Rear Ended

I assume you would like the ute to be a write off?????
Relax...... let the system work..... put a claim in on your insurance.... then wait on the feedback from the assesor/insurance company. It way to early to be calling for advice from the 'experts'? here on this site.

If the vehicle was pushed three meters.... there will be twisting & further damage that wont be obvious to the naked eye until it goes onto a chassis measurement system.... not knowing model or insured value & most importantly the insurance company policy.... who knows.....fair chance it will be a write off ....expert? opinion??????????

Hi

Further to what Tony has just stated, a few years ago a local had a similar situation with his auto Pajero. It did lots of damage to his chassis and the auto transmission to the fact that when he did get it repaired it for some strange reason would also drop out of top gear when on the highway and all the experts could not fault the rebuild. It was that much of a problem that he had to sell it.

So like above, there may be far more damage that just the chassis.



All the best and I hope things work out OK for you.



Cheers


Stephen

Gday,

In my opinion.....

If you have that feeling that it should be a write off, you wont be happy driving it when fixed.

If it is able to be repaired it can be a good opportunity to get an aftermarket rear bar.

I guess what you really need is confidence that your vehicle will be repaired properly as that was a pretty big hit and there could well be other damage further forward that is not so obvious. At the very least it needs to go on a measurement jig to find out how far the damage went.

Then it is a matter of having some evidence that they have properly assessed it and then followed the manufacturers instructions for repair it correctly. There is a lot of specialised metals in modern vehicles and a heat and a hit is no longer an acceptable repair method.

here's an address http://tinyurl.com/crash-repair to info on VicRoads website on repair diaries and other crash info.

I would be telling the insurer you want a copy of one of these when you get the car back.

regards

A