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Cut a long story short, i crashed into the back of a 14 plate discovery with a massive towbar on yesterday morning! 
Insurance is sorting it at a garage of my choosing, Already admitted liability as i don't want the hassle of waiting and having the car shipped off somewhere out of my reach and thankfully its not a write off 
Unfortunately what with the time of year i doubt i'll have it back untill new year so bought a £150 audi A4 tdi estate to run about in till its fixed
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Main thing is im all ok and the cars repairable. Mostly gutted about losing my no claims! also this is the first incident i have had in 7 years of driving so actually shook me up quite a bit. Also my insurance excess is gonna munch into the 106 turbo build fund  luckily i had just made a purchase for that which i will update now 
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All that damage from a tow bar wow! Main thing is your ok buddy!
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Towbars have to be solid, they don't 'crumple' like cars do!
That Audi looks a shed, I was wondering how you managed to get one for £150...then saw the pic...
Must be gutting though, glad you seem to have it all under control and getting sorted though. 
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Hey the audi is a gem! Sort me out a pikey map for her tom  MOT on her till march which is all i care about
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blacksmoke.com... £45 VAG remaps.
Guess it's a non PD 90bhp one?
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PD 115bhp
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19-12-2015, 10:01 AM
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Is anything actually wrong with the audi other than a flat tyre?
Saw the accident on FB, not good! Main thing is you're okay.
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The bodywork suggests its done about 250k lol...
PD115 should map up to around 140iirc, never done a 115 though so not got a spare map unfortunately!
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(19-12-2015, 10:01 AM)RetroPug Wrote: Is anything actually wrong with the audi other than a flat tyre?
Saw the accident on FB, not good! Main thing is you're okay.
Drivers door only opens from inside and clutch will need replacing soon but its MOT'd till march and i can get £250 for the engine and box export through work
(19-12-2015, 10:03 AM)Toms306 Wrote: The bodywork suggests its done about 250k lol...
PD115 should map up to around 140iirc, never done a 115 though so not got a spare map unfortunately!
160k on the clock but its been a runaround for a few mates haha
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I probably wouldn't remap it if it needs a clutch lol... DMF is probably due as well.
But at just £45 for a map, it's worth doing anyway lol.
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To be fair, even if you gave it a new clutch and a door mechanism or whatever the problem is when you pull the doorcard off it'd then be a very cheap, working daily hack.
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Probably gonna bang a SMF and a clutch on it, fix the door, MOT it and flog it on too a foreigner
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I sort of want but I think I should stick to the reliable fiesta!
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Lol nice bus. Best place for the megane is the scrappy, reckon you should cut your losses.
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Gutted for you dude. Glad ur ok tho
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gutted man glad you're ok though!
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not wishing to rub salt in, but that's why I had a bar fitted to mine.
It goes, it stops (as reqd). 
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Hopefully they will only shave a few years off the no claims bonus..
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Shit man
Hope your ok,and hope it's back on the road soon.
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You can usually protect no claims for like a tenner! Mine are protected just in case.
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(21-12-2015, 11:50 AM)Toms306 Wrote: You can usually protect no claims for like a tenner! Mine are protected just in case.
aye, i can smack into shit 3 times a year without losing my NCB... not that i want to as my insurance will still go up.
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Small update...
That price is just labour! hoping its not written off now as i know the parts are pretty pricey :/
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well, there's no chassis/body damage, and guessing you're handy with the spanners, you'll save the £750 immediately.
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(26-12-2015, 11:09 AM)Magenta Sunset Wrote: well, there's no chassis/body damage, and guessing you're handy with the spanners, you'll save the £750 immediately.
The bumper alone costs more than my excess. no way i could do it without selling a kidney on the black market unfortunately.
If they write it off i know i'll never find another DCi the spec of this one so would have to downgrade too an R26.
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not thought of 'buying it back' if they do? I did for my m/c, then got parts from a breakers
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They won't write that off.......what's the value of the car undamaged?
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undamaged value about 4k i would imagine? the DCi 175's hold good money and its a struggle to find one under 4k thats done under 100k miles
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20 hours to change a bumper, radiators and headlights? How can it possibly take that long!? 
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(26-12-2015, 12:12 PM)Toms306 Wrote: 20 hours to change a bumper, radiators and headlights? How can it possibly take that long!?
you're forgetting the tea/fag breaks! 
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