What did you do to your car today?

[Mr Ree]

Bled brakes, and replaced cracked front rotor with old factory rotors to try and get me through the final round of the Road and Track series.

Flipped my two front tyres as the front left takes a hammering at Manfeild and wouldnt have passed a WOF if I had left them as is. Not good for less than 1000km eek

[Bling]

Replaced suspension top hat in the Corolla, Brand spanker, genuine via Mark, flash! I have to do both, but it was so much fun i'll leave the drivers side till tomorrow. Would be so much easier with the strut not attached to the car, but less fun.

[Mr. Mainstream]

Thought its about time to get a cert for the Escort.
Just need waiting on speedo to come back calibrated and im set.

[Vertigo]

20v manifold test fit. No longer fouls on the starter, because I have a 20v starter on the intake side now.


Ive got some modifications to do for it to mate with this shiny thing.

[shogun]

Bought a new one! It's pretty rough and needs a few things but I'm looking forward to it.

[Akane]

Because of skids, therefore 2 way mechanical.








Bought a whole lot of other parts as well, new bearings, new synchros (only on the first 2 gears, that shits expensive), might paint it or some shit :/

[thegreatestben]

Got crashed into by an old dude who decided he wanted to be in my lane. Smacked in drivers side guard and pushed me into the curb at about 50-60km/h. Smoked my tire and wheel(which was mint). First time I've been in a crash. Glad he was insured, not glad it's happened at this time of year.

[Grrrrrrr!]

Gave the honda a quick wash for the 2nd time this week, (why do good bush walks always have to be at the end of damn gravel roads), Picked up the front rotors from being machined
Looked at the colourful pile of spaghetti that is half of a new wiring loom for the MR2, still waiting for the COP connectors to show up, plenty of other bits that could be done...

Poured a drink and decided Mañana, Mañana.

[Al]

Glad he was insured

Why are you glad? Are you not insured?

Agreed on worst time of year for it to happen

[thegreatestben]

Nah I'm not convinced on its value. I'm interested to see how the insurance process will work out. Need quite a bit of work done to my poor old bimmer.

[Al]

Ok. I had an incident with a uninsured driver a few years ago, I didn't even know they were uninsured at the time, they were at fault and I just put a claim in with my insurance company, my car was fixed, no excess because I wasn't at fault, I assume they bent him over and reamed him for the money without vaseline.

[thegreatestben]

Fair call, I've never had insurance in 12 years of driving. This is the first time I've been involved in an accident. I'm going to ream the insurance company.

[~SlideWays~]

Do you mean no full insurance or no insurance at all?

If not even 3rd party, aren't you worried about having an accident and hitting a $200k car rendering you financially crippled? I mean, you may be the best driver in the world but if a wayward kidlet runs out in front of you, forcing you to swerve into said mortgage priced car...

Not preaching or anything, just sayin' for $100 a year you'd be covered.

[thegreatestben]

None ever.

[~SlideWays~]

You're obviously not worried then

[Vertigo]

Yea Id really be looking for third party right now if I were you.

[thegreatestben]

Nah. Like I said before, it'll be interesting to see how the bmw gets sorted. I got a call this morning to say it won't be until after the 5th that An assessor will be able to have a look. Any advice on dealing with assessors? Like my wheel is $&#$% and it destroyed the tyre. Can I make them replace 2x tyres since one will be so different to the other? Can I insist on new guards instead of repair? Also want to make sure my wheel bearing, hub, steering and suspension ok. Was a pretty fair bump into the curb.

[Bling]

Might be a write off? Good luck reaming them though I guess.

[thegreatestben]

Ah well, if they try to write it off it wouldn't be the end of the world.

[wde_bdy]

You don't have any real leverage with the insurance company, they will either repair it to what they think it needs or offer you a cash settlement. If you don't like what they offer then you would have to take it through the disputes tribunal and prove your loss is greater than what they offered. The only slight advantage you have is that it will be the other driver you have to take to court which will piss him off a lot when he would expect his insurance to handle it all for him. Not having your own insurance is likely to count against you in the disputes tribunal.
If I was trying to pressure them the first thing I would do is demand a replacement vehicle while you await assessment. It is a cost you could legitimately claim if you can show you have been disadvantaged by not having a vehicle. Most policies don't automatically provide this but you aren't the policy holder and are claiming for the loss caused to you by the other driver so you might get lucky.

Callum