Clam question
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stuart1969

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335 posts

307 months

Friday 6th May 2005
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Came back to airport from business trip only to find that the woman in the Merc in front had reversed into the front of my car. It has a split in the front clam and this extends through the aperture where the grille is, so about 5 inches. Should i push her insurer to replace the front clam as it is a "specialist" car and i feel that i should not have the potential loss of someone finding the repair and mocking my "never pranged" line if i was selling it??

beachbum

2,610 posts

261 months

Friday 6th May 2005
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Get them to replace the CLam. I had the exact same thing happen to me, except the sod that did it, didnt hang around or leave a contact name/number.

It aint cheap, even the repair is costly. Get the whole thing replaced and make them cough up the cash. Gat it done by a Lotus specialist at the very least, or a Lotus main dealer. Dont let her insurer insist on one of their preferred garages.

chouca

102 posts

278 months

Saturday 7th May 2005
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replacing and painting is about 3000 quid and you get rid of those stonechips as well