Hey last night coming back from getting my g/f there was **** loads of traffic between Maitland and Newcastle.....go stop all the way pretty much.... anyway going along and got some speed up....about 20-30k's I think....then had to stop again.....looked in the rear view mirror and old mate with a semi didn�t look to be going to stop..... he got on his breaks but a bit to late, I felt the nice shunt and pulled over.....we exchanged details and the front of his truck didn�t even have a scratch..... my vl, while still drivable, looks bent.....dunno if it can be fixed...I'll get some photos up a bit later on and see what you guys recon.... oh and would anyone know the name of the nearest cross street on the highway between Newcastle and Maitland?.....I'm still getting to know the place......it was near the turn off to go to Sydney.... Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Even if your chassis is bent they can straighten it, however if costs of repairing it overshadow the market value of the car....

yeah...thats what i thought....do you know if there insurance company would just rather write it off than repair it?

my old man VK was stripped down all pannels were missing, and we had a third party opinion on the cost to repair and they said better to write it off, but my old man insurance company said no and replaced everything in it. cost them a fortune i think but really you never can tell. but with older cars they tend to write them off when they look at what sort of cindition it was in before hand.

yeah i hope they do write it off.....dont really want a bent car.....lol

its not "bent" $1500 would repair no worrys carnt see them writing that 1 off

I had similar damage to mine when I bought it. The previous owner reversed into a steam roller of all things. $880 it cost me to have it looking like brand new again.

yeah...well i hope so...the photo's dont really shoe it...but inside the boot its all bent inwards right up against the tyre....but if it can be fixed than that would be good....i guess only the back will need painting so i'll need some extra cash to do the rest or it will look a bit stupid

Quote: Originally Posted by Sipheren yeah...well i hope so...the photo's dont really shoe it...but inside the boot its all bent inwards right up against the tyre....but if it can be fixed than that would be good....i guess only the back will need painting so i'll need some extra cash to do the rest or it will look a bit stupid do the rest of what? Do you mean paint the whole car?

yeah...the paint isnt that great so if they have to paint the boot and side pannel tan it will look silly....so i would rather put in the rest of the cash to do the lot

Yeah you should,.. You will find that they will want to fix that damage,.. just all depends on ho your chassis is.

Damn... Creased the back 1/4 panels did it? I'd say theres some structual damage. How are all the windows and 1/4 glass windows?

havent checked them....didnt think of it....but where the rear quater pannel joins the boot pannel near the rear window, the join has come further apart....I think it has bent half the boot sideways.....I really think it wont be to easy to fix...or cheap anyway/.....

got a quote today....lookin at $3000 to fix it all...under the boot carpet its all rippled....so looking like it may be a right off....not to happy....should get to keep the car but.....

Not too happy? I thought you wanted it written off?

yeah....kinda....but then I thought about the amount of cash and time I put into fixing the engine and polishing things up....kinda sux.....but hopefully I will be bale to get the car back and keep all the parts that are good...

id prefer it written off if i was u...a smashed car will never be the same as it was originally...

yeah...well it did....I worked a deal with them to let me keep the car and I get $1500 cash....so yeah...kinda good...still not enouph to get another vl...

Could wreck the one you have now, sell bits and pieces to people... Might get you the cash that way? It's a doubt, but it could just make it, seen a few for sale around here (probably more expensive there though) for about $2,000.00 - $3,000.00