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im one very gutted Exige owner!
my car was parked with the front of the car facing a wall. as i came back with some shopping i decided to start the car up to let it warm up while i put the shopping in the boot. however i forgot the car was in first gear and bang...straight into the wall. the front splitter has snapped and the front has a bad crack thats so bad its almost a hole. i have only had the car for a few weeks
will a new front clam be needed or is this repairable? Any idea of cost and a good body shop that can do this. i live in aberdeen.
Thanks
Simon
my car was parked with the front of the car facing a wall. as i came back with some shopping i decided to start the car up to let it warm up while i put the shopping in the boot. however i forgot the car was in first gear and bang...straight into the wall. the front splitter has snapped and the front has a bad crack thats so bad its almost a hole. i have only had the car for a few weeks
will a new front clam be needed or is this repairable? Any idea of cost and a good body shop that can do this. i live in aberdeen.
Thanks
Simon
well, just got back from kinghorns and PPS.
the guy at kinghorn said that it may need the clam replaced, but im thinking it shouldn't. Apparently the clam itself cost £1000
, on top of that there is fitting and painting! i said to him that hopefully they can sort it without replacing the clam. they are going to give me a quote in a day or two.
i then made my way to PPS. The guy that came out to see me said that the person who would normally give quotes has left early, but he said that its not as bad as it looks. he said it should only be about 2 hours work. he also said that the painting would probably cost more than mending of the cracks itself. the guy also said that they have dealed with lotues and tvrs before. the funny thing is that he said Kinghorns usually pass the cars for them to do. i told the guy that i have just been there to get a quote. i said that it would be a lot cheaper to come to them direct instead of thorugh Kinghorns and he agreed.
the only bad thing about PPS is that you don't get a courtesy car and they are quite far out.
Anyways i better stop yapping away, i must be boring you guys.
Thanks again
simon
the guy at kinghorn said that it may need the clam replaced, but im thinking it shouldn't. Apparently the clam itself cost £1000
, on top of that there is fitting and painting! i said to him that hopefully they can sort it without replacing the clam. they are going to give me a quote in a day or two. i then made my way to PPS. The guy that came out to see me said that the person who would normally give quotes has left early, but he said that its not as bad as it looks. he said it should only be about 2 hours work. he also said that the painting would probably cost more than mending of the cracks itself. the guy also said that they have dealed with lotues and tvrs before. the funny thing is that he said Kinghorns usually pass the cars for them to do. i told the guy that i have just been there to get a quote. i said that it would be a lot cheaper to come to them direct instead of thorugh Kinghorns and he agreed.
the only bad thing about PPS is that you don't get a courtesy car and they are quite far out.
Anyways i better stop yapping away, i must be boring you guys.
Thanks again
simon
sliu82 said:
well, just got back from kinghorns and PPS.
the guy at kinghorn said that it may need the clam replaced, but im thinking it shouldn't. Apparently the clam itself cost £1000, on top of that there is fitting and painting! i said to him that hopefully they can sort it without replacing the clam. they are going to give me a quote in a day or two.
i then made my way to PPS. The guy that came out to see me said that the person who would normally give quotes has left early, but he said that its not as bad as it looks. he said it should only be about 2 hours work. he also said that the painting would probably cost more than mending of the cracks itself. the guy also said that they have dealed with lotues and tvrs before. the funny thing is that he said Kinghorns usually pass the cars for them to do. i told the guy that i have just been there to get a quote. i said that it would be a lot cheaper to come to them direct instead of thorugh Kinghorns and he agreed.
the only bad thing about PPS is that you don't get a courtesy car and they are quite far out.
Anyways i better stop yapping away, i must be boring you guys.
Thanks again
simon
the guy at kinghorn said that it may need the clam replaced, but im thinking it shouldn't. Apparently the clam itself cost £1000
, on top of that there is fitting and painting! i said to him that hopefully they can sort it without replacing the clam. they are going to give me a quote in a day or two. i then made my way to PPS. The guy that came out to see me said that the person who would normally give quotes has left early, but he said that its not as bad as it looks. he said it should only be about 2 hours work. he also said that the painting would probably cost more than mending of the cracks itself. the guy also said that they have dealed with lotues and tvrs before. the funny thing is that he said Kinghorns usually pass the cars for them to do. i told the guy that i have just been there to get a quote. i said that it would be a lot cheaper to come to them direct instead of thorugh Kinghorns and he agreed.
the only bad thing about PPS is that you don't get a courtesy car and they are quite far out.
Anyways i better stop yapping away, i must be boring you guys.
Thanks again
simon
I'll express a vested interest in that Keith from PPS is a friend of mine, but I must say that the job will be done to the highest standard.
The repair will be made properly - they are experts in fibreglass and carbonfibre. They're not a bodyshop, however, so obviously you'd need to get the car painted elsewhere, but I can't imagine that'd be a big problem.
They're not that far out - only 10 minutes further than Kinghorn's - the train station's a five minute walk if that's any use?
Another 'ooops' that won't make you feel any better.
When I owned these two cars:
I pushed the Caterham out of the garage, went to close the garage door and didn't bother to put the hand brake on (it was gravel and these things never roll on gravel)... cough. It rolled back into the front of the BM, smashing the rear wing and light on the Seven and putting a nasty dent in the BM.
What a git.
When I owned these two cars:
I pushed the Caterham out of the garage, went to close the garage door and didn't bother to put the hand brake on (it was gravel and these things never roll on gravel)... cough. It rolled back into the front of the BM, smashing the rear wing and light on the Seven and putting a nasty dent in the BM.
