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Bummer. Really sorry to see that!!!
Ponder his remark. Could have been so so much worse scarily!!!!!!!
Ponder his remark. Could have been so so much worse scarily!!!!!!!
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Ok, an update as promised.
Before any tuning work is done it is imperative that the car is checked to make sure every suspension part, brakes and the service items are in tiptop shape. We advised MoAMG to have his car checked by myself before we do anything to it.
After a road test, an examination on the lift and a check on the Star I had a list of items that needed attention.
We did a full service that included:
1. 16 spark plugs
2. Air filters
3. B Service with Mobil One and a flush out
4. Gearbox oil flush out with new filter
5. Brake Fluid flush out.
6. Coolant flush out
We also did some essential maintenance and performance work too. That included:
1. Rocker cover gaskets and top breather re-seal
2. Front thrust arms complete
3. Engine mounts and gearbox mount.
4. Rear (frontmost) subframe bushes
5. New supercharger pulley tensioner and belt
6. Eurochraged SC Pulley
7. Eurocharged re-map and TCU tune
8. Two rear tyres
The above maintenance work such as 1, 2, 3, and 4 are very common items that need replacing at around 100k or slightly sooner. This 55's subframe bushes were so bad the subframe was banging and moving around when cornering. It made it feel horrible to drive before we fitted the new bushes. It's a 5.8 hour job to do them but it transforms the handling when replacing new for worn.
The front thrust arms are also a suspension component that is often missed on 211's. At one end there is a ball joint and the other a large rubber fluid filled bush. The bushes crack, the fluid leaks out and the handling/tyre wear goes to pot.
The engine mounts are also fluid filled. They are tricky spot if worn just by looking at them. You need to be familiar with the car so to judge the engines height in regards to the subframe. The more worn, the more sunk they are. You may also feel the engines vibrations if the mounts are worn too while sitting in the car.
Any 113 V8 suffers from the rocker cover and top breathers leaking engine oil. Remove the engine covers to see. You often get the oil dripping on the exhaust manifold making a burnt oil smell.
We managed to carry out all the work in the time slot we had. It was tough to get it all done but we did. The car is truly transformed in all areas. It's a much better drive and has shed loads more oomph. This car had been maintained by a MB dealer and they didn't pick up on any of this essential maintenance work at all.
I hope Mostafa is pleased with the car as I am. Between myself, Phil@Rebellion, Jack and Graham Stage One is done.
Roll on stage two.....
Before any tuning work is done it is imperative that the car is checked to make sure every suspension part, brakes and the service items are in tiptop shape. We advised MoAMG to have his car checked by myself before we do anything to it.
After a road test, an examination on the lift and a check on the Star I had a list of items that needed attention.
We did a full service that included:
1. 16 spark plugs
2. Air filters
3. B Service with Mobil One and a flush out
4. Gearbox oil flush out with new filter
5. Brake Fluid flush out.
6. Coolant flush out
We also did some essential maintenance and performance work too. That included:
1. Rocker cover gaskets and top breather re-seal
2. Front thrust arms complete
3. Engine mounts and gearbox mount.
4. Rear (frontmost) subframe bushes
5. New supercharger pulley tensioner and belt
6. Eurochraged SC Pulley
7. Eurocharged re-map and TCU tune
8. Two rear tyres
The above maintenance work such as 1, 2, 3, and 4 are very common items that need replacing at around 100k or slightly sooner. This 55's subframe bushes were so bad the subframe was banging and moving around when cornering. It made it feel horrible to drive before we fitted the new bushes. It's a 5.8 hour job to do them but it transforms the handling when replacing new for worn.
The front thrust arms are also a suspension component that is often missed on 211's. At one end there is a ball joint and the other a large rubber fluid filled bush. The bushes crack, the fluid leaks out and the handling/tyre wear goes to pot.
The engine mounts are also fluid filled. They are tricky spot if worn just by looking at them. You need to be familiar with the car so to judge the engines height in regards to the subframe. The more worn, the more sunk they are. You may also feel the engines vibrations if the mounts are worn too while sitting in the car.
Any 113 V8 suffers from the rocker cover and top breathers leaking engine oil. Remove the engine covers to see. You often get the oil dripping on the exhaust manifold making a burnt oil smell.
We managed to carry out all the work in the time slot we had. It was tough to get it all done but we did. The car is truly transformed in all areas. It's a much better drive and has shed loads more oomph. This car had been maintained by a MB dealer and they didn't pick up on any of this essential maintenance work at all.
I hope Mostafa is pleased with the car as I am. Between myself, Phil@Rebellion, Jack and Graham Stage One is done.
Roll on stage two.....
