Crashed F6

[sexual harrassment panda]

Don't take this the wrong way but I reckon you came out ok there, looks like it could of been a lot worse. No-one hurt is the main thing and most of the kit you had still looks usable. I'd be getting the motor and gearbox checkout though after an impact like that.

How many of the wheels and brakes are ok? might be cheaper to get a stock xr6 ute and drop all the gear into it and then a tornado kit.

[tinyplums]

seems to be a few people in this thread that have binned a modded 6T, any drama's with payout/and or repairs due to mods?? non of you seemed to be phazed just a matter of when the pay out is coming not "if" its coming.

[pharkit]

This is what Im wondering. Would answer a lot of other threads about mods=insurance payouts. Interesting to see what they say.

On a side note, ive come across a few panel beaters in the last 6 months who hate dealing with aami. Couldnt figure out why.

[tpinto]

Simple, they screw the panel shops on repair rates and they are one of the few insurance companies that will not allow new "GENUINE" panels on your car even if its a few months old they will only allow recycled or non genuine panels ( read the fine print on your insurance policy) and then they force the panel beater to carry the life time warranty on repairs carried out on the car.

Edited 31/01/10 03:19 PM by Dagabond
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[kyle173]

ill be getting it looked at for shaw but im hoping its all good if now im sure ill get close too 5 grand selling parts etc its a risk im willing to take im hoping fg prices will be under 40 000 dollars come september

[sexual harrassment panda]

Simple, they screw the panel shops on repair rates and they are one of the few insurance companies that will not allow new "GENUINE" panels on your car even if its a few months old they will only allow recycled or non genuine panels ( read the fine print on your insurance policy) and then they force the panel beater to carry the life time warranty on repairs carried out on the car.

strange, when I called aami last week they said they will only use genuine pnaels on a car under 3 years old. I really wanted a typhoon copy front bar :(

[mattyb]

ill be getting it looked at for shaw but im hoping its all good if now im sure ill get close too 5 grand selling parts etc its a risk im willing to take im hoping fg prices will be under 40 000 dollars come september

I'm chasing a used cold air intake that replaces the battery

[PJDXR6t]

that's pretty much same damage I had after I got hit up the ass at 90kmh insurance company wrote if off straight away be interesting to see how many cars with damage like this make it back on the road....

[R-SPEC]

With most insurance companies, they must replace new for old if the car is still under new car warranty. If you have an accident and they've installed dodgey second hand gear then Ford would have an issue warranting it if something went wrong.

I've been dealing with Just Car Insurance and because mine is a non-fault claim I've had no issues, however I'm battling with them now to just get the car written off instead of them spending $30k on fixing it.

So far they've offered me $44,800 which they think is the current market value. My lease payout is a little more than that, but if I were to sell it privately I'd be lucky to get $40k for it as it’s modded with high k’s (83,000). So this seems to be the best option for me, take a small loss now as opposed to trying to sell it for $40k with a front end collision on it’s books!

[Tim]

Yeah the airbag sensor is behind that yellow bit of metal which protrudes forward near the bonnet latch area. doesn't look very damaged there at all

The sensor doesnt have to take a hit for the air bag to deploy. It just needs to detect the deceleration of a crash. The front hit doesnt look big enough for the air bag to deploy. And given that you were able to walk away I would say it calculated correctly. It is a big rear hit though. Glad your OK.