Air bags are great things (sarcasm)

nealeffendi · July 24, 2014, 08:24:26 PM

No matter how defensively you drive you can still get hit by idiots. I googled non deployment of airbags and it does need to be a serious impact for them to deploy, glancing blows (like the front drivers side of your car) will not always set them off.
If the frame is warped they will probably write it off.
Something I learnt a long time ago, a car that is painted in colours like yours will blend into the road/background. Once saw a statistic that bright colours for cars (yellow, pink) are up to 50% less likely to be hit than blending colours. Bet the other driver will say he didn't see you (doesn't excuse his carelessness).

Unicorn · July 24, 2014, 08:24:46 PM

Best wishes for you both Steve. Would have been quite a shock.

It certainly made a mess of both vehicles.

serial · July 24, 2014, 08:46:42 PM

I am telling you that is not a write of, the d pillar isn't warped and it looks worse than it is. unless you cooked the motor by running it dry of coolant after the crash (which I doubt) I would put an insurance reserve of $6-7 on this. the good thing is that you hopefully didn't get to hurt and the way that the car "crumbled" to absorb the impact has probably saved you from a great deal of pain
I hope things go well for you on this and that you come out of it un harmed

Steveqld · July 24, 2014, 09:47:19 PM

Quote from: 'serial' pid='55442' dateline='1406200602'I am telling you that is not a write of, the d pillar isn't warped and it looks worse than it is. unless you cooked the motor by running it dry of coolant after the crash (which I doubt) I would put an insurance reserve of $6-7 on this. the good thing is that you hopefully didn't get to hurt and the way that the car "crumbled" to absorb the impact has probably saved you from a great deal of pain
I hope things go well for you on this and that you come out of it un harmed

Can't disagree with that probably because I have no idea what a d pillar is. Doesn't worry me either way about repair or new. It's outside the new for old so I would have been up for about $15k to get a new one and RACQ are pretty good. I'll let you know how close you are with your estimate.

Much better it happened today with 2 empty baby seats in it rather than tomorrow when my grandchildren will be in those (now replacement) seats.

Triggersmob · July 24, 2014, 11:24:22 PM

Steve, sorry to hear about your crash. I hope all parties are OK.
I had a crash recently myself and wrote my car off. It was barely a bump, but the subframe got bent and made it unfinancial to repair.
I drove my car home and then to the panel beaters, so I was most surprised when told it was a write off.

interest · July 24, 2014, 11:46:59 PM

Glad you are both OK they can shake you up a bit those accidents.

purplepennyhunter · July 25, 2014, 08:57:03 AM

Whoa, glad everyone is ok.

Nevol · July 25, 2014, 09:06:00 AM

Yes, glad you are all OK. :good:

keldaw · July 25, 2014, 09:18:19 AM

ditto from me to steve lets all hope you don't have an forgoing problems with your health and your claims with insurance , I am also with RACQ but have never had a claim . so lets know how you go
but the main thing is you are both unharmed .. ,, kel ,,

Australian coin · July 25, 2014, 01:35:28 PM

hope everyone is ok, wish I had a dash cam
you aint got nothing on me mate, my car was totalled, and I got cracked ribs, collapsed lung and well they are the injury's I can write about, you don't want to know what happened below that

Steveqld · July 25, 2014, 06:00:05 PM

Must admit I wouldn't have liked being in your shoes AC.

Australian coin · July 25, 2014, 07:40:14 PM

wondering if I should put some car pics up, but they all got people in them, the rest photos I got are just out of intensive care, well I had to ask people what photos they took as I couldn't take anything I was healing for months - still am

you can see the impact of the car in mine, the doors and steering wheel had to be cut off to get me out, something along the lines that the steering wheel was pushed forward in the impacts and was pushed into my ribs puncturing my lung, my hip had multiple breaks and a piece of spine, I was pinned in the chair, covered in fluid from the steering wheel when they cut me out, and then they chopped all my clothes off. I don't remember a thing and everyone says that's for the best, but I want to know what happened
you know how hard I was hit, when you look at the first chair was broken, and the drivers seat has a massive crack in the base.
I lost my fishing rods, snapped to pieces you can see

Steveqld · July 25, 2014, 08:20:50 PM

Have to agree that mine pales into insignificance.

Your photos also say something for the safety of car designs. For all the damage to the exterior the cabin remained it's integrity.

robbiegal · July 25, 2014, 09:10:53 PM

Jesus Christ AC
you are blessed - The Angels were looking after you xx :heart: (oh and the Fire-ies and the Ambos)

trout · July 25, 2014, 09:31:51 PM

QuoteI lost my fishing rods, snapped to pieces you can see

Spoken like a True Fisherman AC.
Bugger the smashed Body , the fishing gear is stuffed.:angel:
You are one hell of a tough Puppy to survive that sort of impact , Fishing gear IS replaceable .
Replacing You on the other hand is a totally different concept :ok: