What on earth hapened to this? Damaged repairable

[Mr Gear]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

What the hell has happened to this car to give it this damage? I cannot even begin to guess. Was it caught in an earthquake or something?! Maybe a jilted lover set about it with a golf club?

[SaltyToe]

I'd say it was rolled at low speed in the snow/on a soft surface like a field

[HellDiver]

The owner couldn't stand the hideous wheeltrims and the cement mixer engine any more, so tried to put it out of it's misery.

[XG332]

Looks to have been smashed up by somebody.

[Diabolik]

Agree, vandalism I reckon.

[Mr Gear]

Diabolik said:

Agree, vandalism I reckon.

Helldriver... got anything to confess to?

[chibbard]

I would guess at the car either fell from a car transporter or fell from a workshop ramp during PDI or something. Years ago I recall this happening when I worked in a BMW dealership to a 3 series cabriolet that the tester was testing (very funny at the time). The customers face was something I still remember to this day!!!!

[deveng]

Vandalism.

[ad551]

It was only a stonechip at first.

[mph1977]

chibbard said:

I would guess at the car either fell from a car transporter or fell from a workshop ramp during PDI or something. Years ago I recall this happening when I worked in a BMW dealership to a 3 series cabriolet that the tester was testing (very funny at the time). The customers face was something I still remember to this day!!!!

sounds pretty reasonable to me ...

[seagrey]

ad551 said:

It was only a stonechip at first.

"Jeez! that werent meant to happen I`ll just tap it the other way"

[EDLT]

chibbard said:

I would guess at the car either fell from a car transporter or fell from a workshop ramp during PDI or something. Years ago I recall this happening when I worked in a BMW dealership to a 3 series cabriolet that the tester was testing (very funny at the time). The customers face was something I still remember to this day!!!!

Workshop ramp related damage is much more severe in my experience

[BDR529]

Hmmm, no, we can't give that away as a prize..

[trackerjack]

Yoofs

[thetapeworm]

I like the way the advert starts with "Lovely looking" - is that compared to a non-damaged example?

[Pork]

How much of that could be sorted by a good PDR specialist?

[RedWhiteMonkey]

At that price given that nearly every panel is damaged wouldn't it be cheaper to buy an unknackered one. A quick look on Autotrader shows equivalents for around £1k more.

[Mr Gear]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

At that price given that nearly every panel is damaged wouldn't it be cheaper to buy an unknackered one. A quick look on Autotrader shows equivalents for around £1k more.

I agree... if I thought it was a bargain I wouldn't have posted the link... I'd have bought it! But it's almost a total wreck, and it even looks like the roof-line above the screen is dented. Nasty.

[MotorsportTom]

Too early to quote the "It'll buff out" etc etc?

[Matt_N]

Ad said:

Lovely looking 2010, 10plate Volvo C30 1.6D Drive S 3DR in silver

Lovely looking?

Yeh, if you like your cars to look like they've done a demolition derby.