Great write up there Olly, couldn't have put it any better myself! 
Anyhow, as you guys may already know, I was involved in a road traffic accident on the way home shortly after collecting the car from PCS. Albeit, I only had/drove the car for a short while after collecting it - it did feel like a completely different car; the ride was a lot smoother and the accelerator peddle was tempting more than ever!!
Accident update: Shortly after the accident, the car's boot decided to pop open and refused to close. I called up my insurance company (Admiral) and explained the situation to them, they promptly offered to collect the car the following day and take it to a secure storage unit.
The car was collected from my house on Friday morning and taken into storage, due to the fact that it was an Easter weekend and the garage where the car was meant to go in for repairs was closed.
The car was taken delivered to the garage yesterday and inspected...
Damages estimate: £4700
Although we are awaiting the decision from my insurance company on the repairs, I have been reassured by the garage estimator that it should not be a write off as the repairs do not exceed 66% of the current value of the car...
So fingers crossed I get the response I'm hoping for...
Anyhow, as you guys may already know, I was involved in a road traffic accident on the way home shortly after collecting the car from PCS. Albeit, I only had/drove the car for a short while after collecting it - it did feel like a completely different car; the ride was a lot smoother and the accelerator peddle was tempting more than ever!! Accident update: Shortly after the accident, the car's boot decided to pop open and refused to close. I called up my insurance company (Admiral) and explained the situation to them, they promptly offered to collect the car the following day and take it to a secure storage unit.
The car was collected from my house on Friday morning and taken into storage, due to the fact that it was an Easter weekend and the garage where the car was meant to go in for repairs was closed.
The car was taken delivered to the garage yesterday and inspected...
Damages estimate: £4700
Although we are awaiting the decision from my insurance company on the repairs, I have been reassured by the garage estimator that it should not be a write off as the repairs do not exceed 66% of the current value of the car...
So fingers crossed I get the response I'm hoping for...
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So you want it written off?
Could be a good idea.....
I'm dead chuffed you liked it. It was a pleasure.
Could be a good idea.....
I'm dead chuffed you liked it. It was a pleasure.
BlackC55 said:So you want it written off?
Could be a good idea.....
I'm dead chuffed you liked it. It was a pleasure.
No not really, if they repair the car I will be contempt; however, if they decide to write the car off and settle then I will just buy it back from them for a fraction of the price as a cat D and use the remaining amount to repair the car! I might even have some spare cash at the end of it...
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Good luck with it, I think you will be better off with a repair. I know you won't be in any rush to sell it with all the plans you have but when you do go to sell it a highly modified car that is also Cat D can be hard to sell.
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Not all insurance companies allow buy back, some have deals with companies like Charles Trent, as it was not your fault you can just push to have it repaired, if that's what you want, or if you have it written off show the last invoice for all the work you just had done to bump up any offer, hopefully you are using a claims management company who will be jumping through hoops for someone in your position, and I would ensure its repaired via an approved Mercedes bodyshop, hopefully the local main dealer, and not what the insurance company wants to useNo not really, if they repair the car I will be contempt; however, if they decide to write the car off and settle then I will just buy it back from them for a fraction of the price as a cat D and use the remaining amount to repair the car! I might even have some spare cash at the end of it...
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I just want the car fixed to be honest! As I said, I only mentioned the thing about the write off as a precautionary measure (plan b) just in case they turn around and say the repairs are uneconomical...
SavMan
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Just looking at the list of things that were replaced the only thing I have not had to do is the rear subframe mounts and all of them were in the last 18 months!
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I think you should be fine mate, as you are not claiming of your own company, your will be claiming of the other guy who hit you, Normally once assessed it will just get repaired, might be different story if it was your fault.
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The exhaust is bent I think.
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MoAMG said:It is bent and will need replacing...
Good news: the repairs have been approved!!
Fantastic news.
This thread is long overdue an update so I'm going to attempt to cramp the two months of agony that I have been going through into one post... Here goes...
Following the accident, my insurance referred me onto a accident management company (Albany Assistance) who are taking care of the repairs to my vehicle including the task of having to liaise with the third party in order to recover the costs of repairs and my courtesy car etc. My car was taken into a body shop (fix autos) in park royal and I was provided with a 2013 Mercedes E250 coupe courtesy in the meantime.
Whilst my vehicle was being repaired, the third party submitted an admission of liability so luckily there weren't any problems on that front.
Shortly after the initial estimate, the repairs began on the car. Once the bumper was removed, further damage was discovered and they had to get authorisation from the insurance company to proceed.
Damage to the car which they deemed to be accident related: boot damage (boot lid replaced), rear bumper damage (rear bumper replaced), n/s exhaust damage (n/s exhaust back box replaced.
