esskay
The value of full comprehensive is also more useful when it comes to hitting other cars - if you're in the wrong, and you DON'T have full comprehensive, any damage to the OTHER car comes out of your own pocket - this is what many people don't realise, and leads to a lot of financial heartbreak down the road...

 
Are you sure on that? I always thought third party covered OTHER cars and property, but not yours. So basically you are paying a premium to protect others but not your own transport. Should you be in a larger prang you will have to pay out of YOUR own pocket for YOUR car.

why dont you measure the chassis points you can in the front and compare to the BGB values to see if the front end is in spec.  this will tell you if the rails/suspension towers have moved or of it is just "cosmetic".  then you can make an informed decision.
 
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MRTurbo

esskay
The value of full comprehensive is also more useful when it comes to hitting other cars - if you're in the wrong, and you DON'T have full comprehensive, any damage to the OTHER car comes out of your own pocket - this is what many people don't realise, and leads to a lot of financial heartbreak down the road...

I thought thats was what third party property was for?

Comprehensive is comes into its own when someone ELSE crashes into you but they are UNinsured. Saves you going to all the bs and hassle of taking them to court etc. to recover the damages.

 
opps... Sorry, you're right - I forgot about third party property :)
 
I was thinking in terms of either basic 3rd party insurance ("green slip") *or* full comprehensive - I forgot about 3rd party property (3rd party fire & theft isn't applicable here since the car was being driven by the owner at the time).
 
I'm not sure what the difference in $$$ is between 3rd party property and full comp, but I've always gone for full comprehensive - I was glad to have it when the  guy who hit my old MR2 was at fault, didn't own the car and didn't have a licence :/
 
 
I've heard good things about SSS at Girraween - a mate sourced his 4EFTE through them, said they were great to deal with.

^Sorry forgot to mention something important - put it under dad's name :P. It was $1000 for my car me listed as 2nd driver hehe. Otherwise it would've been $2000 - $3000 which is stupid. It's under my name now, but third party for exactly the reason you said.

Ok sorry for the long absence I caught a bad bug a few of weeks back (still feel like ****) and the wet weather we had didn't help me on the progress on the car. Well today I manage to take an even closer look. Took off the passenger fender doesnt appear to be any damage underneath that. The damage doesnt appear to go further than the section circled in the pic (PANEL SUB-ASSY, FRONT LUGGAGE END). Also managed to pull the rail out a bit.



I have yet to go to the panel beaters but just by looking at the mangled front rail I'm not sure if its gona be within my 6k budget or whether its legal to cut it or beat it out straight or do a nose cut transplant (which was what I was planning on doing), I've arranged to buy a wreck off one of our forums members but given the circumstances I don't want to end up with 2 wrecks.

so what do you guys reckon, pursue or give up?



 
 

Huey can repair that. He is doing the same thing to his sons one atm too.

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