Hi all,
Could do with some advice/ your experience of any similar situation. On Saturday my 350z was hit by another car (their fault) - nothing massively serious, we both walked away but my z is not so lucky.
Took the hit to the front passenger side, damaging the front bumper, light (internal breakage and skewed though not shattered itself) and body panel above the wheel, gently leaking washer fluid presumably from the light washer, anything under the hood next to the light took a little damage though engine block and all the rest looked unharmed and the bonnet seems fine. The wheel arch is crushed against the wheel so it's undriveable and I had it recovered from the scene.
The other driver has admitted fault and everything is being sorted by the insurance BUT I just had a call from their insurance to say that based on the description of the damage and the age of my car (2005) it is possible it might be a write-off (!!!) But they won't know until their engineer has seen it and it could take a week for me to hear back about what the engineer says so I'll be worried about it until then.
Obviously in my mind it would be ridiculous to write off the z for the sake of a couple of panels, some tubing and a light, but they've got me worried!
What are your opinions? Do you think it's possible they'll try to say it's not worth the repair?
Has anyone been in a similar situation, or have any advice on what to watch out for with repairs after a crash - it's my first accident so any advice would be greatly received to make sure my baby comes out ok the other side!
Thanks in advance for any help!
Katu
Pics for reference:
(Looked slightly worse in person) what looks like a line on the tyre is actually the wheel arch baseplate pressed against the tyre in pic 2