Yes, thanks DC. It’s a good point and I was planning to call the insurer and make sure my their party is still valid if I keep using it.
The one I paid for? It went very well. Singapore air offer great service.How’d that 787 ride go?
Ha... actually sealing this joint up is physically impossible. Besides...mud bricks still 'breathe'!!
Most insurers will still have a clause that the vehicle is not damaged, even for third party.Yes, thanks DC. It’s a good point and I was planning to call the insurer and make sure my their party is still valid if I keep using it.
It should be I think, it’s the car I hit that im insuring. But I hadn’t necessarily joined the “technically not able to pass a roadworthy check” with that... Hmmm.
I checked, they are happy to keep insuring the hail damaged Megane for third party only after ive repaired damage to a roadworthy condition. This is where DC is I think right - that A pillar damage would not pass a roadworthy inspection.Most insurers will still have a clause that the vehicle is not damaged, even for third party.
I ran into the issue years ago with an old 4WD that was road worthy but had more than the specified amount of body dents. Even though they were just off-road damage. Check your T's & C's.
could you find a repairable write off at auction and swap all your goodies over to it, everyone loves a projectI checked, they are happy to keep insuring the hail damaged Megane for third party only after ive repaired damage to a roadworthy condition. This is where DC is I think right - that A pillar damage would not pass a roadworthy inspection.
If the car is demonstrably not in a roadworthy condition when it comes time to claim, they can very easily deny it....
Spoke to a roadworthy inspection place this morning and he confirmed such damage is a fail. I should have remembered, I almost didn’t get a Magna wagon I bought fro my Mum from a hail auction in Melbourne years ago through its VIV inspection - it only passed because they knew it was only for personal use of two old hippies in the bush and it would never be sold... And that was a smaller dent in the A pillar than the Megane.take it to a mechanic and get an equivalent of a pink slip Hakon - that is a safety inspection and they can can tell you whether its a problem or not - if he says yes , then get your lights fixed etc
Thanks fatty. I know it’s just a car etc, but I’m still sad it died...could you find a repairable write off at auction and swap all your goodies over to it, everyone loves a project
It pains me to encourage anybody to persist with a Renault as a project, but in light of what has happened, I do feel for you Harpies!
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/reg...he-vehicle-identity-validation-viv-inspectionWhat's a VIV, just for curiosity?
Surely a Dual Cab? If he can't beat the tradies he may as well join themwhat SUV are you going to get now @Haakon ?
what SUV are you going to get now @Haakon ?
I think that might just be in NSW where the write-off rules kill anything even economic write offs. ACT and Victoria etc have the economic write off caper still.Yeah a colleague reckons they don't do the old give you a cheque and keep the car any more on comprehensive. Issues around rebirthing and roadworthiness.
Must’ve just gotten through before you.I was just witness to & nearly part of the most unbelievable accident I think I’ve ever seen.
Heading south on Princes Hwy at Arncliffe, six lane road (three each way), opposite that Raglan Group gone bust apartment block there’s a cross street that often invites ridiculous driver behaviour as it’s right turn left turn u turn whatever you like turn at the bottom of a hill on a six lane main road.
Anyway, a Merc ML SUV comes out of the side street at between 50-60km/h, perpendicular straight into the main road.
Right in front of me, no brakes, nothing.
Hits a lady in a Mazda CX-5 right in the side-middle of her car, so hard her car is literally scooped sideways across two lanes & dumped into oncoming traffic where she managed to stop fast & only have a partial head on with one oncoming car.
There was one car between me & the crash, that being a Pajero 4WD who had to do some serious avoidance to avoid being part of it. Immediately he was out & on the phone so I dealt with the other peeps.
I’d been behind him for a few mins & recognised the car as an RMS vehicle but it didn’t have stickers or lights any more. Well I was right - he’s an RMS commander (stickers only just removed!) & after we’d determined there were no injuries he authorised the road be opened by any means possible as by this time the major south arterial road from the city was completely blocked.
I left my phone number with him just in case.
Driving is a fools game.
This is a sign to get back on the train.
It is, you can enjoy the shoulder to shoulder company of your fellow train commuters and their hygiene habits :|Driving is a fools game.
This is a sign to get back on the train.