Just got in an accident - the irony of it all...

[Kai]

Yesterday, i posted about how rare my supra was in the UK, and now, i've been in an accident. Thankfully not serious, but enough to put me in a bad mood.

I was driving back through Wood Green this evening, and its usual chaos, i was sat in my lane waiting for the traffic in front of me to move, when some complete nob-end in a nissan micra pulled out of the side turning without looking - straight into me

The door is knackered - completely bent in, the glass doesnt go all the way down either. It shuts though, so i can at least lock it and alarm it.

Also, the fuel tank is leaking, although i'm not sure this is a result of me filling it to the brim yesterday, or because of the impact.

Any idea where i can get a black door for a pre-facelift?

*sigh*

It's not my day today :cry:

 

[Finnon]

doors are all the same dude, try martyn nd tara on the uk site

 

[Kai]

Worth a shot i 'spose....its yet another thing to add to the list of 'things to fix'....

Worried about the fuel tank too - you had problems with yours tho, didnt you?

 

[Finnon]

yes mine was one of the pipes between the fuel tank and the fuel filter. it was easy enough to fix

 

[BorHor]

sucks. = \

 

[jmanbball]

:ttiwwp:

 

[da89soup]

Sorry Man!!! I so hate wrecked Supras........................:3d_frown:

 

[Kai]

Will take pics in a minute.... brb - nicking a mates digital camera

 

[Kai]

Okay - its dark, but you can see the scrape and the bowed out door

 

[MKIIINA]

doesnt look too bad. you brits have body shops right? take it to them and see what the official word is on it. then maybe look for a new door if it comes to that. is the door sill still true?

 

[Kai]

Theres a body shop in Palmers Green just down the road, but they couldnt even do the fenders for me. the Door itself looks true enough, just at the bottom its been hammered in . Dunno if the body shop would be able to do anything with it though

 

[MKIIINA]

ouch chief id be more concerned about the sill than the door. good luck ma, crappy timing

 

[Kai]

From the looks of it - the sill is fine - just the door is buggered

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

It was a Nissan Micra. It couldnt do much more than dent a door =P

 

[Kai]

I dunno man - 1.3 litres of blistering JDM Tyteness

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

um... are the people in the nissan gonna pay? or what?

how does it work over there?

 

[Kai]

well, the person that hit me just shouted at me for getting in his way, despite the fact that he was at fault, and drove off without giving insurance details, so i cant claim against him. Ed's giving me a number to ring tomorrow so i can claim from the govt pool that exists to help people out in the event you get spadged by an uninsured driver or are involved in an RTA hit and run.

 

[Facime]

What a fucktard! I would have chased his ass down and made him pull over and give me his insurance info. I sure as hell wouldnt have let him drive off on his merry oblivious way.

Did you at least get a licence #? if you did you can have his ass ticketed for H&R.

As for your damage it doesnt look too bad. I would say its fixable, but just painting a new door would be less hassle.

 

[Kai]

Problem was, i was in a lane of immobile traffic during rush hour and he's in a micra...I did get the license plate though, but according to the DVLA database, its a bent plate - ie, its just someone elses plate, not registered to his car - allowing him to get away with speeding tickets and parking fines...

I'm HOPING the door can be fixed, i can get a new one off Ed no problem (well, a blue one off a pre-facelift that'll need spraying. But i'm worried about the fuel tank drip drip dripping on the floor now and the sill - if the sill is bent, can that be repaired?

 

[Facime]

I dont see how the hit you took would in any way cause a fuel tank leak. Sounds like a coincidence to me. Probably more serious than getting the door right, I would look into it ASAP.