol: & tell the plod that it happened the day before.

Re: Panel beater help?

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:30 pm
by seiko1
Damon Z1000 wrote:Fark me dead, how fast was he going in reverse :shock:
It's a Nissan...........he was doing 2 klm's per hour :lol: