Guess the repair bill

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Incident: me in the 740d, stationary at traffic lights. Driver of a Ford Ka has brainfart and drives into the back of me.

Damage: superficially hardly anything, but the 7 is a big car, I was stationary with my foot firmly on the brake and the little Ka was able to make my car jump forwards and trigger the engine cutout, and give me a sore neck for good measure. It’s more than a mere parking bump.
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Oh, that’s not good. Hope your neck is ok. Any pics of the damage? Did the Ka take the worst of it? Assume they are ok too.

My guess: £excess. Or, £1429.56 for a bumper and a few clips.
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£3.5k. + Whippy compo.
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New bumper, boot, both rear quarters, lights, rear subframe and chassis on a jig with a cherry on top.

Five figures.
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£2712 for a new bumper (the real one behind the plastic) and to repair that crack you haven’t spotted yet.
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Here’s a pic, it’s very boring, there’s just a few scratches in the middle, but as mik says the real bumper is underneath. The outer is designed to spring back into shape again which is exactly what it’s done.


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Beneath that there's something like this which is quite possibly damaged:


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If that's mangled then it has done its job and needs replacing.
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Boot lid looks ok (?) - any pics taken from underneath?

I can definitely point at an X-ray of your C-spine in court and claim you have trauma in a Dr Nick Riviera style if you wanna go that way.
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When the same happened to my dad in the X5 the repair bill was £5000 just for the bodyshop repair. The physical paint portion of the quote was silly expensive.
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Any pics of the damage to the Ka?

Who cares how much the 740 costs to repair; just make sure you’re ok.
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Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:42 pm Here’s a pic, it’s very boring, there’s just a few scratches in the middle, but as mik says the real bumper is underneath. The outer is designed to spring back into shape again which is exactly what it’s done.



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New boot, bumper, parking sensors, exhaust and stuff under there. Repair company, as always, will rinse the insurer for stuff that doesn't need doing or could be repaired 😁

Hope you're ok SJ 👍
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Jobbo wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:34 pm Any pics of the damage to the Ka?
Superficially similarly minimal although the cover for the recovery point came slightly loose. You can just see it in that pic. I guess it's a credit to the folk that design these impact-absorbing systems.

Jobbo wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:34 pm Who cares how much the 740 costs to repair; just make sure you’re ok.
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Mito Man wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:09 pm When the same happened to my dad in the X5 the repair bill was £5000 just for the bodyshop repair. The physical paint portion of the quote was silly expensive.
That would probably write it off ! Out of interest I just ran a valuation though WBAC and it was a fraction over £8k.
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McSwede wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:47 pm Hope you're ok SJ 👍
Slightly sore neck but that's all. I'm not the kind to rinse the insurance for that.
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Hope you're OK SJ, not a nice experience.

An excuse for a new car potentially though, you can get one in silver!
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Newt & Cento - your avatars are too similar !!
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Get a whiplash claim in to cover your inevitable insurance hike! The other half got £1400 for being reversed into when she was stationary.
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I should update mine to one missing a wheel :lol:

Will have to think of a new one....
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Zonda_ wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:37 pm Get a whiplash claim in to cover your inevitable insurance hike! The other half got £1400 for being reversed into when she was stationary.
I have dashcam footage thank goodness - although only forward facing - but it does show that I was stationary when the impact happened.
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I got 3500 for whiplash a few years after an accident on the way to my 21st birthday. Was no joke of a claim either.

Car looks alright, probably needs a new boot floor being a bmw :lol: :lol:
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When my Mondeo was written off in a head-on accident back in 2016 I didn't really feel the pain until a few days later. Make sure you get yourself checked out just to be sure, if that happens.

I got a few rounds of physio (on their insurance) to get the full range of movement back in my neck over the course of a few weeks.
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