KLP 92
MB Enthusiast
Well just 3 days after i secured a deposit for the Brabus some **** drives straight into it 
As i'm no longer insured on the vehicle my dad uses the car occasionally and wwnt to see an old friend in Harefield. The car was parked next to the kerb outside on the street with its side parking light on as it was late evening. Half an hour later he hears a loud bang and the car is no longer in front of the house he was in but 2 houses down in a little ditch!
The 3rd party admitted liabilty straight away and apologised and explained how he did not simply see the car. He swapped insurance details and waited for a tow truck to recover his vehicle (Vauxhall Zafira). By the state of his vehicle, if he was carrying a passenger i doubt they would have escaped without serious injury.
What seemed like a simple rear end repair was not the case when they pulled it out of the ditch. Here's a list of the damage:
Rear bumper
bootlid
rear lights
cross member and boot floor
Scratches down the passenger side of the vehicle (branches of trees)
Front bumper (most of it fell off)
Bonnet
Passenger wing
Front Lights
Damage to radiator and oil cooler
Both side skirts are damged (passenger side is completely off and in 2 pieces)
Dent in roof (tree branch)
Cracked windscreen
kink in the driver's side rear 3/4 panel (possibly due to chassis twist???)
Most of the damage was done when pulling the car out of the ditch. It required 2 tow trucks!
I'm not a very happy man at the moment, especially after i had a buyer for top money. I doubt they can repair it as Brabus no longer manufacture the bodykit so looks like its a write off. The next problem is the insurance company valueing the car......
As i'm no longer insured on the vehicle my dad uses the car occasionally and wwnt to see an old friend in Harefield. The car was parked next to the kerb outside on the street with its side parking light on as it was late evening. Half an hour later he hears a loud bang and the car is no longer in front of the house he was in but 2 houses down in a little ditch!
The 3rd party admitted liabilty straight away and apologised and explained how he did not simply see the car. He swapped insurance details and waited for a tow truck to recover his vehicle (Vauxhall Zafira). By the state of his vehicle, if he was carrying a passenger i doubt they would have escaped without serious injury.
What seemed like a simple rear end repair was not the case when they pulled it out of the ditch. Here's a list of the damage:
Rear bumper
bootlid
rear lights
cross member and boot floor
Scratches down the passenger side of the vehicle (branches of trees)
Front bumper (most of it fell off)
Bonnet
Passenger wing
Front Lights
Damage to radiator and oil cooler
Both side skirts are damged (passenger side is completely off and in 2 pieces)
Dent in roof (tree branch)
Cracked windscreen
kink in the driver's side rear 3/4 panel (possibly due to chassis twist???)
Most of the damage was done when pulling the car out of the ditch. It required 2 tow trucks!
I'm not a very happy man at the moment, especially after i had a buyer for top money. I doubt they can repair it as Brabus no longer manufacture the bodykit so looks like its a write off. The next problem is the insurance company valueing the car......
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