I collected the car on the 2nd of this month - the garage certainly took their time to get the car repaired. Now, I do not have a problem with that - if they'd actually bothered to repair the car!
Once I drove out of the garage I instantly felt that something wasn't quite right with the car... The steering was pulling heavily to the left and there was a slight knock which was coming from the n/s rear corner of the car (where most of the damage was) on acceleration and deceleration. I also noticed that the exhaust appeared to hang lower on the left side (the side that was replaced by the garage) than the right side. I instantly called the garage to report my findings and after a long discussion, they offered to take the car back for further investigation... So I dropped off the car later on the day.
The following Tuesday I got a call from their engineer who informed me that they have managed to isolate the knocking noise and it seems as though it is coming from the rear n/s bush!! He then had the audacity to say that it is probably due to wear and tear knowing full well that the car was given a through service shortly before the accident!! I was in shock at what he was saying considering that the rear bushes were replaced a couple of hours before the incident and I personally do not believe that would be enough time for wear and tear to happen.
Subsequently, I called up Olly at PCS to relay the information that the engineer from the garage had kindly bestowed upon myself. Olly kindly offered to have a look at the car on short notice (Thursday) and that is exactly what happened... I took the car down to Olly on Thursday 9th May, Olly gave the car a through check and confirmed that the n/s rear bush was sitting out of place - This is most likely due to the severity of the impact. However, to prove it to the insurers you would need a panel of barristers and a whole bunch of engineers (and they probably still wouldn't believe you!).
Following the accident, my insurance referred me onto a accident management company (Albany Assistance) who are taking care of the repairs to my vehicle including the task of having to liaise with the third party in order to recover the costs of repairs and my courtesy car etc. My car was taken into a body shop (fix autos) in park royal and I was provided with a 2013 Mercedes E250 coupe
courtesy in the meantime. Whilst my vehicle was being repaired, the third party submitted an admission of liability so luckily there weren't any problems on that front.
Shortly after the initial estimate, the repairs began on the car. Once the bumper was removed, further damage was discovered and they had to get authorisation from the insurance company to proceed.
Damage to the car which they deemed to be accident related: boot damage (boot lid replaced), rear bumper damage (rear bumper replaced), n/s exhaust damage (n/s exhaust back box replaced.
I collected the car on the 2nd of this month - the garage certainly took their time to get the car repaired. Now, I do not have a problem with that - if they'd actually bothered to repair the car!
Once I drove out of the garage I instantly felt that something wasn't quite right with the car... The steering was pulling heavily to the left and there was a slight knock which was coming from the n/s rear corner of the car (where most of the damage was) on acceleration and deceleration. I also noticed that the exhaust appeared to hang lower on the left side (the side that was replaced by the garage) than the right side. I instantly called the garage to report my findings and after a long discussion, they offered to take the car back for further investigation... So I dropped off the car later on the day.
The following Tuesday I got a call from their engineer who informed me that they have managed to isolate the knocking noise and it seems as though it is coming from the rear n/s bush!! He then had the audacity to say that it is probably due to wear and tear knowing full well that the car was given a through service shortly before the accident!! I was in shock at what he was saying considering that the rear bushes were replaced a couple of hours before the incident and I personally do not believe that would be enough time for wear and tear to happen.
Subsequently, I called up Olly at PCS to relay the information that the engineer from the garage had kindly bestowed upon myself. Olly kindly offered to have a look at the car on short notice (Thursday) and that is exactly what happened... I took the car down to Olly on Thursday 9th May, Olly gave the car a through check and confirmed that the n/s rear bush was sitting out of place - This is most likely due to the severity of the impact. However, to prove it to the insurers you would need a panel of barristers and a whole bunch of engineers (and they probably still wouldn't believe you!).
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Nightmare mate 
i am still waiting for the third party's insurance company to authorise the repairs to my car, been nearly a month 
i am still waiting for the third party's insurance company to authorise the repairs to my car, been nearly a month 
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Jeez, you guys seem to have serious problems with your insurance system.
When you have an accident, don't you have a paper accident report which both parties in the accident complete explaining how the accident occurred and, most important, who is responsible? When signing the report, responsibilities are engaged and the insurance companies adhere to the decisions.
When you have an accident, don't you have a paper accident report which both parties in the accident complete explaining how the accident occurred and, most important, who is responsible? When signing the report, responsibilities are engaged and the insurance companies adhere to the decisions.
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Hope you get it sorted soon dude.
This is the exact reason i normally take any of my cars to a garage i know and trust, normally excess is a little more but worth it.
This is the exact reason i normally take any of my cars to a garage i know and trust, normally excess is a little more but worth it.
