Z3M bitten the dust!!

I agree 100% with neo1, Not written off therefore not recorded.

I would expect the repair to be to a very high standard and the car should drive like it did before the accident.

Thats awfull bad luck. Glad your wife was'nt hurt.

Ill never give out to my wife for scratching my wheels again..

Mick

Falkster if i could give you advice it would be this...

1,Collect car from them, dont get it delivered

2,inspect it in dry conditions

3,take someone with you as 4 eyes are better than 2

4,look at area's away from the repair, where other damage could occur, like transportation damage and scuffs etc.

5,dont accept it back till your 100% as even that little phrase of, "thats no problem sir bring it back in a week or two and we can sort it out for you"

Has little leverage once the insurance company has paid the body shop, and all interest will be lost on there part..... the insurance company wants you to be happy but once you have accepted the car, your on a hiding to nothing if its not correct and you fiond out later. try and get someone whom worked as a painter to go with you unless you are up on the stuff yourself....

Remember its easy to miss stuff when its your own car, as you just want it back etc etc....

hope it all goes ok in the end...

Rob

AndyS wrote: Just picked up this thread & I was surprised & a little annoyed at some of the comments directed at the police officer in question.

Guess this Police Officer, in quetion, is related to you in some way for you to be so offended......... your experience of the police is obviously different from mine.

AndyS wrote:  In all single vehicle RTA's the accident is down to one of two reasons - inappropriate speed for the road conditions due to an inexperienced driver or stupidity.

Is this official is it? Single vehicle RTA's are always due to speed/road conditions or inexperience/stupidity?

AndyS wrote: sporty1 wrote: Policeman can be such self righteous <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->!! Take what further exactly? If anyone is being self righteous it's you.

Self righteous def 'certain that one is totally correct or morally superior' [REF: Oxford Dictionary]

Being stopped and told your cars not insured and implying it's going to be impounded unless I can prove [roadside]  otherwise, without gathering all fact and doing all checks first, as I recently experienced I'd say allows me to make the comment I made. The officer that pulled me over was convinced I was not insured because his information said so, eventhough he did not know who the car was registered to until I asked him. How wrong was he?

AndyS wrote: You're forgetting the damage to the lamp post.

 You make me laugh, an inanimate lifeless object, which will be covered by insurance, after all that's one of the reason why we have to have insurance, to cover third party damages as a minimum.

AndyS wrote: You are also forgetting that this an almost daily occurrence for police officers.

No i'm not, but are all cases the same? Obviuosly in your book they are. 

AndyS wrote: In this case he tried to put across the point (perhaps too subtly) that he could have been knocking at the door to inform Falkster that his wife had just been killed in a road accident. The intention is to avoid this happening again.

Think any point that may have needed to be made had already been made.... and telling falkster that the accident had not been reported when he has 24 hr hours to due to was, im my opinion the officer trying to be clever and failing. [Note; moral high ground]

Right to reply over........

I suspect that the above comments have done little to comfort Falk.    who no doubt will be just be glad to see his pride and joy looking as good as it did before.

comments on the inspection pre taking the car back are sense particularly if not bmw dealer bodyshop as most customers will not hold their car so dear.  best of luck and keep us posted.

obviously best regards to your other half.  

Sorry to read this Falkster, but glad to hear your wife is okay.

It was nice example of the car too, having seen it at Cars in the Park.

Cheers All!!

Havent been on for a few days due to busy schedule.

As Ive said (and been advised before) I wont accept the car back unless it is right. The garage it is at is a very reputable place and Ive seen alot of their work. They are even sorting out a few chips around the car FOC.

I do have an odd worry. Due to the car going up a large kerb would they replace the alloys if they are kerbed?? I dont want kerbed or buckled wheels back do I??? Also the air bag didnt go off and now the light is on the dash, would that be fixed as the light wasnt on before the crash??

As for the policeman, I only commented about him being arsey because I was a little concerned at the time. It was a single car RTC so could have only been my wifes fault as there was nothing wrong with the car but she isnt a joyrider and doesnt drive fast....she was caught out hence why I thought a little more compassion would have been expected. I nor my wife had the usual 'chip on the shoulder' attitude that the police have to deal with daily but was faced with that sort of behaviour back! I wouldnt consider a complaint as the policeman was only doing his job and everything he said was correct....the lamp post didnt jump out in front of Sarah.

Anyway many thanks for all the advise on here and via PM, its all been very valuable......Sarah is now fine and I have forced her to take my car out a couple of times to get her behind the wheel and all is well

Thanks again

Chris

falkster wrote: I do have an odd worry. Due to the car going up a large kerb would they replace the alloys if they are kerbed?? I dont want kerbed or buckled wheels back do I??? Also the air bag didnt go off and now the light is on the dash, would that be fixed as the light wasnt on before the crash??

They should be repairing the car so it's as good as it was pre-accident.  I'd check with the bodyshop that they are putting new wheels on and I'd mention the airbag bit.  You shouldn't have any problems getting them to do it, but you might have to prompt them/highlight the extras.

falkster wrote:   the police have to deal with daily but was faced with that sort of behaviour back! I wouldnt consider a complaint as the policeman was only doing his job and everything he said was correct....the lamp post didnt jump out in front of Sarah. Anyway many thanks for all the advise on here and via PM, its all been very valuable......Sarah is now fine and I have forced her to take my car out a couple of times to get her behind the wheel and all is well Thanks again Chris

Police have a to deal with daily ? i always seem to find them in macdonalds and it seems getting the whole stations lunch, never there when i need them ?