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It was dropped off yesterday evening by a transporter.
And not one of ours, I hasten to add!
Is that a typo, surely it was dropped off a transporter?
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Bit of Turtle Wax and it'll be fine.
I suspect a write off.
A mate had the bonnet come open, just after leaving his house, maybe 25-30mph, hit the front of the roof just above the windscreen. Didn't look as bad as that ^ but had apparently damaged part of the roll structure and so was terminal. Renault Laguna if that makes any difference.
Bit of filler and a couple of coats of paint... one careful owner.
No, it wasn’t dropped, we think it wasn’t loaded correctly, and either a car above it, or one of the actual platforms was touching it and bouncing up and down on it. We had a brand new Ford Puma dropped off earlier this year with its entire front end ripped off! That had happened in the docks after it was driven off the boat, the transporter driver there had no option other than to deliver it.
We could fix that one, ‘cos it was just the bumper and the fittings, but the Suzuki above is a write-off, the A-pillar is crushed.
I’m sure questions will be asked…
We’ve got Copart next door, it could be driven straight round! 🤣
I think it's time for some honesty here. As usual, everyone's trying to be nice and not upset your feelings. Sometimes only the truth will do.
No. I don't think it will buff out.
... and WTF happened?
Make sure you strip out the good bits before it goes for scrap
I think cars like this should be totally dismantled and all parts refitted to a shell
Be a nice project, there could be a thread on here with pictures and everything
He could even do it on his drive
How does...
The entire front end ripped off
Equal
... Just the bumper and fittings.
An entire front end off means the engine is on the floor next to the body and the bits get winched onto a transporter.
it's totally effing effed mate, big time
On the m25 many moons ago and saw a pair of transporters loaded with new mondeos, they'd shunted one another with damage to most of the shiny new cars - always wondered what happened to them? Brand new cat N anyone?
Looks more aero now.
Reminds me of a time a colleague managed to write a brand-spanking-new, delivery miles only company car off, driving it less than a car length by putting it in first, not reverse. 😀
How much for the end cap on the fan controller, the bit with the chrome trim
Mines gone AWOL 😁
No offence so don’t take any
You’ve posted a picture of a random car that’s not yours and asked if it will buff out.
What a random post !
I think I’ll post pictures of smashed up cars and ask the same question.
What a strange post !
Suzuki Evoque
When I was a kid there was a bump outside our house on the A66.
Two car transporters had rear ended each other - the second one falling onto its side.
Both loaded with brand new BMW's....most were written off.
Worked opposite a Porsche garage. Watched someone drive a Cayenne off a transporter and park it up the bonnets and across the windscreens of two 911's already on the forecourt. All three still had the factory paint film protector on them - didn't help much.
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Full MemberWhen I was a kid there was a bump outside our house on the A66.
Two car transporters had rear ended each other – the second one falling onto its side.
Both loaded with brand new BMW’s….most were written off.
Could be worse
Sell it to Warren Buffet (CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and worth $106 billion) who haggled with a car dealer to reduce the price on some new car with hailstone damage not so long ago (well 20 years perhaps) according to his daughter.
You’ve posted a picture of a random car that’s not yours and asked if it will buff out.
What a random post !
Not if you know where he works 😉
Not if you know where he works 😉
lol I think its mentioned in every post that he works in the car industry.
still its a random car that doesn't belong to him
I remember driving down the A556 and seeing a 4x4 with an upturned car trailer behind it. Car still had a weather cover on, despite the trailer still firmly attached to the car, upside down. The bloke had his head in his hands. The car... could just see a yellow wheel hub with a black horse on it. Yikes.
I think I’ll post pictures of smashed up cars and ask the same question.
What a strange post !
No more random than a post about cardboard boxes, or any one of probably hundreds of equally random threads.
You didn’t have to look at the thread, or comment either. I’m sure everyone here has seen car transporters around, and had thoughts about getting all those cars on board, and what might go wrong, up to and including falling off the truck, which has happened twice where I work, it’s dangerous work, and not just for the driver!*
@tthew, sorry, if I’d known people were going to get all pedantic about it I’d have been more specific and included photographs. It was everything forward of the front edge of the bonnet - I thought it had been repaired, but apparently it was sent back as unsellable, although it was intended for a school of motoring.
*The first time, the driver fell off the middle deck, and landed between his truck and another alongside, fortunately the other driver heard something and found him, the air ambulance was called out, worried about possible spinal injury!
He was lucky, and wasn’t too badly injured, but there’s no way you’ll get me up on one of those things!
I'd say it was more like that car was on the top deck of the transporter and they went under a bridge that was right at the height limit. The trailer then bounced and that car hit the bridge underside. causing the dents and the short scratches. If the ramp had been the culprit then there would be distinct ridges from the underside pressed into it.
Worked opposite a Porsche garage. Watched someone drive a Cayenne off a transporter and park it up the bonnets and across the windscreens of two 911’s already on the forecourt. All three still had the factory paint film protector on them – didn’t help much.
The old Bentley garage in Cardiff managed to drop a new Continental GT on top of another one while unloading once. Unfortunately for them it was rush hour and their unloading bay was right by the traffic lights of a busy junction!
Have also seen a trade-in fall off the rear of the transporter as it left the Renault garage in Cardiff too. It was an old Megane that was then used as their Scrappage Scheme advert for a while before someone stole it.
Is that a typo, surely it was dropped off a transporter?
Saw that happen to a transporter on the A12 between Colchester and Chelmsford, just fell straight off the back of the top deck. Luckily, for once, everyone was driving sensibly and managed to avoid the car now sat stationary in the inside lane. Could have been much worse considering most people were travelling about 70 at the time