What a git.
Town and County drove my elise S2 into the service ramp and "ripped off" one of the "ears" that hang down on the front.
the fibreglass was well and truly holed, and Kinghorn fixed it rather well,without replacing the clam (the colour match wasnt that great, but the fibreglass work was excellent.)
Sorry to hear about your "incident".
the fibreglass was well and truly holed, and Kinghorn fixed it rather well,without replacing the clam (the colour match wasnt that great, but the fibreglass work was excellent.)
Sorry to hear about your "incident".
VetteG said:
albundy89 said:
pardon my ignorance but how could you possibly start your car up and forget it was in first gear,
Are you saying that you have never forgotten anything?
G
I would never do something as stupid as that. No way no how. No siree-bob. Nope not me, it wasn't me it was somebody else who ran away.
And if I did I certainly wouldn't run one car into the side of the other, crunching the front of one and breaking the steering on the other and rendering both cars undriveable. Nope that would be silly.
The neighbours would just laugh anyway, I suppose, even if I hag done something like that. Which I haven't. Obviously.
If it makes you feel better my boss (since left the company) did similar in his oil burning peple carrier. Unfortunately and more seriously, the car started, jerking forward pulling the keys from his hand. The door hit his fence and trapped him between the car and the door, dragging him along on his knees! The gap between the car and fence got smaller and squeezed him until eventually the car hit his garage door and stalled.
Sounds laughable after the fact but he ended up in hospital with bruised ribs and various cuts and bruises. No lasting damage though (apart from to the car, fence and garage door!).
So could have been worse! And like him you won't make that mistake again.
Sounds laughable after the fact but he ended up in hospital with bruised ribs and various cuts and bruises. No lasting damage though (apart from to the car, fence and garage door!).
So could have been worse! And like him you won't make that mistake again.
...and didn't someone drive his Morgan this week (coz it was sunny) then work on the engine of his Lotus , leaving the hood where his Morgan wasn't, then later in the day reversed his Mog. back into its space in a dark garage only to make contact with said hood..doooohhh..
Def. shortest measurable period of time - time between hearing a metal to metal "ding" and remembering where you left the hood of your 7
....yep, I think most of us have had a moment where we've "forgotten to engage brain"
JP
Def. shortest measurable period of time - time between hearing a metal to metal "ding" and remembering where you left the hood of your 7
....yep, I think most of us have had a moment where we've "forgotten to engage brain"
JP
Seeing as we are sharing "incompetence moments" thought I might as well admit to driving my 69 Mustang along Anderson Drive in Aberdeen without the hood pins fastened, near shat myself when the bonnet "mysteriously" came flying up at about 40 mph, knackered the bonnet and hinges and had all the rush hour traffic staring at me........what a muppet!
K
K
OK - our embarrassing moments ...
1) a sprint at Ingliston a few years back, my G32 paddocked next to David's MP52. Reversing out of my paddock space, harnessed in and helmeted up - screams of anguish as a stupid idiot discovers he has left HIS nose cone behind MY car - and wonders why I didn't see it....
2) even earlier, friend's spitfire with roof down parked outside our house. Same idiot jumps in G31 parked behind it and proceeds to reverse into said Spitfire ...
Note how all male side of partnership fault!!
N
1) a sprint at Ingliston a few years back, my G32 paddocked next to David's MP52. Reversing out of my paddock space, harnessed in and helmeted up - screams of anguish as a stupid idiot discovers he has left HIS nose cone behind MY car - and wonders why I didn't see it....
2) even earlier, friend's spitfire with roof down parked outside our house. Same idiot jumps in G31 parked behind it and proceeds to reverse into said Spitfire ...
Note how all male side of partnership fault!!
N
And more - I once had an OMS not unlike Stiglet's, except mine held on to its sump rather longer...
At one fateful Doune hillclimb, I left the line like a scalded cat (well, as like a scalded cat as any fat bloke can in a racing car) a split second after going arounds the first corner, the engine cover appeared over the roof of the cottage. The assembled throng in the paddock were trying to work out "why the wreckage but no bang?" - cause was that my mechanic did not realise that, for a Dzu fastener to work, it first has to be done up...
Second story is about a 'possessed' Ginetta in Ireland. Every night the owner would put it in the garage, and on several occasions the car was found running on tickover in the morning. In desperation, the owner started leaving the car in gear - the next time the spirits took over, he found the car stalled and crashed into the deep-freeze. The cause? Well, ALL Ginettas leak somewhere, and this one leaked onto the ignition. Rain water dripping down behind the dash regularly shorted the ignition circuit, and started the engine car...
At one fateful Doune hillclimb, I left the line like a scalded cat (well, as like a scalded cat as any fat bloke can in a racing car) a split second after going arounds the first corner, the engine cover appeared over the roof of the cottage. The assembled throng in the paddock were trying to work out "why the wreckage but no bang?" - cause was that my mechanic did not realise that, for a Dzu fastener to work, it first has to be done up...
Second story is about a 'possessed' Ginetta in Ireland. Every night the owner would put it in the garage, and on several occasions the car was found running on tickover in the morning. In desperation, the owner started leaving the car in gear - the next time the spirits took over, he found the car stalled and crashed into the deep-freeze. The cause? Well, ALL Ginettas leak somewhere, and this one leaked onto the ignition. Rain water dripping down behind the dash regularly shorted the ignition circuit, and started the engine car...
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