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Hmm. My dad has just had his Avensis hit by a lorry. The wing and door have had it but there is a 4 inch dent/gash in the front of the A pillar. Is the A pillar covered by bodywork or is that damage not repairable??? Your thoughts welcome.

I need some help deciding the best course of action. I have one of the most unlucky A170 CDI Y2000 on this planet. A few days ago I had non-fault accident, when the other car damaged my right passenger door, and did some minor damage to the rear wing and alloys. The frame is fine, so the...

Coming over from Benzworld.org from request. Told you guys really know your stuff. I had a crash last week, uninsured driver went into my '81 230CE. The repairs will cost around £3000-£3500, and I don't really fancy it being written off, because it'll be difficult to sell later on down the...

Hi just wanted to get some advice on here my partner was involved in a 3 car shunt today. she was stationary behind a car and a range rover smashed into a car at a top of a hill dont think he even braked he pushed that car into my partner car. She couldent move as she had back and neck pains and...

New member after purchase of new (to me) mercedes. I had a 2001 E240 which was written off when a young lad drove into the back of me while I was in a queue for a roundabout. After a lot of thinkiing and with the permission of SWIMBO I decided to be completely stupid and bought a S600 V12...

Just to share my experience (by no means scientific testing:D ) Been meaning to post up this information for a while, but only got around to it now. One of our 203's has been running Koni FSD shocks (standard springs) for the last 74K(km). You can read background information on the shocks...

would you buy a write off?? A cat d is cosmetic or minor damage. would you buy one that had been repaired poorly then do it again properly. . then resale point can you ask full price even though it says on the v5 damaged but repaired???

Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG 430 Avantgarde Convertible (2001) Silver (RHD) Mercedes Service history. AMG options Climate control Command Navigation Electric seats Electric hood http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/320788.htm They have alot of exotica on their site though...

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Just got the news that the old girl has been written off after a rear end shunt. suprising really as damage is minimal (tailgate & bumper) Engineer says cat c, bodyshop says should be cat d. apparently cat c would need a new MOT does anybody know if a cat d would need a new MOT if so is it worth...

I'm looking at Insurance Grp 1 or 2 cars for my granddaughter and have noted that there are a few Peugeot 107 or similar which are cat D write offs... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140209725215&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=004 and...

Kind of following on from this thread… http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=37183 Tracy went to take her documents down to the Police station for the producer she got for Friday nights incident. When someone slowed and was signalling to turn left just at the end of our road she...

I am a long time owner (6years) of a beautiful E320 Cabriolet Sportline. 1995, Azurite Blue and Mushroom Leather. 109,000 miles, Full MB or Specialist (2) service history. 3 Owners from new. Best car I have owned by a mile (better allround than my old Porsche Boxster S and even the 1968 280 SL...

:( Driving home tonight in the wet I approached a double 'S' bend in my car, as I came out of the bend I felt the rear swing sharply round like a powerslide. Instictively I tried to correct it causing the car to fish tail resulting in my driving head on into 2x Brick walls. Very shaken...

Surprisingly not much diffrence in power! http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/m_clk63amg.asp http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/m_cls63amg.asp

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i'm running a pioneer 16 speed writer on ide 1,set to slave 16 speed dvd rom on ide 2,set to master.. when using an 8 speed dvd blank i cant get it to copy at 8 speed only 4. nero "latest version" says its an 8 speed disc and it will take x minutes ,starts to write then takes twice as long...

Can anybody please explain the differences in the write off catagories from Insurance companies.....the catagories in question being A, B, C, D Am I right in thinking that with Cats C+D you can get the cars back on the road once they have had an engineers report...if so, whats involved in...

A write up on the S600, sounds rather nice :bannana: http://cars.msn.co.uk/researchcentre/roadtests/MercedesS600RTnov2004/ and I like the acceleration figures as well, nice to beat the boy racers, but then I become one :D :D